A Complete Unknown, An Unlikable Man
Timothée Chalamet is Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, which paints the artist as a complicated genius—a label usually reserved for celebrated narcissistic men.
Tagged: Music
Breaking Down the Pan-India Phenomenon of Pushpa
Levins from Hey Fam returns to the podcast to chat about Sukumar’s Pushpa: The Rise, starring Allu Arjun, in anticipation of the release of the sequel, Pushpa: The Rule.
Celebrating 25 Years of ‘South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut’
On the latest, Whatcha Watchin, Alexis is joined by Angus Truskett from Hey Fam to talk about the 25th anniversary of South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut and all things Trey Parker and Matt Stone.
Does ‘Back to Black’ Do Amy Winehouse Dirty?
‘Back to Black’ suffers from the same issues as so many musician biopics: telling a true story and appeasing the estate that holds the music licensing rights.
Kingsley Ben-Adir Becomes Bob Marley in One Love
Bob Marley: One Love follows predictable biopic tropes, but Kingsley Ben-Adir’s portrayal of Marley and Lashana Lynch’s performance as Rita keeps it captivating.
If You Loved ‘RRR’ Try These Other Great Movies
If you loved “Naatu Naatu” and you’re ready to dip a toe into South Indian cinema, here are a few excellent movies like RRR to watch next.
‘The Beatles: Get Back’ Provides a Captivating Candid Look at the Creative Process
If you’re even a casual fan, The Beatles: Get Back will be more satisfying than your Thanksgiving meal.
‘Amy’ a haunting cautionary tale
I wish a documentary like Amy was shocking because we didn’t see talented people self-destruct on the regular, but sadly, Amy Winehouse’s story is all too commonplace. Unlike your average Behind the Music rock doc, Amy doesn’t flower things up for a made-for-TV package. Instead, it shows us the stark reality of such a talented person’s demise, and leaves us reflecting on why so many of our most talented entertainers meet a similar fate.
‘Straight Outta Compton’ does justice to hip hop legends
The first CD I ever bought was Snoop Dogg’s “Doggystyle”, which was quickly followed by Dr. Dre’s “The Chronic”, and thus began my love of 1990s gangsta rap. I was a little too young to know the story of N.W.A., so naturally, I was beyond excited for Straight Outta Compton. Thankfully, the movie more than exceeds all my astronomical expectations.
Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon give us the history of rap
Old school and new school, Jimmy and Justin give is a tour of rap music’s history in this performance.
MTV doesn’t play music videos and we have only ourselves to blame
It hurts, because it is all so true.
Trapped in the Closet returns in November
Wave your spatula in the air, because R. Kelly is back with more episodes of Trapped in the Closet.
Thriller goes Bollywood
What’s that you say? You’d like to see an Indian version of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”?