Features
Friday, May 4 2007
Monkey Business (Part 4: August)
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.
Reviews
Tuesday, October 30 2007
El Cantante
Every bit the camp classic that Gigli was supposed to be. El Cantante is nothing if not a generously budgeted, extended music video.
Saturday, August 4 2007
El Cantante
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.
Friday, August 3 2007
El Cantante
The biopic formula overtakes historical details and even director Leon Ichaso's signature impressionism, with an awkward and unsurprising result.
Sunday, January 1 1995
Piñero (2001)
The 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.
News
Friday, August 3 2007
'El Cantante' follows life, music of Puerto Rican superstar
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"…
Friday, August 3 2007
J.Lo's heritage looms large in her music and new movie
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…
