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  • Goldfinger – Interview [2005]

    Disconnection Notice, the California band’s fifth full-length album, is a major departure from the group’s past and a big step toward something great and new. It’s mature, it’s power-pop, it’s subtle, and it’s a lot of things you wouldn’t expect from one of the most influential punk bands of the past decade. We interview frontman…

  • Crash

    Cast: Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner Studio: Lions Gate Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: A Brentwood housewife and her DA husband. A Persian store owner. Two police detectives who are also lovers. A black television director and his wife. A Mexican locksmith. Two car-jackers. A rookie cop. A middle-aged Korean couple……

  • Kingdom of Heaven

    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…

  • Kingdom of Heaven 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…

  • House of Wax

    Cast: Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, Brian Van Holt Studio: Warner Bros. Rating: 4/10 CORPORATE LINE: What begins as a weekend getaway for six friends becomes a terrifying fight for their lives in HOUSE OF WAX, an exciting re-imagining of the 1953 horror classic from Dark Castle Entertainment and producers Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis.…

  • National Treasure: DVD

    Cast: Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger Studio: Disney Rating: 6.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: All his life, Benjamin Franklin Gates (Nicolas Cage) has been searching for a treasure no one believed existed: amassed through the ages, moved across continents, to become the greatest treasure the world has ever known. Hidden by our Founding Fathers, they left clues to…

  • NBA Street Showdown

    Game: NBA Street Showdown Platform: PSP Studio: EA Sports Rating: 8/10 GAME STUDIO DESCRIPTION: Take your skills to a new level and challenge the greatest basketball icons to ever hit the court. With NBA STREET Showdown for the PSP™ handheld entertainment system, tip off against the greatest old-school legends and today’s hottest players to rise…

  • Embrace – Out of Nothing

    Artist: Embrace Title: Out of Nothing Label: Lava Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: 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…

  • Scrubs: The Complete First Season

    Cast: Zach Braff Studio: Buena Vista Rating: 8/10 CORPORATE LINE: Now relive all 24 episodes of the groundbreaking show’s highly acclaimed first season. With a host of great bonus features, including never-before-seen dream sequences and a fascinating retrospective documentary, this spectacular four-DVD set is off-the-charts entertainment you’ll want to watch over and over again. Joining…

  • FIFA Soccer

    Game: FIFA Soccer Platform: PSP Studio: EA Sports Rating: 7.5/10 GAME STUDIO DESCRIPTION: Boasting unprecedented visual and audio features, a deep selection of advanced controls, and more than 350 official team and league licenses, FIFA Soccer delivers console quality to the PSP™ handheld entertainment system. Battle your way through Season and Tournament play, or replay…

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