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Exit
Game: Exit Platform: PSP Studio: Ubisoft Rating: 7/10 GAME DESCRIPTION: Exit’s unique graphics and fluid style make this yet another innovative puzzle game in Ubisoft’s arsenal. As Mr. ESC, a professional escapologist who can rescue people from just about any situation, Exit players must guide themselves through numerous obstacles while rescuing victims from life-threatening situations.…
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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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KT Tunstall – Eye To The Telescope
Artist: KT Tunstall Title: Eye To The Telescope Label: Relentless Rating: 8/10 FILE UNDER: Aimee Mann on Prozac. CORPORATE LINE: Tunstall is a sparkling new songwriter with Chinese blood, a Scottish heart, great legwarmers & a cool name. KT celebrates classic singer-songwriting in the tradition of Rikki Lee Jones, Carol King & Fleetwood Mac with…
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C.O.P.S. – The Complete Animated Series
Cast: Animation Studio: Shout Factory Rating: 4/10 CORPORATE LINE: It’s Crime Fighting Time! The square-jawed, tough-talking animated program C.O.P.S. aired every weekday afternoon in the ’80s. With its dead-on action and humor, it became an instant hit, launching a popular line of action figures, vehicles and gadgets, as well as inspiring its own comic book.…
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The Hills Have Eyes
Cast: Susan Lanier, Virginia Vincent, Dee Wallace Stone Studio: New Line Cinema Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: When their camper breaks down in the desert on their way to California, a desperate family struggles to survive the attacks of a bizarre cannibalistic family, hungry for fresh meat and determined to terrorize the innocent vacationers. As members…
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Nine Black Alps – Everything Is
Artist: Nine Black Alps Title: Everything Is Label: Interscope Rating: 7/10 FILE UNDER: Nine Black Alps = Nirvana-lite. CORPORATE LINE: Nine Black Alps Release their Debut Album. The Product of their La Recording Sessions with Beck and Elliot Smith Producer Rob Schnapf, ‘everything Is’ Includes their Debut Single ‘shot Down’ which Smashed Into the Charts…
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Walk The Line DVD
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon Studio: Fox Rating: 7.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: He picked cotton, sold door to door, and served in the Air Force. He was a voice of rebellion that changed the face of rock and roll. An outlaw before today’s rebels were born – and an icon they would never forget. He did…
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50 Cent – Interview [2006]
TIt’s that same street-born confidence that led hip-hop dream team Eminem and Dr. Dre to sign the former Jamaica, Queens crack dealer and music industry-shunned MC to their Shady/Aftermath imprint. The same sneering swagger that propelled 50 from underground mix-tape king to the top of Billboard album charts with his 2003 major-label debut Get Rich…
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The Ice Harvest
Cast: John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Connie Nielsen Studio: Focus Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Based on the novel by Scott Phillips, THE ICE HARVEST is a comic film noir set in very cold and icy Wichita, Kansas. John Cusack turns in another fine performance as Charlie Arglist, a soft-spoken lawyer who works for local mob…
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Artic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am Thats What I Am Not
Artist: Artic Monkeys Title: Whatever People Say I Am Thats What I Am Not Label: Domino Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: Musically, there are bits of The Stone Roses, “What’s The Story Morning Glory”, and “Nevermind”. As catchy as those reference points are, it’s the songwriting that has won the band a fiercely dedicated following; a…
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