Asbury Park
Movie Review: Uncle Peckerhead
4 stars out of 5A lot was different when I saw Matthew John Lawrence’s first feature, Two Pints Lighter, back in 2013: no pandemic, the president wasn’t a corrupt fascist moron, I had feet, the writer/director billed himself simply as Matt Lawrence, etc. But, upon watching his newly-released second feature, Uncle Peckerhead, it’s clear that […]
Movie Review: Asbury Park—Riot, Redemption, Rock ‘n Roll
4 stars out of 5The story goes that, a couple of years ago, Mr. Bruce Springsteen saw a rough cut of this documentary and said, “I should be in this.” His ample included commentary in the finished version certainly lends the film some legitimacy and authority, but the story presented here is worth telling regardless. […]
Movie Review: Two Pints Lighter
3.5 stars out of 5 The pinball museum was closed. I’d gone down to Asbury Park from Hoboken for the day and this had thrown a monkey wrench into my evening plans. They were holding a charity event there, autism, $100 entry. I’m a charitable guy, but, come on, a hundred bucks? I just wanted […]
Movie Review: Searching for Sugar Man
3.5 stars out of 5 Back in the summer, I saw the trailer for Searching for Sugar Man and thought, “I must see this movie.” The story was absolutely fascinating to me. Forty years ago, a U.S. musician named Rodriguez made a couple of albums that no one bought. He was promptly forgotten and then […]
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