Artist: Benise
Genre(s):
New Age
Discography:
Mediterranea
Year: 2001
Tracks: 11
Friday, 27 June 2008
Thursday, 19 June 2008
Chris Martin Praises Amy Winehouse
Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has praised Amy Winehouse, calling her "the best singer I�ve heard in my life, apart from Beyonc�."
Speaking to MTV, the 'Speed Of Sound' hitmaker, 31, also raved about upcoming rockers The Ting Tings and 'Umbrella' singer Rihanna.
He explains, "When you�re as talented as Amy or Beyonc� you only have to have good songs. They�re beyond brilliant to me."
Coldplay's new album, Viva La Vida, has become the best-selling album pre-sale in global iTunes history.
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Saturday, 14 June 2008
Cannes critics cool as film competition nears end
By Mike Collett-White
CANNES, France (Reuters) - A lack of memorable movies means
the 2008 Cannes film festival has scored poorly among many
critics, who argue that after a solid start the main
competition faded.
Star power was sustained, however, with the red carpet
attracting big names like Madonna, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt,
Clint Eastwood, Penelope Cruz, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg
and Harrison Ford and sports stars Mike Tyson and Diego
Maradona.
With two out of 22 films in the main competition this year
yet to screen, critics and journalists who have been through 10
days of movies, news conferences, interviews and parties
struggled to come up with many highlights.
The competition closes on Sunday evening when the
nine-member jury headed by Sean Penn hands out the awards,
culminating in the coveted Palme d'Or for best picture.
"Even before the halfway mark, the general mood has been
one of disappointment," said Jay Weissberg, a critic with trade
publication Variety.
"Coming off another weak Berlin festival, there is a sense
that 2008 is not going to be the best year for films."
He and several others highlighted "Waltz With Bashir" as a
potential winner of the top prize.
The animated documentary was seen as an innovative way of
exploring an Israeli draftee's memories of the 1982 massacre of
Palestinians living in Beirut's Sabra and Shatila camps.
CANNES, France (Reuters) - A lack of memorable movies means
the 2008 Cannes film festival has scored poorly among many
critics, who argue that after a solid start the main
competition faded.
Star power was sustained, however, with the red carpet
attracting big names like Madonna, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt,
Clint Eastwood, Penelope Cruz, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg
and Harrison Ford and sports stars Mike Tyson and Diego
Maradona.
With two out of 22 films in the main competition this year
yet to screen, critics and journalists who have been through 10
days of movies, news conferences, interviews and parties
struggled to come up with many highlights.
The competition closes on Sunday evening when the
nine-member jury headed by Sean Penn hands out the awards,
culminating in the coveted Palme d'Or for best picture.
"Even before the halfway mark, the general mood has been
one of disappointment," said Jay Weissberg, a critic with trade
publication Variety.
"Coming off another weak Berlin festival, there is a sense
that 2008 is not going to be the best year for films."
He and several others highlighted "Waltz With Bashir" as a
potential winner of the top prize.
The animated documentary was seen as an innovative way of
exploring an Israeli draftee's memories of the 1982 massacre of
Palestinians living in Beirut's Sabra and Shatila camps.
Sunday, 8 June 2008
Stuck
It�s already a bad day for Tom (Stephen Rea), an unemployed, middle-aged business executive who�s about to enter the ranks of the homeless--but things are only going to get worse when the sun goes down. Brandi (Mena Suvari), a young nurse with a penchant for partying, is driving home after celebrating an expected promotion when Tom crosses the street at exactly the wrong moment. Brandi hits Tom then rushes home in abject panic--all the while, incidentally, Tom�s body is stuck in her windshield, and he�s still alive. While Brandi frantically dithers and deliberates how to extricate herself from this situation without consequences, Tom is trying to physically extricate his broken body from Brandi�s windshield. What begins as a simple, if unfortunate, case of hit-and-run becomes a battle of wills between Tom and Brandi--one that crackles with intensity and irony.Both Suvari and Rea give tremendous performances. Rea's downtrodden dignity is enormously empathetic. His attempts to save himself--exemplifying his renewed will to live--are agonizing to watch but also rousing in their own way, as this underdog fights against some pretty steep (and bloody) odds. Interestingly enough, it�s also easy to empathize with Brandi�s predicament--for a time. Hitting Tom was an accident, but when she goes into self-preservation mode Brandi�s actions become more and more horrific, with the consequences growing exponentially. Suvari (also an associate producer) hasn�t had a role this good since American Beauty, and she makes the most of it. There�s also a nice turn by Russell Hornsby as Brandi�s drug-dealing, two-timing boyfriend Rashid, who gets drawn into her scheme--much to his regret.Stuart Gordon, whose H.P. Lovecraft adaptation Re-Animator remains one of the premier cult films of the 1980s, has lost none of his savage wit or his taste for dark humor. That this film is inspired by an actual incident only enhances its impact and its stinging irony. Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it�s often stronger. Beyond the violence (sometimes extreme) and satire (sometimes overt) are some subtle yet potent observations about human nature--about not taking responsibility for one�s actions, about not getting involved, about covering up one�s mistakes. Stuck is not a preachy film, but it�s frequently a penetrating one (no pun intended).
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