Anvil! The Story of Anvil… Robert Hogan finds out what Rock Biopics should be like. Most reviewers will call Anvil! The story of Anvil something along the lines of ‘real life Spinal Tap’ or something obvious, because this excellent documentary bears a few similarities; the band in question are an OTT metal band way...
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Based on a book of the same name, The Tale of Despereaux tells the story of Despereaux Tilling, a tiny mouse with massive ears who lives in the kingdom of Dor. Unwilling to conform to society’s wishes, Despereaux is banished from Dor where he meets a rat named Roscuro, also banished, and adventure ensues...
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What just happened is based on Hollywood producer Art Linson’s (Fight Club, The Untouchables) memoir Bitter Hollywood tales from the front line and playing Linson is Robert De Niro, though as ‘Ben’ rather than Art. Ben is a highly strung producer with a couple of ex-wives (one of whom he is still in love...
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The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany’s Best Foreign Language entrant at next year’s Oscars) charts the rise and fall of the Red Army Faction, a radical group of German political activists. Set in West Germany, the film’s events take place over the course of a socially and politically tumultuous decade. The film begins in 1967...
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Shit, is it 1999 again? A whole film about a shy, awkward and borderline annoying teenage guy desperately trying to get himself a ride? Sounds familiar. Oh, and he’s going to drive across America with his friends to get it? With time constraints no less? That stirs a few memories too. Welcome to Sex...
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Apart from Spinal Tap, how many really good non-biopics has there been about a band? Josie and the Pussycats anybody? Rock Star? You can now throw The Rocker in with those two. The Rocker opens promisingly, with a scene in which drummer Robert ‘Fish’ Fishman (Rainn Wilson) gets the boot from his hair-metal band...
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