Movie Make-out

From the film’s official site:

Heavy Metal in Baghdad is a feature film documentary that follows the Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda from the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 to the present day. Playing heavy metal in a Muslim country has always been a difficult (if not impossible) proposition but after Saddam’s regime was toppled, there was a brief moment for the band in which real freedom seemed possible. That hope was quickly dashed as their country fell into a bloody insurgency. From 2003-2006, Iraq disintegrated around them while Acrassicauda struggled to stay together and stay alive, always refusing to let their heavy metal dreams die. Their story echoes the unspoken hopes of an entire generation of young Iraqis.

Heavy Metal in Baghdad is rocking Tampa right now and will hit the Rocklahoma Music Festival (in St. Pryor, Oklahoma) on July 9th, but it is available now on DVD. I haven’t seen it, but the subject matter looks interesting enough and obviously the political backdrop should be eye-opening.

Also, Guy Ritchie’s RocknRolla has a trailer up at Empire Online — and the big surprise is, it actually looks pretty fun, even if the story looks like a big mess (something about the mob… big shock there, right?). The thing is, Revolver was such a huge piece of shit, that I’m gonna need to see some good reviews before I get lured into another one of his movies. RocknRolla stars Gerard Butler (300), Thandie Newton, Ludacris, Jeremy Piven, Idris Elba, and Tom Wilkinson. The film opens on Halloween.