Dexter Fletcher's ROCKETMAN (2019)

He still is standing after all this time, 

And it's sure fun to see a version of

His story that's as flashy, fun and wild

As Elton John's stage shows. Of course we love

The songs, and Taron sings them very well

And he's a sensitive, expressive face

That pairs up nicely with one Jamie Bell

(I want him as Ray Davies ere our race

Burns out its fuse). A playful fantasy

With brief, dark moments, seems exactly right, 

As do the costumes. If this had to be

A movie, at least keep it moving, bright 

And soulful, like Sir Elton's greatest tunes. 

I guess that's why this film kept making news. 

Morgan Neville's 20 FEET FROM STARDOM (2013)

The giants on whose shoulders long have stood

The giants whom we hail as household names

Still walk among us, small, less known, and good?

Don't damn them with faint praise. A little fame 

Is overdue these ladies, and right here, 

Right from the ope'ning credits we receive

That message. All the art direction near

Distracts from these great ladies, but, believe:

They still stand out. A fine, harmonic whole, 

This film -- and even when it cuts to stars 

The spotlight stays on Lisa, Darlene. Know

I'll soon hunt down their vinyl from afar!

We're at our best when we are not alone. 

Now someone make this film but for trombone!

Bill Pohlad's LOVE & MERCY (2014)

For Pet Sounds, if for nothing else, does Bri

Deserve to live in memory until

The sun swells angry red, the surf runs dry

And good vibrations have reached out to thrill

Andromeda. And here hath Paul and John

Enacted Brian's passion for us in

Two famous stations. Am I maybe on

The track to blasphemy? I'll speak my sin. 

Both men convinced me of his genius, and

His suffering, even as the edits make

His stories flow as one. I'll say there can

Be an entire film in just the takes

That went on in the studio, but that would

Deprive us, then, of Banks, who's also good!