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...Hooker has just released a new album, Chill Out, which once again showcases his remarkable talent, collaborating with other musical luminaries like guitarist Carlos Santana and singer Van Morrison. As a singer, songwriter and guitarist, Hooker conveys the power of the blues like few others today. His name belongs in anybody's list of blues greats, along with the likes of Robert Johnson, Elmore James and Muddy Waters...
Among the better tracks on the album is a duet with Van Morrison, the tune "Serves Me Right/Syndicator." Hooker's voice-rough, vibrant and dripping with years of Jim Beam-mixes well with Morrison's brighter tone. As the song progresses, the two artists lose themselves in its driving melody, calling to one another and responding in true Gospel fashion...
They love each other, the Hekes do. When big handsome Jake (Temuera Morrison) and his wife Beth (Rena Owen) sing the blissful ballad Here Is My Heart, all their friends can see heat crackling between them. But 18 years and five children, and the frustrations of living on the dole in Auckland, New Zealand, leave their scars. So do Jake's fists. When too much liquor primes the rage within him, he will punch Beth and fling her against the far kitchen wall...
...Morrison has a hulking charm that makes one root against hope for Jake's regeneration. That, of course, would be to deny the movie's trajectory toward emotional wipeout. By the end, Once Were Warriors has left an ache in your heart, a hole in your...
...Hekes' love is electric, violent and ultimately familiar: When Jake (Temuera Morrison) and his wife Beth (Rena Owen) sing the blissful ballad "Here Is My Heart," all their friends can see the passion crackling between them. But 18 years of marriage, five children and the frustrations of living on the dole in Auckland, New Zealand, leave their scars -- as do Jake's fists, when too much liquor primes the rage within him. Why, then, has "Once Were Warriors" become New Zealand's all-time homemade hit? TIME critic Richard Corliss says director Lee Tamahori's film combines "toxic love" with...