Results tagged “THE X FACTOR” from Birmingham Mail - Mega Movies
FAME (PG)
Verdict: +++
ALAN Parker's 1980 film Fame, starring Irene Cara, earned six Oscar nominations and won two for best score and song.
Now it has been remade for The X Factor / High School Musical generation, but wasn't officially previewed by publicity shy distributors Entertainment who recently tried the same trick with Whiteout.
So is Fame another turkey in disguise?
THE bloke who appeared on The X Factor tonight able to sing the longest note in the show's history should be banned from cinemas throughout the land.
At least while the Sing-Along version of Mamma Mia! is playing.
It'll be one thing going along with your best mates to see the karaoke version of this film.
It would be quite another to see it with yer warbler in the audience thinking it was the Carryonoke version.
+ Gene Kelly (1912-96) and River Phoenix (1970-93) both share birthdays today. Which means Gene might have been 96 and River still only 38.
Gene would have been 38 in 1950... and by that point had still to make Singin' In The Rain (1952).
It just goes to show what we might be losing whenever a star like River or Heath Ledger dies so young.
And, while The X Factor might have its place, there's no substitute for talent.
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