There are a lot of ways that “Song Sung Blue” — a film about real Milwaukee Neil Diamond tribute act Lighting and Thunder — could have gone awry. The premise alone could be a “Saturday Night Live” ...

The story of Mike and Claire Sardina — a struggling husband-and-wife Neil Diamond tribute act from Milwaukee — was never the stuff of Hollywood movies. Unfortunately, it’s been made into one. ‘Sinners ...

If you do not know the story of Lightning & Thunder, you’d be forgiven for assuming the saga of the Milwaukee-based husband-and-wife Neil Diamond tribute act in the 1990s was the stuff of fiction. But ...

Running time: 132 minutes. Rated PG-13 (thematic material, some strong language, some sexual material and brief drug use). In theaters Dec. 25. If there’s one slam-dunk choice in “Song Sung Blue,” ...

“Song Sung Blue” and “The Smashing Machine” are both biopics that came out this year based on documentaries with the same name about their real-life subjects. However, the results couldn’t be more ...

“Song Sung Blue” won me over early on, when a bar fight breaks out over the remark shouted by a leather-clad biker dude: “Neil Diamond sucks.” Fighting words, bordering on heresy. Whether you love Mr.

The story of Mike and Claire Sardina — a struggling husband-and-wife Neil Diamond tribute act from Milwaukee — was never the stuff of Hollywood movies. Unfortunately, it’s been made into one. Hugh ...

If you’ve found most recent music biopics to be snoozefests severely lacking in good old-fashioned melodrama, we bring good news. That is, unless you’re allergic to sequins, luxuriant wigs and the ...

Early on in Song Sung Blue, there’s a scene where Hugh Jackman’s character, Mike Sardina, steps up to a microphone and starts singing the movie’s titular Neil Diamond classic before heading to the ...

Like Neil Diamond himself, "Song Sung Blue" — the story of a Neil Diamond tribute act working through life's trials and tribulations — is a little bit schmaltzy, but full of heart and warmth. Or, as ...