Wednesday, February 16 2011
Santana and Various Artists: Guitar Heaven
Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time comes off as a celebrity version of American Idol.
Thursday, December 4 2008
Joe Cocker: Cry Me A River
Joe Cocker is the only person in this entire hour-long program who seems oblivious to the fact that he's being filmed. The fact that he won a Grammy two years later seems like a miracle.
Friday, July 11 2008
Joe Cocker: Hymn 4 My Soul
Cocker is not the “Sheffield Shouter” or the smooth singer of yesteryear. He’s somewhere in the middle.
Friday, January 11 2008
Super Duper Bad: The Worst Films of 2007
From Good Luck Chuck to Julie Taymor's ill-advised Beatlesque '60s tribute Across the Universe, PopMatters presents the dreck of 2007.
Thursday, November 29 2007
Joe Cocker: Classic Cocker
In a very long line of Cocker retrospectives, it's obvious that, though his heart means well, Cocker's career as a musician has been relentlessly one-note.
Friday, September 21 2007
Across the Universe
Such structural spottiness -- great numbers punctuating humdrum character arcs -- is hardly unusual in a musical.
Thursday, May 5 2005
Joe Cocker: Heart & Soul
Even with a little help from his friends, Joe Cocker doesn't provide much more than an honest effort with his latest recording.




































