Soul Diva Sings Jazz & Blues

Advantages: The wonderful tracks My Man, Don't Explain etc
Disadvantages: The dialogue interupts musical flow

...Lady Sings The Blues premiered to an eager, anticipating audience in October 1972. The public flocked in droves to the cinemas to see this much-hyped film, whilst critics watched intensley and eagerly sharpened their pencils. Soul singer and Motown legend, Diana Ross controversially took the role of the tortured Jazz legend, Billie Holiday and deservedly won wide critical acclaim for her...

IanPhillips 17.08.2006 14:23 · Read review
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All that Jazz

Advantages: Some true classics.
Disadvantages: None of note.

...I suppose when most people think of Queen albums, Jazz is not one of those that immediately springs to mind. But this Platinum selling album is quite a wonderful piece of music and in my eyes has always been one of the best. It is a mixture of styles and tunes and has the rough edge of the earlier albums. We kick off with the underrated and wonderful Mustapha. A gentle beginning which...

Borg 16.12.2011 19:31 · Read review
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Blue Valentine Review

Advantages: story,direction, Extra-ordinary performance by Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams
Disadvantages: Cinematography would have been better.

...Well last night when I was getting back from work I stopped at the video store intentionally to pick up the much heard BLUE VALENTINE. I bought the DVD and went straight to home and started watching movie right away. Blue Valentine is about Love which has hatred, Love which has pain, Love which has suffering and Love which has intimate adult scenes. So quickly not at all for Children. To be...

gradmepls 24.07.2011 09:58 · Read review
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