Bunches of biographies to discuss on this week’s episode of GeekScholars Movie News! To begin, the crew discusses the news that Emile Hirsch (Speed Racer, Into the Wild) will play legendary comedic actor, John Belushi (Animal House, The Blues Brothers). Plus, updates on the biopic of musician James Brown called Get On Up, and an interesting project […]
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INTERVIEW: Jeffrey Levy-Hinte gives us some SOUL POWER!
In the year of 1974, Muhammad Ali fought George Foreman in the famous “Rumble in the Jungle” bout in Zaire. Did you know about “Zaire ’74 – The Spiritual Connection”, A concert event that featured African American musicians with African musicians. This extraordinary event was to take place a few days before the fight and […]
DVD REVIEW: I Got The Feelin’ – James Brown in the ‘60s
April 6, 1968 – just over twenty-four hours after Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated, James Brown took the stage at the Boston Gardens for a concert that was televised live – and simulcast on radio – and what riots had been on the brink of turning the city into a conflagration, simply went away. […]