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Posted inFilm Reviews

Feeling the Love: ‘Rocketman’ Is a Bold, Interesting Look at Elton John’s Life

by Bob Grimm June 10th, 2019

Dexter Fletcher, the director who helped take a shit on Freddie Mercury’s legacy with the dumpster fire that was last year’s Bohemian Rhapsody (he finished the job after Bryan Singer was fired), fares much better with Rocketman, this celebration of Elton John. The movie tells Elton John’s story through musical numbers and fantasy sequences; as […]

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Insulting a Legend: ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Is an Embarrassing, Milquetoast Movie That Resorts to Fakery Regarding the Life of Freddie Mercury

by Bob Grimm November 8th, 2018

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