Music movies

Unfaithfully Yours (1984)

Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Genres: Comedy | Music | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Moore, Dudley | Kinski, Nastassja | Assante, Armand | Brooks, Albert | Yates, Cassie | Libertini, Richard | Shull, Richard B. | Triska, Jan | Hallaren, Jane | Behrens, Bernard | Mann, Leonard | Omens, Estelle | Peyser, Penny | Mele, Nicholas | Rayson, Benjamin
Directors: Zieff, Howard
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Claude Eastman, is a composer and conductor. He is married to Daniella, who is half his age. While away on a trip he told his Italian driver, Giuseppe, to tell his friend Norman to keep an eye on her, or take care of her. But his english is not too good, so Norman thought he was saying that Claude wanted him to hire a private eye to keep tabs on her. Which he did. Claude tells him that it’s ok but the man Norman hired gives him his report and it says something happened while he was away. Claude, of course, tells him to throw it away but after Norman leaves, Claude tries to retrieve it and tries to read it but Daniella’s there, when Giuseppe destoys it, he goes to the man Norman hired to get a copy. He tells Claude that a man went into his apartment while he was away and left at an unusual hour, and that he also has a video. Claude tells him to destroy it but shortly after leaving returns so that he can watch it. Now the video’s a little fuzzy but clearly he can see that the man wears a particular type of clothing. Claude goes around checking every man he knows to see if they wear that clothing. He discovers that Max, his protege and a ladies man wears it. After confronting Daniella, she is harboring a secret but not what Claude thinks it is, so when she tells Claude that it’s no big thing, Claude freaks out, and is planning to kill her and frame Max but an unforeseen circumstance disrupts the perfect plan he dreamed up.

Pump Up the Volume (1990)

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Music
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Slater, Christian | Ross, Annie | Romano, Andy | Paulin, Scott | Kennedy, Mimi | Lucero, Anthony | Morrissette, Billy | Schenkkan, Robert | Pollak, Cheryl | Greene, Ellen | Mathis, Samantha | Thayer, Keith Stuart | Chamberlain, Jeff | Sloatman, Lala | Sampson, Holly
Directors: Moyle, Allan
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Mark is an intelligent but shy teenager who has just moved to Arizona from the East Coast. His parents give him a short-wave radio so he can talk to his pals, but instead he sets up shop as pirate deejay Hard Harry, who becomes a hero to his peers while inspiring the wrath of the local high school principal. When one of Harry’s listeners commits suicide and Harry- inspired chaos breaks out at the school, the authorities are called in to put a stop to Harry’s broadcasts.

Electric Dreams (1984)

Monday, January 11th, 2010
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Music | Romance | Sci-Fi
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: von Dohlen, Lenny | Madsen, Virginia | Caulfield, Maxwell | Cort, Bud | Fellows, Don | Polonsky, Alan | Miller, Wendy | Rabinowitz, Harry | Margolyes, Miriam | De Jong, Holly | Maris, Stella | Doran, Mary | Choy, Diana | Steck, Jim | Pettinger, Gary
Directors: Barron, Steve
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This upbeat love story features an architect named Miles who decides to modernize his life by buying a computer. Not knowing a thing about them he purchases the biggest most power system he can get ahold of, and wastes no time in having all sorts of accidents - dropping it, spilling wine on it, cross wiring it. All of which ends up causing something amazing to happen, the computer gains self-awareness! Using it’s word processor, speakers and microphone the computer learns to communicate with Miles and they become friends as he teaches it about life. Then a pretty cello player moves in next door and the shy Miles and super-intelligent but inexperienced computer conspire to get her to love Miles in the best tradition of Cyrano. After the computer and the woman start to share music together through the heating ducts the computer falls for the woman too. Soon man and machine are battling for who has the right to date her. In the end the computer concludes that it doesn’t have a chance with the woman and wishes the couple a happy life together. It downloads itself into the electrical system and departs for destinations unknown, but not before invading a local radio station’s computers to request a musical tribute to the new couple.

Sid and Nancy (1986)

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
Genres: Biography | Drama | Music
Countries: UK
Actors: Oldman, Gary | Webb, Chloe | Hayman, David | Bishop, Debby | Schofield, Andrew | Berkeley, Xander | Benson, Perry | London, Tony | Baron, Sandy | Richardson, Sy | Tudor-Pole, Edward | Yeager, Biff | Love, Courtney | Blitz, Rusty | Spaceley, John
Directors: Cox, Alex
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Based on the true story of Sid Vicious, bass player for the legendary punk rock band “The Sex Pistols”, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. Their the music of the Sex Pistols, their relationship was always volatile.

Quadrophenia (1979)

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
Genres: Crime | Drama | Music
Countries: UK
Actors: Daniels, Phil | Ash, Leslie | Davis, Philip | Wingett, Mark | Sting | Winstone, Ray | Cooper, Garry | Shail, Gary | Willcox, Toyah | Laird, Trevor | Williams, Kate | Elphick, Michael | Neve, Kim | Whitrow, Benjamin | Peacock, Daniel
Directors: Roddam, Franc
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In 1960s London Jimmy, loathing his dead-end job and dead-end parents, lives for his scooter and his Mod mates. August Bank Holiday in Brighton looks like it will be great, with a chance to see his Vespa-riding hero Ace, do battle with the Rockers, and maybe get lucky with Steph. Sadly, after the weekend, reality and disppointments crowd in all the more.

The Three Caballeros (1944)

Monday, December 28th, 2009
Genres: Animation | Family | Fantasy | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Miranda, Aurora | Molina, Carmen | Luz, Dora | Holloway, Sterling | Nash, Clarence | Garay, Joaquin | Oliveira, José | Graham, Frank | Shields, Fred | Amaral, Nestor | Almirante | Calaveras, Trío | del Río, Trío Ascencio
Directors: Ferguson, Norman
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A large box arrives for Donald on his birthday, three gifts inside. He unwraps one at a time, and each takes him on an adventure. The first is a movie projector with a film about the birds of South American: Donald watches two cartoons, one tells of a penguin who longs to live on a tropical isle and the other about a gaucho boy who hunts the wild ostrich. The second gift is a pop-up book about Brazil. Inside is Zé Carioca, who takes Donald to Brazil’s Bahia for a mix of animation and live action: the two cartoon birds sing and dance with natives. The third gift is a piñata, accompanied by Panchito. A ride on a magic serape takes the three amigos singing and dancing across Mexico. ¡Olé!

This Is It (2009)

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
Genres: Documentary | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Jackson, Michael | Al, Alex | Bass, Nick | Bearden, Michael | Celebre, Daniel | Cox, Mekia | Gabriel, Misha | Grant, Chris
Directors: Ortega, Kenny
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A rare glimpse into the final days of Michael Jackson, the documentary is compiled from an estimated 80 hours of rehearsal and behind-the-scenes footage of the legendary entertainer preparing for his 50 sold-out shows at London’s O2 Arena that were scheduled to commence in July 2009 before his untimely death in June at age 50. Interviews with collaborators and close friends of the late performer are also featured.

The Caveman’s Valentine (2001)

Monday, December 14th, 2009
Genres: Crime | Drama | Music | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Jackson, Samuel L. | Feore, Colm | Magnuson, Ann | Andrei, Damir | Ellis, Aunjanue | Tunie, Tamara | MacNeill, Peter | Rodan, Jay | Eastman, Rodney | Hall, Anthony Michael | McNeil, Kate | Thomas, Leonard L. | Jarsky, Joris
Directors: Lemmons, Kasi
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Romulus is mentally ill, a troglodyte in a New York City park. He’s also a gifted composer and the father of a city cop. On Valentine’s Day, a young man freezes in a tree near his cave. The police determine it’s the accidental death of someone behaving bizarrely, but Romulus believes a friend of the dead youth who says that noted avant-garde photographer, David Leppenraub, murdered him. Romulus, urged on by hallucinations of his wife as a young woman, resolves to catch the killer and manages to be invited to Leppenraub’s farm to play a new composition. Can Romulus hold it together long enough to get to the bottom of the death and also to make a breakthrough with his daughter?

Strange Days (1995)

Friday, December 4th, 2009
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Fantasy | Music | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Fiennes, Ralph | Angela Bassett | Lewis, Juliette | Sizemore, Tom | Wincott, Michael | D'Onofrio, Vincent | Plummer, Glenn | Bako, Brigitte | Edson, Richard | Fichtner, William | Sommer, Josef | Urla, Joe | Katt, Nicky | Jace, Michael | LeCavalier, Louise
Directors: Bigelow, Kathryn
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Ex-vice cop, Lenny Nero, is a loser who deals in VR clips - captured straight from the cerebral cortex - who uncovers that some things are not as they should be. Lenny keeps trying to protect old girlfriend Faith, a punk-rock singer, from her manager - and current boyfriend - the shady Philo Gant. Lenny’s hooker friend is brutally murdered - and the killer records his rape-kill and sends it to Lenny. Lenny must figure out who killed her, protect Faith, and come to terms with his life…

Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who (2007)

Friday, December 4th, 2009
Genres: Documentary | Music
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Daltrey, Roger | Townshend, Pete | Entwistle, John | Moon, Keith | Barnes, Richard | Baxter, Jeffrey | Bundrick, John | Butler, Dougal | Curbishley, Bill | Daltrey, Heather | The Edge | Entwistle, Christopher | Fox, Lesley | Gallagher, Noel | Garrison, Alan
Directors: Crowder, Paul
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A documentary on The Who, featuring interviews with the band’s two surviving members, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey.