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The Lake House DVD
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Keanu Reeves Studio: WB Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Feeling that it’s time for a change in her life, Dr. Kate Forster (SANDRA BULLOCK) leaves the suburban Illinois locale where she completed her residency and takes a job at a busy Chicago hospital. One thing she is reluctant to leave behind is the…
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Regina Spektor – Being To Hope
Artist: Regina Spektor Title: Being To Hope Label: Sire Rating: 9/10 FILE UNDER: Pop-kitsch. CORPORATE LINE: Regina Spektor’s last album, 2004’s Soviet Kitsch, garnered praise from Time, Rolling Stone, Spin, Vanity Fair, The New York Times and many others. But this Russian-born, Bronx-bred singer-songwriter-pianist, who emerged from the NYC café circuit, continues to expand her…
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Aquamarine
Cast: Emma Roberts, Joanna ‘JoJo’ Levesque, Sara Paxton, Jake McDorman, Arielle Kebbel Studio: Fox Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: AQUAMARINE is the story of Claire (EMMA ROBERTS) and Hailey (JOANNA “JOJO” LEVESQUE), two 13-year-old best friends who embark on the adventure of their lives when they discover a mermaid (SARA PAXTON) named Aquamarine in a swimming…
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Lurking In Suburbia
Cast: Joe Egender Studio: Heretic Films Rating: 7/10 FILE UNDER: Lurking? Where? CORPORATE LINE : Joe Egender gives a “breakout performance” in this film festival hit as Conrad Stevens, a lackadaisical writer who finds himself evaluating his raucous, beer drinking, non-committal life on the night of his 30th birthday party. Feeling trapped in his suburban…
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Billy Joel – 12 Gardens Live
Artist: Billy Joel Title: 12 Gardens Live Label: Columbia Rating: 8/10 FILE UNDER: Billy at his best—Live! CORPORATE LINE: No other artist has shook the “World’s Most Famous Arena” quite like Billy Joel has. With 12 record-breaking sold-out performances, Billy Joel now has the longest most successful run of a single artist at MSG. On…
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The Chronicles of Riddick
Cast: Vin Diesel, Ja Rule, Keith David, Thandie Newton, Karl Urban Studio: Universal Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: The further adventures of Riddick (Vin Diesel) continue five years later, as the escaped convict with the ability to see in the dark finds himself caught in the middle of a galactic war between two opposing forces, with…
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Room 6
Cast: Mark A. Altman, John Billingsley, Marissa N. Blanchard, Shane Brolly, Ellie Cornell Studio: Anchor Bay Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Christine Taylor (DODGEBALL, ZOOLANDER and THE CRAFT) stars as Amy, a young schoolteacher with a lifelong fear of hospitals. But when her boyfriend is injured in a car crash and taken to a hospital that…
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Gradius Collection
Game: Gradius Collection Platform: PSP Studio: Konami Rating: 6/10 GAME DESCRIPTION: Gradius Collection compiles five of the best arcade and console games around: The Gradius series. You’ll get five beloved Gradius titles in one exciting game package. Spanning more than 20 years of shooting action, Gradius Collection includes the original Gradius, Gradius II, Gradius III,…
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Widespread Panic – Earth To America
Artist: Widespread Panic Title: Earth To America Label: Sanctuary Rating: 7/10 FILE UNDER: Jam fan dream. CORPORATE LINE: Widespread Panic, the wildly popular standard bearers of rootsy American rock, are readying for the release of their audacious new album Earth To America (June 13, Sanctuary/ Widespread Records). Their 9th studio CD, Earth To America captures…
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Elan – Together As One
Artist: Elan Title: Together As One Label: Interscope Rating: 6.5/10 FILE UNDER: New-school Reggae. CORPORATE LINE: For three and a half years, between 1997 and 1999, Elan was the lead singer for the legendary Wailers. Night after night, in front of thousands, Elan sang the words that Bob Marley had written and popularized with–as those…
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