‘It Might Get Loud’ never does, and the guitar-star summit lacks chemistry. Still, it’s always engaging, and The Edge deserves his own movie
Twitter Review: It Might Get Loud
13 Jul 2010
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Posted by Culture Snob on Tuesday, July 13, 2010.
Filed in Movies, Music, Tweets and tagged Davis Guggenheim (2), Documentaries (37), It Might Get Loud (1), Jack White (1), Jimmy Page (1), Music Documentaries (2), The Edge (1).
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