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...This bluesy number about Josephine Baker, the homesick toast of Paris ("and my parlez-vous will not ring true/ With Harlem on my mind"), was introduced by Waters, the most persuasive, least remembered chanteuse of the days. She does soft, she does raspy; she does both Baker and Berlin sweet justice...
...SHREK It's the donkey, dummy. He's a needy nuisance, a sweet-souled cynic, a brave coward, a bouncy optimist. In Eddie Murphy's brilliant vocal characterization, he's just the guy to lift Mike Myers' eponymous ogre out of his slough of despondency and serve as long-eared Cupid in his romance with Cameron Diaz's princess. The movie runs on his delightful spirit--and runs right past an adult's expectations for animation. We usually hope not to get too restless as we indulge the kids in their cinematic treats. But this pretty, fractured fairy tale offers...
...ATERCIOPELADOS Gozo Poderoso (BMG/U.S. Latin) Musical mavericks often reject the past; this Colombian electro-rock duo is dragging its traditions into the present, marinating its songs in South American rhythms, including cumbia (a hot, syncopated dance music) and vallenato (a sweet accordion-led genre). This is an album that edifies even as it enchants...
...make the world a better place. Years later, Ashok Kumar said to me: "In the worst moment of pain, man needs a dream. Cinema should do the job of a good dream." I was already a filmmaker by then, and he had it right. Kumar gave India very sweet dreams...
...Aterciopelados Gozo Poderoso (BMG/U.S. Latin) Musical mavericks often reject the past; this Colombian electro-rock duo is dragging its traditions into the present, marinating its songs in South American rhythms, including cumbia (a hot, syncopated dance music) and vallenato (a sweet accordion-led genre). This is an album that edifies even as it enchants...