Author: Hip Online
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Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
Game: Battlefield 2: Modern Combat Platform: Playstation 2 Studio: EA Rating: 7.5/10 GAME DESCRIPTION: This is no minor skirmish – this is all-out war. The award-winning Battlefield franchise finally explodes onto the PlayStation 2 and Xbox, dropping players into the heat of battle with Battlefield 2: Modern Combat™. The game brings the over-the-top action and…
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John Fogerty – The Long Road Home
Artist: John Fogerty Title: The Long Road Home Label: Fantasy Rating: 8/10 FILE UNDER: The classics from Fogerty and CCR. CORPORATE LINE: This comprehensive retrospective features, for the first time ever, all of the songwriter’s most poignant and enduring hits. Included are seminal tracks from the Creedence catalog, along with the crème de la crème…
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NCAA March Madness 06
Game: NCAA March Madness 06 Platform: PS2 Studio: EA Sports Rating: 8/10 GAME DESCRIPTION: Finally, play the kind of pressure defense and fast-break offense that wins championships in NCAA® March Madness® 06. Use defense to create offense by pressuring the ball, forcing turnovers and driving your opponents crazy with the all new EA SPORTS™ Lockdown…
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Saw 2 DVD
Cast: Tobin Bell, Lyriq Bent, Dina Meyer Studio: Lion’s Gate Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: While investigating the bloody aftermath of a grisly murder, Detective Eric Mason (Donnie Wahlberg) has the feeling that it is the work of Jigsaw, the notorious killer who disappeared leaving a trail of bodies – and parts – behind. And Mason…
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Saw 2
Cast: Tobin Bell, Lyriq Bent, Dina Meyer Studio: Lion’s Gate Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: While investigating the bloody aftermath of a grisly murder, Detective Eric Mason (Donnie Wahlberg) has the feeling that it is the work of Jigsaw, the notorious killer who disappeared leaving a trail of bodies – and parts – behind. And Mason…
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The Weatherman
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Michael Caine, Hope Davis Studio: Paramount Rating: 3/10 CORPORATE LINE: Popular Chicago weatherman, Dave Spritz, has a shot at the big time when a national morning television show calls him for an audition. Professionally, Dave is on the top of the world, but his personal life is in complete disarray. Dave’s painful…
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Stubbs The Zombie
Game: Stubbs The Zombie Platform: Xbox Studio: Aspyr Rating: 7/10 GAME DESCRIPTION: Stubbs The Zombie lets you become a man whose luck was so bad, dying was the best thing that ever happened to him. In 1933, Edward Stubblefield was a traveling salesman, trying to survive the Great Depression, when he was murdered & buried…
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House of Wax
Cast: lisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, Brian Van Holt Studio: Warner Bros. Rating: 4/10 CORPORATE LINE: What begins as a weekend getaway for six friends becomes a terrifying fight for their lives in HOUSE OF WAX, an exciting re-imagining of the 1953 horror classic from Dark Castle Entertainment and producers Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis.…
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Chris Botti – To Love Again
Artist: Chris Botti Title: To Love Again Label: Sony Rating: 7/10 FILE UNDER: The man and his horn. CORPORATE LINE: On his latest collection, When I Fall In Love, the best-selling trumpet virtuoso expands the range of his earlier work with an album devoted to once and future classic love songs, each one performed with…
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The Veronicas – The Secret Life of The Veronicas
Artist: The Veronicas Title: The Secret Life of The Veronicas Label: Sire Rating: 4.5/10 FILE UNDER: Sugar water. CORPORATE LINE: The Veronicas and the girls returned the kudos by signing on board. Work immediately began in Los Angeles on their major label debut, utilizing a team of top-flight producers that included, among others, Max Martin…