Whether you consider The Crow: City of Angels cursed or simply made in bad taste by a studio (Dimension Films) that couldn’t care less, a rewatch more than twenty years later is a real eye-opener in terms of the film as a standalone experience.
I remember being a kid who thought Brandon Lee as The Crow was one of the coolest things I’d ever witnessed in my life. For the record, I still feel that way. For years we donned black and white face makeup on Halloween night. Hell, the wrestler Sting is still doing it. I don’t know how adults reacted to The Crow at the time but I know us eleven-year-olds were rocked by it.
I bring this up because two years later I would leave the theater immensely bummed out after witnessing The Crow: City of Angels.
I remember hating the movie and vowing...
I remember being a kid who thought Brandon Lee as The Crow was one of the coolest things I’d ever witnessed in my life. For the record, I still feel that way. For years we donned black and white face makeup on Halloween night. Hell, the wrestler Sting is still doing it. I don’t know how adults reacted to The Crow at the time but I know us eleven-year-olds were rocked by it.
I bring this up because two years later I would leave the theater immensely bummed out after witnessing The Crow: City of Angels.
I remember hating the movie and vowing...
- 2/22/2024
- by Mike Holtz
- bloody-disgusting.com
A distorted, goateed David Bowie appears in the rare video for “Repetition,” a 1997 version of the Lodger track. The song appears on his upcoming LP ChangesNowBowie, a Record Store Day 2020 release.
Titled “Repetition ’97,” the video was filmed at the Earthling tour rehearsals in Hartford, Connecticut, by Tim Pope. “Johnny is a man/And he’s bigger than you,” Bowie sings over an acoustic guitar. “And he could have married Anne with the blue silk blouse/He could have married Anne with the blue silk blouse.”
ChangesNowBowie was originally recorded by...
Titled “Repetition ’97,” the video was filmed at the Earthling tour rehearsals in Hartford, Connecticut, by Tim Pope. “Johnny is a man/And he’s bigger than you,” Bowie sings over an acoustic guitar. “And he could have married Anne with the blue silk blouse/He could have married Anne with the blue silk blouse.”
ChangesNowBowie was originally recorded by...
- 4/10/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
David Bowie’s “I Can’t Read ’97” has been unveiled. The acoustic rendition will appear on the upcoming Is It Any Wonder? Ep. It follows last week’s release of a previously unreleased version of “The Man Who Sold the World” from the six-song set. The rest of the Ep’s songs will arrive one at a time on a weekly basis through the next month.
Originally appearing on Tin Machine’s 1989 self-titled debut album and written by Bowie and Reeves Gabrels, “I Can’t Read” was re-recorded by Bowie...
Originally appearing on Tin Machine’s 1989 self-titled debut album and written by Bowie and Reeves Gabrels, “I Can’t Read” was re-recorded by Bowie...
- 1/17/2020
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Although Robert Smith says he hopes the Cure never truly fit in with the cultural landscape, he is very aware of just how unusual the group’s success has been over the past four decades. “One of the lovely things about the band is that we’re able to headline Glastonbury, play Hyde Park, and be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but we’re still considered to be slightly weird and outsider kind of band,” he tells Rolling Stone on a call from England. “It’s a perfect position to be in.
- 10/18/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
The Cure marked their 40th anniversary in 2018 with a pair of unique shows in London: One where they went through their catalogue chronologically for a small audience of die-hards, and another where they played a lengthy, career-spanning set to a massive crowd in Hyde Park. Both concerts were filmed and will be released this fall as 40 Live – Curætion-25 + Anniversary, a box set that will come in a variety of configurations.
The former concert, dubbed Curætion-25: From There to Here / From Here to There, features the band playing a spiraling...
The former concert, dubbed Curætion-25: From There to Here / From Here to There, features the band playing a spiraling...
- 8/8/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
A new official music video for David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” premiered Saturday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of both the 1969 single and the Apollo 11 moon landing.
“The video features never before released footage of David Bowie performing ‘Space Oddity’ at his 50th birthday concert at Madison Square Garden in 1997,” Bowie’s official website said of the new visual.
“It is directed by Tim Pope, and includes footage shot and directed by Eduaord Lock, the founder and choreographer of the Montreal dance troupe La La La Human Steps, for...
“The video features never before released footage of David Bowie performing ‘Space Oddity’ at his 50th birthday concert at Madison Square Garden in 1997,” Bowie’s official website said of the new visual.
“It is directed by Tim Pope, and includes footage shot and directed by Eduaord Lock, the founder and choreographer of the Montreal dance troupe La La La Human Steps, for...
- 7/21/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Robert Smith wasn’t ready for the full 4K experience when he sat down to watch a concert film of the Cure’s stunning 2018 Hyde Park concert. “The first close-up of a human face I saw was me,” he says. “It was quite terrifying.”
The recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee says he was initially on the fence about making the film, which is titled Anniversary 1978-2018 Live in Hyde Park London and will get a special screening in movie theaters around the world on Thursday, July 11th.
The recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee says he was initially on the fence about making the film, which is titled Anniversary 1978-2018 Live in Hyde Park London and will get a special screening in movie theaters around the world on Thursday, July 11th.
- 7/10/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Robert Smith revives all the old goth bangers with muscular, life-affirming brio in Tim Pope’s sedate concert film
The Crawley institution are in understandably fine fettle for this concert celebrating the anniversary of their first ever gig, under the name Easy Cure, in the West Sussex town’s Rocket pub in July 1978. Dwarfed by the boughs of two giant trees framing the Hyde Park stage, Robert Smith and the current lineup shake every goth banger out of their back catalogue for the occasion; 29 songs that are chapter and verse on disquiet, loneliness and yearning, but played here with muscular, life-affirming, almost Springsteen-esque brio. Smith can’t stop beaming.
Related: The Cure's Robert Smith: 'I was very optimistic when I was young – now I'm the opposite'...
The Crawley institution are in understandably fine fettle for this concert celebrating the anniversary of their first ever gig, under the name Easy Cure, in the West Sussex town’s Rocket pub in July 1978. Dwarfed by the boughs of two giant trees framing the Hyde Park stage, Robert Smith and the current lineup shake every goth banger out of their back catalogue for the occasion; 29 songs that are chapter and verse on disquiet, loneliness and yearning, but played here with muscular, life-affirming, almost Springsteen-esque brio. Smith can’t stop beaming.
Related: The Cure's Robert Smith: 'I was very optimistic when I was young – now I'm the opposite'...
- 7/3/2019
- by Phil Hoad
- The Guardian - Film News
By Todd Garbarini
Cinemaretro.com has received the following press release regarding the exhibition of the new film Rush: Cinema Strangiato 2019, which will be shown in select theaters on Wednesday, August 21, 2019.
Rush (pun intended!) to get your tickets now as they are selling out very quickly (let’s hope that additional dates are added!):
Trafalgar Releasing And Anthem Entertainment Bring
‘Rush: Cinema Strangiato 2019’ To Movie Theaters Worldwide On August 21
This First Ever “Annual Exercise In Fan Indulgence” For Rush Fans Will Feature A Special Look Into R40 Live, Featuring New Backstage Footage, Special Guests, And Hit Songs “Closer To The Heart,” “Subdivisions” And More
Tickets On Sale From June 20 At WWW.Cinemastrangiato.Com
Denver, Co – June 11, 2019: Global event distributor Trafalgar Releasing today announced Rush: Cinema Strangiato 2019, coming to select cinemas across the globe, for a special, limited theatrical engagement on Wednesday, August 21. Hailed as the first "Annual Exercise...
Cinemaretro.com has received the following press release regarding the exhibition of the new film Rush: Cinema Strangiato 2019, which will be shown in select theaters on Wednesday, August 21, 2019.
Rush (pun intended!) to get your tickets now as they are selling out very quickly (let’s hope that additional dates are added!):
Trafalgar Releasing And Anthem Entertainment Bring
‘Rush: Cinema Strangiato 2019’ To Movie Theaters Worldwide On August 21
This First Ever “Annual Exercise In Fan Indulgence” For Rush Fans Will Feature A Special Look Into R40 Live, Featuring New Backstage Footage, Special Guests, And Hit Songs “Closer To The Heart,” “Subdivisions” And More
Tickets On Sale From June 20 At WWW.Cinemastrangiato.Com
Denver, Co – June 11, 2019: Global event distributor Trafalgar Releasing today announced Rush: Cinema Strangiato 2019, coming to select cinemas across the globe, for a special, limited theatrical engagement on Wednesday, August 21. Hailed as the first "Annual Exercise...
- 6/21/2019
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
"I will always love you...!" Trafalgar Releasing has released an official trailer for the concert documentary called The Cure - Anniversary 1978-2018: Live in Hyde Park. This was originally filmed during their big "Anniversary 1978-2018" concert performance Live at London's Hyde Park in July of 2018. English rock band The Cure celebrated their 40 years together with a massive concert, and if you're a fan and missed it all, don't worry they're showing it on the big screen this summer (all over again) - coming up next month. In theaters worldwide! No matter where you live, you can (probably) catch this. The doc is made by filmmaker Tim Pope, who has been collaborating with The Cure for decades, and features plenty of sweeping crane shots and close-ups on the classic rock bland, even a few fish-eye on-stage shots to pull you straight into the experience. This is pretty much just a concert doc and nothing more,...
- 6/17/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The Cure marked their 40th anniversary last year with a special concert in London, where they played a career-spanning selection of hits, deep cuts and rarities. The band filmed the show and is now releasing it to cinemas as Anniversary 1978 – 2018: Live in Hyde Park London for a one-day-only event on July 11th. Tickets will go on sale on June 6th via a special website.
“This really was the perfect way to celebrate 40 years of the band,” frontman Robert Smith said in a statement. “It was a fabulous day none of us will ever forget.
“This really was the perfect way to celebrate 40 years of the band,” frontman Robert Smith said in a statement. “It was a fabulous day none of us will ever forget.
- 5/29/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Mark Hollis, a synth-pop hitmaker and pioneering art-rock innovator as the frontman of Talk Talk, has died at the age of 64.
Hollis’ manager, Keith Aspden, confirmed the musician’s death to Pitchfork. “I’m still trying to accept this, but sadly it’s true,” Aspden said in a statement. “Mark has died after a short illness from which he never recovered. Deeply felt sorrow for a remarkable person who remained true to himself throughout his life. I can’t tell you how much Mark influenced and changed my perceptions on art and music.
Hollis’ manager, Keith Aspden, confirmed the musician’s death to Pitchfork. “I’m still trying to accept this, but sadly it’s true,” Aspden said in a statement. “Mark has died after a short illness from which he never recovered. Deeply felt sorrow for a remarkable person who remained true to himself throughout his life. I can’t tell you how much Mark influenced and changed my perceptions on art and music.
- 2/26/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Chris Longo Tony Sokol Dec 13, 2018
Radiohead, Janet Jackson, and Stevie Nicks are among the new class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame made it official: Radiohead, Janet Jackson, Stevie Nicks, Def Leppard, The Cure, Roxy Music, and the Zombies are part of the 2019 inductee class.
The Cleveland-based Hall of Fame will host its induction ceremony at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on March 29th. HBO and SiriusXM will air edited versions of the ceremony at a later date.
Stevie Nicks becomes the first woman to be twice inducted into the Rock Hall. She was previously honored in 1998 as a member of Fleetwood Mac. Nicks’ 1981 solo debut, “Bella Donna,” yielded four hit singles, including “Edge of Seventeen.” Nicks released eight solo albums in her career, earning eight Grammy nominations.
If South Park has taught us nothing, at least we know Disintegration rules. Kyle...
Radiohead, Janet Jackson, and Stevie Nicks are among the new class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame made it official: Radiohead, Janet Jackson, Stevie Nicks, Def Leppard, The Cure, Roxy Music, and the Zombies are part of the 2019 inductee class.
The Cleveland-based Hall of Fame will host its induction ceremony at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on March 29th. HBO and SiriusXM will air edited versions of the ceremony at a later date.
Stevie Nicks becomes the first woman to be twice inducted into the Rock Hall. She was previously honored in 1998 as a member of Fleetwood Mac. Nicks’ 1981 solo debut, “Bella Donna,” yielded four hit singles, including “Edge of Seventeen.” Nicks released eight solo albums in her career, earning eight Grammy nominations.
If South Park has taught us nothing, at least we know Disintegration rules. Kyle...
- 12/13/2018
- Den of Geek
R7al, a new film event in Lausanne, Switzerland, dedicated to classic films, wrapped Wednesday, with Christopher Walken receiving an honory award onstage, and one of his films, Abel Ferrara’s “The Funeral,” playing as the closing night movie.
Among the other guests were directors Darren Aronofsky, Barry Levinson, Thomas Vinterberg, Susanne Bier, Michel Hazanavicius, Hugh Hudson and Tim Pope, composer Alexandre Desplat, Cannes festival director Thierry Fremaux, author Stephen Apkon, and actresses Lea Seydoux, Rossy De Palma and Fanny Ardant. The event was founded by actor Vincent Perez.
R7al screened 40 films as well as staging a multitude of discussions during which filmmakers could talk about their work.
At a screening of “The Deer Hunter,” Walken explained that two weeks before filming started director Michael Cimino brought together the principal actors at the film’s first location, Cleveland, Ohio, to get to know each other. “We spent at least 10 days together.
Among the other guests were directors Darren Aronofsky, Barry Levinson, Thomas Vinterberg, Susanne Bier, Michel Hazanavicius, Hugh Hudson and Tim Pope, composer Alexandre Desplat, Cannes festival director Thierry Fremaux, author Stephen Apkon, and actresses Lea Seydoux, Rossy De Palma and Fanny Ardant. The event was founded by actor Vincent Perez.
R7al screened 40 films as well as staging a multitude of discussions during which filmmakers could talk about their work.
At a screening of “The Deer Hunter,” Walken explained that two weeks before filming started director Michael Cimino brought together the principal actors at the film’s first location, Cleveland, Ohio, to get to know each other. “We spent at least 10 days together.
- 3/29/2018
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
By the late-1980s, Paul McCartney may have been the only artist on the planet uninterested in sounding like the Beatles. But then his new collaborator, fellow British superstar Elvis Costello, reunited him with an old friend: his iconic violin-shaped Hofner bass. The instrument had last seen action during the band’s final live performance on the roof of their London offices almost two decades before, and a faded setlist from their last tour remained affixed to the side with yellowed scotch tape. “He was a big Beatles fan and said, ‘Hey, do you still use your Hofner?’” McCartney tells People exclusively.
- 3/24/2017
- by Jordan Runtagh
- PEOPLE.com
Review Louisa Mellor Feb 12, 2013
Utopia is nearing its finale, and the paranoid conspiracy plot has finally been revealed…
This review contains spoilers.
In a week where food contamination has been the topic on everyone’s slightly nauseated lips, Utopia is looking horribly prescient. Luckily for us, the unwelcome guest in our food chain is just a few rogue hooves and manes, not a protein that, when combined with its evil twin, provokes a permanent and hereditary genetic mutation that sterilises ninety per cent of mankind. Good luck spinning that one, Jeremy Hunt.
On the topic of evil twins, those harbouring suspicions that Arby and Jessica Hyde were peas in a decidedly weird pod were vindicated. We learnt that they share a dad - the infamous Mr Rabbit (the Pietre/Peter/Jessica Rabbit gag not lost on our commenters). We’ll have to wait until next week’s finale to discover...
Utopia is nearing its finale, and the paranoid conspiracy plot has finally been revealed…
This review contains spoilers.
In a week where food contamination has been the topic on everyone’s slightly nauseated lips, Utopia is looking horribly prescient. Luckily for us, the unwelcome guest in our food chain is just a few rogue hooves and manes, not a protein that, when combined with its evil twin, provokes a permanent and hereditary genetic mutation that sterilises ninety per cent of mankind. Good luck spinning that one, Jeremy Hunt.
On the topic of evil twins, those harbouring suspicions that Arby and Jessica Hyde were peas in a decidedly weird pod were vindicated. We learnt that they share a dad - the infamous Mr Rabbit (the Pietre/Peter/Jessica Rabbit gag not lost on our commenters). We’ll have to wait until next week’s finale to discover...
- 2/12/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: The UK-based Independent Talent group of companies has formed Black Label Productions, a joint venture company between Duncan Heath’s Independent Talent Brands, Oliver Hicks and Dom Freeman. The venture is a London-based commercials production company that will plug feature helmers into into commercial campaigns. The Black Label stable includes Matthew Vaughn, Martin Campbell, Rupert Wyatt, John Cameron Mitchell, Ben Gutteridge, Saint & Mather, Tim Pope, Ruairi Robinson, Julien Temple, Pete Travis and Malcolm Venville, Johan Renck. Black Label reps Venville, Renck and Campbell in the UK only. “Black Label will provide a creative outlet for film directors to explore their talent in an alternative medium,” said Independent Talent chairman Heath. ‘’Because commercial spots have evolved in recent years, with the advent of new technology and the concept of short film campaigns, directors can really play in this arena with innovative results.” Black Label kicks-off with a duo of campaigns...
- 12/14/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
It's hard to see what gothic menace the blue-eyed boy of comedy can bring to the role of Eric Draven in a forthcoming remake. But at least they didn't cast Robert Pattinson ...
It could be worse. It could be far worse. Producers have opted forBradley Cooper as their first choice to play Eric Draven, the rock musician returned from the dead to take bloody revenge, in the forthcoming Crow remake. With a CV that leans heavily towards overgrown frat-boy comedy and insipid romance, Cooper seems an odd choice, but imagine if they had taken MTV's advice and chosen Robert Pattinson? You can see the bean counter cogs whirring already, can't you? Pattinson has experience with undead types, and all those tweenie Twilighters will just about be getting to the age when they want something a little bit grubbier. This spectre alone is the best argument for Cooper's imminent appointment.
Of course,...
It could be worse. It could be far worse. Producers have opted forBradley Cooper as their first choice to play Eric Draven, the rock musician returned from the dead to take bloody revenge, in the forthcoming Crow remake. With a CV that leans heavily towards overgrown frat-boy comedy and insipid romance, Cooper seems an odd choice, but imagine if they had taken MTV's advice and chosen Robert Pattinson? You can see the bean counter cogs whirring already, can't you? Pattinson has experience with undead types, and all those tweenie Twilighters will just about be getting to the age when they want something a little bit grubbier. This spectre alone is the best argument for Cooper's imminent appointment.
Of course,...
- 4/15/2011
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
Alex Proyas' original film version of The Crow, though not without its flaws, was a cult hit that remains fully deserving of its cult. Tim Pope's follow up, The Crow: City of Angels, was a dismal failure on all levels, a film I walked out of half way through despite having paid full price for admission - something I have done literally only a handful of times in my life - due to terminal boredom and rampant incompetence and I have never returned to The Crow franchise since. Kind of like how Pope has never returned to feature film directing.
But here's some news to restore my interest in the franchise: goth tinged Aussie rocker Nick Cave has reportedly been brought on to rewrite the script for the proposed Crow reboot.
Now, I do take this news with a large grain of salt as, buried at the bottom of the article,...
But here's some news to restore my interest in the franchise: goth tinged Aussie rocker Nick Cave has reportedly been brought on to rewrite the script for the proposed Crow reboot.
Now, I do take this news with a large grain of salt as, buried at the bottom of the article,...
- 7/28/2010
- Screen Anarchy
The Hot Tub Time Machine soundtrack. That mere title alone is so communicative of both the tone and ambition of this new John Cusack-toplined comedy that the simple sight of those four little words is all you need in order to make the call as to whether you want to see the movie or whether you think it likely to be as seismic a catastrophe for modern cinema as Michael Haneke slipping while getting out of the shower and fatally cracking his skull on the Palme d’Or he keeps on the shelf behind the toilet. Essentially it would appear that Steve Pink’s film is the episode of Family Guy where Peter and Brian journey back to the ‘80s and piss off the chicken while simultaneously inventing Rick Astley, only elongated to feature length and with Chevy Chase’s hot tub repairman supplanting the Grim Reaper as gatekeeper...
- 3/27/2010
- by Paul Martin
- Movie-moron.com
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