JxSxPx added 1 item to RS 500: Part 4 list
"Andrew Long Oldham called it the "most English of Stones albums." Music-hall piano rubs up against "Let's Spend the Night Together" and psychedelic soul of "Ruby Tuesday." And the lovely "She Smiled Sweetly" is offset by yet another great Chuck Berry rip, "Miss Amanda Jones."'
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JxSxPx added 1 item to RS 500: Part 5 list
"When Michael left Wham!, he signified his new maturity by not shaving; thankfully, his music was still tasty pop candy. "I Want Your Sex" is one of the decade's best Prince imitations, and the best ballad is the spooky, soulful "Father Figure," which underscores the incestuous implications of the word baby in most lyrics."
7 years, 10 months ago
“This has got Harvey Weinsteinโs fingerprints all over it. What exactly do I mean by this? Well, there was a period of time when Miramax/Harvey Weinstein produced a never-ending parade of handsome adaptations of novels, some of them more prestigious than others, with vaguely respectable directors, ” read more
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JxSxPx posted a review of Working Girl (1988)
“The shop-girl makes good films gets an update (for the late-80s) in Working Girl. If you look under the hood of this thing, itโs built to last and form a foolproof exterior that runs like a dream. Add in a dash of the battle of the sexes vibrancy from films like Woman of the Year to the mix, and y” read more
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