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Articles tagged "leon ichaso" Film DVD ReviewEl Cantanteby Josh Timmermann[30.Oct.07] :. Every bit the camp classic that Gigli was supposed to be. El Cantante is nothing if not a generously budgeted, extended music video.  Film ReviewEl Cantanteby Bill Gibron[4.Aug.07] :. Jennifer Lopez is the new Barbra Streisand. No, old Butta Babs can still act and sing rings around this entertainment wannabe. No, where J-Lo matches the Oscar winning diva is in the oversized ego department.  News‘El Cantante’ follows life, music of Puerto Rican superstarby Jordan Levin [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][3.Aug.07] :. Even his name meant music. Hector Lavoe’s real last name was Perez. Lavoe was invented, a Puerto Ricanized pronunciation of “la voz” - “the voice” in Spanish. Hector...  NewsJ.Lo’s heritage looms large in her music and new movieby Joe Neumaier [New York Daily News (MCT)][3.Aug.07] :. With the opening of her film El Cantante—a biopic about Hector Lavoe, the vibrant soul of New York’s salsa scene in the `70s—along with a recent Spanish-language album...  Film ReviewEl Cantanteby Cynthia Fuchs[3.Aug.07] :. The biopic formula overtakes historical details and even director Leon Ichaso's signature impressionism, with an awkward and unsurprising result.  Film ReviewPiñero (2001)by Cynthia FuchsThe first scene in Leon Ichaso's biographical film, 'Piñero', sets up a complex series of relationships between the artist and his demons -- or more pointedly, between the artist and the various audiences he sought to influence and astonish. |
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