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Watch enough movies and you learn pretty fast that they aren't about reality, they're about entertaining us. Which sometimes makes the world of the biopic a little tricky, because not only do you have to work in the truth, but... ... Full Article
Actors who sing, or try to
silive.com –
2009-07-20
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. --- It's not at all unusual for people who do something creative for a living to change up where they exercise their creativity from time to time, but nowhere is the double-dipping more prevalent than when it... ... Full Article
Blumhagen, Ridgway to perform cabaret show
mydesert.com –
2009-05-07
Desert vocalists Rocky Blumhagen and Tricia Ridgway will perform a Mother's Day Cabaret show Sunday at the Arthur Newman Theatre at Joslyn Senior Center in Palm Desert. ... Full Article
"Eurydice" ***1/2
denverpost.com –
2009-03-12
It's our nature to process stimuli through our heads. "Eurydice" is a play best filtered through the heart. Let the love and melancholy of the timeless Orpheus myth course through you in the visually and aurally intoxicating setting of the... ... Full Article
Beyond the Sea (2004)
matchflick.com –
2008-01-15
You're gonna be easy to love. Beyond the Sea follows the real life character of Bobby Darin who was a singer in 50's and 60's. ... Full Article
What are you shopping for?
usatoday.com –
2005-07-04
"I missed it because of the cost of going to the theater, and I was unemployed at the time," says Shinoda, 54, a legal secretary in Castro Valley, Calif. ... Full Article
There's a scene in The Aviator and one in Beyond the Sea that exemplifies how each film approaches its biographical subject, how very different those approaches are, and why both films are so equally entertaining nevertheless. ... Full Article
FILM
blackfilm.com –
2004-12-17
Amenabar does a phenomenal job as writer and director. He puts himself alongside the great Spanish directors with his work on The Sea Inside. Kevin Spacey's turn as star and director of Beyond the Sea yields mixed results. ... Full Article
Reading Films, Watching Books
nytimes.com –
2004-12-17
Evanier's new biography, "Roman Candle: The Life of Bobby Darin," comes with a praising blurb on the dust jacket from Kevin Spacey himself, who not only plays Darin in the film "Beyond the Sea," but also sings, dances and was... ... Full Article
Beyond the Sea (2004-12-17)
filmblather.com –
2004-12-17
"I want nightclubs, I want Vegas, movies, tv, I want it all!" I guess I can't fault Kevin Spacey for thinking he could play Bobby Darin despite being seven years older than than Darin was when he died. ... Full Article