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Liam Gallagher to make Beatles movie

Written by admin on May 7, 2010 – 7:52 am -

Oasis frontman, Liam Gallagher, is set to make a Beatles movie, according to the Daily Mail.

The newspaper reports that Gallagher has purchased the movie rights to Richard DiLello’s 1972 memoir about working at the Beatles’ Apple called “The Longest Cocktail Party: An Insider’s Diary of the Beatles, Their Million-Dollar Apple Empire, and Its Wild Rise and Fall.”

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T.A.M.I. Show DVD – review

Written by admin on April 23, 2010 – 9:33 pm -

Harley Payette reviews the long awaited T.A.M.I. Show DVD, which is one of the “must have” music DVDs of 2010.

When I bought Shout Factory’s first ever issue of the legendary lost concert film The TAMI Show, my night was shot. I spent two hours watching the movie. Then there were another two plus hours soaking up the special features and replaying favorite moments. Then there was the trip to my CD collection to revisit the original recordings of all the great hits I had heard in the show.

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“When You’re Strange” – New Doors film

Written by admin on April 14, 2010 – 9:01 pm -

The critically acclaimed Doors documentary, “When You’re Strange: A Film About The Doors,” is currently showing at a limited number of US theaters.

“When You’re Strange” was featured at the Sundance, Berlin, Deauville, San Sebastian and Santa Barbara Film Festivals, but Director Tom DiCillo has since re-edited the film and added Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp as the narrator.

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Elvis on Tour DVD and Blu-ray in August

Written by admin on April 2, 2010 – 11:46 am -

The official Elvis website has announced that Elvis on Tour will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on August 3. There will also be a special screening of the Golden Globe-winning documentary on August 14 in Memphis, as part of the annual “Elvis Week.”

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Award for Nowhere Boy’s Aaron Johnson

Written by admin on March 31, 2010 – 6:14 am -

Aaron Johnson as John Lennon in Nowhere Boy Aaron Johnson was named Best Newcomer at the UK’s Empire Film Awards for his portrayal of the teenage John Lennon in the film Nowhere Boy.

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