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The Mel Brooks Collection
Cast: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn Studio: WB Rating: 7/10 THE DVDS: Disc 1 “Blazing Saddles” A madcap spoof of the classic Hollywood Western, BLAZING SADDLES is also one of the most gleefully anti-P.C. films ever produced by a major studio. When the sheriff of a small frontier town is killed, convict Bart (Cleavon…
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Placebo – Meds
Artist: Placebo Title: Meds Label: Astralwerks Rating: 6.5/10 FILE UNDER: Placebo—again. CORPORATE LINE: Preceded by the Single ‘because I Want You’, the Album Marks the Return of a Very Confident Band who after 10 Years Together Keep Growing in Stature. They Are One of the UK’S Most Successful Bands of the Last Ten Years, Having…
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Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction
Cast: Sharon Stone, David Morrissey, Charlotte Rampling Studio: MGM Rating: 4/10 CORPORATE LINE: In the sexy and sleek psychological thriller Basic Instinct 2, after re-locating from San Francisco to London, best-selling crime novelist Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) once again finds herself on the wrong side of the law. Dr. Michael Glass (David Morrissey), a respected…
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Slither
Cast: Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks, Michael Rooker Studio: Universal Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: Slither is an edgy blend of heart-stopping terror, wry humor and surprising humanity from genre-bending screenwriter James Gunn, whose Dawn of the Dead became one of 2004’s most surprising hits. The sleepy town of Wheelsy could be any small town in America…
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Ice Age: The Meltdown
Cast: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Dennis Leary Studio: Fox Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: In ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN, the sub-zero heroes from the worldwide blockbuster CGI film “Ice Age” are back – Manny the woolly mammoth, Sid the sloth, Diego the saber-toothed tiger, and the hapless prehistoric squirrel/rat known as Scrat. In the new film,…
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The Godfather
Game: The Godfather Platform: Playstation 2 Studio: EA Rating: 8/10 GAME DESCRIPTION: Welcome to the Corleone family. After a life of small-time jobs and petty thefts you’ve been accepted into America’s most famous criminal organization. Now it’s up to you to carry out orders, earn respect, rise through the ranks, and make New York City…
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Mellowdrone – Box
Artist: Mellowdrone Title: Box Label: Columbia Rating: 6/10 FILE UNDER: Radiohead they are not. CORPORATE LINE: Mellowdrone’s singer, guitarist and chief songwriter, Jonathan Bates admits that he has a compulsive streak when it comes to making music. “I don’t like playing a song the same way twice, which will either win people over or do…
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Rob Zombie – Educated Horses
Artist: Rob Zombie Title: Educated Horses Label: Geffen Rating: 6/10 FILE UNDER: A softer side of Rob Zombie? CORPORATE LINE: An auteur filmmaker and music artist with shrewd insight and creative vision, Rob Zombie challenges audiences as he stretches the boundaries of film, music and publishing. After assaulting audiences worldwide with the violent high-octane road…
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Capote
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins Studio: Sony Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: In November, 1959, Truman Capote (Philip Seymour Hoffman), the author of Breakfast at Tiffany’s and a favorite figure in what is soon to be known as the Jet Set, reads an article on a back page of the New York Times.…
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Yeah Yeah Yeah – Show Your Bone
Artist: Yeah Yeah Yeah Title: Show Your Bone Label: Interscope Rating: 6.5/10 FILE UNDER: Belly II. CORPORATE LINE: Show Your Bones is what happens when you put your finger in a light socket,” says singer Karen O. “Maybe there is some of that electric current flowing through the tracks of our album illuminating us from…
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