Reviewed: May 2021 Released: 2021, Black Chango Films Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP Dr. Nelson Varas-Diaz is widely recognized as the world’s foremost expert on Latin American Metal and he has been busy since we last checked in. This month I’m reviewing two things that have his fingerprints all over them…
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Harwood, Mark (Dir.) Soaring Highs And Brutal Lows (documentary)
Reviewed: January, 2021 Released: 2015, Streaming Amazon Prime Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP SOARING HIGHS AND BRUTAL LOWS the documentary about female singers in Metal has been out for five years now and is STILL not available on DVD. When it came out I thought to myself, “I can’t stream it…
Adam, Whitney (Dir.) – Ozzy Osbourne: Throne Of Darkness (Documentary)
Reviewed: January, 2021 Released: 2020 Rating: 2/5 Reviewer: JP As time goes on more and digital technology makes it easier and faster to create content, we are seeing more and more low-budget documentaries about Hard Rock and Heavy Metal hitting the market. THRONE OF DARKNESS falls into that category. This is…
Haase, Antti (Dir.)- Monsterman (Lordi documentary)
Reviewed: January, 2021 Released: 2014 Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP 2020 was the year I mostly gave up. I’ve tried my whole life to support bands and independent film-makers but they make it harder and harder by not making the product available for sale. It is extremely annoying that this documentary…
Nalbandian, Bob (Dir.), Band vs. Brand (DVD Review)
Director: Bob Nalbandian Title: Band vs. Brand Studio: Cleopatra/MVD Visual Year: 2019 Reviewed: March 2019 Reviewed by: JP Rating: 4/5 This month I’m going to look at two relatively new documentaries that focus on the Hard rock and Heavy Metal music industry. They are BAND VS. BRAND (2019) and HIRED…
Interview with Director/Producer and Metal filmmaker, Bob Nalbandian
Interview with Bob Nalbandian by JP Check out the new movie Band vs. Brand..available everywhere..now! How did you first get the inspiration to create BAND VS. BRAND? Sort of related, how long did it take from inspiration to completion? I had a meeting with Brian Perera, the president…
Interview with Billy Stever, Director of Maritime Metal.
Interview with Billy Stever by JP There is an exciting new documentary film project being developed in Canada called Maritime Metal. This is a film project scheduled to be completed and released in 2020. For our non-Canadian readers, the Maritime region are the provinces of Nova Scotia,…
Heavy Trip (Film Review)
Directors: Laatio, Juuso, & Vidgren, Jukka Title: Heavy Trip (aka Heavi Reissu) Studio: Making Movies Oy Run time: 1 hour, 32 minutes Released: 2018 Reviewed: October 2108 Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: JP I’m not a big fan of comedy. I don’t watch sit-coms, or go to comedy clubs. I don’t follow…
Scream For Me Sarajevo (Film Review)
Scream for Me Sarajevo Director: Hodzik, Tarik Film: Scream for Me Sarajevo Screened: May 10th, 2018 Run time: 1 hour, 35 minutes Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: JP In December of 2017, I read and reviewed the Bruce Dickinson autobiography called WHAT DOES THIS BUTTON DO? It was thoroughly enjoyable. There was…
Brown, Doug-Slave To The Grind (Film review)
Director: Doug Brown Film: Slave To The Grind Screened: April 21, 2018 Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: JP I don’t watch many movies. I rarely go to the theater either, maybe once a year. So I feel like it was quite a fun event to attend a screening at the…