New Moon is nothing if not an international advertisement for the hungry virtues of virginity and young people can’t get enough of it
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
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A smart, prickly and rewarding view of sexual and emotional confusion
Cock
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Kitchen W8 is a bargain for this area, if such sophistication is what you crave
Kitchen W8
Too long and drawn out but very entertaining with excellent special effects
This is a peculiar play and does not work for me. Some of it is very funny but there are real flaws
Alex has a strong powerful voice and was faultless, she is far better now than she was on the X-Factor
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Dir: Raymond De Felitta.
Description: Born in New Jersey in the mid '20s, Jackie Paris became one of the icons of the '40s jazz scene, collaborating with luminaries such as Donald Byrd, Dizzy Gillespie and Charles Mingus. Director Raymond De Felitta pays tribute to this remarkable artist in his documentary, which intercuts rare archive footage including concert sequences and Jackie's last interviews, with glowing tributes from the likes of Mark Murphy, Ruth Price, Billy Taylor, George Wein. In the process, De Felitta explores the personal tragedies and crippling fears that drove Jackie to the brink of self-destruction.
Country: US. 2006. 99mins
’Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris: revealing and affectionate
This affectionate tribute to Jackie Paris, an Italian-American singer who worked with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Mingus, and who had a hit record (Skylark) in the Fifties, is subtitled The Greatest Voice You Never Heard.
His career faded in the Sixties and Seventies, largely because he never had a good agent and he certainly had a bad temper. But Raymond De Felitta pieces together his hit-and-miss life story after discovering that he didn’t die in 1977 as the reference books stated but was trying for a new start in 2004 at the age of 79.
The careers of comparative failures are at least as intriguing as those of successes and De Felitta discovers that the mild-seeming old man he interviews had a son he never acknowledged.
More importantly, he also discovers that many of the best in showbiz admired his voice and wondered how inferior singers like Frankie Laine made it while he did not. Not, perhaps, the greatest voice you never heard, but a performer who was unlucky to miss the boat.
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