Musical Montage: Knoc-turn’al “Muzik”
One of the things that helped set apart the action of The Transporter, besides Corey Yuen’s fantastic choreography, was the soundtrack with the most memorable song arguably being Knoc-turn’al’s “Muzik”, which featured a video that edited Knoc-Turn’al into the movie.
Admit One 1/14/22
Ghostface and the Scream cast return to theaters this weekend while there are movies like The Tragedy of Macbeth, Ray Donovan: The Movie, and Hotel Transylvania: Transformania on the various streaming platforms.
Musical Montage: Survivor “The Moment of Truth”
Featured in the original Karate Kid but overshadowed by that movie’s other big song, “You’re the Best” by Joe Esposito, “The Moment of Truth” by Survivor recently reentered the world of the Karate Kid thanks to a special guest on Season 4 of Cobra Kai.
Admit One 1/7/22
2022 in theaters kicks off with the action movie The 355 while George Clooney’s latest directorial feature hits Prime Video, Michael Jai White battles Mickey Rourke in The Commando, and more in theaters and on streaming.
Musical Montage: Stephen Bishop “Animal House”
Overshadowed somewhat by the classic party songs that shared the soundtrack of the 70s classic Animal House, “Animal House” was written and performed by Stephen Bishop, who had a prolific run of soundtrack songs in the 70s and 80s.
Musical Montage: Strident “Broforce Theme Song”
A game as awesome as Broforce needed a theme song that could match its over-the-top tone and South African power metal band Strident delivered with the Broforce Theme Song, which appeared as a bonus track on their album When Gods Walked the Earth as well as on the game’s soundtrack.
Admit One 12/24/21
There are tons of options for this Christmas weekend at theaters or at home including The Matrix Resurrections, Sing 2, The King’s Man, American Underdog, Don’t Look Up, and more.
Musical Montage: Hailee Steinfeld “Starving”
Along with Kate Bishop and her other recent nerdy roles, Hailee Steinfeld also has a prolific pop music career with 2016’s “Starving” being her biggest hit to date, reaching #12 on the Billboard charts and going 4x Platinum in the US as well as being a hit in many other countries around the globe.
Admit One 12/17/21
Spider-Man: No Way Home finally arrives in theaters this weekend along with the latest from Guillermo Del Toro, Nightmare Alley, and an original movie on almost every major streaming platform, like Rumble on Paramount+ and Mother/Android on Hulu.
Musical Montage: Kenny Rogers “The Gambler”
Originally written in 1976 by Don Schlitz a number of artists tried their hand at “The Gambler”, including Johnny Cash, but Kenny Rogers is the one who made it explode in popularity in 1978. The song was so massive that it even spawned a series of TV movies starring Kenny Rogers himself as the title character.
Admit One 12/10/21
Steven Spielberg’s new take on West Side Story debuts this weekend with rave reviews along with sports drama National Champions, Back to the Outback and The Unforgivable on Netflix, Encounter on Prime Video, and more in theaters and on streaming.