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Soundcheck | May 3, 2010

New movies featuring Bob Dylan, Kurt Cobain, the Beatles and influential post-punk band Joy Division are due out this fall. Today, we look at the new crop of music films and examine why the music biopic remains as popular as ever as we're joined by Time Out NY film editor Melissa Anderson.

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