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Dan DeLuca

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Clarence Clemons: Who Do I Think I Am? (2019) 2.5/4 EDIT “It portrays Clemons as a seeker attempting to get a grip on himself, and his place in the world. By the end, he believes he's found it in the music.” – Philadelphia Daily News Jul 25, 2019 Full Review Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019) 92% EDIT “Tells the Rolling Thunder story with a theatrical flair in the revue's carny barker spirit.” – Philadelphia Daily News Jun 12, 2019 Full Review Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami (2017) 87% 2.5/4 EDIT “The movie clocks in at just under two hours and feels considerably longer. As it ticks on, it achieves an unlikely and perhaps not entirely unintentional feat: It makes Grace Jones kind of boring.” – Philadelphia Inquirer May 3, 2018 Full Review Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me (2017) 100% 3.5/4 EDIT “[Sam] Pollard tell Davis' tale with sympathy and performance clips that convey the breadth of his talent.” – Philadelphia Inquirer Oct 26, 2017 Full Review Gimme Danger (2016) 95% 3.5/4 EDIT “A journalistic valentine from Stooges fan Jim Jarmusch to his favorite band.” – Philadelphia Inquirer Nov 1, 2016 Full Review Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016) 92% 3/4 EDIT “Zappa was never at a loss for words.” – Philadelphia Inquirer Jul 7, 2016 Full Review Nina (2016) 2% 2/4 EDIT “A listless, oddly constructed tale that does a poor job of capturing Simone's star quality or indomitable racial pride ...” – Philadelphia Inquirer Apr 22, 2016 Full Review Keep on Keepin' On (2014) 98% 3.5/4 EDIT “What really makes Keep On Keepin' On such a heart-tugging, three-handkerchief crowd pleaser is that at heart, it's a buddy movie.” – Philadelphia Inquirer Nov 21, 2014 Full Review Time Is Illmatic (2014) 98% 3.5/4 EDIT “Time Is Illmatic does a terrific job of weaving hip-hop history into a highly personal story.” – Philadelphia Inquirer Oct 10, 2014 Full Review Get On Up (2014) 80% 2.5/4 EDIT “A well-acted entertainment that's highly respectful of the story it has to tell. It's disjointed but fun to watch.” – Philadelphia Inquirer Aug 1, 2014 Full Review Muscle Shoals (2013) 96% 3.5/4 EDIT “Like 20 Feet From Stardom, another standout music doc of 2013, Muscle Shoals skillfully shines a light on unheralded musicians whose names usually are not illuminated.” – Philadelphia Inquirer Oct 11, 2013 Full Review Springsteen & I (2013) 94% 3/4 EDIT “The movie is essentially made by Springsteen fans, so naturally it's pretty much made for Springsteen fans. Haters need not apply.” – Philadelphia Inquirer Jul 21, 2013 Full Review Venus and Serena (2012) 77% 2/4 EDIT “How much new does Venus and Serena have to tell us? Not enough.” – Philadelphia Inquirer May 17, 2013 Full Review Neil Young Journeys (2011) 89% 3/4 EDIT “I'd say the movie does a fine job of completing the trilogy, but I wouldn't be surprised if Demme and Young have more in them yet.” – Philadelphia Inquirer Jul 26, 2012 Full Review Last Days Here (2011) 86% 3.5/4 EDIT “In its latter stages, the doc becomes not only a bromance, but also a romance, and maybe even a redemption story.” – Philadelphia Inquirer Mar 8, 2012 Full Review Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest (2011) 90% 3/4 EDIT “The emotional honesty Rapaport captures on screen comes off as real, a cut above standard-issue Behind the Music drama in terms of believability.” – Philadelphia Inquirer Jul 21, 2011 Full Review Rejoice & Shout (2010) 76% 3/4 EDIT “A relentlessly chronological, talking-head documentary that sets itself the impossible task of telling the whole rousing, spirit-lifting story of African American Christian music from slavery till now.” – Philadelphia Inquirer Jun 23, 2011 Full Review Neil Young Trunk Show (2009) 89% 3.5/4 EDIT “On a stage cluttered with oddities -- a red telephone, a guy painting as the band plays -- Demme wisely resists the urge to dazzle us with rapid-fire cutting, instead lingering on Young's expressive 62-year-old face.” – Philadelphia Inquirer Mar 18, 2010 Full Review Soul Power (2008) 85% 4/4 EDIT “It packs the emotional and historical power of a heady 'family gathering' celebration of African and, to use the term then in fashion, Afro-American pride.” – Philadelphia Inquirer Jul 30, 2009 Full Review Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2008) 98% 3.5/4 EDIT “Anvil! The Story of Anvil can't help but evoke This Is Spinal Tap, the classic 1984 mockumentary directed by the other Rob Reiner, in terms of both sheer hair-metal ludicrousness and indignities suffered by a not-so-successful rock band on the road.” – Philadelphia Inquirer Apr 23, 2009 Full Review Notorious (2009) 52% 2.5/4 EDIT “Notorious is an efficient biopic, and a celebratory exercise in nostalgia for hip-hop fans of a certain age.” – Philadelphia Inquirer Jan 15, 2009 Full Review Patti Smith: Dream of Life (2008) 68% 3/4 EDIT “That spirit of encountering the world with undying artistic curiosity -- and without a plan -- informs Dream of Life, a drifting portrait of Smith.” – Philadelphia Inquirer Oct 23, 2008 Full Review Gunnin' for That No. 1 Spot (2008) 72% 3/4 EDIT “As sports movies go, Gunnin' never feels the slightest bit hokey, and serves up SportsCenter-worthy clips in high style, along with the unmistakable feel of real life.” – Philadelphia Inquirer Jun 26, 2008 Full Review Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007) 89% 3.5/4 EDIT “Julian Temple has done cinematic justice to the punk humanist born John Graham Mellor.” – Philadelphia Inquirer Nov 9, 2007 Full Review Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters (2007) 49% EDIT “Daringly and surprisingly successfully attempts to hold viewers' interest in the (barely) animated triumvirate of Frylock, Master Shake and Meatwad for six times the length of a normal episode.” – Philadelphia Inquirer Apr 12, 2007 Full Review
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