Everybody’s heard about the Beatles but maybe not Stuart Sutcliffe. Backbeat tells his story in the band’s early days playing mad hours in Hamburg. Bit of a spoiler-ific one this, as I wanted to step through the story a bit more. Buy the film on Amazon – https://amzn.to/2pNB7i8 [read more]
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Hey guys, Stephen here and today I’m reviewing…. ALMOST FAMOUS. Almost Famous was released in the year 2000 and tells the story of a young music obsessed journalist on tour with a rock and roll band across America in the 70s. The film was written and directed by Cameron Crowe and is apparently sort of semi-autobiographical as it’s based on some of the experiences he had whilst working as a music journalist. In his youth he himself was writing forRead [read more]
Hey Stephen here, AKA MrSteJ with another film review, this time The Commitments. The Commitments came out in 1991 and is a film about the trials and tribulations of a group of unemployed musicians forming a soul band in Dublin, Ireland in the 80s. It was directed by Alan Parker who’d previously made Bugsy Malone, Fame, Pink Floyd’s The Wall and went onto make Evita, so, this was a director who had a keen musical interest, let’s just say. HeRead [read more]
Hey guys, Stephen here and I’ve just got back from seeing the new Danny Boyle film, Yesterday, and thought I’d put down my spoiler filled thoughts into a video since it’s you know, music related. So, stick around if you want to hear a Beatles inspired film review from a Scouse perspective. PLOT If you’ve somehow managed to miss the barrage of trailers, posters on buses, interviews with the cast and endless radio spots then let me quickly lay down the plot. TheRead [read more]