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...Junebug, Enchanted and Sunshine Cleaning, Adams radiated a warm, perky presence, and she works hard to do so here. But she's defeated by the indignities in the script (Anna plops in the Irish mud about 63 times) and by director Anand Tucker and director of photography Newton Thomas Sigel. Why do the cinematographers of romantic comedies so often make their leading ladies look like that Nick Nolte mug shot? (In Leathernecks, Sigel cast Renee Zellweger in a similarly unflattering light.) Adams is 35, and all we see are her crow's feet. Which at least gives you something...
...ain’t ready for me,” Beanie Sigel chants on one of the first tracks of his fourth and newest studio album, “The Solution.” And even though Sigel has been around for over a decade, we may not ever be ready for him. Sigel, who repeatedly touts himself as an “ignorant nigga,” doesn’t subscribe to the rap legacy of say, his long time friend Jay-Z, who intricately combines intelligent metaphors with impeccable flow. Beanie opts instead for hard-hitting, realistic...
Philadelphia-based Beanie Sigel may or may not be attempting to cement his status as a rap industry heavyweight with the video for “All the Above.” What’s for sure is that Sigel—who has done a year of federal time—was tired of orange jumpsuits. More on that later. The video, which also features R. Kelly, is cinematic from the get-go. It opens with Beanie and Kellz’s names splashed across the screen, pans of the nighttime Chicago skyline, and the sounds of swishing...
...Know,” but he doesn’t bring it off as well as Curtis can. “Ignorant Shit” and the songs that follow turn the tide; the album goes from so-so to worthwhile. Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel join forces over producer Just Blaze’s sped-up sampling of the Isley Brothers’ “Between the Sheets” to rebut the haters who think that hip-hop is ruining America. Two tracks later, Jigga and Nas take ‘em to church on an organ...
...Staff writer James Sigel can be reached at sigel@fas.harvard.edu...