QUEUED UP––HALLOWEEN FEAR FEST Bryan Reesman October 30, 2019 Columns, Queued Up THIS ISN'T GOING TO END WELL You can tell that zombies are becoming passé when iconic indie directors take a stab at them. I also want to take a stab at them because I'm weary of the undead endlessly cavort... Read More...
Queued Up Bryan Reesman October 2, 2019 Columns, Queued Up, Reviews IMAGINE THERE ARE NO BEATLES What if the Fab Four had never been? That's the conceit of the recent film written by Richard Curtis and directed by Danny Boyle of Slumdog Millionaire fame. A struggling singer... Read More...
Queued Up Bryan Reesman August 28, 2019 Columns, Queued Up 1 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...
Queued Up! Bryan Reesman July 30, 2019 Columns, Queued Up 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 Bryan Reesman June 26, 2019 Columns, 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...
Queued Up Bryan Reesman May 29, 2019 Columns, Queued Up 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! Bryan Reesman May 1, 2019 Columns, Queued Up 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! Bryan Reesman March 27, 2019 Columns, Queued Up 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 Bryan Reesman February 27, 2019 Columns, Queued Up 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! Bryan Reesman January 30, 2019 Queued Up 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...
