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Entourage: The Complete First Season
Cast: Grenier, Adrian Dillon, Kevin Connolly, Kevin Ferrara, Jerry Piven, Jeremy Mazar, Debi Studio: HBO Rating: 7.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: In the second season of ENTOURAGE, actor-on-the-rise Vince Chase (Adrian Grenier) once again enlists the company and support of his childhood pals from Queens, New York, to join him on his path towards stardom. More than…
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Cast: Johnny Depp Studio: Disney Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) returns to the screen for another round of supernatural adventures on the high seas in this spirited sequel to the 2003 Disney hit, which re-teams original director Gore Verbinski with original screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio. As Will (Orlando Bloom)…
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Home Improvement: The Complete Fourth Season
Cast: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Earl Hindman, Taran Noah Smith, Jonathan Studio: Disney Rating: 6.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Power up for season four of the Emmy(R) Award-winning hit comedy HOME IMPROVEMENT! Tim Allen is back as Tim “The Tool Man” Taylor, a loving husband and father who spends his days as the accident-prone host of the…
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The Omen
Cast: Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles Studio: Fox Rating: 4/10 CORPORATE LINE: Many believe the prophecy from the Book of Revelation provides a map to a terrifying future…or it presents fragments of history that have come to life in our time. The signs, they claim, are all around us: terrorist attacks, extreme weather… the list goes…
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Kingdom of Heaven: The Four Disc Director’s Cut DVD
Cast: Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Jeremy Irons Studio: Fox Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: Set in 12th century Europe and the exotic East, THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN is an epic romantic action film about a young peasant (Orlando Bloom) who becomes a renowned knight, saves a kingdom, and falls in a love with a princess. From…
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Live – Songs From Black Mountain
Artist: Live Title: Songs From Black Mountain Label: Epic Rating: 5/10 FILE UNDER: Live Lite. CORPORATE LINE: The band came together with producer Jim Wirt (Incubus, Hoobastank) at a studio in Santa Barbara in May 2005 for what became a whirlwind session. In just three weeks, Kowalczyk says, the multi-platinum band recorded all 12 of…
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The Break-up
Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Vince Vaughn, Joey Lauren Adams Studio: Universal Rating: 3/10 CORPORATE LINE: Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston star in The Break-Up, which starts where most romantic comedies end: after boy and girl have met, fallen in love, moved in to start their happily-ever-after…and right when they wind up driving each other crazy. Pushed…
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It Waits
Cast: Cerina Vincent, Dominic Zamprogna, Greg Kean, Eric Schweig, Samaya Jardey Studio: Anchor Bay Rating: 4/10 CORPORATE LINE: “It Waits” is a suspenseful, horrifying tale of a Native American legend come to life. A creature trapped in the bowels of hell has been awoken and unleashed on the world. It prowls the wilderness, hunting a…
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The Walkmen – A Hundred Miles off
Artist: The Walkmen Title: A Hundred Miles off Label: Record Collection Rating: 5/10 FILE UNDER: Dylan wannabes. CORPORATE LINE: The Walkmen have been solidifying their position as one of the most important bands in the alternative music community with their previous releases, “Everyone Who Pretended To Like Me Is Gone” and “Bows And Arrows”. Extensive…
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Glory Road
Cast: Joshua Lucas, Tatyana Ali, Mehcad Brooks Studio: Disney Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: Glory Road tells the inspiring true story of the underdog Texas Western basketball team, with history’s first all African American starting lineup of players, who took the country by storm, surprisingly winning the 1966 NCAA tournament title. Josh Lucas stars as Hall…
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