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‘Let It Be,’ The Beatles Film Is Restored But Unengaging

If you recall Peter Jackson’s multiple Emmy Award-winning docuseries, The Beatles: Get Back, be prepared for what inspired it! Michael Lindsay-Hogg, over fifty years ago, made the original 1970 film about The Beatles, called Let It Be, which is now available on Disney+ in its restored version. The film opens with a conversation between Jackson…

Director Peter Jackson’s The Beatles: Get Back Documentary Set to Debut on Disney+ Over Thanksgiving Weekend

Director Peter Jackson’s anticipated Beatles documentary series, Get Back, is set to exclusively debut on Disney+ over the Thanksgiving day weekend later this year. The show will air three two-hour episodes, on November 25, 26 and 27, Deadline is reporting. The Walt Disney Studios, Apple Corps Ltd. and WingNut Films Productions Ltd. announced the dates…

Sam Mendes to Make Four Beatles Theatrical Movies

©1917, Universal Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sam Mendes, and Neal Street Productions announced a groundbreaking creative endeavor to tell the story of The Beatles with four distinct theatrical feature films. The project marks the first time Apple Corps Ltd. and The Beatles – Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and the families of John Lennon and George Harrison…

Comedian Jay Leno to Play Ed Sullivan in Beatles Drama ‘Midas Man’

Former Tonight Show host and Last Man Standing alum Jay Leno is set to play television titan Ed Sullivan in Midas Man, a big-screen drama about legendary Beatles manager Brian Epstein. Deadline.com reported that Leno will co-star with The Queen’s Gambit actor Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, who will play the late Epstein, who greatly influenced pop music…

The Boys on the Boat : Press Conference with Director George Clooney, Actors Joel Edgerton, Callum Turner, Hadley Robinson and Producer Grant Heslov 

Synopsis : The Boys in the Boat is a sports drama based on the #1 New York Times bestselling non-fiction novel written by Daniel James Brown. The film, directed by George Clooney, is about the 1936 University of Washington rowing team that competed for gold at the Summer Olympics in Berlin. This inspirational true story…

Denny Tedesco’s ‘Immediate Family’ Traces the Half-Century Career of The Section

@Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures  There’s a scene near the end of Immediate Family when several grizzled musicians, now in their seventies, are seen walking through Times Square as they reminisce about the decades they’d spent together as a session band. As the men negotiate a zebra crossing on Broadway, it’s hard not to think—for one…

Rhode Island International Film Festival Review: Sloane: A Jazz Singer is a Sentimental Tribute to Talented Titular Musician Carol Sloane

While narrative films are meant to entertain viewers, documentaries are designed to draw attention to realistic struggles that many audiences can empathize with. The new biographical movie, Sloane: A Jazz Singer, is one such documentary that draws attention to the challenges that struggling musicians must work to overcome as they strive to achieve success in…

Exclusive Interview with Gold Medalist Kristi Yamaguchi  : On Her Career and Competition with Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding

Recently, I had a chance to talk to Kristi Yamaguchi who attended the Japan parade.  At the 2nd annual Japan Parade in New York City which took place on Saturday, May 13. Starting from Central Park West at West 81st Street to West 67th Street, the purpose of the parade is to celebrate, express, and…

What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears? : Exclusive Video Interview with Steve Katz

Few musical innovators have flown under the radar than Blood, Sweat, & Tears. That’s not saying they weren’t popular and had massive hit singles and albums. But their contribution to the mix of Rock and Soul doesn’t seem to get the recognition it deserves. To this day, their incorporation of horns into rock music still…

Amanda Seyfried and Evan Rachel Wood Workshopping a ‘Thelma & Louise’ Musical Adaptation For the Stage

Amanda Seyfried is in early development of workshopping a musical stage adaptation of the hit 1991 crime comedy drama film, Thelma & Louise. Fellow movie actress Evan Rachel Wood has also recently joined the musical workshop. Seyfried even missed the Golden Globe s ceremony in Beverly Hills on Tuesday night, during which she won her…