Word: mellower
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...parliament have scorned the film as though it were a matter of state, and for the first time in a long while, taxi drivers are shaking their fists in agreement when the state news comes on. Agreeing that 300 is egregious drivel is fairly easy. I'm relatively mellow as Iranian nationalists go, and even I found myself applauding when the government spokesman described the film as fabrication and insult. Iranians view the Achaemenid empire as a particularly noble page in their history and cannot understand why it has been singled out for such shoddy cinematic treatment, as the populace...
...Blossom Girl,” and instead embrace the moody cinematic quality of their music that has landed them on so many soundtracks. Air has created a musical sub-genre of their own by dusting off the synthesizers discarded after the 1980’s and putting them to mellow use. Their first full album, “Moon Safari,” rose to number six on the British music charts and caught the eye of writer/director Coppola, who had the group score her entire 2000 film, “The Virgin Suicides.” The group...
...Third Hand,” is more of the same but less of the old. That is, the album is still distinctively RJD2, but in his latest release the turntable auteur moves farther away from his hip-hop roots and toward a more indie sound. On first listen, the mellow beats and serene vocals make “The Third Hand” seem like any other quasi-electronic album. But when you realize that RJD2 (born Ramble John Krohn) wrote, recorded, and produced the entire album by himself in his basement studio, it’s hard...
...These Are Those Soulful Days” are lethargic, and Marsalis’ improvisations don’t push the limits of his virtuosity. Saxophonist Walter Blanding and pianist Dan Nimmer struggle to excite. In spite of the record’s provocative message, Marsalis keeps many tracks mellow, even cheerful, making listeners cry out for more passion and grit. But it is important to recognize Marsalis’ daring. “From the Plantation to the Penitentiary” is a risky move that should attract heightened controversy. This is his first album made in the wake...
...weirdest part is that, despite how it sounds, he wasn't at all annoying. Yes, he's a little too happy, but he seems very comfortable and mellow and unguarded and unpretentious. Joel Schumacher, the director of The Number 23, who has known Carrey for more than 20 years and worked with him on Batman Forever, says the actor didn't annoy anyone on the set with his inner being. "I'd rather hear someone spout to me about their spiritual journey than someone complaining that the studio didn't give them a trailer that's big enough," he says...