Author: MARK MARRONE

While Kanye West is enjoying his latest album Jesus is King reaching the top of Billboard’s 200 chart for the ninth time in his career, he has also had some success with his latest film too. Yes, as a companion with his album, West released a film with the same title in IMAX theaters countrywide. The film is a concert performance of West’s new rap-gospel album at the Roden Crater in Painted Desert, Arizona.

Going into last Saturday night’s William Close and the Earth Harp Collective’s show at Pollak Theatre, I was skeptical of what to expect. But immediately when I walked in, I realized that it wasn’t your grandma’s harp concert.

Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino: two names synonymous with acting excellence. Both have given incredible performances in some of the greatest films ever made.

You could say last week was a slow week for movies, with low-level releases like Black and Blue and Countdown out. But let’s go lower, shall we?

Dust off your turntables and replace those needles because Record Store Day is right around the corner for Black Friday, Nov. 29! Yes, the main Record Store Day is celebrated around the globe on the second Saturday of April, but there’s another one on Black Friday every year too.

Yeesh, it’s hard to put on a happy face for this one.

Need advice on what movies to see? On Cinema’s most likely not going to help. But if you need some mindless mayhem, fill up those bags of popcorn.

We’ve seen plenty of The Boss in the past year with the recent wrap on his long running Springsteen on Broadway, which had a Netflix and album release, along with his new solo album Western Stars released last June. But this week, Springsteen gives Western Stars the movie treatment, out in theaters this week on Oct. 19 and 23.

We all know her for her clicking heels in The Wizard of Oz and hitting incredible notes at Carnegie Hall, but Judy Garland’s life wasn’t a walk down the yellow brick road.