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A League of Ordinary Gentlemen
Cast: Documentary Studio: Magnolia Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: Though never a sport of Kings, at one point in time bowling occupied a perfectly respectable place in the pantheon of American sports. It has long been one of the most popular participatory sports in America. When Eddie Elias convinced the country’s top 33 bowlers to kick…
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The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
Cast: Asia Argento, Jimmy Bennett, Cole Sprouse Studio: Palm Pictures Rating: 2/10 CORPORATE LINE: Based on the novel by the mysterious and controversial JT LeRoy, Asia Argento’s THE HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS is a penetrating look at the emotional and physical bonds between mother and son. Argento, the daughter of Italian horror king…
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Teddy Geiger – Underage Thinking
Artist: Teddy Geiger Title: Underage Thinking Label: Columbia Rating: 6/10 FILE UNDER: Imagine John Mayer at seventeen. CORPORATE LINE: Underage Thinking, the debut album from music prodigy/singer/songwriter Teddy Geiger features 12 honest arresting songs that showcases this artist’s amazing talent. In what will be one of the year’s standout albums from one of music’s rising…
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V For Vendetta
Cast: Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea Studio: Warner Bros Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, V For Vendetta tells the story of a young working-class woman named Evey who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man known only as “V.” Profoundly complex, V is at…
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Mates of State – Bring It Back
Artist: Mates of State Title: Bring It Back Label: Barsuk Rating: 3/10 FILE UNDER: Crummy ‘80s retro. CORPORATE LINE: Mates of State is the organ and drums, vocal-laden duo of Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel. The band essentially began in 1997. After a few months in the midwest, they high-tailed it out to a new…
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Chicken Little
Cast: Zach Braff, Joan Cusack, Don Knotts Studio: Disney Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: Disney’s first venture into the realm of CGI animation (without Pixar) tells the tale of all-animal town Oakey Oaks’s most infamous resident, Chicken Little (voiced by Zach Braff), who causes town-wide panic when he claims the sky is falling. A year later…
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The Seat Filler
Cast: Duane Martin, Kelly Rowland Studio: Magnolia Rating: 7/10 FILE UNDER: Low and behold—an indie flick that isn’t angry… THE CORPORATE LINE: In The Seat Filler, Derrick (Martin) is a struggling law student who takes a job as an awards show seat filler to make ends meet. One day, he is seated next to the…
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A History of Violence
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris Studio: New Line Rating: 7.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: A thriller from director David Cronenberg, A History of Violence stars Viggo Mortensen as a pillar of a small town community who runs a diner and lives a happy and quiet life with his wife (Maria Bello) and two children. But…
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Tycoon City: New York
Game: Tycoon City: New York Platform: PC Studio: Atari Rating: 7/10 GAME DESCRIPTION: Here’s your chance to make it big in the Big Apple… New York City, the city that never sleeps! Go for broke building your own Manhattan empire, creating and customizing over 100 types of major businesses: run a hot nightclub, oversee a…
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Ice Age
Cast: Ray Romano Studio: Fox Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: A star-studded cast provides the voices for the prehistoric creatures in this computer-animated feature set 20,000 years ago as the Ice Age approaches. Seemingly anti-social Manny, a woolly mammoth (voiced by Ray Romano), acts as if he just wants to be left alone. When he meets…
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