Luther: Never Too Much (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Luther: Never Too Much (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

LUTHER: NEVER TOO MUCH (2024) Featuring Carlos Alomar, Fonzi Thornton, Robin Clark, Jamie Foxx, Mariah Carey, Richard Marx, Patti LaBelle, Dionne Warwick, Roberta Flack, Nile Rodgers, Clive Davis, Lisa Fischer, Ava Cherry, Cheryl Lynn, Valerie Simpson, Marcus Miller, Nat Adderley Jr., Jocelyn Brown and archival footage of Aretha Franklin, David Bowie and Luther Vandross. Directed … Continue reading

Various Artists – The Best of Bond… James Bond (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
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Various Artists – The Best of Bond… James Bond (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

Various Artists – The Best of Bond… James Bond (Verve)  The music behind James Bond has always been part of the allure of the super-spy, a loungy, seductive musical canon tailor-made to naked women dancing in silhouette behind the opening credits – vaguely suggesting danger and the good life.  As the Bond film series approaches its 50th anniversary, … Continue reading

Mutlu – Livin’ On Philly Soul
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Mutlu – Livin’ On Philly Soul

mutlu LIVIN’ ON PHILLY SOUL by Jay S. Jacobs On a recent afternoon in the up-and-coming Philadelphia neighborhood of Northern Liberties, Mutlu Onoral and I are sitting in a little sandwich shop.  We’d originally planned on hitting a trendily seedy local Spanish joint called Bar Ferdinand, but it was too late for lunch and too … Continue reading

Michael McDonald – The Ultimate Collection (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
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Michael McDonald – The Ultimate Collection (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

Michael McDonald – The Ultimate Collection (Warner Brothers/Rhino) It makes perfect sense, somehow, that the cover of this album has a near black and white closeup of Michael McDonald. The only color that really grabs you in the shockingly limpid blue pool of the singer’s eyes (and I type that with a staunch record of heterosexuality, to … Continue reading

Pooh’s Heffalump Movie (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Pooh’s Heffalump Movie (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

POOH’S HEFFALUMP MOVIE (2005) Starring the voices of Jim Cummings, John Fiedler, Nikita Hopkins, Kath Soucie, Ken Sansom, Peter Cullen, Brenda Blethyn, Kyle Stanger, Jim Bennett, David Ogden Stiers and Carly Simon. Screenplay by Brian Hohlfeld and Evan Spiliotopoulos. Directed by Frank Nissen. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. 68 minutes. Rated G. It’s impossible to … Continue reading

Carly Simon Live from Martha’s Vineyard (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)
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Carly Simon Live from Martha’s Vineyard (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)

CARLY SIMON LIVE FROM MARTHA’S VINEYARD – THE CLASSIC CONCERT  (2004) Starring Carly Simon, Rick Marotta, Hugh McCracken, Jimmy Ryan, Robby Kilgore, Robbie Kondor, Michael Brecker, Tom “T-Bone” Wolk, Lani Groves, Kasey Cisyk and Frank Simms. Directed by Jeb Brian and Tony Mitchell. Distributed by Grandstand Entertainment.  70 minutes.  Not Rated. One problem with watching … Continue reading