Heavy Metal
Synopsis: Based on the fantastical illustrated magazine Heavy Metal, producer Ivan Reitman enlists the world’s greatest comic book artists to create the otherworldly tale of a glowing green orb from […]
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Detroit Metal City, vol. 1
Detroit Metal City, vol. 1, by Kiminori Wakasugi 3.5 Rape is not funny. It just isn’t. However, for reasons that I can’t bloody fathom, Kiminori Wakasugi seems to think that […]
White Zombie + Rob Zombie music videos
A week ago, I decided to cram into my evening a few collections of Rob Zombie’s oeuvre, including his early work with White Zombie. Here are my thoughts on these […]
Heavy Metal in Baghdad
Synopsis: Heavy Metal In Baghdad is a documentary feature film that follows the Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda (Latin for a deadly black scorpion native to Iraq) from the fall […]
Global Metal
Synopsis: Directors Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn set out to discover how the West’s most maligned musical genre – heavy metal – has impacted the world’s cultures beyond Europe and […]
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
Synopsis: Ozzy Osbourne, Gene Simmons, and Aerosmith’s Joe Perry and Steven Tyler are among the Heavy Metal artists interviewed in The Decline of Western Civilization 2: The Metal Years. This […]
Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey
Synopsis: The Film That Takes You Into The Heart Of The Beast. Sam Dunn, a 30-year-old headbanger-turned-anthropologist, sets out on a quest to explore heavy metal’s origins and cultural impact. […]
This Is Spinal Tap
Synopsis: Rob Reiner’s directorial debut has developed into a cult phenomenon. The film that invented the “rockumentary” has now outlasted most of the bands it mocked. Following the ill-fated American […]
Fubar
Synopsis: In the smoking pits of high schools and on the tailgates of pickup trucks in stadium parking lots across North America exists a breed of long-haired rebels known as […]
The Pick of Destiny
Synopsis: An Epic Quest. A Magic Guitar Pick. A Chance to Put the D in Destiny. Witness the birth of Tenacious D, the greatest – and craziest – rock band […]
Ozzy Osbourne: ‘Under Cover’
With the recent release of the 4CD boxed-set ‘Prince Of Darkness’, Ozzy Osbourne enthusiasts were treated not only to yet another cash-grabbing retrospective, but also to a variety of rare […]
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