Musical Montage: Bill Medley “Friday Night’s A Great Night for Football”
Kicking off (and closing out) Tony Scott’s 1991 action movie The Last Boy Scout, “Friday Night’s A Great Night for Football”, performed by Bill Medley, was a clear send-up of “All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight”, which Hank Williams Jr. performed for Monday Night Football starting in 1989.
Admit One 7/29/22
DC League of Superpets and Vengeance close out July for wide theatrical releases while streaming gets stuff like The Reef: Stalked on Shudder, Not Okay on Hulu, Honor Society on Paramount+ and more.
Musical Montage: Bon Jovi “Always”
Coming off their greatest hits album Cross Road in 1994, “Always” by Bon Jovi became one of their biggest hits of all time and featured a quartet of Hollywood stars in the music video.
Admit One 7/22/22
San Diego Comic Con is taking most of the attention this weekend but the latest from Jordan Peele, Nope, is hitting theaters while The Russo Brothers massive Netflix action movie The Gray Man starts streaming and Prime Video gets Anything’s Possible.
Musical Montage: Poets of the Fall “War”
A staple of Remedy games since Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Finnish rock band Poets of the Fall have provided and created songs for Alan Wake and Control along with becoming the in-universe metal band Old Gods of Asgard. For their song War, they recreated scenes from Alan Wake in live-action for the music video, with Alan’s real-life model Ilkka Villi reprising his role.
Admit One 7/15/22
The adaption of the best-selling mystery thriller Where the Crawdads Sing is out in theaters along with the animated movie Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank while John Chu stars in the Prime Video drama Don’t Make Me Go, Dakota Johnson stars in Netflix’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion and more in theaters and on streaming this weekend.
Musical Montage: Elisabeth Shue “Babysitting Blues”
During their wild night in Chicago, babysitter Chris Parker (Elisabeth Shue) and the kids she’s watching end up in a blues club after being chased by criminals. When the patrons won’t let them leave without performing, Chris busts out “Babysitting Blues” with the band, led by actual blues legend Albert Collins.
Admit One 7/8/22
Thor: Love and Thunder arrives in theaters this weekend while The Sea Beast hits Netflix, On the 3rd Day premieres on Shudder, and more in theaters and on streaming.
Musical Montage: Bill Hayes “The Ballad of Davy Crockett”
Along with the miniseries in 1955 on the Disneyland TV series, “The Ballad of Davy Crockett” on radios helped set off a Davy Crockett craze and there were three different versions that all charted on the Billboard charts, with the version by Bill Hayes hitting #1.
Admit One 7/1/22
July kicks off with the return of the Minions in theaters along with Joey King as The Princess on Hulu, Kevin Dillon and Mel Gibson in Hot Seat and more in theaters and on streaming.
Musical Montage: Kate Bush “Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)”
First released in 1985 off of her Hounds of Love album, Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” has hit a massive new level of popularity thanks to its pivotal inclusion in Stranger Things 4, hitting #1 on the UK charts and #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 along with being one of the most streamed songs on Spotify and other streaming apps.