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A WILD ROCKET RIDE
I've got to admit that I've never been an Elton John fan. I was never drawn to his music nor flamboyant stage persona. However, Rocketman has ignited interest from me. Dexter Fletcher's f... Read More...
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MARVELS OLD AND NEW
Last month, I discussed Marvel's Captain Marvel. This month,
I'm covering DC's Shazam! (2019) and the vintage, 12-part serial Adventures
of Captain Marvel (1941). That's right, Marve... Read More...
Bryan Reesman’s Queued Up
STAR BORN SAVIOR
I've got to be honest: I watched Captain Marvel
(2019) after I went to see Avengers: Endgame. As it turns out, it
was fine to see this slightly smaller scale film after that mammoth Marvel ... Read More...
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INTERNAL AFFAIRS
Nearly
15 years ago, I asked Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry what advice he'd give to
young rockers. He said to “keep the video camera
going all the time” because they will want that footage ... Read More...
Queued Up: ‘Studio 54’; ‘Let the Corpses Tan’; ‘Stan & Ollie’; and much more!
DISCO DEVILS
Studio 54 co-founder Ian Schrager has not talked much about his disco inferno days. Until now. Studio 54: The Documentary (2018) takes a look into the liberating lasciviousness and socially grou... Read More...
Queued Up: 100th Column featuring The Dirt, Aquaman, and much more!
This is the 100th column for Queued Up! Welcome to an expanded edition for this month!
NETFLIX FIX: THE DIRT (2019)
Unlike other rock biopics, the long-awaited adaptation of Mötley Crüe’s infamous memoir im... Read More...
Queued Up: First Man, Horror Express, Bohemian Rhapsody, Anna and the Apocalypse, Band vs. Brand
MOON MISSION
In First Man (2018), Ryan Gosling puts his trademark stoicism to good use in the real-life story of Neil Armstrong and the astronauts who manned the Moon missions that lead to his landing on Ear... Read More...
Queued Up – “Bad Reputation,” “Halloween,” and more!
PUNK AT HEART
1Many people know Joan Jett as a former member of rowdy teen upstarts The Runaways who then rose to '80s solo stardom and became a rock icon. But her story runs deeper than that, and Bad Reputa... Read More...
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GROOVY GHOULIES
As the fortunes of Hammer Films were beginning to wane, and their Gothic horror films were receiving strong competition from Amicus Productions and others, they rebooted their Dracula ... Read More...
Queued Up – Holiday Gift Guide 2018: Part 2
HERO WORSHIP
Here are two high octane superhero films that benefit from propulsive action, witty wordplay, and charming characters, but they operate on different levels.
One of the few... Read More...
