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	Ray (2004/I) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		It's a celebration of the life of Ray Charles that must be seen by all of his fans.
		Two of the main dramatic focuses of the picture are Ray's infidelity on the road and his heroine addiction.
		Jamie wore prosthetics during the entire filming of the movie that made him unable to see, so if you wonder why he acts like he's blind so well, it's because he was for the movie.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0350258 (727 words)

	Ray - Scathing Reviews for Bitchy People
		Ray’s passion for his music was right up front, in his beatific smile and spasmodic rocking, it was as though there was too much music in him to direct it all into his fingers; he looked ready to pop.
		When we do see Ray taking an important stand, becoming the first performer to refuse to play a segregated venue in the South, he’s convinced to do so by a stranger in a space of 15 seconds — it’s as if Rosa Parks had flipped a coin to choose her seat on the bus.
		Ray goes into a clinic to kick his heroin habit and we watch dumbfounded as he hallucinates a sentimental reunion with his dead mother and brother in which they forgive him and chastise him at the same time.
	www.pajiba.com /ray.htm (1812 words)

	Movie Review: Ray
		But his mother refuses to let either Ray or herself consider his blindness a handicap, and so that her hopes for her son might still be realized she sends him off to a school for the blind.
		In fact, at one point in the movie, he mentions a life where he might be found holding out a tin cup and dismisses it as something his mother told him was unacceptable, an opinion with which he all too obviously agrees.
		Ray is rated PG-13 for the "depiction of drug addiction, sexuality, and some thematic moments." Most kids, even those into their teens, probably aren't going to like this movie much anyway.
	www.ladylibrty.com /movie_review_archives/2004/ray.html (937 words)

	Ray movie review
		The movie traces Charles from his birth in 1930 until 1966, when he finally defeats his drug addiction and his life starts to turn around and grows happier.
		Ray was born in a very poor family in rural Georgia and became blind at age 7, two years after the drowning death of his little brother.
		Ray was deeply involved in the production of the film until his death in June 2004.
	www.webindia123.com /movie/international/reviews/ray (403 words)

	Ray Movie - The Hollywood News
		Ray is a new bio-pic about the late (and legendary) musician Ray Robinson aka Ray Charles.
		Ray traces Charles’ life to superstardom, but also stops along the way to give us glimpses into his tragiedy-filled childhood (including his going blind at a very early age) ala flashbacks, a look at the various loves of his life, and an ugly peak at a nasty heroin addiction that almost ruined his life.
		Ray is also peppered with some terrific supporting performances including a likable Curtis Armstrong (you may remember him as Booger from Revenge of the Nerds) as an Atlantic Records executive, and Clifton Powell as a sincere tour bus driver who would go on to manage Ray Charles.
	www.thehollywoodnews.com /reviews/ray.php (896 words)

	Molecular Movies
		This movie is a compilation of actual x-ray diffraction data from a crystal of GCN4-N16A peptide in P3 Each frame is a 1-degree oscillation.
		This movie displays a calculated electron density map, contoured at 1 sigma, as the resolution limit is adjusted slowly from 0.5A to 6A.
		This movie was made by simulating an actual data collection run (using a crystal orientation matrix from a real data set), and calculating maps with the "observed" data at that point.
	ucxray.berkeley.edu /~jamesh/movies (1493 words)

	Ray Movie Review
		Ray Charles has some pretty distinct mannerisms, sure, and he's can be as familiar to all of us as a beloved grandparent, but this is more than just a great act of mimicry.
		Music is what Ray Charles is all about, and the music that he made, the impact that he made, despite all the obstacles (self-imposed or not), stands the test of time.
		As Ray, Foxx had appliances on his eyes to resemble them being closed and most scenes also sunglasses even to block the nuance of his facial expressions.
	www.killermovies.com /r/ray/reviews/mbv.html (634 words)

	AlterNet: Movie Mix: Race and 'Ray'
		Ray, however, almost literally flips the script, blending content and form in a way that only can be described as "fl." Only Charles Burnett's 1990 To Sleep With Anger comes close, and Anger, despite an all-star pairing of Danny Glover and Mary Alice, went unnoticed at the box office.
		One of the major themes in Ray Charles' work was his combining of blues and gospel music into a single piece, bridging a secular-spiritual split that had divided the fl community since the days of the slavery-time cotton fields.
		Particularly in Ray Charles' pivotal conversation with his mother and George near the end of the movie, as he is trying to kick his heroin habit, Ray treats those spiritual beliefs with both a respect and a matter-of-fact naturalness that the usual behind-the-hand tittering is not possible when those scenes come on the screen.
	www.alternet.org /movies/21352 (1500 words)

	Amazon.com: Ray (Widescreen Edition): DVD: Jamie Foxx,Kerry Washington,Regina King,Clifton Powell,Harry J. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Ray Charles is presented as a musical genius who had managed to overcome physical disabilities that would have stopped most others, but it doesn't attempt to mute the serious and unflattering personal moral problems he had with drugs and his exploitative treatment of women.
		Ray Robinson, aka Ray Charles the singer, songwriter and musician, was blind since the age of 7.
		Ray had both the blessing and the curse of being a ladies' man, resulting in serial affairs while his wife stayed home and raised their family.
	www.amazon.com /Ray-Widescreen-Jamie-Foxx/dp/B00005JND5 (2590 words)

	Frank's Reel Movie Reviews - Movie Review - Ray
		Ray is the sometimes blunt, always entertaining depiction of the life of music legend Ray Charles.
		We not only come away from Ray with a much greater appreciation for Charles' music, we also gain a more profound respect for Ray Charles, the man. Despite his devastating hardships and physical disabilities, Ray Charles was ultimately able to persevere.
		Ray's frightful childhood is slowly revealed throughout the film as Hackford connects many of Charles' adulthood dilemmas to problems he suffered as a child, such as seeing the drowning of his brother.
	www.franksreelreviews.com /reviews/2004/ray.htm (787 words)

	Ray Movie Review
		Ray is, quite simply, one of the most outstanding biographical movies that I have ever seen and, by far, one of the better movies that I have seen this year.
		Nevertheless, this was a strength of the movie and not a flaw and I found the music in this movie to be as much of a supporting character as some of the supporting actors.
		But, more importantly, this is a movie that will provide its viewers with an insight into the life and times of one of the most influential and courageous musicians of the 20th century.
	www.killermovies.com /r/ray/reviews/m41.html (487 words)

	'Ray' - MOVIE REVIEW - Los Angeles Times - calendarlive.com
		"Ray" in fact turns out to be a proudly conventional film that combines an involving true story, irresistible music and a charismatic performance in a way that makes us not only forgive but actually almost relish how standard the presentation is.
		One of the striking things about "Ray" is the way Foxx's performance gives the uncanny impression of watching the real Charles reliving his life on screen.
		In this as in all things, "Ray" may be too by the numbers, but with Jamie Foxx out front, this is one film that knows how to make it all add up.
	www.calendarlive.com /movies/turan/cl-et-ray29oct29,2,1925808.story (1026 words)

	Ray Movie Review at Hollywood Video
		Ray, Taylor Hackford's biopic on the famed, influential musician, offers small glimpses into the legend and life of Ray Charles, but otherwise is a pretty paint-by-numbers approach that screams cable movie.
		When the movie delves into Ray creating a name for himself as a musical innovator—blending gospel and blues (to many Christian's disapproval)—the picture is at its most compelling.
		Kurt Russell did a fine job with Elvis: The Movie, Dennis Quaid was wackily convincing as Jerry Lee Lewis in Great Balls of Fire, Gary Busey pulled it off in The Buddy Holly Story, and Val Kilmer got in touch with his Jim Morrison side in The Doors.
	www.hollywoodvideo.com /movies/movie.aspx?MID=139339 (2036 words)

	Ray Movie Review - MovieWeb
		Movies about artists rarely provide meaningful insight into the process their subjects undergo to achieve creative breakthroughs and Ray is no exception.
		The heart of Ray, of course, is the music and, whatever other shortcomings the film may have, it does not fall short as a showcase for the artist's greatest hits.
		They are presented in all their red hot, highly intricate, soulful glory and anyone who has heard them performed by the musician primarily in his later years on a small screen is likely to be blown away by what he hears in the cineplex, especially one with a state of the art sound system.
	www.movieweb.com /movies/film/09/2509/review4413.php (745 words)

	Ray movie Review at The Z Review UK movie review
		Based on the early career of Ray Charles, from his first job as a pianist in a Seattle club to a pivotal point in his life that would change the rest of his life, this is a no holds barred look at the career of one of music’s true talents.
		At the core of the movie is the performance of Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles.
		As Ray Charles was such a public and well-known figure it is easy to see how good Foxx’s performance actually is. It is like been transported back in time to witness the actual events that shaped his life by actually watching a young Ray Charles.
	www.thezreview.co.uk /reviews/r/ray.htm (2242 words)

	Ray Movie Review - Ray Movie Trailer - The Boston Globe
		He convinces you of Brother Ray's sightlessness, of his weaknesses for women and the needle, and, above all, of the volcanic talent that slammed together different genres of music until something new was forged.
		There's a scene midway through "Ray" in which Charles and his band are tearing up a nightclub, and a church-going couple brings the party to a halt with a horrified lecture about mixing salvation with sin.
		"Ray" presents that sound as a spontaneous eruption, with the great early Charles hits arising from conversation, inspiration, and moments when the singer is in a jam.
	www.boston.com /movies/display?display=movie&id=6523 (915 words)

	Donner's Movie Reviews: Ray
		The movie is Ray and it's the biography of the late great Ray Charles.
		Following the career of Ray Charles from a boy going blind on a sharecropping farm to his explosion on the music scene, Ray isn't a movie full of wine and roses.
		The movie is even handed, that's for sure, but it is engrossing and interesting to watch.
	www.slightlywarped.com /movies/R/ray.htm (351 words)

	Kerry Washington: Ray - Movie
		And if you are a Ray Charles fan, you might be disappointed to learn it only follows his carrer from the late 40's to the early 60's, and along if it, they have his childhood, and just how he became blind.
		When the film begins we see Ray Robinson (Jamie Foxx) waiting for a bus to Seattle, of where he is planning on becoming, a singer.
		Ray Charles was brilliant in the music world and his story as done by Jamie Foxx is one of the finest biographical movies ever done.
	www.superiorpics.com /kerry_washington/movie/2004_ray.html (468 words)

	Ray - Movie Review (Unchain My Heart: The Ray Charles Story)
		If last year saw the rise of the feature-length, left-of-centre documentary, then this is destined to be the year of the sprawling, Oscar-friendly biopic, with The Aviator, Alexander and 'Kinsey' leading the way.
		Still, all of this can almost be overlooked thanks to the mesmerising performance by Jamie Foxx, who recently outshone Tom Cruise in Collateral, and who here captures all of Charles' physical and verbal idiosyncrasies so perfectly that you never for a moment imagine he is merely acting.
		One of the best films I've seen in a long time, Ray is not only inspirational story about one individual's triumph over the obstacles in his life, but it features masterful cinematography and an unforgettable soundtrack.
	www.movie-gazette.com /cinereviews/1064 (675 words)

	"Ray" Movie Review by Kevin Carr - 7M Pictures
		In “Ray,” they are used to tell Ray Charles’ back story as he grew up in poverty in Florida and lost his sight from glaucoma when he was seven.
		Of course, the last 35 years of his life are all but skipped, which probably wasn’t a bad idea since the movie clocks in with a running time pushing three hours.
		Ray Charles is thrown up on the screen with all his faults intact.
	www.7mpictures.com /inside/reviews/ray_review.htm (602 words)

	RAY (Jamie Foxx) MOVIE INFO - TheMovieBox.Net
		Ray is the never-before-told, musical biographical drama of American legend Ray Charles.
		Born in a poor town in Georgia, Ray Charles went blind at the age of seven shortly after witnessing his younger brother's accidental death.
		Ray provides an unflinching portrait of Charles' musical genius as he overcomes drug addiction while transforming into one of this country's most beloved performers.
	www.themoviebox.net /movies/2004/NOPQR/Ray/main-page.html (205 words)

	Ray - Rotten Tomatoes
		Ray is the never-before-told, musical biographical drama of American legend Ray Charles.
		Ray is the rare Hollywood biopic that does justice to the heroism, as well as the demons, of an American genius.
		Ray is so reflexive that it often seems to be about the procedural mechanics of biopics.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/ray (952 words)

	Ray Movie Review Dr. Tom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Whether you ever listened to Ray Charles beyond his Diet Pepsi jingles or not, this is simply a damn good movie that's well worth the effort.
		The story basically chronicles Charles' life from 1948 to around 1963, then does a quick skip way ahead at the end that makes the very ending slightly forced and unsatisfying, but that could also be simply because it's just hard to want the flick to end anyway.
		Yes, the music serves as a character of its own, some may even call it cheating to make a movie that can be moved forward so effortlessly by music, but it does serve as the one teency drawback as well.
	www.speedmonkey.net /MOVIEREVIEWS/ray.htm (409 words)

	CD Baby: BROTHER RAY: Movie
		Brother Ray hails from Yale University and draws on influences as diverse as Radiohead, Ben Folds Five, The Talking Heads, No Doubt, Randy Newman, and The Monkees.
		brother ray's "movie" gives you a little of everything, and in the meantime, delivers biting insight into our celebrity culture.
		Movie is a great collection of diverse styles to suit almost every taste.
	www.cdbaby.com /cd/brotherray (393 words)

	Ray: Movie-Source.com Ray Movie, Ray Preview, Ray Review
		Ray, based on the early career of Ray Charles Robinson, is a good but not great biopic, but Foxx delivers a career-changing performance.
		None of his movies up until 2004 have been spectacular are there are plenty of people who could probably fail to mention even one movie he's starred in.
		"Ray" is still out in theaters, but Universal obviously wasn't expecting such a reception as the movie comes to DVD a few weeks before the Academy Awards, where Jamie Foxx is likely to get his first Oscar for his performance as Ray Charles.
	www.movie-source.com /movie_page.asp?movieID=1588 (1379 words)

	Review on Ray - Movie by mydessertz on MouthShut.com
		While traveling and performing with another band, Ray is introduced to heroin, an addiction that eventually becomes quite prevalent in his life.
		The movie gets best as it nears the climax especially the courtroom scene involving Ray or the vision he has of his late mother and younger brother during his treatment at a rehabilitation clinic.
		Part of the reason Universal released it was because one of the executives of the studio used to hitchhike to Hollywood to watch Ray Charles concerts.
	www.mouthshut.com /review/Ray-115227-1.html (993 words)

	Ray (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ray is the story of Ray Charles' meteoric rise from humble beginnings, his successful struggle to excel in a sighted world and his eventual defeat of his personal demons.
		In the film Ray Charles is banned in the state of Georgia for not playing at a racially segregated auditorium in 1961.
		Ray and his wife Della actually divorced in 1977, but in the film, Della is with him when Georgia makes "Georgia on My Mind" the official state song in 1979 (although this doesn't necessarily mean that they were still married, it's just implied).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ray_(movie) (1513 words)

	Chandra :: Photo Album :: Crab Nebula Movie :: Crab Nebula Time-Lapse Movies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		This movie shows dynamic rings, wisps and jets of matter and antimatter around the pulsar in the Crab Nebula as observed in X-ray light by Chandra (left, blue) and optical light by Hubble (right, red).
		To produce a movie of reasonable length the sequence was looped several times, as in looped weather satellite images.
		The movie shows dynamic rings, wisps and jets of matter and antimatter around the pulsar in the Crab Nebula as observed in optical light by Hubble.
	chandra.harvard.edu /photo/2002/0052/movies.html (250 words)

	Moviehole.net - Hanks for Parks X-Ray movie?
		If the movie “Spider-Man” was a respectful treatment of the comic book and a throw-back to a Jimmy Stewart-sort of goodguy/superhero with webshooters instead of six-guns, “X-Ray” is a young Tom Hanks turned radioactive mutant superhero.
		All the good stuff you love about comic book perheroes is in there smothered with a large entertainment factor.I'm shooting for Stan Lee snappy patter and heart with Jack Kirby action and drama on this project”, explains Park.
		Ray Sheppard (X-Ray) is into surfing in the story - no surfing is shone but it helps explain his sturdy build”.
	www.moviehole.net /news/1867.html (1151 words)

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