A series of R-rated short stories featuring exceptional hand-drawn animation and a rocking soundtrack were unleashed to the world as the film Heavy Metal in 1981. While many say this film is not for everyone, it has aged well over time a...

The Spice Girls brought 90s Brit-pop to the big screen with Spice World. Filled with musical numbers, celebrity cameos, and a whole lot of confusion, this film had the band tear through London in a double-decker bus with that evil papara...

The real-life story of Mike and Claire Sardina as Lightning & Thunder was brought to the big screen in 2025 with Song Sung Blue. These life-long musicians teamed up to deliver the hits of Neil Diamond to audiences in the Milwaukee ar...

Eminem's debut on the big screen was in 2002 with the semi-autobiographical movie called 8 Mile. Not only did the film open at number one on the U.S. box office, its soundtrack clinched the number spot on the U.S. Billboard 200, and the ...

In 1982, Bruce Springsteen released a self-recorded, lo-fi album with no press called "Nebraska". In 2025, Jeremy Allen White starred in Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere and delivered a strong performance that chronicled the struggle...

That Thing You Do! was Tom Hanks' debut as a writer and director that chronicled the rise and fall of a fictional garage rock band called The Wonders in 1964. Climbing the charts with their hit single that doubles as the namesake of the ...

Metallica entered the early 2000s at a crossroads. Without a bass player and without a sense of direction, the remaining members forged on with a therapy coach and a documentary film crew in their quest to complete the 2003 album "St. Anger." T...

KISS were at their commercial peak when they brought KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park to television screens in 1978. To be a little more accurate, the second-highest rated made-for-TV movie of 1978. Co-hosts Jon and Mark dissect the my...

Welcome to the Rock N' Roll Theatre Podcast! Co-hosts Jon and Mark kick-off their new series exploring movies that rock. Each episode will cover theatrical release information, memorable scenes, soundtracks, critical reception, and the lasting ...

Prince and the Revolution unleashed Purple Rain onto the big screen in 1984. Co-hosts Jon and Mark try to make sense of some of the more bizarre scenes found alongside the rocking club footage at First Avenue in downtown Minneapolis. Was...

The first episode of Rock N' Roll Theatre covers the 1979 classic cult film Rock N' Roll High School starring the Ramones. Co-hosts Jon and Mark discuss everything from Marky Ramone playing invisible drums on the sidewalk to exploding wh...