In the new video (above), we see J.K. Simmons' perfectionist music instructor Mr. Fletcher offering his biting criticisms of Portnoy's technique. "Not quite my tempo," offers Fletcher as Portnoy ...

Dear Mike: I read your excellent ("Whiplash") review and went to see it yesterday. ... Do you know how that terrific drumming solo was actually done? It certainly looked like Miles Teller was playing ...

The 2014 film Whiplash portrays a young jazz drummer’s (Miles Teller) tumultuous relationship with his professor (J.K. Simmons) at the prestigious Shaffer Conservatory. The student, Andrew Nieman, ...

Miles Teller stars as aspiring drummer Andrew Neyman in the critically acclaimed drama “Whiplash.” At some point in our academic careers, we’ve all probably encountered who one teacher that led us out ...

J.K. Simmons was the recipient of the 87th Academy Awards’ Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Terence Fletcher in “Whiplash.” (Michael Yada / ©A.M.P.A.S.) A thunderous eruption of ...

Whiplash is, in many ways, a companion film to The Social Network. The similarities only begin with the film’s protagonist Andrew (Miles Teller), a first-year jazz drummer at the highly competitive ...

If you've been keeping up with the movies that have received a ton of Oscar buzz this awards season, you've probably already seen Whiplash. Starring Miles Teller, the movie has received five ...

The Academy music branch has strict rules, and had deemed ineligible for Best Original Score both the classic drum score for “Whiplash” and jazz drummer Antonio Sanchez’s original 32-minute drum score ...

Four-time Grammy-award-winning drummer and composer Antonio Sánchez rates seven drum scenes in movies and TV, such as "Whiplash," for realism. He breaks down the fundamentals of drumming, such as ...