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Seed of Chucky DVD
Cast: Jennifer Tilly, Brad Dourif, Billy Boyd Studio: Focus Rating: 4/10 CORPORATE LINE: Everyone’s favorite plastic slasher doll, Chucky (voiced by Brad Dourif), returns for a fifth installment of this popular horror series. Apparently Chucky and his equally murderous bride, Tiffany (voiced by Jennifer Tilly), had a child, which has grown up in a cage…
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Advent Rising
Game: Advent Rising Platform: Xbox Studio: Majesco Rating: 7.5/10 GAME STUDIO DESCRIPTION: Advent Rising is the first in an epic trilogy of action/adventure games, presented in a stunning cinematic format to deliver an unprecedented variety of game play experiences. Built on the Unreal Warfare engine, it offers precise, refined play-dynamics with action-packed adventure and style,…
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The Posies – Every Kind of Light
Artist: The Posies Title: Every Kind of Light Label: Ryko Rating: 7/10 One of the major differences between mainstream pop and power pop is the latter’s reliance on life’s discord and idiosyncrasies for its central lyrical themes. With themes deeply rooted in the idea of missed opportunities, alienation, loneliness and quiet desperation, power pop has…
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Foo Fighters – In Your Honor
Artist: Foo Fighters Title: In Your Honor Label: RCA Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: Foo Fighters fifth and definitive album opens with a statement of purpose universal in its passion. Dave Grohl could be singing to his wife, bandmates Nate Mendel, Taylor Hawkins and Chris Shiflett, or to any and every fan listening to the song.…
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Embrace – Interview
There isn’t enough music in the world today that manages to truly elevate the listener with its epic intentions and heartfelt emotions, but Embrace want to change all that. The Anglo five-piece specializes in crafting the kind of unforgettable songs that adroitly balance a profound sense of personal intimacy with anthemic hooks and sweeping choruses.…
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High Tension
Cast: Philippe Nahon, Maiwenn Nahon, Cecile de France Studio: Lion’s Gate Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Marie and Alexia are schoolmates and best friends. Hoping to prepare for their college exams in peace and quiet, they decide to spend a weekend in the country at Alexia’s parents’ secluded farmhouse. But in the dead of night, a…
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Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Cast: Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Kerry Washington Studio: Fox Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: John and Jane Smith is an ordinary suburban couple with an ordinary, lifeless suburban marriage. But each is hiding something the other would kill to know: Mr. and Mrs. Smith are actually highly paid, incredibly efficient assassins, and they work for competing…
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High Tension
Cast: Philippe Nahon, Maiwenn Nahon, Cecile de France Studio: Lion’s Gate Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Marie and Alexia are schoolmates and best friends. Hoping to prepare for their college exams in peace and quiet, they decide to spend a weekend in the country at Alexia’s parents’ secluded farmhouse. But in the dead of night, a…
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High Tension
Cast: Philippe Nahon, Maiwenn Nahon, Cecile de France Studio: Lion’s Gate Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Marie and Alexia are schoolmates and best friends. Hoping to prepare for their college exams in peace and quiet, they decide to spend a weekend in the country at Alexia’s parents’ secluded farmhouse. But in the dead of night, a…
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Marc Anthony
Not only has Marc Anthony sold more records than any other salsa artist, but he has earned multi-platinum status with his self-titled English language album, starred on Broadway in Paul Simon’s “The Capeman” and on the silver screen in Martin Scorsese’s “Bringing Out the Dead,” and sold out Madison Square Garden five times. He has…
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