ENTERTAINMENT

Reviews – June 2009

CDs

yahirYahir – Elemental
Warner Music Latina

Temas que abarcan baladas, mid, uptempos y en cuestiones de ritmo se integra ciertos tintes latinos que Yahir nunca había usado, son los que se presentan en este álbum en el cual da este tono de autenticidad y evolución musical. El primer sencillo que ya se escucha en la radio es Viviré, en total el CD contiene once temas inéditos.

germanGermán Montero – Compréndeme
Fonovisa Records

Esta producción constan en su mayoría de baladas del tipo “cortavenas” que en la voz de Germán Montero las intensifica aún más. Temas como: “Llévate Tu Ausencia”, “Que Lastima”, “Compréndeme”, “Te Perdoné” y “Amor Mío, Que Me Has Hecho?” esta última es un cover de Camilo Sesto. También se incluyen un par de rancheras.

toriTori Amos – Abnormally Attracted To Sin
Universal Republic Records

Innovative; influential; poetic; bombastic – indefinable multiple Grammy nominee, Tori Amos, has a new album. With more than 12 million albums sold, and commanding a significant and uniquely loyal audience from the rock, pop, alternative, and under-the-radar regions of the music world, Ms. Amos has influenced a new generation of artists.

vanessaVanessa Williams – The Real Thing
Concord Music Group

The collection marks a return to her love for the rhythms of jazz and Latin music, an integral part of her musical roots. In addition, The Real Thing delves into the sophisticated pop and R&B that have been the hallmark of her dynamic musical career. Includes “Loving You”, “Just Friends”, “Hello Like Before”, “Close To You”.

raphaelRaphael – 50 Años Después
Sony Music

Raphael ha vuelto a cantar su repertorio como en sus mejores tiempos. Este disco reúne a a Raphael con grandes estrellas de la música iberoamericana, protagonizando duetos con artistas de la talla de Joan Manuel Serrat, Joaquín Sabina, Ana Torroja, Vicente Fernández, Armando Manzanero, Rocío Jurado, Rocío Durcal, Juanes y otros más.

DVDs

takenTaken
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

When a former spy’s estranged daughter is kidnapped in France, he sets out to find her at any cost. Relying on his special skills, he tracks down the ruthless gang that abducted her and launches a one-man war to bring them to justice and rescue his daughter. Now available on DVD.

revolutionary1Revolutionary Road
Paramount Home Entertainment

Revolutionary Road won Kate Winslet her first Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. Reuniting DiCaprio and Winslet for the first time on screen since Titanic, the incisive portrait of a 1950s American marriage unfolds as an enthralling drama that is moving and thought-provoking. On DVD June 2.

little_redLittle Red Riding Hood
Fat Dot

Christina Ricci plays the not-so-innocent Little Red Riding Hood in an exciting and twisted take on the children’s story. The film is both provocative and eerie, combining childhood fiction with mature fantasy to create a story that will be sure to leave a lasting impression on its audiences. On DVD June 16.

the_ramen_girlThe Ramen Girl
Image Entertainment

The hilarious culture clash involves an American woman stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend, who is searching for direction in her life and decides to train under a tyrannical Japanese master to be a ramen chef. They both discover that each ramen bowl must contain a universe of feeling and truly be a gift from the heart. Now on DVD.

gran_torinoGran Torino
Warner Home Video

Directed by four-time Academy Award® winner Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino follows Walt Kowalski (Eastwood) as he comes to understand certain truths about his soul that have been walled off as an iron-willed and inflexible Korean War veteran, living in a changing world, and forced by his immigrant neighbors to confront his own long-held prejudices. On DVD June 9.