From the Archive: This Is Spinal Tap, Stop Making Sense

Filmspotting

Telegraph Road Productions

Film Reviews, Tv & Film, Film History

4.6 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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THIS IS SPINAL TAP is back in theaters for its 41st anniversary, so we're sharing our 8 From '84 review of the mock rock doc classic and - also from '84 - the Talking Heads' concert film STOP MAKING SENSE directed by Jonathan Demme. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:16.3	Exclusively on Disney Plus.
0:18.3	It's hard and it's brutal and that's what makes it special.
0:21.6	The Multi-Award winning series, FX's The Bear, is back for a brand new season.
0:26.6	Upon my signal, Unleash Help.
0:30.6	And every second counts.
0:33.6	When that shows zero, this restaurant ceases operations.
0:37.7	FX is the best.
0:39.1	New season now streaming exclusively on Disney Plus.
0:43.0	18 plus subscription required season C's apply.
0:49.6	What kind of a show are you guys putting on here today?
0:52.5	You're not interested in art?
0:53.7	No.
0:55.5	No, look, we're going to do this thing.
0:56.5	We're going to have a conversation.
1:00.7	Hey, FilmSpoters, Adam and Josh here.
1:05.4	The Film Spotting Archive has reviews, top five and more, going back to 2005.
1:12.1	Access to that archive is just one of the benefits you get as a film spotting family member, which you can learn more about at Filmspottingfamily.com. This weekend, this is Spinal Tap, is getting an always welcome theatrical
1:18.9	re-release. Spinal Tap was part of our 8 from 84 series. We did that back in 2020. It was part of a show
1:26.6	dedicated to three great music movies from that great movie year.
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