Alex James
Also Known As: blur
Biography: Alex James is an English musician and songwriter, as well as a journalist and cheesemaker.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: November 21, 1968
Age: 56 years old
Gender: Male
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Blur: No Distance Left to Run
Overview: A documentary film about the British rock band Blur. Following the band during their 2009 reunion and tour, the film also includes unseen archive footage and interviews.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-14
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Blur: The Magic Whip: Made in Hong Kong
Overview: 'The Magic Whip: Made in Hong Kong’ is a 30-minute film about the making of blur’s new album, featuring exclusive interviews and personal studio footage shot by the band.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-12-05
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Blur Presents The Ballad of Darren
Overview: Blur present “The Ballad of Darren”, a very special, one-off, global performance of their highly-anticipated new album.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-07-26
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FHM: The Last of the Lads' Mags
Overview: For Him Magazine hit the shelves in 1985 and soon grew to become the biggest selling magazine in Britain. Written by some of the funniest contributors in the world, FHM spoke to the man on the street and embraced the 'girl next door' image of its cover stars. This documentary follows FHM's UK staff as they produce the final issue of the magazine in late 2015, and celebrates its heyday while hearing from the stars whose careers were changed by it.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-01-04
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Blur: Live 13 & Bonus Footage
Overview: B.L.U.R.E.M.I., No Distance Left to Run, Tender, Battle, Beetlebum, Bugman, Trimm Trabb, Mellow Song & Song 2 (Live 13 at London Depot, 10 March 1999). Plus, Seymour - Dizzy, There's No Other Way BBC Live Version (1st TV Performance), To the End (La Comedie) with Francoise Hardy, It Could Be You, Music Is My Radar, Out of Time, Crazy Beat & Good Song (Promo Videos).
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-03-10
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blur | In Concert BBC Radio 2
Overview: A special Radio 2 In Concert performance from blur, recorded in the BBC Radio Theatre in front of a small audience. The set features a selection of classic blur tracks as well as new material.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-07-29
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Oasis vs. Blur | Duel at the Peak of Britpop
Overview: During the 90s, Britpop dominated the airwaves and an epic pop rivalry sparked into life when Blur’s single ‘Country House’ went up against Oasis’s ‘Roll With It’ in the charts.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-01-01
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Blur: The Singles Night - Live at Wembley Arena
Overview: On December 11th, 1999, Blur performed a setlist featuring all their released singles at the time at Wembley Stadium.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-11
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B-Roads
Overview: Follows the band Blur during the The Great Escape era.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-11
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blur at the BBC
Overview: Over the years, Damon, Graham, Alex and Dave have helped to change the face of British music, constantly evolving and leaving musical rivals in their wake. This collection of blur’s greatest performances on the BBC delivers all the hits and more, capturing the band’s crowd-pleasing side through fan favourites like Country House, Parklife, and Girls and Boys, as well as their more sensitive and soulful side with tracks including Coffee + TV, Beetlebum, Tender and Out of Time.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-07-29
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Blur: To the End
Overview: blur: To the End follows the unique relationship of four friends - and band mates of three decades - Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree as they come together to record new songs ahead of their sold-out, first ever shows at London’s Wembley Stadium in 2023.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-07-19
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Blur: Live at Wembley Stadium
Overview: blur played two massive headline shows at Wembley Stadium in London last summer. These historic and emotional dates will be captured in a forthcoming concert film called Blur: Live At Wembley Stadium.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-09-06
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The Britpop Story 'It Really, Really, Really, Could Happen'
Overview: In August 1995 Blur and Oasis were engaged in a head-to-head chart battle which divided music fans and led to a wider argument about British pop music. John Harris, journalist and author of The Last Party - the definitive study of the entwinement of music and politics in the 1990s - presents a documentary charting the rise of Britpop, its brief romance with New Labour and the emergence of 'new lad' culture. Finally, as Britpop declines, he asks what legacy it has left. Including contributions from Blur's Graham Coxon, Elastica's Justine Frischmann, Sleeper's Louise Wener, former New Labour insider Darren Kalynuk, and the founder of Creation records, Alan McGee.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-08-15
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blur: Parklive
Overview: Britpop stalwarts blur captured live in performance in the summer of 2012. The gig, held in Hyde Park on August the 12th, was a companion concert to the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games. The songs performed by the band include 'Coffee and TV', 'Country House', 'Parklife' and 'No Distance Left to Run'.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-19
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Alex James: Slowing Down Fast Fashion
Overview: We now live in a disposable clothes society. We're wearing more man made fibres and buying more than clothes than ever before. Alex James is on a mission to discover why. From the environmental impact to back to the natural alternatives. He asks can anything slow down fast fashion?
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-01
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Starshaped
Overview: Three years of candid camera on the road with Blur, from Reading 1991 through the dark ages of the EEC in 1992 and then on to Modern Life. This 126 minute tour film features live footage including scenes from Glastonbury ’92, the Heineken Music Festival ’94 in Nottingham, and festivals in Germany, Denmark and Sweden. It is a fascinating rockumentary about the early days of one of the most influential bands of the 1990s.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-12
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The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World
Overview: Documentary that outlines the 1990s and the decade the changed the world.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-06-13
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blur at the Zénith, Paris
Overview: Blur peform live at Le Zénith in Paris, 2015.
Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2015-01-01
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blur | The Best Of
Overview: Blur: The Best Of is a greatest hits compilation album by English Britpop band Blur, first released in late 2000 and is the final Blur album by Food Records. It was released on CD, cassette tape, MiniDisc, double 12" vinyl record, DVD and VHS. The CD album includes 17 of Blur's 23 singles from 1990 to 2000, plus non-single, "This Is a Low". A special edition of the CD version included a live CD. The DVD/VHS version contains the videos of Blur's first 22 singles. The album, which has had enduring sales, hit number 3 in the band's native UK in the autumn of 2000, while denting the US charts at number 186. The cover is by artist Julian Opie. The painting of this Blur album can be found at the National Portrait Gallery in London, England. The album's cover bears some similarity to that of Queen's 1982 Hot Space.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-11-28
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Blur: Live at Hyde Park
Overview: Hyde Park Concert Film, July 2009. Blur: Live At Hyde Park is the definitive live Blur concert film. Directed by Giorgio Testi, the film was shot on the 2nd of July 2009 in front of a crowd of 55,000 fans in London's Hyde Park. The gigs were the climax of their hugely successful 2009 comeback tour and saw the band play a 25-song, career spanning set to a rapturous reception from fans. Shot using 18 cameras and featuring stunning HD cinematography, the film lovingly documents Blur's incredible Hyde Park performances. Intro / She's So High / Girls & Boys / Tracy Jacks / There's No Other Way / Jubilee / Badhead / Beetlebum / Out Of Time / Trimm Trabb / Coffee and TV / Tender / Country House / Oily Water / Chemical World / Sunday Sunday / Parklife / End Of Century / To The End / This Is A Low / Popscene / Advert / Song 2 / Death Of A Party / For Tomorrow / The Universal
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-02-15
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Blur: Showtime - Live At Alexandra Palace
Overview: Showtime is a video recording by British rock band Blur, released in February 1995. Directed and edited by Matthew Longfellow and produced by Ceri Levy, the film is a recording of the band's gig at Alexandra Palace, London, England on 7 October 1994.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-10-07
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Blur: New World Towers
Overview: Charts the iconic British band’s sprawling journey over the last few years – from an unexpected break in Hong Kong which sowed the seeds for their first album as a four piece in 16 years, to a glorious home coming show in London and, finally, an emotional reunion with their Hong Kong audience.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-12-02
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blur | The South Bank Show
Overview: An overview of the British pop-rock band Blur, their career, creative process and motivation.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-21
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Heston's Marvellous Menu Back to the Noughties
Overview: In this nostalgic documentary, restaurant critic Giles Coren challenges Heston Blumenthal to take his restaurant The Fat Duck back to 2001 for a magical feast.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-12-19
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Pixies: Gouge
Overview: Gouge - a documentary tracing The Pixies' story featuring interviews with Bono, David Bowie, Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead), Graham Coxon and Alex James (Blur), Fran Healy and Andy Dunlop (Travis), P J Harvey, Tim Wheeler (Ash), Gavin Rossdale (Bush) and Badly Drawn Boy.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-27
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Blur: Live on MTV Most Wanted
Overview: Blur playing two hits, in less than 10 minutes
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-04-13
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