Articles tagged "marc anthony"

Film DVD Review

El Cantante

by 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.

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Film Review

El Cantante

by 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.

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News

‘El Cantante’ follows life, music of Puerto Rican superstar

by 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...

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J.Lo’s heritage looms large in her music and new movie

by 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...

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Film Review

El Cantante

by 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.

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The PopMatters Summer 2007 Movie Preview Feature

Monkey Business (Part 4: August)

by Bill Gibron

[4.May.07] :. In past years, Hollywood purposely counter programmed these renowned Cineplex dog days, trying to offset the perception that cinematic scraps were all the studios had to offer. From the look of this lame list, it's apparently back to the filmic fridge for some patently warmed over offerings.

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Man on Fire (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[15.Sep.04] :. Tony Scott enthuses, 'I had such a brilliant smorgasbord of really odd, strange personalities and different looks.'"

 

Man on Fire (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[23.Apr.04] :. Man on Fire means to distress. Punctuated by mobile subtitles and assaultive editing, the movie underlines the daily threat of living in places where kidnapping is a sort of business, organized and ongoing.

 

Marc Anthony: Libre

by Nicole Pensiero

[18.Apr.02] :. Let’s face it: after the multi-platinum success of his self-titled 1999 English-language breakthrough, Nuyorican crooner Marc Anthony has little to prove. Everyone knows the guy can sing as...