Dan DeLuca
Dan DeLuca's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
Philadelphia Daily News
Philadelphia Inquirer
Movies reviews only
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Clarence Clemons: Who Do I Think I Am? (2019) |
It portrays Clemons as a seeker attempting to get a grip on himself, and his place in the world. By the end, he believes he's found it in the music. - Philadelphia Daily News
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| Posted Jul 25, 2019
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Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019) |
Tells the Rolling Thunder story with a theatrical flair in the revue's carny barker spirit. - Philadelphia Daily News
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| Posted Jun 12, 2019
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Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami (2017) |
The movie clocks in at just under two hours and feels considerably longer. As it ticks on, it achieves an unlikely and perhaps not entirely unintentional feat: It makes Grace Jones kind of boring. - Philadelphia Inquirer
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| Posted May 03, 2018
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Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me (2017) |
[Sam] Pollard tell Davis' tale with sympathy and performance clips that convey the breadth of his talent. - Philadelphia Inquirer
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| Posted Oct 26, 2017
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Gimme Danger (2016) |
A journalistic valentine from Stooges fan Jim Jarmusch to his favorite band. - Philadelphia Inquirer
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| Posted Nov 01, 2016
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Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016) |
Zappa was never at a loss for words. - Philadelphia Inquirer
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| Posted Jul 07, 2016
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Nina (2016) |
A listless, oddly constructed tale that does a poor job of capturing Simone's star quality or indomitable racial pride ... - Philadelphia Inquirer
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| Posted Apr 22, 2016
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Keep on Keepin' On (2014) |
What really makes Keep On Keepin' On such a heart-tugging, three-handkerchief crowd pleaser is that at heart, it's a buddy movie. - Philadelphia Inquirer
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| Posted Nov 21, 2014
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Time Is Illmatic (2014) |
Time Is Illmatic does a terrific job of weaving hip-hop history into a highly personal story. - Philadelphia Inquirer
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| Posted Oct 10, 2014
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Get On Up (2014) |
A well-acted entertainment that's highly respectful of the story it has to tell. It's disjointed but fun to watch. - Philadelphia Inquirer
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| Posted Aug 01, 2014
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Muscle Shoals (2013) |
Like 20 Feet From Stardom, another standout music doc of 2013, Muscle Shoals skillfully shines a light on unheralded musicians whose names usually are not illuminated. - Philadelphia Inquirer
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| Posted Oct 11, 2013
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Springsteen & I (2013) |
The movie is essentially made by Springsteen fans, so naturally it's pretty much made for Springsteen fans. Haters need not apply. - Philadelphia Inquirer
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| Posted Jul 21, 2013
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Venus and Serena (2012) |
How much new does Venus and Serena have to tell us? Not enough. - Philadelphia Inquirer
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| Posted May 17, 2013
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Neil Young Journeys (2011) |
I'd say the movie does a fine job of completing the trilogy, but I wouldn't be surprised if Demme and Young have more in them yet. - Philadelphia Inquirer
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| Posted Jul 26, 2012
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Last Days Here (2011) |
In its latter stages, the doc becomes not only a bromance, but also a romance, and maybe even a redemption story. - Philadelphia Inquirer
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| Posted Mar 08, 2012
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Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest (2011) |
The emotional honesty Rapaport captures on screen comes off as real, a cut above standard-issue Behind the Music drama in terms of believability. - Philadelphia Inquirer
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| Posted Jul 21, 2011
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Rejoice & Shout (2010) |
A relentlessly chronological, talking-head documentary that sets itself the impossible task of telling the whole rousing, spirit-lifting story of African American Christian music from slavery till now. - Philadelphia Inquirer
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| Posted Jun 23, 2011
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Neil Young Trunk Show (2009) |
On a stage cluttered with oddities -- a red telephone, a guy painting as the band plays -- Demme wisely resists the urge to dazzle us with rapid-fire cutting, instead lingering on Young's expressive 62-year-old face. - Philadelphia Inquirer
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| Posted Mar 18, 2010
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Soul Power (2008) |
It packs the emotional and historical power of a heady 'family gathering' celebration of African and, to use the term then in fashion, Afro-American pride. - Philadelphia Inquirer
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| Posted Jul 30, 2009
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Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2008) |
Anvil! The Story of Anvil can't help but evoke This Is Spinal Tap, the classic 1984 mockumentary directed by the other Rob Reiner, in terms of both sheer hair-metal ludicrousness and indignities suffered by a not-so-successful rock band on the road. - Philadelphia Inquirer
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| Posted Apr 23, 2009
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Notorious (2009) |
Notorious is an efficient biopic, and a celebratory exercise in nostalgia for hip-hop fans of a certain age. - Philadelphia Inquirer
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| Posted Jan 15, 2009
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Patti Smith: Dream of Life (2008) |
That spirit of encountering the world with undying artistic curiosity -- and without a plan -- informs Dream of Life, a drifting portrait of Smith. - Philadelphia Inquirer
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| Posted Oct 23, 2008
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Gunnin' for That No. 1 Spot (2008) |
As sports movies go, Gunnin' never feels the slightest bit hokey, and serves up SportsCenter-worthy clips in high style, along with the unmistakable feel of real life. - Philadelphia Inquirer
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| Posted Jun 26, 2008
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Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007) |
Julian Temple has done cinematic justice to the punk humanist born John Graham Mellor. - Philadelphia Inquirer
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| Posted Nov 09, 2007
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Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters (2007) |
Daringly and surprisingly successfully attempts to hold viewers' interest in the (barely) animated triumvirate of Frylock, Master Shake and Meatwad for six times the length of a normal episode. - Philadelphia Inquirer
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| Posted Apr 12, 2007
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American Hardcore (2006) |
American Hardcore, Paul Rachman's impressively thorough documentary, tells of the second-generation punk rockers who learned from the Sex Pistols and Ramones and then did their DIY thing. - Philadelphia Inquirer
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| Posted Nov 10, 2006
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The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006) |
It's full-up with footage that shows the hero of the Yoko Ono-sanctioned film to be as witty, entertaining and dependably charismatic as ever, and rarely as simple-minded as his detractors would have it. - Philadelphia Inquirer
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| Posted Sep 28, 2006
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The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2005) |
Like Capturing the Friedmans, Devil is loaded with revealing footage, rife with psychodrama, including a creepy home movie in which the teenage Johnston plays himself and his overbearing mother. - Philadelphia Inquirer
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| Posted Apr 28, 2006
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Murderball (2005) |
Murderball isn't a great sports movie, but it does a superb job of getting inside the heads of some of the most compelling, and highly unlikely, athletes ever caught on film. - Philadelphia Inquirer
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| Posted Apr 07, 2005
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Sin City (2005) |
Ultimately comes off as an exercise in cold-blooded stylishness, uninvolving and overlong at 2 hours and 6 minutes. - Philadelphia Inquirer
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| Posted Apr 01, 2005
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Harry and Max (2004) |
Strains to be sensitive rather than merely shocking, but winds up dull and uninvolving. - Philadelphia Inquirer
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| Posted Jan 15, 2005
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Tupac: Resurrection (2003) |
A compelling piece of propaganda. - Philadelphia Inquirer
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| Posted Nov 13, 2003
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Masked and Anonymous (2003) |
The music is great. Dylan and his band do a half-dozen songs that crackle with energy. - Philadelphia Inquirer
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| Posted Sep 04, 2003
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Eddie Griffin: Dysfunktional Family (2003) |
If Griffin is often boorish, he also can be wickedly hilarious. - Philadelphia Inquirer
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| Posted Apr 03, 2003
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I Am Trying to Break Your Heart (2002) |
Tells Wilco's story so well that you'll leave the theater thinking the album is a work of genius. - Philadelphia Inquirer
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| Posted Aug 29, 2002
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Scratch (2001) |
Illuminating if overly talky documentary. - Philadelphia Inquirer
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| Posted May 16, 2002
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Ultimate X: The Movie (2002) |
There's lots of cool stuff packed into ESPN's Ultimate X. - Philadelphia Inquirer
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| Posted May 09, 2002
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