ONEREPUBLIC: LIVE IN SOUTH AFRICA (2018) Featuring Ryan Tedder, Zach Filkins, Drew Brown, Eddie Fisher and Brent Kutzle. “Don’t Look Down” written by Sam Dunn. Directed by Scot McFadyen & Sam Dunn. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment. 119 minutes. Not Rated. OneRepublic rarely gets much credit as a rock band, beyond their fan base. Perhaps … Continue reading
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Liam Neeson and Forest Whitaker – Veteran Actors on the Run in Taken 3
Liam Neeson and Forest Whitaker – Veteran Actors on the Run in Taken 3 by Brad Balfour From Transporter to the Taxi series, the French producer/director/writer Luc Besson has displayed a uncanny instinct in making action thrillers that find passionate audiences. What makes the Taken series all the more remarkable – other than the 50-something … Continue reading
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
The Manhattan Transfer – 35 Years and Still Swinging
The Manhattan Transfer 35 Years and Still Swinging By Mark Mussari Where in the musical landscape hasn’t the Manhattan Transfer taken us? From their inception in the mid-1970s as a cabaret act with doo-wop tendencies to their be-bop covers to their daring experiments in jazz and swing, Cheryl Bentyne, Janis Siegel, Alan Paul and founder … Continue reading
Tony Bennett & k.d. lang – A Wonderful World (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
Tony Bennett & k.d. lang – A Wonderful World (RPM/Columbia) Last year’s dual tour between old smoothie Bennett and former torch-and-twang gal turned chanteuse lang turned out to be a surprisingly smart pairing. It has now spawned this album; a tribute to Tony’s old pal Louis Armstrong. While the songs of the scratchy-voiced Satchmo may seem like … Continue reading