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5 Musician Biopics We’d Actually Pay to See

Posted on June 4, 2010 by | Leave a comment

The last time I gave musical biopics some real thought was after watching Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story , where the parody exposed that genre of filmmaking for the pretty obvious formula it is but the sentiment still stung. After all, aren’t movie tributes to musical legends supposed to be as thrilling and revealing as the entertainers themselves? The news that Mary J. Blige will play jazz vocalist and civil rights hero Nina Simone in a new biopic is welcome, since Simone’s life story isn’t known to the average filmgoer in 2010, but I think the genre could still use a tune-up. Here are five musicians or bands who would pose an exciting alternative to the rote drugs-and-redemption arc of most biopics.

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The Verge: Justin Bartha

Posted on May 24, 2010 by | Leave a comment

For years, Justin Bartha’s been a dependable supporting player in comedies ( The Hangover ), tentpoles ( National Treasure ) and even misfires ( Gigli ), but his days of second fiddle may be coming to an end. In the new drama Holy Rollers , Bartha still plays support to Jesse Eisenberg, but through his role as the debauched Hasid who lures Eisenberg into a life of drug running, Bartha gives the movie its jittery intrigue. Meanwhile, the 31-year-old actor has the lead in Stanley Tucci’s Broadway musical Lend Me a Tenor , and though he was gone for most of the first Hangover , he’s due to have an expanded role in the second. Last week, Bartha spoke to Movieline about the perils of indie filmmaking, Eisenberg’s habit of self-deprecating, and the job he’d take on the next Hangover if director Todd Phillips asked him.

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