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Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Josie and the Pussycats, an all-girl pop group, along with Alan, the roadie and Josie's love interest, Alexander, the manager, and his sister, Alexandra, find mystery and adventure wherever they go. These 'chicks' weren't just whistling Dixie. Their claws and fangs emerged to bust the meanest dudes - without messing up their hair and makeup for their next big sold-out concert.
2) Studio 666
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Members of the rock band Foo Fighters move into an Encino mansion steeped in grisly rock n' roll history to record their much-anticipated tenth album.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
An enthralling celebration of Queen, their music, and their extraordinary lead singer Freddie Mercury, who defied stereotypes and convention to become one of history's most beloved entertainers. Following Queen's meteoric rise, their revolutionary sound and Freddie's solo career, the film also chronicles the band's reunion, and one of the greatest performances in rock history.
4) Begin again
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
British songwriter Gretta is adrift in Manhattan after getting dumped by her philandering rock star boyfriend. While playing at an open mic night at a local bar, she is discovered by struggling music producer Dan. Sensing her songwriting potential, Dan pushes Gretta to sign with him and record an ambitious outdoors album all across the city.
5) Jersey boys
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The story of four men from New Jersey who come together to form the 1960s rock group The Four Seasons.
9) Elvis
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Elvis Presley rises to fame in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
10) The Runaways
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
With the success of their all-girl teenage rock band The Runaways, Joan Jett and Cherie Currie's friendship begins to unwind after Currie decides to leave the group.
11) London town
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
During the 1970s, a young boy is introduced to the band the Clash by his estranged mother, and his life changes forever.
12) Tommy
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
A classic rock opera about a boy who is traumatized by the death of his father. He is "cured" several years later, only to be hailed as a "Messiah."
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Adaptation of William Golding's novel about a group of English boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island when the plane that is evacuating them from a war-threatened England crashlands. Without adult control, the boys regress to savagery.
14) Janie Jones
Publisher
Tribeca Films
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Ethan, a struggling rock musician, content with his on-the-road, party lifestyle, has his life turned upside down by the arrival of a thirteen-year-old daughter he never knew he had; and, left with the responsibility of raising Janie Jones, a shy but talented, aspiring musician herself, Ethan takes Janie on a road trip of music, discovery, and father-daughter bonding.
15) Being human
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
In five distinct yet cleverly interlocked roles, tells of a man who is a cave dweller, a Roman slave, a medieval wayfarer, a Portuguese nobleman shipwrecked in Africa and a modern Manhattanite whose homelife has hit the rocks. Each character reaches for survival, love, belonging; for all the things that made humankind draw together in the first place. Each is a human being faced with an unforgettable and universal challenge: Being Human.
16) Heavy trip
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Finnish
Description
In this offbeat comedy from Finland, Turo is stuck in a small village where the best thing is his life is being the lead vocalist for the amateur metal band Impaled Rektum. The only problem? He and his bandmates have practiced for twelve years without playing a single gig. The guys get a surprise visitor from Norway, the promoter for a huge heavy metal music festival, and decided it's now or never. They steal a van, a corpse, and even a new drummer...
Series
Criterion collection volume 711
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Follows the misadventures of the Beatles as they travel from Liverpool to London to perform on a television broadcast.
18) LBJ
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The story of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson from his young days in West Texas to the White House.
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Follows the trials and tribulations of a two-man digi-folk band from New Zealand as they try to make a name for themselves in their adopted home of New York City.
"***1/2 ... droll and deadpan to beat the band ... highly recommended."--Video Librarian.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Playing in a rock n' roll band and saving the undersea world from diabolical villains? An impossible task for most, but not for Jabberjaw, the 15-foot talking great white shark. The year is 2076 and Jabberjaw is the star of the Neptunes, a teenage rock group. In his spare time, Jabberjaw, along with teens Biffy, Shelly, Bubbles, and Clamhead, fights deep sea crime. Catch the tidal wave of adventure, music, and laughter in this 4-disc, 16-episode series...
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