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Def Leppard – Yeah!
Artist: Def Leppard Title: Yeah! Label: UME Rating: 4.5/10 FILE UNDER: Mullets unite! CORPORATE LINE: On their highly anticipated new album, Def Leppard have created a heartfelt and hard rocking tribute to their musical heroes of the late 60’s and 70’s – the Kinks, Badfinger, T. Rex, David Bowie, Sweet, Roxy Music, Mott the Hoople,…
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Katie Melua – Interview
In between her overseas travel Katie recorded her new album, ‘Piece By Piece’, which was released in Europe on September 26th 2005. The album comprises more self-penned songs including the title track as well as a cover of the 1987 Cure hit ‘Just Like Heaven’ that Katie had recorded for a DreamWorks film starring Reese…
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Dave Chappelle’s Block Party
Cast: Dave Chappelle Studio: Rogue Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: A genuine crowd-pleaser, Dave Chappelle’s Block Party spotlights comedy superstar Dave Chappelle as he presents a Brooklyn neighborhood with its very own once-in-a-lifetime free block party. The unprecedented combination of comedy and music was shot on location. In addition to Mr. Chappelle performing all-new material, the…
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Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster
Cast: Directed by Robert Gaffney Studio: Dark Sky Films Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: During a solo space mission to Mars, NASA astronaut Col. Frank Saunders (Robert Reilly)—who happens to be an experimental android—is shot down by an alien warship. Frank survives the attack, crash-landing on Puerto Rico. The space aliens—led by Princess Marcuzan (Marilyn Hanold)…
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Funny Man
Cast: Christopher Lee, Tim James Studio: Subversive Cinema Rating: 7.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Funny Man is a riotous rollercoaster of gore, bad taste, profanity and comedy that has gained legendary cult status with UK horror fans. Record producer Max Taylor (Benny Young) is ecstatic when he wins Callum Chance’s (Christopher Lee) ancestral mansion in a poker…
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Cars
Cast: Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt, Richard Petty, Cheech Marin 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,”…
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Holly Brook – Like Blood Like Money
Artist: Holly Brook Title: Like Blood Like Money Label: Warner Bros. Rating: 4.5/10 FILE UNDER: Fans of Sarah McLachlan might find the next in line. CORPORATE LINE: Red-haired, 20-year-old singer-songwriter Holly Brook has caused a Sarah McLachlan-Tori Amos sensation with her vocals on Fort Minor’s “Where’d You Go”—the most added Top 40 Mainstream track this…
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Valley Of The Dolls
Cast: Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Paul Burke, Sharon Tate, Tony Scotti Studio: Fox Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: Film adaptation of Jacqueline Susann’s melodramatic, bestselling potboiler. The story tracks the lives of three women — naive New Englander Anne Welles, aspiring singer Neely O’Hara, and buxom beauty Jennifer North — as they attempt to achieve fame…
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U-571: HD-DVD
Cast: Matthew McCaughey Studio: Universal Rating: 8/10 CORPORATE LINE: Jonathan Mostow’s (BREAKDOWN) World War II submarine thriller about a crew of inexperienced American mariners forced to pilot a disabled German U-boat through hostile waters delivers plenty of action while paying homage to such war genre greats as DAS BOOT and DESTINATION TOKYO. Matthew McConaughey (EDTV)…
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Katie Melua – Piece By Piece
Artist: Katie Melua Title: Piece By Piece Label: Dramatico Rating: 7.5/10 FILE UNDER: No longer a Norah Jones copycat. CORPORATE LINE: In between her overseas travel Katie recorded her new album, ‘Piece By Piece’, which was released in Europe on September 26th 2005. The album comprises more self-penned songs including the title track as well…
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