frames and cages

Sting's most personal solo album (it was written in response to the death of his father), THE SOUL CAGES is also his most ambitious. Many of the tracks (Island of Souls", "Mad About You") verge (impressively) on classical art song territory. For some, however, the good news here is that Sting is playing bass again; his simple yet effective lines are heard to particular advantage on the upbeat pop gem "All This Time." Another high point is "Saint Agnes and the Burning Town," a flamenco-inflected instrumental tour de force unlike anything in Sting's catalogue.

American women prisoners in a foreign country. Sex and action.

You can t really go wrong with Pam Grier in a film. Bring Pam Grier into a seventies women in prison movie? You can t go wrong at all! Well, if you re a radical feminist you won t get much out of this sleazefest, and even the sensitive side of your old Uncle Boris flinched at a couple of the scenes in this one, but look, brutality to women goes with the territory of this genre. I only had myself to blame. Let s delve a bit deeper into this Filipino dungeon.