Bruce Hall Movies
- 2002
REO Speedwagon were one of the most popular American rock bands of the 1970's and 80's, and they're still hard at work, entertaining fans across the country and around the world every year. REO Speedwagon: RAW -- Real Artists Working offers a look at the nuts and bolts that make up an REO Speedwagon concert tour, first looking in as the band rehearses their set and prepares their show, and then capturing the excitement of the band's performance on the tour's first stop. The documentary also includes interviews with the members of the group as they discuss their individual histories in music, their approaches to their instruments, and how they choose their gear. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- REO Speedwagon
Directed by Kennet Botelho, this DVD features REO Speedwagon performing live from the Riverport Amphitheatre in St. Louis, Missouri. This disc provides a comprehensive selection of their band's most well received collections, including older pieces such as "Music Man", "157 Riverside Avenue", and "Ridin' the Storm Out", as well as celebrated hits "Can't Fight This Feeling", "Keep On Loving You", and "Time For Me To Fly.
~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
- 1978
- PG
When a radio station's management announces that there's going to be an upswing in commercials on the air, with a strong emphasis on ads for the U.S. Army, the anti-establishment deejays form a united front against the "suits." With station manager Jeff Dugan's (Michael Brandon) unofficial approval, the other employees hijack the station, playing the kind of music they like before the authorities can arrive. Martin Mull appears in his feature-film debut as a zoned-out record spinner. In addition, the film includes live appearances by the likes of Linda Ronstadt, Jimmy Buffett, Tom Petty, and REO Speedwagon. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Michael Brandon, Eileen Brennan, (more)
- 1973
- R
Long before his tenure on TV's Magnum PI, Roger E. Mosley starred in the blaxploitationer Sweet Jesus, Preacher Man. Mosely plays a streetwise mobster who goes undercover as a ghetto clergyman. This he does at the request of his boss, who wants to get the goods on a rival. "Preacher Man" has a change of heart along the way, but not before whuppin' some butt. The fact that Sweet Jesus, Preacher Man was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was overlooked in the otherwise all-inclusive coffee-table volume The MGM Story. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
