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...Singer with Muscles The Milestone on baritone Howard Keel [Nov. 22] reminded readers of his success in a string of Hollywood musicals, one of which was Kiss Me Kate. Fifty-one years ago, when the film was released, TIME's critic wasn't all that keen on it but had praise for Keel's performance...
...elaborate a vehicle for the camera to prod along. Even so, if other performers had spread the wings of song as grandly as Howard Keel (Petruchio), the picture might have been better. Handsome singer Keel, who appears to be a sort of Nelson Eddy with muscles, and is currently Hollywood's leading graduate of the Broadway school of musicomedy, has not only a fine chesty baritone but the chest to go with it ... Kathryn Grayson [as Kate] pouts prettily but looks as though she is never quite sure who she is ... Only the music, some of the best that Cole...
...from the first movie, except the second time the “watch Bridget fall flat on her face in a very short skirt” routine is less vaudeville and more ritual humiliation. The movie seems to perpetuate, rather than poke fun at, the ridiculous conventions of the Hollywood romantic comedy. There are some glimpses of the old Bridget: smart, funny, wholly lacking in decorum. But these moments are outnumbered by the formulaic structure of the narrative, to the point where we’re not sure whether this is Notting Hill, Love Actually, or just some hideous amalgam...
...direct the film with a huge budget and create its soundtrack using music performed by his band. Sitting on top of the world, Troy manages to commit blunder after blunder, mishandling negotiations and alienating his supporters. He eventually loses his deal with Miramax and becomes a pariah in Hollywood. The movie’s biggest strength is Troy Duffy’s cinematic personality. He alternates between bouts of cruel anger and drunken happiness, while maintaining a deathless overconfident holier-than-thou attitude that catalyzes his downfall. Despite his irritating tendency to say the wrong thing to just about everyone...
...years of development, Ray, based on Charles’ life, does not muster any semblance of the splendor within his music. The film lacks emotional attachment on any level and fails in every way as a meaningful addition to his life and legacy. With a mix of deceitful, manipulative Hollywood story telling techniques masquerading as artistic strokes and tacky, unfocused, pop-filmmaking, director Taylor Hackford, manages to turn an amazing story of sheer will triumphing over adversity into a two-and-a-half hour mess that will damage Charles’ memory, even with Jamie Foxx’s almost...