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Musical Montage: En Vogue “Don’t Let Go (Love)”

September 30, 2024

One of the biggest hits for 90s R&B superstars En Vogue, “Don’t Let Go (Love)” came off the soundtrack for the 1996 heist movie Set It Off. The movie starred Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox and Kimberly Elise as friends who decide to start robbing banks in Los Angeles. Fox’s character uses […]

Musical Montage: Peter Gabriel “Biko”

September 23, 2024

We’re discussing The Equalizer this week on the Everything Actioncast, but on the much more dramatic side of Denzel Washington’s filmography is the 1987 biopic Cry Freedom, directed by Richard Attenborough.  Washington played Steve Biko, an anti-apartheid activist in South Africa who was killed while in police custody.  Kevin Kline played reporter Donald Woods, who […]

Musical Montage: Ludacris “Number One Spot”

September 16, 2024

Sampling “Soula Bossa Nova” by Quincy Jones, Ludacris went full Austin Powers for the lyrics and music video for his single, “Number One Spot.”  Released as the second single off Ludacris’ album The Red Light District, the song reached #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 and ended the year at #99 on the yearly Hot […]

Musical Montage: Coheed and Cambria “Welcome Home”

September 9, 2024

Coming out 15 years ago today, on September 9th, 2009, the movie 9 heavily featured “Welcome Home” by Coheed and Cambria in its trailers and soundtrack.  Produced by Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov, the movie was a feature-length version of director Shane Acker’s Oscar-nominated short film and followed a group of rag dolls called “Stitchpunks” […]