Tag Archive: Biopic

England is Mine Review

Portraying a character as famously (or perhaps infamously?) defiant, inimitable and enigmatic as Morrissey on screen was always likely to rattle a few bones and enflame a few eye brows. Most troublesome is… Continue reading

The New Movie Men Podcast – Walk the Line, Tom Hiddleston and Sausage Parties…

The Movie Men are back with another rootin’ tootin’ good podcast. Our latest offering pits Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line up against the recent Hank William’s inspired I Saw the Light – who comes… Continue reading

I Saw the Light: Historical Biopics Need to Stop

Ever since Daniel Day-Lewis confirmed his third Academy Award as Abraham Lincoln, in the ingeniously named Lincoln, biopics have spread like wild fire in the hope of burning bright enough to catch an… Continue reading

Straight Outta Compton Review

In 1988, N.W.A released the album “Straight Outta Compton.” The album’s titular first track opened with the spoken line “You are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge” and ended with… Continue reading