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"[T]he film has some acute passages....It's a fascinating and occasionally moving artifact."Film Comment0.1842661

"Studio intervention preserves a quite lucid, strange, effervescent morality play pitched from May's unique purview outside either sentimentality or cynicism."Film Comment0.1579424

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"...Carrey is a comic fireball in a tour de force display of physical antics..." Rolling Stone "...Visually hellzapoppin....Jim Carrey is a rapturously idiosyncratic film persona....Bound to excite..." Sight and Sound "...With his sparkling, silly grin and his true talent for physical clowning, [Carrey] comes as close to being an animated creature as a live actor ever could..." New York Times "...Goofiness can be its own reward." Entertainment Weekly "...Carrey is revealed here as a comic actor of charm and talent....Carrey also has a bright and likable screen presence, a lost puppy quality that is surprisingly endearing..." Los Angeles Times "...THE MASK is a perfect vehicle for the talents of Jim Carrey....Carrey demonstrates that he does have a genuine gift..." Chicago Sun-Times "...Definitely one of Carrey's best suited films, capturing his ability for improvisation and combining it with superb special effects..." Total Film "The 1994 live-action cartoon that made the names of Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz....Frenetic fun." Uncut4.135071

"...Carrey is a comic fireball in a tour de force display of physical antics..." Rolling Stone "...Visually hellzapoppin....Jim Carrey is a rapturously idiosyncratic film persona....Bound to excite..." Sight and Sound "...With his sparkling, silly grin and his true talent for physical clowning, [Carrey] comes as close to being an animated creature as a live actor ever could..." New York Times "...Goofiness can be its own reward." Entertainment Weekly "...Carrey is revealed here as a comic actor of charm and talent....Carrey also has a bright and likable screen presence, a lost puppy quality that is surprisingly endearing..." Los Angeles Times "...THE MASK is a perfect vehicle for the talents of Jim Carrey....Carrey demonstrates that he does have a genuine gift..." Chicago Sun-Times "...Definitely one of Carrey's best suited films, capturing his ability for improvisation and combining it with superb special effects..." Total Film "The 1994 live-action cartoon that made the names of Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz....Frenetic fun." Uncut4.121648

"...Carrey is a comic fireball in a tour de force display of physical antics..." Rolling Stone "...Visually hellzapoppin....Jim Carrey is a rapturously idiosyncratic film persona....Bound to excite..." Sight and Sound "...With his sparkling, silly grin and his true talent for physical clowning, [Carrey] comes as close to being an animated creature as a live actor ever could..." New York Times "...Goofiness can be its own reward." Entertainment Weekly "...Carrey is revealed here as a comic actor of charm and talent....Carrey also has a bright and likable screen presence, a lost puppy quality that is surprisingly endearing..." Los Angeles Times "...THE MASK is a perfect vehicle for the talents of Jim Carrey....Carrey demonstrates that he does have a genuine gift..." Chicago Sun-Times "...Definitely one of Carrey's best suited films, capturing his ability for improvisation and combining it with superb special effects..." Total Film "The 1994 live-action cartoon that made the names of Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz....Frenetic fun." Uncut4.121648

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Living Blues (1-2/02, p.57) - "...An excellent intro to the label..."0.07719064

Living Blues (1-2/02, pp.55-6) - "...An excellent intro to the more recent events in Alligator history: longtime fans may well find the unissued live tracks and the Houserocker video too tempting to pass up..."0.07719064

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Rolling Stone (p.70) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he icons and belters on this two-CD party include guitar lords like Albert Collins, Son Seals and Luther Allison; vocal volcanoes Koko Taylor and the Holmes Brothers; and the modern-Delta stylist Corey Harris."Living Blues (p.66) - "Perhaps one of the Alligator's greatest triumphs, and undoubtedly one of its paramount voices, was the late Koko Taylor. The Queen of the Blues recorded with the label for 35 years..."Billboard (p.40) - "[A] sampler that touches on great moments and key acts....Sure to send listeners deeper into the individual artists' catalogs."Record Collector (magazine) (p.103) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "[With] healthy doses of blues-infused rockabilly, front porch soul, gospel, rock, ballads, New Orleans R&B, country and zydeco."0.07719064

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Down Beat (p.81) - 4.5 stars out of 5 - "[W]hat really juices this joint is the contributions from the relative unknowns who brought the six-string guitar away from its origins as poor relation to the banjo and the Hawaiian steel guitar and into its contemporary role..."JazzTimes (p.93) - "For some, the stunning revelation here will be the masterful clarity of Barney Kessely. For others, it will be the sensuous ear candy of George Van Eps..."0.05789298

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Rolling Stone (8/10/95, p.59) - 3.5 Stars - Good - "...regardless of how silly Supergrass become, the strength of their songwriting always shines through. Combining the best elements of classic British pop and melodic punk, the band leapfrogs decades and spans the gaps with wide, grinning hooks..."Spin (9/95, p.113) - 6 - Reasonably Good - "...Supergrass is a mod band....I SHOULD COCO...works best when [the group] is careering about like Dickensian urchins in smeared lipstick, blinking through hula hoop-size pupils, gleefully anticipating corruption..."Entertainment Weekly (7/21/95, p.64) - "...`Eclectic' doesn't begin to describe the deft plunderings of these barely legal-age lads, who, in their evocation of the Beatles, Bowie, and the Buzzcocks, seem equally at home as glamour-puss fops and snot-nosed hooligans." - Rating: AQ (2/96, p.66) - Included in Q's 50 Best Albums of 1995.Q (6/95, p.118) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...petulant middle-class brats with an instinctive grasp of melody, midway between The Clash and Buzzcocks....the more Supergrass reveal of themselves, the more childish things are set aside in favour of an embracing of pop history..."Option (1-2/96, p.120) - "...cobbles together ideas from the record collection, then pieces `em together in not-necessarily-novel but at least catchy arrangements--cheeky thievery being the sincerest form of flattery, of course..."Melody Maker (12/23-30/95, pp.66-67) - Ranked #7 on Melody Maker's list of 1995's `Albums Of The Year' - "...Druggy, deranged, bright-eyed, innocently sleazy, mercilessly addictive. Like mainlining a dose of uncut fun."Mojo (Publisher) (7/95, p.106) - "...I SHOULD COCO is absurdly crammed with musical intelligence....a massive heap of informed rock madness....Supergrass have a unique take on pop music..."NME (Magazine) (12/23-30/95, pp.22-23) - Ranked #6 in NME's `Top 50 Albums Of The Year' for 1995 - "...the 'Grass turned their day-to-day into cartoon, and still had you gasping at the sheer thrill of it..."13.75596

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Living Blues (p.57) - "Endlessly soulful, song-oriented, and wonderfully produced, this is a 'best of' set that works."13.67897

Spin (p.75) - "Hints of folksy revelry may abound, but the dynamics are strictly library-level, and the lyrical focus is decidedly inward."Paste (magazine) - "The album, with all of its clacking drums, gently strummed rail-thin guitars and careful, pleasant melodies, is instantly catchy and likable on a first listen."Uncut (magazine) (p.69) - "The atmospheric, echo-laden arrangements feature repetitive, subtly changing vocal and instrumental patterns that come off like incantations for trendoid city dwellers."13.67897

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Spin (p.75) - "Hints of folksy revelry may abound, but the dynamics are strictly library-level, and the lyrical focus is decidedly inward."Paste (magazine) - "The album, with all of its clacking drums, gently strummed rail-thin guitars and careful, pleasant melodies, is instantly catchy and likable on a first listen."Uncut (magazine) (p.69) - "The atmospheric, echo-laden arrangements feature repetitive, subtly changing vocal and instrumental patterns that come off like incantations for trendoid city dwellers."13.67897

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"Spectacle, a love triangle, heritage settings, bravura acting, witty dialogue, a bittersweet finale: There's something for everyone in Anne Fontaine's COCO BEFORE CHANEL..."Hollywood Reporter "[A] convincing portrait of the designer's journey....The film reveals, via meticulous period imagery, how the couturier forged a style that would change the way women dressed in the 20th century."Variety 4 stars out of 5 -- "The sense of period has been impeccably captured in Olivier Radot's production design....[Tautou] gives a nuanced and highly watchable performance....Box Office 3 stars out of 5 -- "[W]riter/director Anne Fontaine shows a sure hand when it comes to emotional button-pushing....Total Film "[A] superior filmed biography that brings intelligence, restraint and style to what could have been a more standard treatment."Los Angeles Times "With a mixture of brutal candor and tender sympathy, it charts the rise of an ambitious, difficult woman, taking note of the obstacles and opportunities offered by her time, place and circumstances."New York Times Coco is played by Audrey Tautou, and shes phenomenal -- self-contained, tightly focused, sparing with her smiles...yet giving off a grave radiance at every moment shes in front of the camera.Wall Street Journal 3 stars out of 4 -- "[T]he film, while scaled-down, is quite beautifully woven, like a classic Chanel tweed."USA Today "COCO BEFORE CHANEL is dreamiest when director Anne Fontaine -- working through muse Audrey Tautou -- views the world through young Coco's eyes, literally." -- Grade: BEntertainment Weekly 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "She worked hard, dealt with people realistically, drove hard bargains and saw fashion as a job, not a career or a vocation....By underlining that, the movie becomes more absorbing."Chicago Sun-Times "This refreshing alternative to the usual potted biopic provides an absorbing look at a singular, steely determination as it was forged and annealed, long before it made itself known to the world."Washington Post Included in Chicago Sun-Times's "The Best Foreign Films Of 2009" -- "Less of a biopic, more of a drama....She isn't a brazen temptress but a capitalist..."Chicago Sun-Times11.14698