The 2004 album “1989” was a pivotal moment in Taylor Swift‘s career, making her a rare artist to transition from one genre to another full-time and enjoy even greater success than they’d achieved before. After she established herself as a country singer-songwriter, that was the moment she became a full-fledged pop star. Now she has released “1989 (Taylor’s Version),” the latest in her series of albums she has re-recorded in order to regain control of her music rights.
Several reviews came in the very day her new “1989” dropped on October 27, and the early consensus of critics has been overwhelmingly positive. Rachel Aroesti (The Guardian) writes that the album “provides a perfect excuse to revisit those monstrously accomplished tracks” and that it “also helps make sense of that decade in pop.” Angie Martoccio (Rolling Stone) adds that “now, in a post-rockist world, ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ shines a lot brighter.
Several reviews came in the very day her new “1989” dropped on October 27, and the early consensus of critics has been overwhelmingly positive. Rachel Aroesti (The Guardian) writes that the album “provides a perfect excuse to revisit those monstrously accomplished tracks” and that it “also helps make sense of that decade in pop.” Angie Martoccio (Rolling Stone) adds that “now, in a post-rockist world, ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ shines a lot brighter.
- 10/27/2023
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Guns N’ Roses‘ recent performance at the Glastonbury festival received multiple negative reviews, and now the band has responded to the bad press.
Gn’R highlighted two reviews from major UK publications in particular: one by music critic Neil McCormick of The Telegraph subtitled “Welcome to the Mumble” and an even harsher piece by The Independent’s Mark Beaumont that called Gn’R “frontrunners for the worst Glasto headline set of all time.”
Beaumont pulled no punches, writing that Axl Rose “flips between a lower register that resembles a clogged lawnmower and a higher one that sounds like Barry Gibb suffering the mother of all wedgies.” Ouch.
The band responded by taking to Twitter to put both writers on blast, tagging each of their Twitter handles and borrowing a line from the song “Chinese Democracy”: “…it would take a lot more hate than you @neil_mccormick @Markbeaumontuk.”
Meanwhile, some...
Gn’R highlighted two reviews from major UK publications in particular: one by music critic Neil McCormick of The Telegraph subtitled “Welcome to the Mumble” and an even harsher piece by The Independent’s Mark Beaumont that called Gn’R “frontrunners for the worst Glasto headline set of all time.”
Beaumont pulled no punches, writing that Axl Rose “flips between a lower register that resembles a clogged lawnmower and a higher one that sounds like Barry Gibb suffering the mother of all wedgies.” Ouch.
The band responded by taking to Twitter to put both writers on blast, tagging each of their Twitter handles and borrowing a line from the song “Chinese Democracy”: “…it would take a lot more hate than you @neil_mccormick @Markbeaumontuk.”
Meanwhile, some...
- 6/28/2023
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
Foo Fighters experienced tragic losses: in March of 2022 drummer Taylor Hawkins died suddenly at the age of 50, and then lead singer Dave Grohl‘s mother died in August. But the band continued making music, and on June 2, 2023, they released their 11th studio album — but their first without Hawkins. “But Here We Are” may just be their crowning achievement, if the reviews are any indication.
As of this writing “But Here We Are” has a MetaCritic score of 90 based on 12 reviews counted thus far. If that number holds up this will be their best reviewed album by far in the MetaCritic era. Three of those reviews rate the album a perfect 100 out of 100. Neil McCormick (The Telegraph) says, “Loss and grief lie at the core of the Foo Fighters’ most succinct and intense album.” It “pushes right through bewilderment and sadness until it comes out the other side, defiantly alive.” Ali Shutler (NME) adds,...
As of this writing “But Here We Are” has a MetaCritic score of 90 based on 12 reviews counted thus far. If that number holds up this will be their best reviewed album by far in the MetaCritic era. Three of those reviews rate the album a perfect 100 out of 100. Neil McCormick (The Telegraph) says, “Loss and grief lie at the core of the Foo Fighters’ most succinct and intense album.” It “pushes right through bewilderment and sadness until it comes out the other side, defiantly alive.” Ali Shutler (NME) adds,...
- 6/2/2023
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Beyoncé’s Renaissance tour, a stadium-shaking dance party built around last year’s album of the same name, won’t begin its U.S. run until a July 12 show in Philadelphia, but thanks to TikTok and YouTube, stateside fans already have a decent sense of the show. It begins with Beyoncé essentially serving as her own opening act via a mini set of ballads before exploding into a show built around the Renaissance album, with songs from her previous albums worked in among the new hits (or in some cases,...
- 5/22/2023
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
It’s been a tumultuous week for Ed Sheeran, but undoubtedly a good one. He won a copyright lawsuit that alleged he copied his Grammy-winning “Thinking Out Loud” from Marvin Gaye‘s classic “Let’s Get It On”; a loss there would have been ironic since “Thinking Out Loud” is the composition he won the top songwriting Grammy for. Shortly after the trial ended he dropped his coincidentally scheduled new album “Subtract.” What do critics think of his latest collection?
Well, the early assessments are somewhat mixed, but they average out to a strong MetaCritic score of 74 based on seven reviews counted as of this writing. That’s much better than his last album “Equals,” which scored 59 based on 13 reviews, and his album before that “No. 6 Collaborations Project,” which scored 57 off of 14 reviews. By the time you read this that number may have changed for better or worse; he’d...
Well, the early assessments are somewhat mixed, but they average out to a strong MetaCritic score of 74 based on seven reviews counted as of this writing. That’s much better than his last album “Equals,” which scored 59 based on 13 reviews, and his album before that “No. 6 Collaborations Project,” which scored 57 off of 14 reviews. By the time you read this that number may have changed for better or worse; he’d...
- 5/5/2023
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
On February 17 Pink released “Trustfall,” which is her first studio album since “Hurts 2B Human” four years ago and is her ninth studio album overall. How does it compare to her previous releases? Reviews have started coming in.
On MetaCritic “Trustfall” is rated 70 out of 100 (which is exactly her career average) based on six reviews that have been counted as of this writing. Three of those are classified as positive and three are somewhat mixed, but none of them are downright negative. Neil Z. Yeung (All Music) says that Pink “recaptures her spirit and voice on the cathartic ‘Trustfall.'” She “pushes her vocals to higher highs with shiver-inducing results, backed by some of the most thoughtful messages in her catalog.”
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Maura Johnston (Rolling Stone) adds, “Pink whirls through a wide range of musical styles,” and her “appeal comes from her ability to turn the everyday into the stereo-ready.
On MetaCritic “Trustfall” is rated 70 out of 100 (which is exactly her career average) based on six reviews that have been counted as of this writing. Three of those are classified as positive and three are somewhat mixed, but none of them are downright negative. Neil Z. Yeung (All Music) says that Pink “recaptures her spirit and voice on the cathartic ‘Trustfall.'” She “pushes her vocals to higher highs with shiver-inducing results, backed by some of the most thoughtful messages in her catalog.”
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Maura Johnston (Rolling Stone) adds, “Pink whirls through a wide range of musical styles,” and her “appeal comes from her ability to turn the everyday into the stereo-ready.
- 2/18/2023
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
How are the Taylor Swift “Midnights” reviews? Her new album dropped on October 21 — at midnight, of course — and music journalists have already started chiming in.
So far the critics are raving about the collection. After 11 reviews countedi as of this writing, it has a MetaCritic score of 92. If that number holds up it will be Swift’s best score to date, besting the 91 received by her re-recorded “Red (Taylor’s Version)” last year. This continues the trajectory for Swift, who has matured from country-pop star to renowned songwriter and critics’ darling. 2020’s one-two punch of “Folklore” and “Evermore” established a new level of artstic cred and received (at the time) the highest critical scores of her career.
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Helen Brown (The Independent) says, “Swift’s feline vocal stealth and...
So far the critics are raving about the collection. After 11 reviews countedi as of this writing, it has a MetaCritic score of 92. If that number holds up it will be Swift’s best score to date, besting the 91 received by her re-recorded “Red (Taylor’s Version)” last year. This continues the trajectory for Swift, who has matured from country-pop star to renowned songwriter and critics’ darling. 2020’s one-two punch of “Folklore” and “Evermore” established a new level of artstic cred and received (at the time) the highest critical scores of her career.
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Helen Brown (The Independent) says, “Swift’s feline vocal stealth and...
- 10/21/2022
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Dance pop star Lady Gaga and legendary crooner Tony Bennett seemed like an odd combo when they teamed up for their 2014 collaboration album “Cheek to Cheek.” But it proved a successful match-up, topping the Billboard 200, certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, and winning them a Grammy for Best Traditional Pop Album. Now comes their followup “Love for Sale,” a collection of Cole Porter covers that is likely to be their last collaboration, and likely the last album that Bennett ever records since the beloved 95-year-old has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. What do critics think of his farewell from the public stage?
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As of this writing the album has a MetaCritic score of 72 based on seven reviews counted thus far: four positive and three somewhat mixed, but none outright negative.
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As of this writing the album has a MetaCritic score of 72 based on seven reviews counted thus far: four positive and three somewhat mixed, but none outright negative.
- 10/4/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Coldplay dropped their latest album “Everyday Life” on November 22. It’s their eighth studio album and their first full album since “A Head Full of Dreams” four years ago. But it’s more than full. It’s actually a double album with 16 total tracks divided into two sections: “Sunrise” and “Sunset.” And that’s not the only way this is an unorthodox record for the band. So what do critics think of it?
As of this writing “Everyday Life” has a MetaCritic score of 73 based on 10 reviews counted so far: seven positive, three somewhat mixed, none outright negative. If that number holds, it’ll be their highest score since “A Rush of Blood to the Head” back in 2002. And it’s one point better than “Viva La Vida” (2008), which earned them a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year and won them Song of the Year for its title track.
As of this writing “Everyday Life” has a MetaCritic score of 73 based on 10 reviews counted so far: seven positive, three somewhat mixed, none outright negative. If that number holds, it’ll be their highest score since “A Rush of Blood to the Head” back in 2002. And it’s one point better than “Viva La Vida” (2008), which earned them a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year and won them Song of the Year for its title track.
- 11/24/2019
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Ed Sheeran‘s “No. 6 Collaborations Project,” which dropped on July 12, is a bit of a departure from his last album, the multi-platinum, Grammy-winning “Divide.” As its title suggests, it features genre-hopping collaborations with artists ranging from Justin Bieber to Skrillex to Travis Scott. But what do critics think of this star-studded 15-track collection?
As of this writing the reviews are, well, divided. “No. 6” has a generally positive score of 62 on MetaCritic, but five of those reviews are classified as mixed, while only four are outright positive. But this is actually on par for Sheeran relative to his previous work. “Divide” also scored 62, while “Plus” (2011) and “Multiply” (2014) both scored 67. He ended up winning Grammys for Best Pop Album and Best Pop Solo Performance for “Shape of You,” so even some less enthusiastic reviews might not slow him down any.
Critics who admire the album praise its “sweet, elegant and emotionally sincere...
As of this writing the reviews are, well, divided. “No. 6” has a generally positive score of 62 on MetaCritic, but five of those reviews are classified as mixed, while only four are outright positive. But this is actually on par for Sheeran relative to his previous work. “Divide” also scored 62, while “Plus” (2011) and “Multiply” (2014) both scored 67. He ended up winning Grammys for Best Pop Album and Best Pop Solo Performance for “Shape of You,” so even some less enthusiastic reviews might not slow him down any.
Critics who admire the album praise its “sweet, elegant and emotionally sincere...
- 7/18/2019
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
The English rock band Florence and the Machine has returned with their fourth studio album, “High as Hope,” which was released on June 29. What do the critics have to say about by the latest from the group led by the full-throated Florence Welch? And will it win them their first Grammy?
The reception has been generally positive. It has a MetaCritic score of 72 based on 7 reviews. That’s only a few ticks below their previous efforts: their 2009 debut “Lungs” scored 79, followed by “Ceremonials” (2011) with 75 and “How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful” (2015) with 77.
Many reviewers are truly high on “Hope,” describing it as “the realization of a singular talent” and “the most rewarding” album yet from the band thanks to Welch’s “magnificent emoting” and “intimate lyrics.” But a few other critics are more ambivalent, saying that “transcendent moments are “few and far between” and that Welch should tone down...
The reception has been generally positive. It has a MetaCritic score of 72 based on 7 reviews. That’s only a few ticks below their previous efforts: their 2009 debut “Lungs” scored 79, followed by “Ceremonials” (2011) with 75 and “How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful” (2015) with 77.
Many reviewers are truly high on “Hope,” describing it as “the realization of a singular talent” and “the most rewarding” album yet from the band thanks to Welch’s “magnificent emoting” and “intimate lyrics.” But a few other critics are more ambivalent, saying that “transcendent moments are “few and far between” and that Welch should tone down...
- 6/29/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Jack White released his new album “Boarding House Reach” on March 23. It’s his third solo album, following “Blunderbuss” (2012) and “Lazaretto” (2014), but he has actually made more than a dozen in his career when you combine his work with his various bands The White Stripes, The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather. Will his latest add to his Grammys haul in 2019? To date he has won 12 times out of 33 nominations.
According to the reviews for “Boarding House Reach,” he just might take home some more awards hardware, though it depends on how open voters are to “the weirdest album of his career so far.” As of this writing it has received a strong MetaCritic score of 74, which isn’t as high as the scores posted by “Blunderbuss” (83) and “Lazaretto” (80), but to put it in perspective it’s still higher than the last Album of the Year winner, “24K Magic” by Bruno Mars.
According to the reviews for “Boarding House Reach,” he just might take home some more awards hardware, though it depends on how open voters are to “the weirdest album of his career so far.” As of this writing it has received a strong MetaCritic score of 74, which isn’t as high as the scores posted by “Blunderbuss” (83) and “Lazaretto” (80), but to put it in perspective it’s still higher than the last Album of the Year winner, “24K Magic” by Bruno Mars.
- 3/25/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Last night's Tfi Friday special brought back Chris Evans and reminded us of everything we forgot about the '90s.
Chris put together a true TV spectacle with star guests galore (Jeremy Clarkson! Tom Daley! Lewis Hamilton! Even Shaun Ryder!) But what did the critics think?
Here's how Twitter reacted to Chris Evans's bonkers revival of Tfi Friday
What did you think of the return of Tfi Friday?
The Telegraph (Neil McCormick)
"It was, for the most part, zany, anarchic fun, fizzing with ideas and conducted at a frenetic pace, but the one-off return of the Nineties didn't so much evoke nostalgia for the decade as a sense of wonder at how we ever kept up the pace. Blur and Oasis (well, what's left of them) made appearances, but sparks didn't fly...
"For all the energy and humour, it was all a silly and quite exhausting night of TV,...
Chris put together a true TV spectacle with star guests galore (Jeremy Clarkson! Tom Daley! Lewis Hamilton! Even Shaun Ryder!) But what did the critics think?
Here's how Twitter reacted to Chris Evans's bonkers revival of Tfi Friday
What did you think of the return of Tfi Friday?
The Telegraph (Neil McCormick)
"It was, for the most part, zany, anarchic fun, fizzing with ideas and conducted at a frenetic pace, but the one-off return of the Nineties didn't so much evoke nostalgia for the decade as a sense of wonder at how we ever kept up the pace. Blur and Oasis (well, what's left of them) made appearances, but sparks didn't fly...
"For all the energy and humour, it was all a silly and quite exhausting night of TV,...
- 6/13/2015
- Digital Spy
It's all over bar the shouting now, as the heavily-hyped return of Tfi Friday finally hit screens tonight (June 12).
Chris Evans put together a true spectacle, jam-packed with Liam Gallagher and Blur returning as the kings of Britpop, Shaun Ryder trying to keep his mouth shut and Jeremy Clarkson bickering with Evans over the Top Gear succession.
10 classic Tfi Friday moments, from Shaun Ryder swearing to Freak or Unique
Twitter had a feeding frenzy with tonight's Tfi Friday revival, so we round up reaction below:
1. An event 15 years in the making
Been up since 3.07 a.m. Sleep vastly over rated
Cut To 10 O'Clock News:"Tonight on C4 a ginger man slept all the way through his own show"
— Chris Evans (@achrisevans) June 12, 2015
Yep I'm definitely at Tfi Friday!!! pic.twitter.com/MvICq2JKxP
— Graham Albans (@GrahamAlbans) June 12, 2015
In case you've been living in a cave #TFIFriday is back, live on Ch4 at 9pm.
Chris Evans put together a true spectacle, jam-packed with Liam Gallagher and Blur returning as the kings of Britpop, Shaun Ryder trying to keep his mouth shut and Jeremy Clarkson bickering with Evans over the Top Gear succession.
10 classic Tfi Friday moments, from Shaun Ryder swearing to Freak or Unique
Twitter had a feeding frenzy with tonight's Tfi Friday revival, so we round up reaction below:
1. An event 15 years in the making
Been up since 3.07 a.m. Sleep vastly over rated
Cut To 10 O'Clock News:"Tonight on C4 a ginger man slept all the way through his own show"
— Chris Evans (@achrisevans) June 12, 2015
Yep I'm definitely at Tfi Friday!!! pic.twitter.com/MvICq2JKxP
— Graham Albans (@GrahamAlbans) June 12, 2015
In case you've been living in a cave #TFIFriday is back, live on Ch4 at 9pm.
- 6/12/2015
- Digital Spy
"This night is dedicated to everyone who believes in a future of peace and freedom."
Conchita Wurst's Eurovision victory was truly heartwarming television and one in the eye for more closed-minded sections of the European community.
Europe has fallen in love with the drag queen and her Shirley Bassey-esque 'Rise Like a Phoenix' stormed to victory, beating all the bookies favourites to take the Song Contest to Austria in 2015.
Here are some of the best reactions to the win on Twitter.
It's only a song contest but tonight it showed talent can overcome prejudice and ignorance. Well done Conchita - I am glad I saw that moment
— John Bishop (@JohnBishop100) May 10, 2014
Just a song contest, I know, but the world feels a little kinder & more civilised at the end of this one (+it was the best song) #eurovision
— Pete Paphides (@petepaphides) May 10, 2014
We're with @danisnotonfire - Conchita Wurst...
Conchita Wurst's Eurovision victory was truly heartwarming television and one in the eye for more closed-minded sections of the European community.
Europe has fallen in love with the drag queen and her Shirley Bassey-esque 'Rise Like a Phoenix' stormed to victory, beating all the bookies favourites to take the Song Contest to Austria in 2015.
Here are some of the best reactions to the win on Twitter.
It's only a song contest but tonight it showed talent can overcome prejudice and ignorance. Well done Conchita - I am glad I saw that moment
— John Bishop (@JohnBishop100) May 10, 2014
Just a song contest, I know, but the world feels a little kinder & more civilised at the end of this one (+it was the best song) #eurovision
— Pete Paphides (@petepaphides) May 10, 2014
We're with @danisnotonfire - Conchita Wurst...
- 5/10/2014
- Digital Spy
London — In terms of chronological age, Charlotte Church – at just 27 – is probably too young for a comeback tour and album. But launching a second act can be tough when you charmed the world at 12.
As a young girl, she sold many millions of records and performed live for a president and a pope before being laid low by a no-win confrontation with Britain's tabloid press and the release of what even she admits was some mediocre pop material and a not-so-great reality TV show.
Now she's emerged from her basement studio in Wales – a hangout for local songwriters and musicians – with a wealth of new material she's releasing in the United States on CD and showcasing at live performances at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas, and in several other cities, including New York and Los Angeles, where she'll perform at the fabled Troubadour.
"I've been waiting...
As a young girl, she sold many millions of records and performed live for a president and a pope before being laid low by a no-win confrontation with Britain's tabloid press and the release of what even she admits was some mediocre pop material and a not-so-great reality TV show.
Now she's emerged from her basement studio in Wales – a hangout for local songwriters and musicians – with a wealth of new material she's releasing in the United States on CD and showcasing at live performances at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas, and in several other cities, including New York and Los Angeles, where she'll perform at the fabled Troubadour.
"I've been waiting...
- 3/15/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
David Bowie stunned fans when he unexpectedly released his first new single in a decade at midnight on Monday.
Listen: Hear Bowie's new song and vote in our poll here.
The unveiling of a new track, 'Where Are We Now?', along with a video and the news that he'll be releasing a new album in March, was his brilliant way of celebrating his 66th birthday.
'Where Are We Now?' climbed to number two in the iTunes download chart just 12 hours after its release and it's had some great feedback from the critics so far. Check out some of their first impressions below...
The Telegraph's Neil McCormick wrote: "Lush, stately, beautifully strange, weaving resonant piano chords, decaying synths and echoing drums around a simple chord progression and a weary, tenderly understated, quietly defiant vocal, David Bowie’s elegiac new single may be the most surprising, perfect and welcome comeback in rock history.
Listen: Hear Bowie's new song and vote in our poll here.
The unveiling of a new track, 'Where Are We Now?', along with a video and the news that he'll be releasing a new album in March, was his brilliant way of celebrating his 66th birthday.
'Where Are We Now?' climbed to number two in the iTunes download chart just 12 hours after its release and it's had some great feedback from the critics so far. Check out some of their first impressions below...
The Telegraph's Neil McCormick wrote: "Lush, stately, beautifully strange, weaving resonant piano chords, decaying synths and echoing drums around a simple chord progression and a weary, tenderly understated, quietly defiant vocal, David Bowie’s elegiac new single may be the most surprising, perfect and welcome comeback in rock history.
- 1/8/2013
- by The Huffington Post UK
- Huffington Post
London — The verdict is in: The Rolling Stones are back. They may look old, but they still sound young.
That was the consensus Monday as Britain's rock critics responded to the Stones 50th anniversary bash Sunday night, the first of five shows to commemorate their half century of rhythm and blues-tinged rock. It was the band's first London performance in five years, and their own advancing years had led some to be skeptical that they could still perform at the highest level.
They were led by the seemingly ageless Mick Jagger, whose strutting style has not been dimmed, and backed by brilliant guitarists Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood and the energetic drumming of Charlie Watts, who is now past 70 but shows no sign of slowing down. There was a stunning guest appearance by former Stone Mick Taylor, who stole the show during a searing performance of "Midnight Rambler" and a...
That was the consensus Monday as Britain's rock critics responded to the Stones 50th anniversary bash Sunday night, the first of five shows to commemorate their half century of rhythm and blues-tinged rock. It was the band's first London performance in five years, and their own advancing years had led some to be skeptical that they could still perform at the highest level.
They were led by the seemingly ageless Mick Jagger, whose strutting style has not been dimmed, and backed by brilliant guitarists Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood and the energetic drumming of Charlie Watts, who is now past 70 but shows no sign of slowing down. There was a stunning guest appearance by former Stone Mick Taylor, who stole the show during a searing performance of "Midnight Rambler" and a...
- 11/26/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Mysterious Skin. It's sure not What's Up, Doc?, you guys. That was last week's pick for "Best Movie Ever?", and it happened to fall in line with most of the selections in this column, since it features memorable nuttiness, great one-liners, a cavalcade of spicy female characters, and honesty when it's required. The only way that Mysterious Skin relates is the honesty tenet, and it pretty much blows away the competition when it comes to honestly exploring the psychological upshot of trauma and sexual abuse. The movie's gay characters are brilliantly rendered too, which is why it's no shock that "New Queer Cinema" filmmaker Gregg Araki is at the helm here.
Based on Scott Helm's 1996 book, Mysterious Skin tracks the separate, but parallel lives of two teenage boys who are coping with the same unthinkable event from their childhoods. One is a sheltered amnesiac named Brady (Brian Lackey), who has...
Based on Scott Helm's 1996 book, Mysterious Skin tracks the separate, but parallel lives of two teenage boys who are coping with the same unthinkable event from their childhoods. One is a sheltered amnesiac named Brady (Brian Lackey), who has...
- 8/28/2012
- by virtel
- The Backlot
The closing ceremony for the London Olympics will be a star-studded affair filled with top-rate musical talent including Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones and Adele. Probably. Possibly. If Telegraph reporter Neil McCormick is to be believed. McCormick interviewed David Arnold, musical director of Sunday's closing ceremony of the Olympics, and while Arnold didn't come right out and confirm the musical guests for the bash, that didn't stop McCormick from dishing out the details of who'll supposedly be playing, albeit with more than a grain of salt. Also read: NBC Racks Up Another Gaffe...
- 8/9/2012
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Director Nick Hamm’s comedy ‘Killing Bono,’ starring Ben Barnes, Robert Sheehan and Krysten Ritter, is set to hit Blu-ray on August 7. The film, which was written by Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais and Simon Maxwell, is based on musician and music critic Neil McCormick’s acclaimed 2003 memoir, ‘I Was Bono’s Doppelganger.’ ‘Killing Bono’ follows Neil (played by Barnes) and his brother Ivan (portrayed by Sheehan) as they strive to achieve fame as a rock ‘n’ roll band. The only problem is that Neil and Ivan are competing against Bono (played by Martin McCann), and the rest of the members of U2, who they attended school with. While Ivan has [ Read More ]...
- 7/31/2012
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
On a night in which the Brit-poppers closed the prestigious 2012 Brit Awards and picked up their outstanding contribution gong, Blur were also confirmed as the headliners for the BT London Live event, which will celebrate the end of this year’s London Olympics, alongside fellow musical royalty The Specials and New Order in a line-up that will have fans salivating.
Blur will be joined on stage by an as-yet unnamed special guest. That announcement will come later, but what price on either Noel or Liam Gallagher defying the Britpop divide that saw a rivalry spring up between their bands and joining Damon Albarn et al on stage for a roof-raising finale? Wishful thinking perhaps. Maybe they’ll just go with Brian May on top of a London landmark again…
Singer Albarn told NME: ‘It’ll be a proper party. It’s the closing night of the Olympics. Our raison d...
Blur will be joined on stage by an as-yet unnamed special guest. That announcement will come later, but what price on either Noel or Liam Gallagher defying the Britpop divide that saw a rivalry spring up between their bands and joining Damon Albarn et al on stage for a roof-raising finale? Wishful thinking perhaps. Maybe they’ll just go with Brian May on top of a London landmark again…
Singer Albarn told NME: ‘It’ll be a proper party. It’s the closing night of the Olympics. Our raison d...
- 2/21/2012
- by Simon Gallagher
- Obsessed with Film
Title: Killing Bono Directed by: Nick Hamm Starring: Ben Barnes, Robert Sheehan, Krysten Ritter and Pete Postlethwaite Running time: 113 minutes, Rated R, Available on Blu-ray Loosely based on the book “Killing Bono: I Was Bono’s Doppelganger” by Neil McCormick is the story of Neil and Ivan McCormick, two brothers who spend their early adult life trying to make their dream of having a rock band a reality, while constantly living in the shadow of their schoolmates own successful band called U2. Whether or not the story is entirely true, you really feel for these character’s constant disappointment, and sometimes wonder how or why they keep going after this seemingly...
- 2/9/2012
- by juliana
- ShockYa
Growing up in 1970s Dublin, Neil McCormick wanted to be a rock star in every sense of the phrase. “Fame and Fortune were the twin peaks of my desire,” he wrote in Killing Bono, a memoir of self-deprecating humor and eloquence that chronicles his quest for global superstardom and all its accompanying amenities. There was, of course, the small matter of actually landing a recording contract. McCormick’s memoir captures the irreducible caprice and absurdity of the music business as it relates his relentless but repeatedly unsuccessful pursuit of that elusive first step.
- 11/15/2011
- Pastemagazine.com
"I was very much a part of that world." Nick Hamm's Killing Bono provides an insider's view of the UK music scene in the late 70s and 80s, as U2 ascended into the stratosphere, leaving their high school compatriots the McCormick brothers far behind. Rather than focus on the more familiar story of a band's rise to stardom, the film looks at life on the fringes, as Neil McCormick and his brother Ivan struggle to make ends meet and pursue their own musical dreams. Born in Belfast, Hamm was a schoolboy in Northern Ireland during the late 70s before attending university in England in the early 80s. He was a fan of U2 and felt very much a part of the music scene, albeit...
- 11/11/2011
- Screen Anarchy
From Kate Hudson coining the term “Band-Aids” in Almost Famous to Mark Wahlberg realizing his dream of becoming the lead singer of Steel Dragon in Rock Star, the obsession with and adoration of various famous bands and musicians has been chronicled through many different films. Nick Hamm’s Killing Bono joins their ranks, telling the story of Neil McCormick (Ben Barnes) and his obsession with not just becoming a huge rock star, but doing so on his own terms without the help of his fellow schoolmates who also formed their own band…which happened to then go on and become U2. Neil is a dreamer so fixated on the idea of stardom and all the spoils that come with it that he does not seem to quite grasp what it takes to make that dream a reality. Dressing like David Bowie does not make you him and acting like you already are a rock star does not...
- 11/10/2011
- by Allison Loring
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
This film has me torn between really liking it, and casting it aside…
Killing Bono is the tale of two Irish in the 1980′s brothers struggling to make it in a rock band. Jealousy rears its ugly head when their friends band, U2, becomes a huge success while they are still struggling on the music scene. Semi truth, semi fictitious, the film follows Neil (Ben Barnes) and Ivan McCormick (Robert Sheehan) on their quest for rock stardom with their band Shook Up as Bono and U2 become more and more famous. The thought of this is unbearable to Neil, causing trouble for him, his brother, and his career.
Anyone old enough to remember the 80′s knows how big U2 were, and still are. They sell out stadiums around the world, and their frontman is known by one single name… Bono…
The film is based on the memoirs of Neil McCormick,...
Killing Bono is the tale of two Irish in the 1980′s brothers struggling to make it in a rock band. Jealousy rears its ugly head when their friends band, U2, becomes a huge success while they are still struggling on the music scene. Semi truth, semi fictitious, the film follows Neil (Ben Barnes) and Ivan McCormick (Robert Sheehan) on their quest for rock stardom with their band Shook Up as Bono and U2 become more and more famous. The thought of this is unbearable to Neil, causing trouble for him, his brother, and his career.
Anyone old enough to remember the 80′s knows how big U2 were, and still are. They sell out stadiums around the world, and their frontman is known by one single name… Bono…
The film is based on the memoirs of Neil McCormick,...
- 11/8/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Read our exclusive interview with director Nick Hamm, who helmed the new comedy film ‘Killing Bono,’ which is now playing in select theaters. The movie, which is based on musician and music critic Neil McCormick’s acclaimed 2003 memoir, ‘I Was Bono’s Doppelganger,’ follows him and his brother Ivan as they strive to achieve fame as a rock ‘n’ roll band. The only problem is that Neil, played by Ben Barnes, and his brother Ivan, portrayed by Robert Sheehan, are competing against Bono, played by Martin McCann, and the rest of the members of U2, who they attended school with. While Ivan has come to terms with U2′s achievements, and doesn’t...
- 11/5/2011
- by karen
- ShockYa
Killing Bono, based on Neil McCormick’s book of the same name, tells the story of U2’s rise to stardom… as seen through the eyes of the two brothers who are struggling to move out of the local garage/pub band scene and get their own music heard. The central focus lies on Neil (Ben Barnes) whose jealousy of his schoolmate Paul Hewson, or the artist commonly known as Bono (Martin McCann), and his overly protective love for his brother Ivan (Robert Sheehan) leads him on a rock and roll adventure filled with gigs, girls, and crazy criminal overlords. Director Nick Hamm keeps the tone on the lighter, comedic side, as the misfit brothers move to England and try to start a huge band from rock bottom. It’s a charming—cute, even—in many respects. There are fun , loving jabs at the early 90’s...
- 11/5/2011
- by Giovanni Colantonio
- The Daily BLAM!
It’s oddly appropriate that Killing Bono, a film about very long stops and very brief starts with success, rarely manages to get a full grip on its story or intended emotional impact. Why does it mostly work, then? It comes down to the affability of the lead character, Neil McCormick, how his almost wholly obscure story unravels before our eyes, and watching him repeatedly try and fail. There’s something of a contradiction at play there: Yes, it’s fairly easy to sympathize with him, but the character is what I’d call a schmuck; yet even though he hurts so many around him, his life of “one step forward, eight steps back” makes the story easier to swallow.
And this story is a rather fascinating one. In 1976, students at the Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Dublin, Ireland decided to form a band. Now, most endeavors never go past...
And this story is a rather fascinating one. In 1976, students at the Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Dublin, Ireland decided to form a band. Now, most endeavors never go past...
- 11/4/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Nick Hamm hasn’t directed a feature film since the 2004 failure Godsend, but he’s back this month with Killing Bono. To most, the title would suggest some kind of black comedy that offers up a bit of revisionist history, but the movie isn’t even about the world’s biggest rock star. Instead, we hear the little-known (and, at its heart, quite sad) story of Neil McCormick, his school friend who almost made it to the top. Almost.
In this interview, you’ll hear the filmmaker talk about some advice the band gave him, what he thinks of the film’s somewhat unconventional lead, and what it was like to direct Pete Postlethwaite in his final role.
The Film Stage: When you were working on this film, how much consulting were you granted by U2 — if there was any?
Nick Hamm: Well, that’s kind of a big question.
In this interview, you’ll hear the filmmaker talk about some advice the band gave him, what he thinks of the film’s somewhat unconventional lead, and what it was like to direct Pete Postlethwaite in his final role.
The Film Stage: When you were working on this film, how much consulting were you granted by U2 — if there was any?
Nick Hamm: Well, that’s kind of a big question.
- 11/4/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
What's worse: having a dream and never coming close to it, or getting your hands on your dream and having it slip through your fingers? Neil McCormick, the subject of "Killing Bono" and the writer of the memoir upon which the film is based, would almost certainly pick the latter. Neil grew up dreaming of being a rock star. So did one of his classmates, a short but charismatic guy with cool hair named Paul Hewson. They went to the same school in Dublin and played double bills together with their respective bands: Nick with The Undertakers, Paul with The Hype. But then Paul changed his name to Bono, and his buddy David became The Edge, and The Hype became U2. As for Neil's band, well you've never heard of The Undertakers, have you?
"Killing Bono" is about how it feels to be close enough to your dream to taste...
"Killing Bono" is about how it feels to be close enough to your dream to taste...
- 11/3/2011
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
For every musical act that's made it big, there are thousands that have languished in obscurity, but when it comes to movies, it's rare that a band that comes to naught gets much screen time. Achtung Baby celebrates it's 20 year anniversary this month, and joining the chorus of reminiscences about U2's legacy and impact is Killing Bono, a slightly sour Irish comedy about not making it big directed by Nick Hamm (Godsend) and based on Neil McCormick's memoir Killing Bono: I Was Bono's Doppelganger.
- 11/3/2011
- Movieline
It's one thing to dream of musical stardom and quite another to make it happen. Even for the most determined and talented of artists, a certain amount of luck comes into play. And for the two brothers at the heart of Nick Hamm's affectionate and genial comedy Killing Bono, another burdensome element is involved: their high school pals became U2. Based on a memoir by Neil McCormick, the film takes liberties with the true story, but gets at the heart of recognizable musical aspirations and frustrating character flaws. Neil (Ben Barnes) and his younger brother Ivan (Robert Sheehan) are aspiring artists, though it's Ivan who has the greater potential as a guitarist. Paul (Martin McCann), one of their high school friends, points out a...
- 11/3/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Below director Nick Hamm shares a scene from "Killing Bono," starring Ben Barnes and based on Neil McCormick's memoir "Killing Bono: I am Bono's Doppelganger." "Killing Bono" opens in limited release Friday, November 4. Based on real events, "Killing Bono" tells the story of young Irish rocker Neil McCormick and his younger brother, Ivan, who attempt to become rock stars but can only look on as their school friends for ...
- 11/3/2011
- indieWIRE - People
Below director Nick Hamm shares a scene from "Killing Bono," starring Ben Barnes and based on Neil McCormick's memoir "Killing Bono: I am Bono's Doppelganger." "Killing Bono" opens in limited release Friday, November 4. Based on real events, "Killing Bono" tells the story of young Irish rocker Neil McCormick and his younger brother, Ivan, who attempt to become rock stars but can only look on as their school friends for ...
- 11/3/2011
- Indiewire
Below director Nick Hamm shares a scene from "Killing Bono," starring Ben Barnes and based on Neil McCormick's memoir "Killing Bono: I am Bono's Doppelganger." "Killing Bono" opens in limited release Friday, November 4. Based on real events, "Killing Bono" tells the story of young Irish rocker Neil McCormick and his younger brother, Ivan, who attempt to become rock stars but can only look on as their school friends for ...
- 11/3/2011
- indieWIRE - People
Rock critic Neil McCormick had inside access to the one of the biggest stories in music history, and wrote about it in his 2003 memoir I Was Bono’s Doppelgänger, which was all about growing up in Dublin and playing music alongside the guys who went on to form U2. McCormick started his own band back then with his brother Ivan, and the two slugged away for a decade trying to find a sound and a style that would break big, while their buddies—who originally wanted Ivan to be the fifth member of U2—conquered the world without ...
- 11/3/2011
- avclub.com
In Killing Bono, the new film based on the hilarious memoir by Neil McCormick, we go back to eighties Dublin to follow his close but no cigar rise to elusive rock stardom. For a moment McCormick and his brother Ivan were even better than the real thing. And then came the fall. Some people have talent in abundance but no personal management skills, and no sense to realize when the moment of opportunity has finally arrived. For most of his life Neil and Ivan McCormick have been those kinds of people. Coming tantalizingly close to realizing their dream time and time again without ever tipping over into greatness, in hindsight the chances the two brothers wasted have made for a hilarious cautionary tale. McCormick had his life mapped out -- the platinum albums, the models, the quest for world peace. He just forgot that you have to work hard to get to them.
- 11/2/2011
- IrishCentral
Title: Killing Bono Director: Nick Hamm Starring: Ben Barnes (‘The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian,’ ‘The Voyage of the Dawn Treader’), Robert Sheehan (‘Season of the Witch,’ TV’s ‘Misfits’) and Martin McCann (TV’s ‘The Pacific’) Modern society often encourages people to celebrate, and strive for, celebrity status and continued success. Unfortunately, not everyone can obtain high levels of exceptional success, as seen in the new comedy ‘Killing Bono.’ The film, which was based on musician Neil McCormick’s memoir ‘Killing Bono: I Am Bono’s Doppelganger,’ expertly shows the struggles the Irish musician faced in launching his career, as he’s always in Bono and U2′s shadow. Like many people in the world,...
- 11/1/2011
- by karen
- ShockYa
Best known for playing Prince Caspian in the last two "Chronicles of Narnia" movies, 30-year-old British actor Ben Barnes has been slowly branching out into other types of movie roles and genres in recent years. In Nick Hamm's Killing Bono , he plays journalist Neil McCormick, who started out as a musician going to the same Dublin university as the guys in U2 but never was able to get anywhere with the band he formed with his brother Ivan (Rob Sheehan). Based on McCormick's memoir of the same name, the film follows them from Dublin to London, trying out all sorts of musical styles and line-ups, but always being overshadowed by the success of Dublin's prodigal sons. The movie features a really funny performance by Barnes as McCormick comes off as a bit of a prat, and...
- 10/31/2011
- Comingsoon.net
One thing that seems certain about today’s society is its obsession with “The Quick Rise to Fame” be it that of going viral on YouTube, or trying to become a Reality TV “Star”. Though technology has changed dramatically over the last 30 years one thing that hasn’t is the dream to make it big. Thus is the focus of director’s Nick Hamm’s film entitled Killing Bono based on Neil McCormick’s memoir, I Was Bono’s Doppelganger.
The film is about brothers Neil & Ivan McCormick played by Ben Barnes (Prince Caspian from The Chronicles of Narnia) and Robert Sheehan who had dreams to become the next big thing in the music world; one exception though, they grew up with a lad with the same aspirations. His name was Paul David Hewson and his band’s name was “The Hype”; fast forward to today and you would know them as Bono and U2.
The film is about brothers Neil & Ivan McCormick played by Ben Barnes (Prince Caspian from The Chronicles of Narnia) and Robert Sheehan who had dreams to become the next big thing in the music world; one exception though, they grew up with a lad with the same aspirations. His name was Paul David Hewson and his band’s name was “The Hype”; fast forward to today and you would know them as Bono and U2.
- 10/28/2011
- by Andrew Ramallo
- Killer Films
Donny Broussard: First off I want to say that I think the concept for this film is brilliant. How did you get involved with it?
Nick Hamm: I read Neil McCormick’s book, Killing Bono: I Was Bono’s Doppelgänger, and became fascinated by the story of a failure. He presented an everyman character, whose journey I felt a lot of people could identify with. It was also refreshing to approach to a music film from the point of view of a band not succeeding.
Db: I really enjoyed the way the real U2 advertisements were used in the film, what lead you to use those instead of just photoshopping Martin McCann into them?
Nh: I like the idea of mixing both historical fact and dramatic fiction. Some of the incidents in the film are part of rock history. U2 really did do their first audition in Larry’s mom’s kitchen,...
Nick Hamm: I read Neil McCormick’s book, Killing Bono: I Was Bono’s Doppelgänger, and became fascinated by the story of a failure. He presented an everyman character, whose journey I felt a lot of people could identify with. It was also refreshing to approach to a music film from the point of view of a band not succeeding.
Db: I really enjoyed the way the real U2 advertisements were used in the film, what lead you to use those instead of just photoshopping Martin McCann into them?
Nh: I like the idea of mixing both historical fact and dramatic fiction. Some of the incidents in the film are part of rock history. U2 really did do their first audition in Larry’s mom’s kitchen,...
- 10/28/2011
- by Donny Broussard
- Killer Films
Karl Urban has always been one of the best things, if not the best thing, in nearly all of his films so we imagine director Antonio Negret (Seconds Apart, Transit) must be skipping for joy now that Urban has signed on to star in his long gestating French-set automobile action-thriller ‘Overdrive’. And yeah, he’ll likely be the best thing in the movie again.
Written by Derek Haas and Michael Brandt, the writing duo behind 2008’s action fest Wanted, the thriller will start shooting this weekend in Marseille and centres on two brothers with a penchant for stealing cars who find themselves in a little more trouble than they bargained for in the South of France when they come in front of a mob boss.
Whilst Negret has been signed on for some time the film hasn’t taken shape despite Matthew Goode and Alex Pettyfer having been attached as...
Written by Derek Haas and Michael Brandt, the writing duo behind 2008’s action fest Wanted, the thriller will start shooting this weekend in Marseille and centres on two brothers with a penchant for stealing cars who find themselves in a little more trouble than they bargained for in the South of France when they come in front of a mob boss.
Whilst Negret has been signed on for some time the film hasn’t taken shape despite Matthew Goode and Alex Pettyfer having been attached as...
- 10/26/2011
- by Lorna Berridge
- Obsessed with Film
The official trailer for the upcoming comedy ‘Killing Bono’ has been released by its distributor, Arc Entertainment. The film, which was directed by Nick Hamm and written by Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais and Simon Maxwell, is based on the true story of rock critic Neil McCormick. ‘Killing Bono,’ which was met with critical acclaim when it was released in the U.K. last spring, follows two Irish brothers struggling to forge their path in the 1980s music scene. However, the emergence of their old school friends U2 only pushed the two brothers back into obscurity. Scheduled for an October 5, 2011 VOD U.S. release, with a November 4 theatrical release...
- 9/15/2011
- by karen
- ShockYa
[1] We all know the beats of the typical rock star origin story -- a talented, passionate young person finds his calling in life and overcomes adversity to achieve fame and success, etc. But what about the guy who didn't make it? The guy who put in the same sweat and blood and tears but never quite managed to scrape together enough talent or luck to actually break into the big time? We first showed you the trailer [2] for Killing Bono back in December, but now a new, very similar trailer has been released for its U.S. premiere this fall. The reality-based tale follows two brothers, Neil and Ivan McCormick (Ben Barnes and Robert Sheehan) who start a band to rival their school friend Paul's (Martin McCann) group The Hype. But as The Hype gets bigger and bigger -- and eventually changes their name to U2 -- Neil and Ivan...
- 9/13/2011
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
There are plenty of musical acts that one finds themselves having an intense desire to destroy. However, one man actually had a pretty good reason to want another musician dead and that's Neil McCormick. The film Killing Bono chronicles McCormick's story from his book of the same name which recounts his time spent in school with the members of super-group U2 including frontman Bono as he rose to rock colossus and world dignitary. Now we have the first trailer for the film starring Ben Barnes which focuses on McCormick's feverish 10-year quest to emulate Bono's success in a series of different bands. See it below! Watch the first official trailer for Nick Hamm's Killing Bono here: Killing Bono is a rock' n' roll comedy about two Irish brothers struggling to forge their path through the 1980's music scene, whilst the meteoric rise to fame of their old school pals...
- 9/13/2011
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Everyone loves movie trailers; we can’t get enough of them here in The City of Films. It’s an art form that stands alone from the film itself and has a remarkable power to move us. Trailers can give us chills, laughs, goose bumps and some even anger us. We can’t always post them all, so here’s where we play catch up; watch More Trailers:
Janie Jones
Release: Opens theatrically on October 28, 2011 in select cities, as well nationally on cable VOD, iTunes, Amazon Watch Instantly and Vudu.
Synopsis: A young girl who has been abandoned by her former-groupie mother informs a fading rock star that she is his daughter.
Killing Bono
Release Date: November 4, 2011
Synopsis: Based on real events, Killing Bono tells the story of young Irish rocker Neil McCormick and his younger brother, Ivan, who attempt to become rock stars but can only look on as...
Janie Jones
Release: Opens theatrically on October 28, 2011 in select cities, as well nationally on cable VOD, iTunes, Amazon Watch Instantly and Vudu.
Synopsis: A young girl who has been abandoned by her former-groupie mother informs a fading rock star that she is his daughter.
Killing Bono
Release Date: November 4, 2011
Synopsis: Based on real events, Killing Bono tells the story of young Irish rocker Neil McCormick and his younger brother, Ivan, who attempt to become rock stars but can only look on as...
- 9/4/2011
- by Graham
- City of Films
Hanna; Trust; Killing Bono; Hop
British director Joe Wright first made his mark with two acclaimed but (for my money) unsatisfying literary adaptations: Pride & Prejudice, with its overly picturesque mud and straw, and Atonement, which merely confirmed the unfilmable quality of Ian McEwan's source novel. His latest marks a radical and surprisingly exciting departure, venturing recklessly into the world of kinetic action-adventure replete with a pumping techno score (courtesy of the Chemical Brothers) and Kick-Ass-style outre action.
Owing a clear debt to both Léon and Nikita (with a hint of Bourne's search for identity), Hanna (2011, Universal, 12) casts rising star Saoirse Ronan as a mysterious young girl raised in the wilds of Finland by her father (Eric Bana) who has taught her to live, breathe and even sleep in combat mode. All this training, it transpires, is preparing her for an inevitable confrontation with Cate Blanchett's sneering nemesis who,...
British director Joe Wright first made his mark with two acclaimed but (for my money) unsatisfying literary adaptations: Pride & Prejudice, with its overly picturesque mud and straw, and Atonement, which merely confirmed the unfilmable quality of Ian McEwan's source novel. His latest marks a radical and surprisingly exciting departure, venturing recklessly into the world of kinetic action-adventure replete with a pumping techno score (courtesy of the Chemical Brothers) and Kick-Ass-style outre action.
Owing a clear debt to both Léon and Nikita (with a hint of Bourne's search for identity), Hanna (2011, Universal, 12) casts rising star Saoirse Ronan as a mysterious young girl raised in the wilds of Finland by her father (Eric Bana) who has taught her to live, breathe and even sleep in combat mode. All this training, it transpires, is preparing her for an inevitable confrontation with Cate Blanchett's sneering nemesis who,...
- 8/27/2011
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
Check out the new poster for Killing Bono, starring Ben Barnes, Robert Sheehan, Krysten Ritter and Martin McCann. The Nick Hamm-directed film tells the story of young Irish rock musician Neil McCormick and his brother Ivan. They try to become rock stars in Dublin but are upstaged by four of their friends when they form the band U2 and become the biggest rock stars in the world. Pic’s an adaptation of Neil McCormick’s memoir Killing Bono: I Am Bono’s Doppelganger. Written by The Commitments scribes Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais and Simon Maxwell. the film features the last performance by the late actor Pete Postlethwaite.
- 8/8/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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