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Fernando Trueba Illustrates the History of Jazz with the Oscar-nominated Chico & Rita
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Fernando Trueba Illustrates the History of Jazz with the Oscar-nominated Chico & Rita

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Fernando Trueba Illustrates the History of Jazz with the Oscar-nominated Chico & Rita by Jay S. Jacobs Spanish film director Fernando Trueba has had a long, fascinating career which has branched out in many directions.  He started out as a movie critic in the 1970s for the newspaper El Pais.  He has since worked as an … Continue reading →

Hipsters (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Hipsters (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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HIPSTERS (2008) Starring Anton Shagin, Oksana Akinshina, Evgeniya Khirivskaya, Maksim Matveev, Igor Voynarovskiy, Ekaterina Vilkova, Konstantin Balakirev, Aleksandr Stefantsov, Georgiy Sivokhin and Olga Smirnova. Screenplay by Yuri Korotkov. Directed by Valeriy Todorovskiy. Distributed by Leisure Time Features.  127 minutes.  Not Rated. If you think it was hard to be a jazz-obsessed beatnik in 1955 America, … Continue reading →

Rumer – A Change of Seasons
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Rumer – A Change of Seasons

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Rumer A Change of Seasons by Jay S. Jacobs The crazy thing about overnight success is that it always takes a hell of a long time to achieve.  When retro-vibed and striking British singer Rumer released her debut album Seasons of My Soul in late 2010 in Europe, most of the stories pointed out that the singer … Continue reading →

Talking Heads Chronology (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)
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Talking Heads Chronology (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)

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TALKING HEADS CHRONOLOGY (2011) Featuring David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth. Directed by Talking Heads. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment. 109 minutes. Not Rated. In the Seventies and Eighties, there was no other group like Talking Heads. A group of art-school funk-punksters that set CBGBs and eventually the world on fire with … Continue reading →

Alice Cooper – A Nightmare Return
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Alice Cooper – A Nightmare Return

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Alice Cooper A Nightmare Return by Ken Sharp The pioneer of theatrical shock rock, Alice Cooper, has returned with an exceptional new album, Welcome 2 My Nightmare. While not officially a sequel to his acclaimed 1975 opus, Welcome to My Nightmare, this new release, also produced by Bob Ezrin, captures the macabre inventiveness of that legendary release … Continue reading →