One Hand Clapping got a cinema release. It's really for the die hard fans.

Pink Floyd at Pompeii is getting another cinema release, which is tempting but I am not sure £18 for a cinema ticket is worth it for a film that clocks just 60 mins. I have the DVD still which has director and cinema cut. It's nothing you put of often probably once every couple of years.

Slade In Flame is seeing the light of day again, sadly there is no cinema near me showing it. It came on home media than quickly got deleted years ago. I don't remember seeing it but it seems to be the average plot of rock movies. Band wants to be famous, get signed then get screwed by the label and managers.

I don't really care about Mark Kermode views on movies, everything he has suggested; I have found poor, apart from a small handful of
movies.

I thought Stardust the sequel to That'll Be The Day was a very good movie and Adam Faith playing a poofy manager and friend. Especially when he says “You can’t fucking die. I own a half of you” could either mean they were lovers or they tied to a contract.

I saw Slade in Flame about 30 years ago on Channel 4 and about 8 years ago on BBC 4. However, it is very rarely shown, and I would like to see it again with an older perspective. It isn't available on streaming, DVD, or blu-ray, however it will be coming out on blu-ray in the middle of May. I'm not sure whether I would shell out for a blu-ray. It depends on whether it is nearer to E10 than £20. As you imply, Mark Kermode raves about it, but he raved about Dune and Dune 2, which I was bored silly with.

These rock and pop films do often get forgotten. Breaking Glass, Pink Floyd's "the wall", Spice World, that awful Cliff Richard film set in Birmingham, and god forbid Gary Glitter's "Remember me this way". I enjoyed That'll be the day and Stardust, but they are different sort of films. They aren't just vehicles for pop stars.

I never knew Kitty, did a film set in Brum. It's sounds terrible even on paper.

Remember this Way with GG is nothing but self indulgence, it's more Alan Partridge than Alan Partridge.

Breaking Glass is watchable but very forgetable, I still have the soundtrack.

Rock movies were mostly crap like Catch Us If You Can, Dateline Diamonds with Small Faces and Gonks Go Beat. If you like pain watch Ghosts Go Gear.

Be My Guest and Live It Up are interesting as they are more of a vehicle for Steve Marriot and Joe Meek.

I might see Slade In Flame if it's cheap on Blu Ray but it's not something I will pay much for. I do have the Soundtrack on CD, which I like.

It's funny seeing David Essex in That'll Be the Day. He starts out as a Jack the Lad but then he rapes a woman at the fairground who tells him no. Then he becomes even more aggresive and pyschotic in Stardust like killing Adam Faith's pet.

I wonder if David Essex based his character on some popstar he knew.


Worst rock movie is Performance, Jagger cannot act is more wooden than an oak tree.

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The Cliff film set in Birmingham is called "Take Me High", and includes the classic hit of the same name. I saw it about 30 years ago when the BBc showed a season of Cliff Richard films. It would interesting to see again as a period piece.

I saw "That'll be the day" again recently on Britbox, and was surprised to see a very young Sue Holderness who played Marlene in Only Fools and Horses. It seemed quite racy to me as a teenager, but probably would struggle to get a 15 certificate now. It says on imdb that iw as loosely based on John Lennon's early years, which I didn't really see.

Maybe the arrogance, but other than that, it sounds like a marketing ploy. Hard Days Night was marketed as a documentary in the States.

Did you see the Ramones movie, Robbie, Rock 'N' Roll High School? It has more plot holes than Swiss cheese. The KISS movie is fun to watch because it's terrible.

I haven't seen the Ramones movie GM, I'm not that familiar with their music except "Baby I Love You" and "Blitzcreek bop", which I'm sure you're away was influenced by the Roller's saturday night football style chant.
There is also the Madness movie "Take it or Leave it", which is basically autobiographical, with the band playing themselves. Also there is "Anywhere but here" starring the Pet Shop Boys and Barbara Windsor which I've never seen, but would be worth a look out of curiosity.

I forgot about the Pet Shop Boys movie, never seen it, but I do remember seeing it in video shops in Japan. I don't think there is much of a plot TBH.

Absolute Beginners would have worked if some better actors or musicians could at least act to some degree; Bowie is just atrocious when it comes to acting.

I did see Tommy again last week. Keith Moon is just as horrifying as (evil) Uncle Earnie.

My mother took me to see Silver Dream Machine; all I remember is seeing middle-aged housewives drooling over David Essex in leather and my mother's eyes glued to the screen. I have no idea why she took me to see it, as I didn't like sports even as a kid, but I did enjoy the soundtrack.