Tag Archives: biopic
Sid & Nancy Return
Gary Oldman might be my favorite living actor. Nowadays he’s probably best known for playing Commissioner Gordon in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy, but back in the 1980′s when Oldman made his first breakthroughs as one of the very best actors of his generation, he set cinemas on fire with go-for-broke performances in films like [...]
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Tagged biopic, Chloe Webb, Criterion, England's Dreaming, Gary Oldman, Jon Savage, Meantime, Pitchfork, Prick Up Your Ears, Sid & Nancy
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Jones Jones
A few years ago I stumbled across this biopic about The Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones: Stoned tells the story about the British rockers with an eye on their multi-instrumentalist and original leader. Before Mick and Keith became the Glimmer Twins, The Rolling Stones were Brian’s band. The story goes that Brian got deep into [...]
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Tagged alcohol, Anita Pallenberg, biopic, Brian Jones, drugs, June 13, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, pool, stoned, The Rolling Stones
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