Lambert & Stamp

I'll start by saying that The Who were one of my early favorite rock bands. They were my 1st ever live concert. 20th Anniversary of Tommy at Alpine Valley, Wis. 1989!

I payed attention almost exclusively to their music. The behind the scenes stuff was unknown and never interested me. (As almost all  my fave music is.)

Enter the 2014 documentary Lambert & Stamp. 

Aspiring filmmakers Kit Lambert & Chris Stamp decide to manage an upcoming rock group, filming everything they can, in hopes of making both a successful band and an "in" into the movie industry. 

Complications eventually ensued.

But this is not Metallica: Some Kind of Monster: A 2 hour Jerry Springer show. No Verbal and/or physical fisticuffs on screen. 

This is the story of how The Who got started. There were some bad feelings later. But there is no question The Who wouldn't have been as successful without them - and it's fun to see why.

It's a big gray area. No one comes out smelling like a rose. But it's not all negative.

It's entertaining, interesting, and fun facts abound (Kit's influence on Pete's sound and song writing!)

Ex Machina

I could not recommend this sci-fi drama more: 2015's Ex Machina

It's about the winner of a huge corporation's in house sweepstakes, who finally gets to meet the elusive CEO and see whether or not he's actually created AI (artificial intelligence).

Let me digress to, perhaps, the creepy part of my opening sentence.Yes, it's a drama.With even less action than Blade Runner. No Michael Bay explosions. No John Woo super slo-mo bullets. No Lucas muppets. No Spielberg's kids on bmx bikes...

But that is exactly the point of this movie! It's talky and unravels slowly at first, then grows - bit by suspenseful bit into something a lot better than Scott, Bay, Woo, etc.

This is more Asimov. More a game of Chess rather than Asteroids! 

And it ROCKS!!