DVD review: “Amazing Grace” (2018)

“Amazing Grace” (2018) Documentary Running time: 87 minutes Directed by: Sydney Pollack Featuring: Aretha Franklin, James Cleveland, C. L. Franklin and the Southern California Community Choir “Oh oh Mary Oh, Mary, don't you weep, don't you mournOh, Mary, don't you weep, don't you mournDidn't Pharaoh's army get drowned?Oh, Mary, don't you weep Well, Satan got mad and he knows …

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DVD review: “Liam Gallagher: As it was” (2019)

“Liam Gallagher: As it was” (2019) Music Documentary Running time: 85 minutes  Directed by: Gavin Fitzgerald, Charlie Lightening Featuring:  Liam Gallagher, David Adcock, Paul Arthurs  “You're getting toldYou greedy soulYou've been telling liesThe slippery kind” – Greedy Soul, Liam Gallagher “Liam Gallagher: As it was” (2019) is a music documentary (of sorts, back to that later) that takes a broad …

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DVD review: “Memory: The Origins of Alien” (2019)

“Memory: The Origins of Alien” (2019) Documentary Running time: 90 minutes Written & Directed by: Alexandre O. Philippe Featuring: Dan O’Bannon, Veronica Cartwright, Roger Corman Mark Twain: “If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”  Recently released on DVD is the documentary “Memory: The Origins of Alien” (2019) a very original movie about …

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Blu-ray/DVD review: “Mystify: Michael Hutchence” (2019)

“Mystify: Michael Hutchence” (2019) Documentary Running time: 95 minutes Directed by: Richard Lowenstein Featuring: Michael Hutchence, Andrew Farriss, Tim Farriss, Garry Gary Beers and Jon Farriss “Eternally wild with the powerTo make every moment come aliveAll those stars that shine upon youWill kiss you every night”– INXS, Mystify Released this month on DVD/Blu-ray is the documentary “Mystify: Michael Hutchence ” (2019), which …

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Film review: “Mystify: Michael Hutchence ” (2019)

“Mystify: Michael Hutchence ” (2019) Documentary Running time: 95 minutes Directed by: Richard Lowenstein Featuring: Michael Hutchence, Andrew Farriss, Tim Farriss, Garry Gary Beers and Jon Farriss “Eternally wild with the powerTo make every moment come aliveAll those stars that shine upon youWill kiss you every night”– INXS, Mystify Released this month in cinemas is the documentary “Mystify: Michael Hutchence ” (2019), which …

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DVD review: “Free Solo” (2018)

"Free Solo" (2018)  Documentary Running Time: 96 minutes Directed by: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin Featuring: Alex Honnold, Sanni McCandless, Jimmy Chin and Tommy Caldwell Alex Honnold:"My friends are like, Oh, that'd be terrible, but if I kill myself in an accident, they'll be like, Oh, that was too bad, but like life goes on, you know, like …

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DVD review: “Born Racer” (2018)

"Born Racer" (2018)  Documentary Running Time: 88 minutes Directed by: Bryn Evans Featuring: Scott Dixon, Emma Davies-Dixon and Kenny Szymanski Emma Davies-Dixon:"...unless he's going really fast, he doesn't feel alive." Released this month on DVD is the documentary "Born Racer" (2018) based mostly around New Zealand born car racer Scott Dixon who now makes his …

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