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There is a moment early in Marty, Life Is Short where Martin Short's alter ego, the oafish celebrity interviewer Jiminy Glick, scoffs at the very idea of a documentary being made about Martin Short. "They're making a documentary on literally everyone," Glick grumbles — and he's not entirely wrong. The celebrity documentary has become its own genre at this point, with Netflix leading the charge on what feels like a new one every few weeks. Short is self-aware enough to lampoon

Have you ever wanted to see one of the biggest global pop sensations in concert? Well, at Billie Eilish Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D), you get to experience the artist's entire concert from beginning to end in the comfort of your movie theatre recliner. Teaming up with Academy Award-winning director James Cameron to capture the most immersive movie-going experience for her fans, the concert film is unique in being presented in 3D. Now I do not think I’ve been t

Compared to the real-life Pitch Perfect , Just Sing is a new documentary that explores the world of collegiate a cappella. You might think "what is exciting about a cappella?", but once you watch Just Sing , you will understand. Following real-life students at Southern California University, Just Sing watches at the school club, the SoCal VoCal’s practice for the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella. Directors Angelique Molina and Abraham Troen are both alumn

Imagine you are twenty-seven, a global rockstar, producing hit after hit, touring all over the globe, fans love you, and then your world-famous band breaks up. What do you do? This is where Paul McCartney found himself when the Beatles began to fall apart in 1969, as John Lennon left the band. With all that fame and fortune, most would guess McCartney would spend his days after the Beatles’ breakup in some swanky hotel, living the rockstar life. Quite on the contrary, in fact

Let's get this straight out of the way because it really matters to this review and will come up again as I talk about Chain Reactions : I'm far from the world's biggest fan of the first Texas Chainsaw Massacre . (Now Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 , that's a different story. I kind of love that movie) To be absolutely fair, I've only seen the 1974 horror classic once, and perhaps it was a "wrong time, wrong mindset" kind of thing. Maybe if I watched it again, I'd be far more into

Chances are, if I asked you to name a movie scored by John Williams, you could easily list at least five without hesitation…

*This review contains minor spoilers. Will & Harper is the new Netflix documentary (also in limited theatrical release) that tells the...