Word: jumpin
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sole plot element -- of this Disney no-brainer, one of those renegade-hides-out-with-cute -nuns movies that + Hollywood makes every three years. So Sister Act (which has grossed $125 million to date) has a touch of class it doesn't really deserve. So do Clara's Heart, Jumpin' Jack Flash and Ghost (for which Goldberg got the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, though she is firm in announcing that she's an actor, and never mind the feminine dismissive). She has the ability to turn a routine flick into a pretty good movie entirely...
...film's bizarre violence, by the presence of Anthony "Hannibal the Cannibal" Hopkins, or by its grim worldview. In any case, Jagger's acting apparently hasn't improved, and he's not bound to win an Oscar. Maybe, just as in 1970, he's still doomed to be a (Jumpin' Jack) flash...
...prime material recorded by a vocalist who has real roadhouse spirit and a way with a song that makes her right for the kind of reappraisal this set encourages and amply justifies. Jazz fans should also take note. Rhino has just released a 16-track compilation called Jumpin' at Capitol: The Best of the Nat King Cole Trio, a heavenly slice of rhythmic virtuosity covering the years...