This tedious remake of the classic Christmas movie The Bishop's Wife falls on its face by significantly altering the careful design of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert E Sherwood's story for the original film. In Sherwood's version, a rather wooden, inept bishop and his lonely wife unknowingly take into their lives a heaven-sent angel who aids the former and ends up falling in love with the latter. In this unnecessary update, an inner-city preacher (Courtney B. Vance) and his estranged spouse (Whitney Houston) are visited by a celestial goof (Denzel Washington), whose unsolicited offer of help is enough to galvanise Vance's character to fix his own problems. What that means is this: by the second act, there's no reason to have Washington's angel in the story. Even his infatuation with the missus isn't enough to warrant his hanging around this movie; the change is a colossal blunder by director Penny Marshall. Vance ends up stealing the film from Washington, but it's a Pyrrhic victory; for the most part this movie just seems like a series of random scenes between opportunities for Houston to belt out songs. --Tom Keogh
Tracklisting: 1. Intro 2. Just for You 3. I Call It love 4. Penny Lover 5. Easy / My Love / Easy 6. Ballerina Girl 7. Running With The Night 8. Still 9. Oh No 10. Stuck On You 11. Dancin On The Ceiling 12. Three Times A Lady 13. All Around The World 14. Sela' 15. Endless Love 16. Sail On 17. Band Intro 18. Fancy Dancer 19. Lady 20. Brick House / Fire / Brick house 21. Hello 22. Don't Stop / Angel / Destiny 23. Say You Say Me 24. All Night Long
Tracklist: 1. Just for You 2. I call it love 3. Penny Lover 4. Easy 5. Ballerina Girl 6. Running with the Night 7. Still 8. Oh No 9. Stuck on You 10. Dancing on the Ceiling 11. Three times a Lady 12. All around the World 13. Sela 14. Endless Love 15. Sail On 16. Fancy Dancer 17. Lady 18. Brick House 19. Hello 20. Don't Stop / Angel / Destiny 21. Say You Say Me 22. All Night Long
Tracklist 1. My Destiny 2. All Night Long 3. Love Will Conquer All 4. You Are 5. Say You Say Me 6. Dancing on the Ceiling 7. Running With The Night 8. Penny Lover 9. Hello 10. Ballerina Girl 11. Se La 12. Love Oh Love 13. Truly 14. Do It To Me 15. Three Times A Lady
Second series of the US version of the hit BBC Series. Featured stars are Vanessa Williams, Tim McGraw, Rosie O Donnell, Kim Cattrall, Lionel Richie, Steve Buscemi, Gwyneth Paltrow And Ashley Judd
This rare collection of original videos brings back the fashions and fads of the period as well as its unforgettable soundtrack. Featuring Smokey Robinson Billy Joel Spandau Ballet Lionel Richie Natalie Cole Huey Lewis & The News Culture Club Tina Turner and Marvin Gaye...
There's a fair amount of 1980's stuff on the MTV 20 Pop compilation, and... no, wait, come back! Because not unlike the Now series of albums, this kind of item is valuable not only for the way in which it reminds us of what was any good during a given pop period, but for the way in which it consigns much of the dross to well-earned oblivion by the simple act of passing it by. So it is, then, that this video is packed full of pop classics, compiled with a loving 20/20 hindsight. Highlights are Gary Numan's original (1982) version of "Cars", preceded by some suitably snotty interview footage, Elvis Costello's inevitable "Every Day I Write the Book" and a wonderfully clunky juxtaposition of U2 and Lionel Ritchie. The inclusion of Chumbawamba's excellent "Tubthumping" presumably means that the band decided to restrain their anti-capitalist convictions in order to communicate with a wider audience (ie: sell out)? There are a few also-rans as well--The Fixx, anyone?--and inevitable instances of US-centricity (Smashmouth?), but the best bit has to be the legendary Tears for Fears video for "Shout", reminding us all that Roland Orzabal was in fact a pop genius. The house ads ("MTV--no longer only for deviants!") are a hoot.--Roger Thomas
A Karaoke DVD packed full of hits with something for everyone. From today's funksters the Black Eyed Peas and the sassy Pussycat Dolls to classics by Lionel Richie and Extreme. Together with original videos and vocals the extras include vocal coaching and the ability to change the pitch octave to suit all vocal ranges. Tracklist: 1. Barbie Girl - Aqua 2. Shut Up - Black Eyed Peas 3. Linger - The Cranberries 4. Gotta Get Thru This - Daniel Beddingfield 5. Dreams - Gabrielle 6. Original Sin - INXS 7. Hello - Lionel Richie 8. Switch - Will Smith 9. Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer 10. More than Words - Extreme 11. Celebration - Kool and the Gang 12. I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor 13. Don't Cha - Pussycat Dolls 14. Show Me Heaven - Maria McKee 15. No Diggity - Blackstreet 16. Year 3000 - Busted
Track Listing: 1.Introduction 2.Now And Forever - Anne Murray 3.Smooth Operator - Sade 4.Cherish - Kool And The Gang 5.Cry - Godley & Creme 6.There'll Be Sad Songs - Billy Ocean 7.I KNow Him So Well - Barbara Dickson & Elaine Page 8.All We Are - Kim Mitchell 9.Hello Big Man - Carly Simon 10.Don't Answer Me - Alan Parsons 11.Nightshift - The Commodores 12.A Fine Fine Day - Tony Carey 13.After All - Al Jarreau 14.Soul Kiss - Olivia Newton John 15.The Chair - George Strait 16.Say You, Sa...
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