Kurt Loder

Kurt Loder

Born: May 5, 1945
in Ocean City, New Jersey, USA
Kurt Loder is an American entertainment critic, author, columnist, and television personality. He served in the 1980s as editor at Rolling Stone, during a tenure that Reason later called "legendary".

Movies for Kurt Loder...

TINA
Title: TINA
Character: Self
Released: August 20, 2021
Type: Movie
Tina Turner overcame impossible odds to become one of the first female Black artists to reach a mainstream international audience. Her road to superstardom is an undeniable story of triumph over adversity. It’s the ultimate story of survival – and an inspirational story of our times.
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Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
Title: Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 23, 2021
Type: Movie
Explore Woodstock 99, a three-day music festival promoted to echo unity and counterculture idealism of the original 1969 concert but instead devolved into riots, looting and sexual assaults.
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John Lennon: His Life, His Legacy, His Last Days
Title: John Lennon: His Life, His Legacy, His Last Days
Character: Self
Released: October 17, 2020
Type: Movie
On 8 Dec 1980, the world stood still as it learned about the death of John Lennon, a music icon and former member of The Beatles.
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Beastie Boys Story
Title: Beastie Boys Story
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 24, 2020
Type: Movie
Here's a little story they're about to tell... Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz share the story of their band and 40 years of friendship in a live documentary experience directed by friend, collaborator, and their former grandfather, Spike Jonze.
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Sidewalk Traffic
Title: Sidewalk Traffic
Character: Moderator
Released: February 28, 2017
Type: Movie
When Declan, a 30 year old husband and new father is squeezed out of a promotion, he finds himself wracked by internal crises, including career envy, bitterness over bad breaks and the still-lingering fallout from the suicide of his former creative partner. Searching for salvation, Declan surrenders to the role of stay-at-home dad, and is forced to face his demons while pushing strollers, changing diapers and heating up bottles all the while working to resurrect his dreams.
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Rammstein in Amerika
Title: Rammstein in Amerika
Character: Self
Released: September 25, 2015
Type: Movie
The concert film celebrates the band’s legendary show in New York’s Madison Square Garden – Rammstein’s return to the US after a ten-year absence. In HD and 5.1 surround sound. For the documentary, Rammstein provided extensive, previously unreleased footage and photos from the band archive. In numerous interviews from various periods in the band’s history, the band members speak about their experiences across the Atlantic.
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Soaked in Bleach
Title: Soaked in Bleach
Character: Himself
Released: June 9, 2015
Type: Movie
Twenty years ago, Kurt Cobain was found dead of an apparent gunshot wound to the head. The world was told it was a suicide, but evidence would lead many people to believe it might be otherwise. The film investigates the possibilities that exist that Kurt Cobain's death might not have been a suicide, that the Seattle Police Department rushed their verdict, and the global media perpetuated lies and misinformation fed to them by Courtney Love that created the belief in many that Cobain killed himself—but when revealed to be lies—lead many to now question what happened.
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Let's Dance: Bowie Down Under
Title: Let's Dance: Bowie Down Under
Character: Self
Released: February 10, 2015
Type: Movie
The remarkable, forgotten story behind David Bowie’s biggest-ever hit record – and how an unlikely journey, deep into the Australian outback, led to its unprecedented success.
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Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Title: Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Character: Self
Released: June 7, 2012
Type: Movie
A provocative look into the seven-year history of the series that gave hip hop a voice and broke color barriers, integrating MTV with rap. "Yo! MTV Raps" premiered on August 6, 1988 with hosts Fab 5 Freddy, Ed Lover and Doctor Dré, and shaped the careers of many of today’s hip hop superstars, while simultaneously making groundbreaking strides in introducing hip hop to the mainstream.
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Title: Portlandia
Character: Kurt Loder
Released: January 21, 2011
Type: TV
Satirical sketch comedy set and filmed in Portland, Oregon that explores the eccentric misfits who embody the foibles of modern culture.
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Get Him to the Greek
Title: Get Him to the Greek
Character: Kurt Loder
Released: June 3, 2010
Type: Movie
Pinnacle records has the perfect plan to get their sinking company back on track: a comeback concert in LA featuring Aldous Snow, a fading rockstar who has dropped off the radar in recent years. Record company intern Aaron Green is faced with the monumental task of bringing his idol, out of control rock star Aldous Snow, back to LA for his comeback show.
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Title: Joy Behar: Say Anything!
Released: September 29, 2009
Type: TV
Joy Behar: Say Anything! was a news program and talk show hosted by Emmy-award winning talk show host Joy Behar. The program had its "Preview" while Behar filled in as a week long host on Viewpoint with Eliot Spitzer on June 18, 2012, and officially premiered on Current TV on September 4, 2012. The final episode of the Current TV program aired on Thursday August 1, 2013, as the network prepared to transition to Al Jazeera America.
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Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
Title: Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
Character: Self
Released: April 24, 2009
Type: Movie
An East Village performance space fought against the Bowery homeless shelter who threatened to shut them down. Some of the most iconic figures in music have performed here.
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You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson
Title: You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson
Character: Self
Released: June 8, 2007
Type: Movie
Documentary about rock pioneer Roky Erickson, detailing his rise as a psychedelic hero, his lengthy institutionalization, his descent into poverty and filth, and his brother's struggle with their religious mother to improve Roky's care.
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Last Days
Title: Last Days
Character: TV Voiceover (voice)
Released: June 12, 2005
Type: Movie
The life and struggles of a notorious rock musician seeping into a pit of loneliness whose everyday life involves friends and family seeking financial aid and favors, inspired by rock music legend Kurt Cobain and his final hours.
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Pauly Shore Is Dead
Title: Pauly Shore Is Dead
Character: Kurt Loder
Released: March 11, 2003
Type: Movie
Hollywood comedian/actor Pauly Shore loses everything: his house, nobody in Hollywood wants to represent him, he moves back home with his mom and is now parking cars at the Comedy Store. Then one night when he's up in his mom's loft, a dead famous comedian appears who tells Pauly to kill himself cause he'll go down as a comedic genius who died before his time. Pauly then fakes his own death, and the media goes crazy.
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Sugar & Spice
Title: Sugar & Spice
Character: Self
Released: January 24, 2001
Type: Movie
When Jack and Diane find themselves in an unexpected adult situation, the A-Squad comes to their rescue. In order to help their friend Diane, the A-Squad goes where no cheerleader has gone before: taking on a little after-school project known as bank robbery. But the A-Squad does things their way -- with sugar and spice -- forever changing their friendship, their future and the nation's notion of teen spirit.
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Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Title: Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Character: Kurt Loder
Released: October 27, 2000
Type: Movie
Young adults become fascinated by the events of the three missing filmmakers in Maryland, so they decide to go into the same woods and find out what really happened.
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Title: Girlfriends
Released: September 11, 2000
Type: TV
The series revolves around the friendship of four African-American women in different phases of their lives. They explore the many trials and tribulations that most women face today such as relationships, family, friends and other current issues that will interest most women. Whether it’s getting over a divorce, finding a career, or looking for true love, Girlfriends delivers along with comedy and wit.
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Entropy
Title: Entropy
Character: Himself
Released: November 27, 1999
Type: Movie
Entropy is a semi-autobiographical film which tells the story of a young director struggling to make a film for a despotic studio while his life falls apart around him. Along the way, he goes on tour with U2 to help them make a music video, gets married in Vegas, and has a conversation with his cat.
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The Suburbans
Title: The Suburbans
Character: Self
Released: October 29, 1999
Type: Movie
An 80s one-hit wonder band named The Suburbans reform for a special performance at one of the ex-member's wedding. At the wedding, a young record company talent scout happens to be in the audience and decides to give the now 40-ish performers a comeback push. The film attempts to take a satirical look at the music business of the 90s and compare it to the simpler 80s scene.
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Pups
Title: Pups
Character: Kurt Loder
Released: April 18, 1999
Type: Movie
When troubled teen boy Stevie (Cameron Van Hoy) and his girlfriend, Rocky (Mischa Barton), attempt to rob a bank without any forethought, the situation rapidly deteriorates. Soon the young couple is holding bank customers and employees hostage, while law enforcement gathers outside. Daniel Bender (Burt Reynolds), a veteran negotiator for the FBI, is charged with assessing the crime scene and ending the standoff as quickly as possible, but Stevie's short fuse considerably complicates matters.
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Belly
Title: Belly
Character: Kurt Loder
Released: November 4, 1998
Type: Movie
Tommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in on them and new players are looking for a come up, will their reign last?
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Title: TRL
Released: September 14, 1998
Type: TV
Total Request Live was a television series on MTV that featured popular music videos. TRL was MTV's prime outlet for music videos as the network continued to concentrate on reality-based programming. In addition to music videos, TRL featured daily guests. The show was a popular promotion tool used by musicians, actors, and other celebrities to promote their newest works to the show's target teen demographic. TRL played the top ten most requested videos of the day, as requested by viewers who voted online for their favorite video. The countdown started with the tenth most requested video and ended with the most requested. As of October 22, 2007, TRL's countdown was based on votes, charts, ringtones, download, radio airplay, and streams, meaning that the most user requested video might not have been the number 1 video. The show generally aired Monday through Thursday for one hour, though the scheduling and length of the show fluctuated over the years. Despite the word "Live" in the title of the show, many episodes were actually pre-recorded. It was announced on September 15, 2008 that TRL would be shut down and replaced with FNMTV. The special three-hour finale aired on November 16, 2008, at 8 p.m.
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Dead Man on Campus
Title: Dead Man on Campus
Character: Self
Released: August 21, 1998
Type: Movie
Two college roommates venture out to identify a fellow student, who is most likely to commit suicide as it will help them pass the semester.
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Beavis and Butt-Head Do Thanksgiving
Title: Beavis and Butt-Head Do Thanksgiving
Character: Self
Released: November 27, 1997
Type: Movie
Beavis and Butt-Head celebrate the Thanksgiving Day parade in Times Square with Kurt Loder and discuss the meaning of Thanksgiving, Beavis and Butt-Head's final episode, and music videos.
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Austin Powers' Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Swingers Club
Title: Austin Powers' Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Swingers Club
Character: The Swingers Club / The Explainer
Released: April 24, 1997
Type: Movie
Austin Powers presents his own kind of shagadellic swinging shindig courtesy of MTV to promote his movie, Austin Powers International Man of Mystery. Edited in the style of 'Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In', Austin shows clips from his film, including a spotlight on Elizabeth Hurley and explains how he is adjusting to the nineties after being frozen for thirty years.
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Title: Kenan & Kel
Character: Kurt Loder
Released: August 17, 1996
Type: TV
Set in Chicago, the show follows the kid-friendly misadventures of two high-school friends who are always scheming and dreaming. Kenan, who works at a grocery store, constantly devises crazy plans to strike it rich, while orange-soda-loving buddy Kel is always dragged along for the ride despite his track record for messing things up.
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A New Madonna: The Making of 'Evita'
Title: A New Madonna: The Making of 'Evita'
Character: Self - Host
Released: June 13, 1996
Type: Movie
Documentary about the making of Alan Parker's film adaptation of the stage musical EVITA.
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New Religions: The Cult Question
Title: New Religions: The Cult Question
Character: Himself (Host)
Released: June 27, 1995
Type: Movie
MTV's investigative report on alternative religions including the Church Universal and Triumphant, International Churches of Christ, and Scientology.
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Straight Dope
Title: Straight Dope
Character: Himself (Host)
Released: August 23, 1994
Type: Movie
Examination of the current stage of drug use in the United States and the effects it has on society.
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Airheads
Title: Airheads
Character: Himself
Released: August 5, 1994
Type: Movie
The Lone Rangers have heavy-metal dreams and a single demo tape they can't get anyone to play. The solution: Hijack an FM rock radio station and hold the deejays hostage until they agree to broadcast the band's tape.
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Title: Duckman
Released: March 5, 1994
Type: TV
Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man is an American animated sitcom that aired from 1994–1997, created by Everett Peck and developed by Peck. The sitcom is based on characters created by Peck in his Dark Horse comic. Klasky Csupo animated the series and produced it along with Reno & Osborn Productions for Paramount Network Television.
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Who's the Man?
Title: Who's the Man?
Character: Hitman
Released: April 23, 1993
Type: Movie
Ed Lover and Doctor Dre are two inept barbers. Deciding that maybe they ought to find another line of work, they join the police. A big mistake, as far as their duty sergeant, Sgt Cooper is concerned, who proceeds to harass them at every turn. Despite this, they discover a major crime, and proceed to solve it in their own unusual fashion.
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Rolling Stone 25: The MTV Special
Title: Rolling Stone 25: The MTV Special
Character: Host
Released: November 18, 1992
Type: Movie
A special examining the music, people and issues that have been covered in "Rolling Stone" magazine over the past 25 years.
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The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
Title: The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
Character: MTV VJ
Released: July 11, 1990
Type: Movie
To the Los Angeles elite, Ford Fairlane is known as "Mr. Rock 'n' Roll Detective." This loudmouthed ladies' man serves an exclusive rock star clientele, who depend on his keen eye and smug discretion. So when a heavy-metal musician dies mid-concert, Fairlane is on the case before the lights come up. But things turn shocking when radio personality Johnny Crunch hires Fairlane to find a missing groupie mere hours before he is electrocuted live on air.
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Title: The Simpsons
Released: December 17, 1989
Type: TV
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.
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Title: MTV Video Music Awards
Character: Self - Preshow Host
Released: September 14, 1984
Type: TV
An annual award ceremony presented by MTV to honor the best in the music video medium.
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Title: Saturday Night Live
Character: Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Released: October 11, 1975
Type: TV
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.