Category Archives: Music

Prey for Rock & Roll

IMDB Rating: 6.00
786 votes

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Prey For Rock & Roll is the story of Jacki and her all-girl rock and roll band, Clam Dandy, who are trying to make it in the LA club scene of the late 1980's. After ten years of being ignored by record producers, Jacki and the band find hope in one producer who promises to see them play and consider them for a contract. Jacki resolves to play this one last gig and then throw in the towel if she does not find success. Personal tragedies, however, threaten to rip the band apart, rocking the foundation of friendship and trust the women have built together. Ultimately, the band must find its strength in the music that is their passion and the thread that holds them together, inspiring them to prevail.
Actors
JackiGina Gershon
TracyDrea de Matteo
FaithLori Petty
Also posted in 2003, Drama | Comments (0)

The School of Rock

IMDB Rating: 7.30
31402 votes

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Down and out rock star Dewey Finn (Black) gets fired from his band, and he faces a mountain of debts and depression. He takes a job as a 4th grade substitute teacher at an uptight private school where his attitude and hijinx have a powerful effect on his students. He also meets Zack, a 10-year-old guitar prodigy, who could help Dewey win a "battle of the bands" competition, which would solve his financial problems and put him back in the spotlight.
Actors
Dewey FinnJack Black
TheoAdam Pascal
NeilLucas Papaelias
Also posted in 2003, Comedy, High IMDB rating | Comments (2)

8 Mile

IMDB Rating: 6.60
29250 votes

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A rap version of "Saturday Night Fever." B-Rabbit, a wannabe rapper from the wrong side of Detroit's 8 Mile, has problems: he dumps his girlfriend when she tells him she's pregnant; to save money to make a demo tape, he moves into his alcoholic mom's trailer; his job's a dead end, and he's just choked at the local head-to-head rap contest. Things improve when he meets Alex - an aspiring model headed for New York - and a fast-talking pal promises to set up the demo. Then new setbacks: Alex isn't faithful, mom rejects him, rifts surface with his friends, and he's mugged by rivals. Everything hinges on the next rap showdown at the club. Can B-Rabbit pull truth out of his cap?
Actors
Jimmy 'B-Rabbit' Smith, Jr.Eminem
Stephanie SmithKim Basinger
David 'Future' PorterMekhi Phifer
Also posted in 2002, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (8)

The Pianist

IMDB Rating: 8.50
39269 votes

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The true story of Wladyslaw Szpilman who, in the 1930s, was known as the most accomplished piano player in all of Poland, if not Europe. At the outbreak of the Second World War, however, Szpilman becomes subject to the anti-Jewish laws imposed by the conquering Germans. By the start of the 1940s, Szpilman has seen his world go from piano concert halls to the Jewish Ghetto of Warsaw and then must suffer the tragedy of his family deported to a death camp, while Szpilman is conscripted into a forced German Labor Compound. At last deciding to escape, Szpilman goes into hiding as a Jewish refugee where he is witness to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943 and the Warsaw City Revolt in August/October 1944.
Actors
Wladyslaw SzpilmanAdrien Brody
Captain Wilm Hosenfeld
FatherFrank Finlay
Also posted in 2002, Biography, Drama, High IMDB rating, War | Comments (0)

Duets

IMDB Rating: 5.80
2767 votes

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Duets is a road-trip comedy which revolves around the little known world of karaoke and the whimsical characters who inhabit it. There's the struggling singer who dreams of making it to the big time, a frustrated salesman who ends up on an unexpected road trip, the dysfunctional family performers which includes a con-artist (Huey Lewis) and his long lost daughter, and an escaped convict (Andre Braugher) with the voice of an angel. All roads lead to Omaha, site of a national karaoke competition where this motley group of singers and stars come together for a blow-out sing-off.
Actors
Suzi LoomisMaria Bello
Reggie KaneAndre Braugher
Todd WoodsPaul Giamatti
Also posted in 2000, Comedy, Drama | Comments (1)

Coyote Ugly

IMDB Rating: 5.30
19631 votes

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Sexy, romantic comedy about a girl in her early 20s named Violet Sanford going to NYC to pursue a dream of becoming a songwriter. Violet gets a "day" job as a bar maid at a nightclub called Coyote Ugly. Coyote Ugly is the city's newest hot spot were the employees are a team of sexy, resourceful women that provoke the clientele and press with their mischief.
Actors
Violet SanfordPiper Perabo
Kevin O'DonnellAdam Garcia
Bill SanfordJohn Goodman
Also posted in 2000, Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comments (19)

Sweet and Lowdown

IMDB Rating: 7.10
8880 votes

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A comedic biopic focused on the life of fictional jazz guitarist Emmett Ray. Ray was an irresponsible, free-spending, arrogant, obnoxious, alcohol-abusing, miserable human being, who was also arguably the best guitarist in the world. We follow Ray's life: bouts of getting drunk, his bizzare hobbies of shooting rats and watching passing trains, his dreams of fame and fortune, his strange obsession with the better-known guitarist Django Reinhardt, and of course, playing his beautiful music.
Actors
Emmet RaySean Penn
HattieSamantha Morton
BlancheUma Thurman
Also posted in 1999, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

The Wedding Singer

IMDB Rating: 6.80
22243 votes

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Robby is stood up at the altar by Linda, who decides that the prospect of marrying a guy who sings at wedding receptions doesn't equal the attraction she felt when he was lead singer in a rock band. Robby finds consolation in his friendship with Julia, a waitress at the wedding receptions and bar mitzvahs where he performs. Julia asks Robby to help her plan her upcoming wedding to Glenn, who isn't interested in the details of the ceremony. Robby learns that Glenn also isn't totally interested in Julia and is marrying her because she "deserves it" after sticking with him for years and because he knows she's not marrying him for his money, since she dated him back before he started pulling down the big bucks.
Actors
Robbie HartAdam Sandler
Julia SullivanDrew Barrymore
Holly SullivanChristine Taylor
Also posted in 1998, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Le Violon rouge

IMDB Rating: 7.70
9737 votes

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In present day Montreal, a famous Nicolo Bussotti violin, known as "the red violin," is being auctioned off. During the auction, we flash back to the creation of the violin in 17th century Italy, and follow the violin as it makes its way through an 18th century Austrian monastery, a violinist in 19th century Oxford, China during the Cultural Revolution, and back to Montreal, where a collector tries to establish the identity and the secrets of "the red violin."
Actors
Anna Bussotti (Cremona)Irene Grazioli
Nicolo Bussotti (Cremona)Carlo Cecchi
Cesca (Cremona)Anita Laurenzi
Also posted in 1998, Drama, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Romance | Comments (0)

Backbeat

IMDB Rating: 6.60
1368 votes

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A pre-fame Beatles head for the seedy clubs of Hamburg in search of success. The band meet up with a group of trendy German beatniks, one of whom (Astrid Kircherr) bass guitarist Stuart Sutcliffe falls in love with. Whilst best friend John Lennon can only watch, Sutcliffe has to choose between rock 'n roll and a new life in Germany...
Actors
SingerMarcelle Duprey
Stuart SutcliffeStephen Dorff
John LennonIan Hart
Also posted in 1994, Biography, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)