Author: Hip Online
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AC/DC Family Jewels
Cast: AC/DC Studio: Sony Rating: 9/10 AC/DC are the ultimate rock’n’roll contradiction. Their basic riffs, street-smart lyrics and blue-collar sensibilities would easily qualify them as a true people’s band, as unpretentious as they come. On the other hand, they’re bona fide superstars. These Rock’n’Roll Hall Of Fame members signed a colossal contract with Epic a…
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Million Dollar Baby
Cast: Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman, Clint Eastwood Studio: Warner Bros Rating: 9/10 CORPORATE LINE: Released a little over a year after the grand success of his Oscar-winning feature MYSTIC RIVER, Clint Eastwood returns to the director’s chair for MILLION DOLLAR BABY. Eastwood also stars, in the role of Frankie Dunn, a down-on-his-luck former boxing manager…
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NCAA Football 06
Game: NCAA Football 06 Platform: PS2 Studio: EA Sports Rating: 8.5/10 GAME STUDIO DESCRIPTION: Your quest for the Heisman Trophy begins with NCAA® Football 06. Create an Impact Player and lead him from high school summer camp all the way to bowl victories as a collegiate legend. As your blue chipper improves on the field,…
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Raheem Devaughn – Interview
Every songwriter worth his weight in catchy hooks has a story to tell—one that is gripping and compelling in its intensity. Raheem DeVaughn is that gifted storyteller, a young man with volumes of short stories that have found their way to The Love Experience, his stellar debut album. We chat with Raheem DeVaughn. Live in…
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Wedding Crashers
Cast: Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Christopher Walken Studio: New Line Cinema Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: In the outrageous comedy, Wedding Crashers, divorce mediators John Beckwith (Owen Wilson) and Jeremy Grey (Vince Vaughn) are business partners and life-long friends who share one truly unique springtime hobby…crashing weddings! Whatever the ethnicity of the wedding party – Jewish,…
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Cast: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, Helena Bonham Carter Studio: Warner Bros. Rating: 8/10 CORPORATE LINE: Most nights in the Bucket home, dinner is a watered-down bowl of cabbage soup, which young Charlie (FREDDIE HIGHMORE) gladly shares with his mother (HELENA BONHAM CARTER) and father (NOAH TAYLOR) and both pairs of grandparents. Theirs is a tiny,…
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The Job: The Complete First Season
Cast: Denis leary Studio: Sony Rating: 8/10 CORPORATE LINE: Shot on location in New York City, this offbeat comedy about a mildly self-destructive police officer and the odd characters in his precinct eschews a laugh track or live audience. Television commercial pitchman Denis Leary (RESCUE ME) plays the Nyquil-addicted cop–a neurotic detective who’s married with…
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Lois & Clark: The Complete First Season
Cast: Dean Cain, Teri Hatcher Studio: Warner Bros. Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: Building on the Superman myth, this television series from the 1990s centers on the young adult life of Clark Kent (Dean Cain) in the modern-day city of Metropolis. While struggling to balance his Superman duties with his job working for the Daily Planet,…
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Joe Perry – Joe Perry
Artist: Joe Perry Title: Joe Perry Label: Columbia Rating: 8/10 Like trendy guitar icons Keith Richards and Johnny Thunders, Joe Perry’s vagabond image and caustic licks have made him the perfect co-frontman. Jagger, Johansen and Tyler wouldn’t have had half the allure without their charismatic foils to gallivant on stage with. Given such a rock’n’roll…
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Bow Wow – Wanted
Artist: Bow Wow Title: Wanted Label: Columbia Rating: 4/10 CORPORATE LINE: The name of Bow Wow’s fourth Sony album is Wanted and whether he’s letting fans know about his life, giving the ladies something, partying with the fellas or lacing you with a laid back vibe, Wanted is Bow Wow at his most focused, playful…