Archive for November, 2006
FIFA 07 Soccer
Game: FIFA 07 Soccer
Platform: Xbox 360
Studio: EA
Rating: 7/10
GAME DESCRIPTION: With the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ over and the glamour of international football fading fast, players like Ronaldinho, Rooney and Kaka have now gone back to their day jobs of winning glory for their club in EA SPORTS™ FIFA 07.
From the first whistle, FIFA 07 [...]
The Da Vinci Code DVD
Cast: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen
Studio: Columbia
Rating: 6.5/10
CORPORATE LINE: Famed symbologist Professor Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) is called to the Louvre museum one night where a curator has been murdered, leaving behind a mysterious trail of symbols and clues. With his own survival at stake, Langdon, aided by the police cryptologist Sophie Neveu (Audrey [...]
The Da Vinci Code
Cast: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen
Studio: Columbia
Rating: 6.5/10
CORPORATE LINE: Famed symbologist Professor Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) is called to the Louvre museum one night where a curator has been murdered, leaving behind a mysterious trail of symbols and clues. With his own survival at stake, Langdon, aided by the police cryptologist Sophie Neveu (Audrey [...]
Shadowboxer DVD
Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr.
Studio: Freestyle
Rating: 7/10
THE STORY: Hardboiled and at times incongruous, Lee Daniels’s (MONSTER’S BALL) directorial debut sets out to smash stereotypes with a noirish crime thriller about loyalty, loss, love, and guilt. Cuba Gooding Jr. (MEN OF HONOR) and Helen Mirren (CALENDAR GIRLS) star as Mikey and Rose, a pair of contract killers. [...]
The Who - Endless Wire
Artist: The Who
Title: Endless Wire
Label: Republic
Rating: 8/10
CORPORATE LINE: More than four decades after declaring “hope I die before I get old,” The Who released their first studio album in 24 years this week but faced claims from some critics that they are showing their age.
“Endless Wire” features only half of the band’s original line-up — [...]
Mozella - I Will
Artist: Mozella
Title: I Will
Label: Interscope
Rating: 8/10
CORPORATE LINE: While it may be tempting to compare her sound and style to everyone from Norah Jones to Lauryn Hill, 23-year-old MoZella stakes out her own musical territory–pop melodies, jazzy soulful vocals–on her debut album I Will. A beguiling blend of natural-born songwriting skills, a distinctive vocal gift and [...]
The Sims 2: Pets
Game: The Sims 2: Pets
Platform: PC
Studio: EA
Rating: 7/10
GAME DESCRIPTION: Get your paws on The Sims™ 2 Pets and create pets for your Sims to train, play with, and love as their own! From scampering puppies to cuddly kittens, add a new furry friend to your Sims’ lives. You’ll have the option to choose from your [...]
Guitar Hero 2
Game: Guitar Hero 2
Platform: Playstation 2
Studio: RedOctane
Rating: 8.5/10
GAME DESCRIPTION: The Guitar Hero 2 Bundle is a hard-rockin’ follow-up to the critically acclaimed rhythm game. Prove you’re worthy of rock stardom by covering classic rock, “hair metal”, heavy metal, modern rock and alt-rock hits. The new multiplayer co-op mode lets you team up with friends — [...]
Cars DVD
Cast: Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt
Studio: Disney
Rating: 7/10
CORPORATE LINE: After taking moviegoers magically into the realm of toys, bugs, monsters, fish, and superheroes, the masterful storytellers and technical wizards at Pixar Animation Studios (”The Incredibles,” “Finding Nemo,” “Monsters, Inc.”), and Academy Award-winning director John Lasseter (”Toy Story,” “Toy Story 2,” “A Bug’s Life”), hit [...]
The Santa Clause: The Escape Clause
Cast: Tim Allen
Studio: Disney
Rating: 6/10
THE STORY: Holiday magic mixes with comical chaos at the North Pole in THE SANTA CLAUSE 3. Tim Allen reprises his role of Scott Calvin — AKA Santa — as he juggles a full house of family and the mischievous Jack Frost (MARTIN SHORT), who is trying to take over the [...]
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