CBGB

in cbgb a great cast gives solid performances that are wasted on a thoroughly conventional and shockingly dull film about popular music. i'm not one to try and backseat-direct when i offer my thoughts on a film, but writer/director randall miller could have done a lot better if he had decided to leave comic book framing elements (a reference to punk magazine) out and instead actually given this the spirit of diy punk music. the script is by the numbers music dramedy stuff and the direction is as plain as it can be; shots are framed in the most basic ways possible most of the time.' that's read more