"Reggae Film Star delves deeper into the imagined behind-the-camera realities of show business for a C-lister in an era populated by vinyl records, cigarettes, and celluloid. It finds him recording again with multi-instrumentalist Josh Gordon, his sole accompanist for the bulk of these releases, although here, he's also joined by a trio of string players, several backing vocalists, and a pianist for an album that is more cinematic than the intervening releases in more ways than one"