Michael Steele – MRQE

The Bangles Return to Bangleonia (V)

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

After more than a decade apart, the Bangles reunite for a memorable concert of their greatest hits filmed live at the Hollywood House of Blues in 2000. Highlights include renditions of “Walk Like an Egyptian,” “Eternal Flame,” “Manic Monday,” “In Your Room” and “Hazy Shade of Winter,” plus a candid interview with band members Susanna Hoffs, Debbi Peterson, Vicki Peterson and Michael Steele about the highs and lows of pop stardom.

I Am an American Soldier: One Year in Iraq with the 101st Airborne

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Though the title of John Laurence’s groundbreaking documentary I Am an American Soldier: One Year in Iraq with the 101st Airborne suggests the U.S. Iraqi war as filtered through one soldier’s perspective, the film actually views the occupation through the collective eyes of the men in the 101st Airborne Division. Laurence covers 14 months of military operations, from pre-operative training in the U.S., to deployment in the Middle East, to the men’s return to the States. The firsthand perspective offered by the picture enables Laurence to provide an intimate view of battlefield occurrences and individualized experiences, unfiltered through media bias. What emerges is a portrait of men who are actually drawn into tighter emotional bonds as they face collective risk. Throughout the film, the men describe, in vivid, unchecked detail, the reality of their experiences in the U.S. military.

The Whip Hand

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A small-town reporter investigates a mysterious group holed up in a country lodge.