Author: Thomas Newman

Mitchell Tenpenny started singing at church, fronted a heavy metal band in high school, then did a complete 180 and started chasing success as a country singer. It took him a couple of years to…

5th Dimension came to prominence in the 1960s with their genre-hopping blend of pop, R&B, and Broadway, releasing a slew of gold and platinum albums along with chart-topping hits like Up, Up and Away and…

The film Boyz n the Hood is a 1991 American hood drama film directed by John Singleton and written by Singleton. The film stars Cuba Gooding Jr., Ice Cube, Morris Chestnut, Laurence Fishburne, Nia Long…

Jackie Brown might be one of Quentin Tarantino’s most underappreciated films, but there’s no denying its brilliance. Starring Pam Grier and Samuel L Jackson, the film plays tribute to 1970s blaxploitation movies like Foxy Brown…

The Matrix was very much the kind of movie that one would expect from the turn of the millennium. For example, it had a very paranoid mood. Simultaneously, it was very concerned with the aspiration…

Two turntables and a microphone might be all that’s needed to cut a decent rap song, but that hasn’t stopped plenty of hip hop artists experimenting with a little guitar from time to time. From…

The Devil’s Rejects was only a minor success back in 2005, but in the years since its release, it’s become a cult favorite. The soundtrack has also weathered well, with an eclectic mix of southern…

The 1979 American war film Apocalypse Now is a movie about the Vietnam War and is considered one of the greatest films ever made. The film is about the United States military’s involvement in Vietnam…

The film Stand by me is timeless and brings about nostalgia for how skillful a person can cross from childhood to adulthood. This movie was inspired by Stephen King’s traumatic childhood experiences when he witnessed…