For her 2025 release pick, Rita selected a film with loads of local Milwaukee flair. Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson play Mike and Claire Sardina, a real-life Neil Diamond tribute duo known as Lightning & Thunder. Documentary filmmaker Greg Kohs captured the couple’s attempted comeback in a 2008 festival favorite, where Hustle & Flow director Craig Brewer first encountered their story. Brewer spent years trying to turn this small-scale Midwestern saga into a big-screen musical drama about love, loss, and the extraordinary dreams of ordinary performers. Released on Christmas Day, the film arrived with a marketing campaign that included Jackman and Hudson performing Neil Diamond songs live at Radio City Music Hall. The film played well and scored multiple award nods for Hudson, but will this musical biopic make a beautiful noise, or leave us singing the blues? Tune your guitar, grab a corn dog, and cue the lift, because this week we’re reviewing Song Sung Blue.

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