Released By: Twilight Time
Released On: October 16, 2018.
Director: Peter Yates
Cast: Robert Redford, George Segal, Ron Leibman, Paul Sand, Moses Gunn
Year: 1972
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The Hot Rock - Movie Review: John Dortmunder (Robert Redford) is a multi-time loser, getting out of jail for the umpteenth time, and almost certain to return again. "My heart wouldn't be in it" is his response to the Warden when asked if he plans on...

FEAR, celebrating their 40^th anniversary with a tour that is, if not the original lineup, at least partially what is regarded as the 'classic lineup,' made a stop in New York City on September 21^st, 2018. One of those bands that used to be able to blast through seventeen songs in fifty-minutes proved that, yes, forty years later, they should still blast through seventeen songs in fifty-minutes. Apparently time means nothing to Lee Ving, now pushing seventy but showing no signs...

Released By: Twilight Time
Released On: December 13, 2016.
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Charlotte Rampling, Jessica Harper, Tony Roberts, Daniel Stern
Year: 1980
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The Movie: I had a rough idea for this review penned out as I watched Stardust Memories for the first time in years, but then I read the insert booklet by Twilight Time essayist Julie Kirgo, and realized that she had covered all...

Released By: Twilight Time
Released On: July 12, 2016
Director: Busby Berkeley
Cast: Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, Phil Baker, Benny Goodman and Orchestra, Eugene Pallete
Year: 1943
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The Movie: As Danny freakin' Kaye once lamented, "One and all keep us guessing what the heck they're expressing, instead of dance it's choreography!", and let me tell you, as 1943's Busby Berkeley film opens, I found mys...

It's pretty safe to say that NYC's Mike Gallo lives and breathes hardcore. As a member of premier NYHC group Agnostic Front for well over ten years, Mike has laid down the heavy bass groove found on all of their albums since 2001's "Dead Yuppies". With the band's newly-released album, "The American Dream Died" receiving solid reviews worldwide, it seemed like a good time for Rock! Shock! Pop! to have a chat with Mike and get his take on the band, the album, the tours, and the state...

Last night, UK street punk legends Cock Sparrer played their first New York City show in fifteen years at The Warsaw in Greenpoint, Brooklyn to a sold out capacity crowd. To say that the band was welcomed with open arms would be an understatement but before they took the stage, there were the two opening acts.

First up were 45 Adapters, a local Brooklyn band made up of “five friends who dress well and drink heavily.” They play a pretty straight...

Released by: Olive Films
Released on: February 24th, 2015
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Jason Robards, Britt Eklund, Norman Wisdom, Elliot Gould
Year: 1968
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The Night They Raided Minsky's is a light and breezy comedy of repressed passion and deceiving appearance; an early effort from director William Friedkin which may surprise those who know the man primarily for his work on The Exorcist, Sorce...

Released By: Olive Films
Released On: February 17th, 2015.
Director: John Flynn
Cast: James Woods, Brian Dennehy, Paul Shenar
Year: 1987

The Film: A van-full of Nixon mask-wearing criminals breaks into an LAPD evidence room and gets away clean, leaving three officers dead and one clinging to life. Years later, officer Dennis Meechum (Brian Dennehy) is still a cop, but also a best-selling author, having turned the story of the heist i...

Italian soundtrack/prog legends Goblin played Webster Hall in New York City last night after a sold out show in Brooklyn the night before. Their first ever U.S. tour saw Secret Chiefs 3, an instrumental group very obviously influenced by the headlining act, opening the show. Bathed in blue light and clad in white robes, they played an interesting and erratic set that seemed to pretty appropriately set the stage for what was to come. Goblin came on shortly after nine o'clock and delivered r...

Ok, so after leaving the Poison Idea show in Brooklyn, it was time to head into Manhattan to check out The Queers and The Dwarves at Le Poisson Rouge on Bleeker Street. We arrived about five minutes before The Queers took the stage and delivered a solid half hour set that was basically a greatest hits show. No complaints though, they're such a fun band that it doesn't really matter how many times you hear a lot of their songs. There was an obligatory Ramones cover thrown in fo...

As part of an all too rare East Coast tour, Portland's Poison Idea came to Brooklyn on August 31^st, 2013 for a matinee show at St. Vitus. We got there late, misdirection's wreaking havoc with our schedule, which was thankfully set right by a friendly cyclist who stopped to offer directions. Arrived just in time for Massachusetts' Dick Move opening the show, starting off their set with a Slayer-esque scream straight out of Angel Of Death before blasting...

So a couple of years ago, we drove through Yonkers. We came across this place. Weird, right?







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ReleIased By: MVD Visual
Released On: 07/24/2012
Director: David Koslowski, Skizz Cyzyk
Cast: Alice Donut, Jello Biafra
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The Film: It's probably robbing me of what little (if any) punk rock cred I have left to admit that I've never listened to Alice Donut. Actually, I've barely even heard of Alice Donut, despite the fact that they were and are championed by Jello Biafra and his label Alternative Tentacles, the source for most of...

Released By: Synapse Films
Released On: 07/12/2011
Director: Rocco Simonelli
Cast: James Lorinz, Barbara Sicuranza, Joan Jett
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The Film: It used to be that if you wanted to record a CD with your band, you had to pool your collective resources and pony up the insane hourly rates that recording studios charged. Thankfully, innovations in home computer technology and software design have placed high-end recording studios in the base...

Released by: Wild Eye Releasing
Released on: 10/19/2010
Director: Mark Eisenstein
Cast: Victor Argo
Year: 1985
Purchase from Amazon The Movie: Victor Argo, the late character actor who is definitely one of those “oh THAT guy” actors, is featured in a rare leading role as an unnamed shoe salesman who decides to make an attempt at revitalizing his failed career as a stand-up comic. His act follows that of a female singer's, and ...