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Baby, I'm a Star: The Bodyguard (1992)
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Baby, I'm a Star. An informed journey through the world of pop music movies. Saturday, August 14, 2004. She's got the stuff that he wants. If there's such a thing as suffering in comparison, then it follows that there must also be such a thing as benefiting from comparison. That's the case here. In no way am I deluded into thinking that The Bodyguard. Is a great movie, but when pitted against some of the dreck I've watched for this project, it might as well be a masterpiece. I Will Always Love You. The o...
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Baby, I'm a Star: October 2004
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Baby, I'm a Star. An informed journey through the world of pop music movies. Sunday, October 31, 2004. Keep it locked up. In terms of numbers, Elvis Presley has a film career unmatched by any other recording star. And as we know, quantity ALWAYS means quality. And Jailhouse Rock. Is considered the cream of the crop. It might be helpful to keep in mind that when this film was released, Elvis was already a huge star with several number one hits to his name. When Honk gets out of prison, looking for a piece...
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Baby, I'm a Star: August 2004
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Baby, I'm a Star. An informed journey through the world of pop music movies. Sunday, August 29, 2004. Madonna: Truth Or Dare (1991). We're just living in her material world. She's got Shanghai Surprise. The Next Best Thing. To her credit, and yet also can lay claim to Evita. A League of Their Own. And Desperately Seeking Susan. I'll admit my bias right here: I have a lot of love for Madonna. I think if I could only own one album it would be a serious decision between The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds. This movi...
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Baby, I'm a Star: September 2006
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Baby, I'm a Star. An informed journey through the world of pop music movies. Sunday, September 10, 2006. That's The Way Of The World (1975). Earth, Wind and Crap. Once upon a time a man named Sig Shore thought that he'd put two of the '70s most interesting stars together and make a movie with them. One of those talents was the R and B group Earth, Wind and Fire. The other was tiny dynamo Harvey Keitel. The Group, supposedly his baby, the band he has nurtured along and believes will be able to make a genu...
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Baby, I'm a Star: August 2009
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Baby, I'm a Star. An informed journey through the world of pop music movies. Wednesday, August 26, 2009. Is the true story of a talented singer who was murdered in her prime, therefore I can't will temporarily do away my usual joke-cracking. I'm no Howard Stern (who callously criticized Selena and her fans soon after her death). I will, however, offer a fair-minded review of the film's quality, as well as some philosophical musing on the nature of a biopic. As her career continues to blossom, so does a r...
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Baby, I'm a Star: October 2009
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Baby, I'm a Star. An informed journey through the world of pop music movies. Wednesday, October 28, 2009. ABBA: The Movie (1977). Thank you for the music, but no thanks to the rest. In 1977 Swedish pop group ABBA were riding high. They had released a hit album per year since 1973, culminating in 1976's worldwide smash Dancing Queen. Which catapulted them to superstar status. A movie was a logical next step. Filmmaker Lasse Hallstrom (yes, him) came along to document the event, but ABBA: The Movie. Of cou...
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Baby, I'm a Star: November 2009
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Baby, I'm a Star. An informed journey through the world of pop music movies. Wednesday, November 25, 2009. Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004). So we already know the BEST POP MUSIC FILM (that'd be Purple Rain. And the BEST CONCERT FILM EVER ( Stop Making Sense. Of course), but what about THE BEST ROCKUMENTARY EVER? Well, here it is. Unlike so many pop movies that cater strictly to the fan base, Some Kind of Monster. From whom I stole this shtick. 0:01:32 Band members sit for lightening round-style pr...
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Baby, I'm a Star: July 2004
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Baby, I'm a Star. An informed journey through the world of pop music movies. Saturday, July 31, 2004. Me and Mariah go back like babies and pacifiers. Showed us how to do it right, Mariah Carey's bomb Glitter. Is a clinical in how to screw everything up. This movie is spectacularly terrible, and I know because I've seen it twice! Credits rolling around this point reveal Mariah as the "executive movie producer." This can mean nothing but trouble. Bitchy Appolonia-esque woman who can't carry a tune. Th...
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Baby, I'm a Star: July 2009
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Baby, I'm a Star. An informed journey through the world of pop music movies. Wednesday, July 29, 2009. That's the way love goes? John Singleton, fresh off the smash Boyz. And Michael Jackson's Remember the Time. Video, wrote and directed this "street romance" starring two of music's biggest names: Janet Jackson and Tupac. Janet Damita Jo Jackson plays Justice (ah, see what they did with the title there? A candidate appears in the form of postal worker Lucky ( Tupac. Played by Regina King, Rod Tidwell's.
