Musical Montage: Hoku “Another Dumb Blonde”
Featured on the soundtrack of the 2000 Nickelodeon movie Snow Day, the song “Another Dumb Blonde” was the biggest hit ever for Hawaiian singer Hoku.
Admit One 2/17/23
Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania kicks off Marvel Phase 5 but it has one of the lowest review scores in MCU history while Liam Neeson is Philip Marlowe, Sebastian Stan is a con artist in Sharper, a Japanese horror movie and Korean thriller hit Netflix and more in theaters and on streaming this weekend.
Musical Montage: Dusty Springfield “The Look of Love”
One of the many contributions to the world of music and film from the late Burt Bacharach, who passed away last week, was “The Look of Love”, which was sung by Dusty Springfield and included on the soundtrack for 1967’s Casino Royale.
Admit One 2/10/23
Channing Tatum returns to the stage this weekend in theaters in Magic Mike’s Last Dance along with a 25th-anniversary restoration of Titanic and there’s also Somebody I Used to Know on Prime Video, Your Place or Mine on Netflix, At Midnight on Paramount+, and more in theaters and on streaming.
Admit One 2/3/23
The latest from M. Night Shyamalan, Knock at the Cabin, is out in theaters this weekend along with 80 for Brady and The Amazing Maurice while Netflix has movies like Viking Wolf and True Spirit and more in theaters and on streaming.
Musical Montage: Devo and Toni Basil “The Only One”
Easily one of the most unique aspects of the schlocky 80s horror movie Slaughterhouse Rock is the fact that Devo provided most of the soundtrack and “Mickey” singer Toni Basil co-starred. Devo and Basil teamed up for the movie’s end credits song, “The Only One”.
Admit One 1/27/23
Brandon Cronenberg’s latest Infinity Pool hits theaters this weekend along with Fear while Shotgun Wedding debuts on Prime Video, Teen Wolf: The Movie on Paramount+, You People on Netflix, and more.
Musical Montage: Billy Idol “L.A. Woman”
For his 1989 TV movie, LA Takedown, which later got remade as Heat, Michael Mann included Billy Idol’s “L.A. Woman” on the soundtrack and the song got a music video directed by David Fincher.
Admit One 1/20/23
“Screen Life” thriller Missing is out this weekend along with animated imports New Gods: Yang Jian and That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond, Korean action movie Jung_E is on Netflix, Kids vs Aliens is on Shudder and more in theaters and on streaming.
Musical Montage: U2 “The Hands That Built America”
Considering 2002’s Gangs of New York dealt with Irish immigrants trying to survive after coming to America in the 19th century (along with engaging in gang warfare across New York City), it makes sense that the biggest Irish band in the world, U2, would contribute a song to the soundtrack, which they did with “The Hands That Built America”.
Admit One 1/13/23
Gerard Butler and Mike Colter star in the action movie Plane this weekend in theaters along with A Man Called Otto, the new House Party, the Kevin Williamson-penned Peacock slasher Sick, The Devil Conspiracy, The Drop, The Offering, and more in theaters and on streaming.