Comic Rack

/ / Comics

Hmm, we’re about to talk about comics so it must be Wednesday!  Welcome to the RazorFine Comic Rack boys and girls.  Pull up a bean bag and take a seat at feet of the master as we look at the new comics set to hit comic shops and bookstores today from DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, WildStorm, Vertigo, IDW Publishing, and Image Comics.

This week includes The Astounding Wolf-Man, Batgirl, Batman and the Outsiders, Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam!, Casey Blue: Beyond Tomorrow, Conan the Cimmerian, Guardians of the Galaxy, Hellblazer, Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.,  Moon Knight, Robin, Spike: After the Fall, The Sword, StormWatch PHD, Young X-Men, the first issues of The Age of Sentry, Greatest Hits, and the final issues of All Star Superman and Dead Space.  That and much, much more inside the Full Diagnosis.

Enjoy issue #88

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Good, but not Perfect

/ / Home Video
  • Title: The Life and Times of Mr. Perfect
  • IMDB: link

If you watched wrestling in the 80’s and 90’s you know the name Mr. Perfect.  The latest from WWE Home Video is a collection of the wrestler’s matches from his early days in AWA, to his run as and Intercontinental Champion for the WWE, to his career with WCW.  10 matches are included on two discs along with a documentary of the man, who while in the ring, was always Perfect.

The highlight of this two-disc set is the documentary on Curt Henning‘s career, struggle with injuries, and his premature death at the age of 44.  Included here are interviews with friends, family, and co-workers all of whom praise Henning, both as an in-ring performer and as man.

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The Cole Porter Mix

/ / Music News & Reviews
  • Title: Patricia Barber – The Cole Porter Mix

In The Cole Porter Mix singer/songwriter Patricia Barber re-records and reinterprets some of the biggest songs of Cole Porter.  The thirteen tracks include Easy to Love, I Get a Kick Out of You, You’re The Top, Just One of Those Things, and In the Still of the Night.

The album also includes three original songs inspired by Cole Porter including The New Year’s Eve Song and Snow.  The new songs fit easily with the reinterpreted Porter originals.

Although Barber has a nice voice and her obvious joy for these songs comes out, there’s nothing here that makes the collection all that interesting.  Yes, it’s competently done, but why?  For all her energy and style the songs don’t feel fresh and for those who own the original recordings, or even those of other musicians (including Frank Sinatra) covering the hits there’s little here to justify the purchase of another album of the same songs.

This collection is more a novelty than anything else.  Longtime Cole Porter fans may enjoy this, but surely they own most of these songs sung by Porter himself and/or one of the many compilations done by other musicians over the years.  And teens who don’t know who Porter is aren’t going to pick this up either.  Still, it’s not an album to groove to, but as some easy listening background music you could do worse.

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Not Truly, Truly Outrageous

/ / Music News & Reviews
  • Title: Jem – Down to Earth

You’ve probably heard the music of Welsh singer/songwriter Jem, even if you don’t realize it.  Her songs have been used on various American TV shows such as Grey’s Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, Wonderfalls, Six Feet Under, and others.

With her second album Jem returns with a new collection of eclectic sounds mixing various music styles into her own sound.  The Welsh singer with a mix of pop, electronica, dance, hip hop, and soul, may not be your cup of tea, but at least she’s not processed inane tween pop.

This second album includes twelve tracks including the title track Down to Earth with its strong Middle Eastern beat.  Also included here are the uplifting It’s Amazing, the heavy electronica dance track Aciid!, and the softer Norah Jones-like piano tune You Will Make It.

My favorite of the tracks would have to be the catchy Latin flavored track “I Want You To…,” where the electronica influence isn’t quite as heavy as on some of the other songs.

You’ve got to seriously like many different styles of music to enjoy this CD which mixes and matches thoroughly throughout.  You can check out her official site here, and download the title track Down to Earth for free.  Jem’s music might not be for everbody, but for something a little different it’s worth a listen.

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This Week in Independent Film

/ / Film News & Trailers
  • Title: Lakeview Terrace
  • IMDB: link

Neil LaBute (Nurse Betty, In the Company of Men) directs this tale of an interracial couple (Patrick Wilson, Kerry Washington) whom move next door to a crazy cop (Samuel L. Jackson) who begins to terrorize them.  Ron Glass, Jay Hernandez, and Regine Nehy also star.  Check out the official site.  Jackson starts goin’ crazy in theaters everywhere on Friday. 

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