Musical Montage: Faith Hill “There You’ll Be”
Possibly looking to copy some of the success of Titanic and its massive power ballad “My Heart Will Go On”, Celine Dion was offered “There You’ll Be” for Michael Bay’s Pearl Harbor but she turned it down and country superstar Faith Hill performed the song instead.
Admit One 12/3/21
It’s a down week this weekend as we get ready for the holiday rush at theaters but some potential Oscar contenders are out on Netflix or in theaters, like The Power of the Dog and Benedetta, along with the latest team-up from Scott Adkins and Dolph Lundgren, another schlocky Bruce Willis action movie and more.
Musical Montage: Krush Groove
Coming out around the same time as other hip-hop movies like Breakin’, Beat Street, and Wild Style, Krush Groove was a fictionalized take on the founding of Def Jam Recordings featuring a slew of 80s hip-hop superstars playing themselves, including Run DMC, Kurtis Blow, New Edition, LL Cool J, The Beastie Boys, The Fat Boys, Sheila E. and more.
Admit One 11/26/21
Lots of choices for this holiday weekend in theaters or on streaming this weekend with House of Gucci, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, Encanto, 8-Bit Christmas on HBO Max, Halle Berry’s directorial debut, Bruised on Netflix and more.
Musical Montage: Killswitch Engage “The End of Heartache”
All of the Milla Jovovich starring Resident Evil movies leaned toward alt-metal and nu-metal for their soundtracks but it seems like the song that had the most impact was Killswitch Engage’s “The End of Heartache”, which appeared on the Resident Evil: Apocalypse soundtrack in 2004.
Admit One 11/19/21
Ghostbusters: Afterlife hits theaters this weekend along with King Richard, which is also on HBO Max, the directorial debut from Lin-Manuel Miranda on Netflix with Tick, Tick…Boom!, Ethan Hawke in the Abel Ferrara directed thriller Zeros and Ones and more in theaters and on VOD/Streaming.
Musical Montage: Eminem “Till I Collapse”
Although never officially released as a single, “Till I Collapse” from Eminem’s album The Eminem Show (and featuring Nate Dogg) made its way around the world of sports, video games, and movies like 2011’s Real Steel, where it was featured in the movie’s trailers along with appearing on the soundtrack.
Admit One 11/12/21
Netflix has a ton of stuff streaming new this weekend, including the massive action/comedy Red Notice, Clifford the Big Red Dog hits theaters and Paramount+, Home Alone gets rebooted on Disney+, and more in theaters and streaming.
Musical Montage: Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation Theme
Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation arrived in 1997 from Saban but only lasted one season when it was canceled in 1998. There was enough time in that period however to make a ridiculous 90s music video for the show’s theme song, which featured all the Turtles, Splinter, and the new villain, Dragon Lord.
Admit One 11/5/21
Eternals hits theaters but is the first rotten-rated entry in the MCU along with Kristen Stewart’s potential award contender Spencer, Tom Hanks’ post-apocalyptic Finch hitting Apple TV+, western The Harder They Fall hitting Netflix, and more in theaters and on streaming platforms.
Musical Montage: New Jack City
A huge hit when it was released alongside the movie in 1991 and eventually going Platinum, the soundtrack for New Jack City saw co-stars Ice-T and Christopher Williams providing tracks along with Keith Sweat, Troop/Levert, Queen Latifah, Color Me Badd and more.