By David Savage
Kino Lorber was right to bring out Foxes (1980) in Blu-ray under their Kl Studio Classics series. The elegant re-issue seems aimed at convincing film snobs that this little gem from the last days of disco finally deserves their attention after a distance of 35 years, during which time it was either dismissed as another insignificant teen comedy of the ‘80s, or as a guilty pleasure. But longtime champions of the film, myself included, need no convincing. We owned the clamshell VHS, we owned the first-generation DVD, and now, if anything, I’d venture to say we feel vindicated that it now carries the stamp as a bonafide classic by a home video label as respected as Kino Lorber. Indeed, a major fist-pump moment comes during director Adrian Lyne’s remark in the audio commentary that Roger Ebert selected it as his favorite film of 1980 and took it with...
Kino Lorber was right to bring out Foxes (1980) in Blu-ray under their Kl Studio Classics series. The elegant re-issue seems aimed at convincing film snobs that this little gem from the last days of disco finally deserves their attention after a distance of 35 years, during which time it was either dismissed as another insignificant teen comedy of the ‘80s, or as a guilty pleasure. But longtime champions of the film, myself included, need no convincing. We owned the clamshell VHS, we owned the first-generation DVD, and now, if anything, I’d venture to say we feel vindicated that it now carries the stamp as a bonafide classic by a home video label as respected as Kino Lorber. Indeed, a major fist-pump moment comes during director Adrian Lyne’s remark in the audio commentary that Roger Ebert selected it as his favorite film of 1980 and took it with...
- 2/17/2015
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Things got viciously, competitively real on The Voice‘s Season 4 Top 5 performance episode. How real, you ask?
How about Adam Levine declaring that “from a technical standpoint it doesn’t get more proficient” than human ray of sunshine Danielle “I’ll make more money by 20 than you will in a lifetime” Bradbery’s TimMcGraw cover? Or Shakira declaring “you did good” after Amber Carrington’s disappointing “Firework”?
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Okay, I know, those critiques qualify as faint praise at worst, but This Is The Voice — Btw, any...
How about Adam Levine declaring that “from a technical standpoint it doesn’t get more proficient” than human ray of sunshine Danielle “I’ll make more money by 20 than you will in a lifetime” Bradbery’s TimMcGraw cover? Or Shakira declaring “you did good” after Amber Carrington’s disappointing “Firework”?
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Okay, I know, those critiques qualify as faint praise at worst, but This Is The Voice — Btw, any...
- 6/11/2013
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
This in-your-face look at teenage life and the rock scene in mid-1970s Los Angeles begins with menstrual blood dripping from a 15-year-old, who's having her first period on the way to an outing with her elder sister. The movie is a sex'n'drugs'n'rock'n'roll biopic of the first big rock girl band, the Runaways, a collection of social misfits brought together and manipulated into becoming a provocative quintet by the grotesque, foul-mouthed promoter Kim Fowley (Michael Shannon).
It's an unedifying story given a certain sheen by Floria Sigismondi, an experienced director of pop videos, whose first feature this is. Kristen Stewart from the Twilight series plays the group's driving force, Joan Jett, who still performs and is credited as co-producer. Former child star Dakota Fanning plays the band's star attraction, Cherie Currie, disturbed daughter of a broken marriage who became the lead singer.
Cherie was chosen by Fowley for her resemblance...
It's an unedifying story given a certain sheen by Floria Sigismondi, an experienced director of pop videos, whose first feature this is. Kristen Stewart from the Twilight series plays the group's driving force, Joan Jett, who still performs and is credited as co-producer. Former child star Dakota Fanning plays the band's star attraction, Cherie Currie, disturbed daughter of a broken marriage who became the lead singer.
Cherie was chosen by Fowley for her resemblance...
- 9/11/2010
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
The Runaways, the biopic about the groundbreaking all-girl rock band starring Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart, just opened this weekend - and People caught up with real-life members to catch up on their lives 30 years after their split. Best known for hits like "Cherry Bomb" and "Queens of Noise" and controversy-courting style in the days when rock music was dominated by men, the band became an international sensation, inspiring countless artists who followed. "People would say, 'Girls can't play rock 'n' roll,' because socially, rock 'n' roll is sexual and that was threatening to a wide majority of people,...
- 3/21/2010
- by Marisa Laudadio
- PEOPLE.com
Cherie Currie rocketed to international stardom as the teenage lead vocalist for the now legendary all-female rock band, The Runaways, alongside band mates Joan Jett, Lita Ford, Sandy West and Jackie Fox. After three albums with The Runaways, Cherie went on to record two solo albums, then as an actress, starred in numerous films including “Foxes” with Jodie Foster as well as guest spots on series television. Cherie is the co-author of “Neon Angel: The Cherie Currie Story,” which is considered one of the best rock & roll biographies of all time. The multi-talented Cherie continues to act, record and perform around the world. She also has her own Chainsaw Art Gallery in Chatsworth, California which you can check out at ChainsawChick.com.
MoviesOnline caught up with Cherie at the press day for the new movie, “The Runaways,” which chronicles the groundbreaking, all girl 1970s rock band’s rise to fame.
MoviesOnline caught up with Cherie at the press day for the new movie, “The Runaways,” which chronicles the groundbreaking, all girl 1970s rock band’s rise to fame.
- 3/19/2010
- MoviesOnline.ca
The Runaways were the original 'rock chicks', a wild all-girl teen band whose story is told in a film that opens today. Cherie Currie, the band's singer, tells us how it really was…
Cherie Currie was 15 when she started scandalising middle America. That was when she auditioned to become the lead singer of all-female teenage rock band the Runaways, a group that would send shockwaves through the suburbs with their attitude-fuelled performances and sexually explicit lyrics.
Their first single, "Cherry Bomb", talked unapologetically about "wild girls" and "street boys" and several radio stations refused to give it airtime. Currie would routinely appear on stage wearing stockings, suspenders and a tight-fitting basque so that even the reliably liberal Village Voice was moved to denounce the girls as "bimbos".
The year was 1976. Jimmy Carter was about to be elected president. It seemed America was not yet ready for five adolescent females who...
Cherie Currie was 15 when she started scandalising middle America. That was when she auditioned to become the lead singer of all-female teenage rock band the Runaways, a group that would send shockwaves through the suburbs with their attitude-fuelled performances and sexually explicit lyrics.
Their first single, "Cherry Bomb", talked unapologetically about "wild girls" and "street boys" and several radio stations refused to give it airtime. Currie would routinely appear on stage wearing stockings, suspenders and a tight-fitting basque so that even the reliably liberal Village Voice was moved to denounce the girls as "bimbos".
The year was 1976. Jimmy Carter was about to be elected president. It seemed America was not yet ready for five adolescent females who...
- 1/24/2010
- by Elizabeth Day
- The Guardian - Film News
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