According to an article on the MTV Movies Blog, Pete Best will have a cameo role in the upcoming movie “The Rocker” that is loosely based on his story.
The plot centers around a character played by Rainn Wilson, who was in this Eighties hair band, and he got kicked out right before they became famous, […]
I just heard the sound of the version of “All You Need Is Love” from the Love Actually soundtrack drift up from the family room downstairs into my home office. It reminded me (As if I needed reminding,) of how much I enjoy that particular track. My favorite version is the one from Yellow Submarine… so […]
Apple Corps Ltd have announced the eagerly anticipated DVD release of The Beatles’ second feature film ‘Help!’ on October 30th which will be marketed and distributed by EMI Music.
The DVD will be a 2-disc set. Disc 1 will feature the original film digitally restored with a newly created 5.1 soundtrack, while Disc 2 contains an […]
According to a report in my old home town paper, the Manchester Evening News, it appears that there is a new John Lennon biopic in production.
The piece about local screen writer Matt Greenhalgh mentions that he is currently writing a film about The Beatles legend John Lennon.
“The film is called Lennon and details John’s adolescent years, pre- […]
According to a report on Manchester.com pictures of the Beatles during their heyday are to go on display for the first time in Liverpool’s National Conservation Centre. The shots of the Fab Four were taken during the filming of the Beatles film HELP! in 1965. Entitled Now These Days Are Gone, the exhibition contains black […]
A funny thing happened at the movies over the weekend. Like a few million other people we went to see Spider-Man 3 (and if you are interested you can find my review here), and in the run up to the movie we sat through the usual round of trailers for upcoming attractions.
Now most people ignore […]
Although there is nothing posted on the movie’s official website, according to a short release on the website for Berwick Academy, the planned venue for the public premiere of the John Lennon documentary “3 Days in the Life“, it seems that there is some dispute over rights ownership that has resulted in the previously announced showing […]
Several on-line sources are reporting that A new two-hour movie edited from footage shot by John Lennon and his widow Yoko Ono’s first husband Tony Cox in 1970 is to premiere in Maine next month. 3 Days in the Life was filmed at various locations including the late Beatle’s country estate in England and at […]
This week a clip from Magical Mystery Tour with the boys looking a little stiff and awkward in their tuxedos as they perform “Your Mother Should Know.”
Hi folks - and welcome to the first “BLOG ME DO Quiz.” From now on we will be presenting a weekly test of your Fab Four trivia. - So come one, come all and try your hand..
First up let’s see what we know about Beatle movies.
(1). Which furure rock superstar appeared in A Hard Day’s […]
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Alan J. Porter has been a Beatles fan since he first saw them perform on a regional British TV show back in 1963 when he was just a wee lad. He is the author of the critically acclaimed BEFORE THEY WERE BEATLES and occasional contributor to Beatlology Magazine. He now lives in Central Texas and occasionally writes about things other than The Fab Four. You can find out more here.
