Musical Montage: Paula Abdul “Rush Rush”
Recreating Rebel Without a Cause with Keanu Reeves in the James Dean role, “Rush Rush” was another huge hit for Paula Abdul in 1991, staying at #1 for five weeks.
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Chris Hemsworth and Gerard Butler have dueling action movies out this weekend while Forever My Girl tries to counter-program with Nicholas Sparksesque romance but they are all rotten according to critics.
Musical Montage: John Carpenter “Christine”
To go along with a new album last year featuring new versions of many of his iconic movie themes, John Carpenter released a music video for the revamp of the main theme from his 1983 cult classic Christine.
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The latest action thriller from Liam Neeson is here with The Commuter while The Post expands wide and Paddington 2 and Proud Mary are also out this week.
Musical Montage: Limp Bizkit “Take A Look Around”
As if Mission Impossible 2 weren’t already the weirdest entry in the MI series, the movie’s soundtrack cemented it with a lead single by none other than Limp Bizkit, “Take A Look Around”.
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It’s an absolute battle royale for the last big weekend of 2017 as 8 movies are either expanding or opened new for Christmas.
Musical Montage: Bob Rivers “I Am Santa Claus”
Prolific Pacific Northwest DJ Bob Rivers specialized in parody songs during his decades long career and he specifically put out five albums of Christmas parody songs, one of which featured the Black Sabbath spoofing “I Am Santa Claus”.
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The Last Jedi finally arrives in theaters alongside the John Cena starring animated movie Ferdinand, which is apparently solid counter-programming according to the critics.
Musical Montage: Idris Elba
On top of being on the best and coolest actors in the world, Idris Elba has also had a wide ranging musical side hustle as DJ/rapper Big Driis aka King Driis, performing his own music and appearing in music videos for bands like Mumford & Sons.
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The Disaster Artist expands wide up against a new comedy featuring the team up of Morgan Freeman and Tommy Lee Jones, Just Getting Started.
Musical Montage: Vanilla Ice “I Love You”
Directed by none other than Michael Bay, “I Love You” was the unsuccessful follow up to the juggernaut of Ice, Ice Baby, where Vanilla Ice completely shifted gears and tried to do a sincere, romantic slow jam with the terrible results you might expect.