5 Exclusive Recipes From ‘RockTails: 102 Drinks That Rock’
Famous rock musicians share their favorite drinks, or “Rocktails” for fun and a good cause in Staci Layne Wilson’s raucous new book. When it comes to rock music and alcoholic beverages, you might picture Keith Richards from The Rolling Stones weaving around onstage clutching a bottle of Jack Daniels in one hand and…
THE SECOND AGE OF AQUARIUS Review – It Rocks!
In her The Second Age of Aquarius review, Lisa Johnson Mandell says filmmakers Staci Layne Wilson et al have come up with a whole new irresistible genre In The Second Age of Aquarius, Russell Aquarius (Michael Ursu) is one of those ’60s rock stars who lived too fast, died too young, and left a good-looking corpse. Even…
TENET Review — a Time Travel Thriller with a Spy Flick Twist
In her Tenet review, Staci Layne Wilson says director Christopher Nolan shows why he’s the master of sci-fi. Definitely worth seeing on the big screen if you dare. Writer-director Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk) used to be known for his mind-bending, time-twisting brain-busters (think: Memento and The Prestige) – then he scored the Superman and Batman franchises…
THE VENTURES: STARS ON GUITARS Review — A Daughter’s Labor of Love Results in an Epic Rock Doc
The Ventures: Stars on Guitars review — A stylish rock doc that tells the astonishing story of the birth of a genre, and how it influenced some of the great guitarists of our time. If the mention of the rock group The Ventures doesn’t immediately bring to mind epic surf guitar songs like “Wipeout” and “Hawaii…
Rock Doc Roundup – Films Featuring Bob Dylan, David Crosby and Bill Wyman
Staci Layne Wilson provides a rock doc rundown of great movies to watch now, and others that are up and coming. The past year has been something of a golden age for music movies, with the Oscar-winning success of Bohemian Rhapsody and A Star is Born. At the moment, The Dirt and Rocketman reign supreme…
LOVE, GILDA Review – The Gilda Radner Doc is Nice, But Don’t Expect Sax and Violins
Love Gilda Review — Saying you don’t like a movie about the glorious Gilda Radner is like saying you hate puppies, so I won’t say it… Love Gilda opens a window into the sometimes worrisome and sometimes whimsical world of beloved comedy icon Gilda Radner, whose greatest role was sharing her stories on as one of…
READY PLAYER ONE Review – Shall We Play a Game?
READY PLAYER ONE Review by Staci Layne Wilson From Tron to War Games, and The Matrix to Nerve, — the idea of living la vida loca inside a VR game has been studied in cinema pixel-by-pixel for decades now. Some fare better than others. I’m pleased to report that Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One comes out…
THE DISASTER ARTIST Review — It's a Hit With Staci
The Disaster Artist Review by Staci Layne Wilson (@StaciWilson) The Disaster Artist is about aspiring filmmaker Tommy Wiseau (James Franco) and his much-younger best friend Greg Sestero (Dave Franco), who dream of achieving Hollywood stardom. Financed with $6 million of his own money, Wiseau writes, directs and stars in The Room, a much-maligned flop that has become…
DARKEST HOUR Review — Power Packed Yet Prolonged
DARKEST HOUR Review by Staci Layne Wilson @StaciWilson Gary Oldman has believably played so many historical figures – everyone from Sid Vicious to Beethoven to Vlad the Impaler. Even when the characters aren’t based on real people, Oldman somehow brings them to life. But Winston Churchill…? Yep, he nails it! Set during Churchill’s heyday in…
THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER Review – Truly Unsettling, Genuinely Provocative
The Killing of a Sacred Deer review by Staci Layne Wilson @StaciWilson If the idea of a Greek tragedy from a Greek film director seems too on-the-nose for you, don’t worry about it: That’s really the only predictable thing about Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Killing of a Sacred Deer. It’s a fresh, strange, titillating, thought-provoking and sometimes…
