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HIP-O SELECT
FRANKIE VALLI & the Four Seasons/The Motown Years: Let’s see. “Jersey Boys” is an unstoppable juggernaut everywhere it’s running. There’s a bountiful box set on Rhino. Massive Four Seasons and Frankie Valli reissues on Collectors Choice. With all this action on Valli in the air, you would think the two Motown albums that slipped in there during a lull in his career would have come out. Oh, here they are. It was just one of those time and tide things that the funky white boys couldn’t score on Motown in the early 70’s, but it never stopped the northern soul and Valli fans from respecting these sides. Although there were no hits, this might as well be deemed classic Four Seasons as it’s right in that bag, even if there were some changes going on within and without the group at the time. If you’re a Valli/Seasons fan, this is a highly collectable and worthwhile addition to all the cds you’ve been massing up since being smitten by “Jersey Boys”. Certainly a nice reminder that just because it wasn’t a hit didn’t mean it wasn’t meritorious.
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WARNER HOME VIDEO
FOOL’S GOLD: Well, Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey might not be the new Tracy and Hepburn but they do go a long way to being the new Hawn and Chase—just because Hudson bought into the family business doesn’t mean she would automatically know how to do it right. However, Hollywood has managed to make her one of the more delightful and sprightly MILFs out there, right in the tradition of her mom. At least Hollywood is doing something right. They figured out how to get Megan Fox topless in a pic but they haven’t figured out how to get the pic finished. Hudson is a trooper in comparison. Certainly a high grade chick pic and a passable date pic due to Hudson’s fluffy charm, this lite take on “Romancing the Stone” et al is an amiable time filler if you find yourself really wanting to sit in front of the TV in summer. This might not be Academy Award stuff but these two are showing themselves to be a durable, lite romantic comedy franchise pairing.
RAILS AND TIES: In her directorial debut, Alison Eastwood piles on the sturm and drang in a pic that seems to have a happy ending but nearly makes you feel like gargling with razor blades. She knows how to make Kevin Bacon look like her pop, Clint and she shows a lot of promise for dark drama but this tale of death, suicide and redemption is really hard to watch if you don’t have great admiration for Sylvia Plath, Diane Arbus etc.
Volume 31/Number 217
June 4, 2008
MIDWEST RECORD
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CHRIS SPECTOR, Editor and Publisher
©2008 Midwest Record
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