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Metal Gear Acid
Game: v Platform: PSP Studio: Konami Rating: 7/10 GAME STUDIO DESCRIPTION: The legendary Metal Gear series comes to the PSP in METAL GEAR ACID. Experience a whole new gameplay system that focuses on deep tactical strategy with an entirely new Metal Gear storyline. As the role of top-secret agent, Solid Snake, players will make calculated…
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No Address – Time Doesn’t Notice
Artist: No Address Title: Time Doesn’t Notice Label: Atlantic Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: On “TIME DOESN’T NOTICE,” the Tallahassee-based No Address brings an inspired spin to modern rock. Ben Lauren, a published poet and the band’s chief songwriter, offers up profoundly honest and ingenious lyrics, melded with music that is both aggressive and soulful. No…
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Malevolence DVD
Cast: Brandon Johnson, Samantha Dark, Heather Magee Studio: Anchor Bay Rating: 5.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Paying homage to films such as HALLOWEEN and THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE, MALEVOLENCE aims to return to the gritty, unironic style of those horror pictures. The film begins as a crime thriller, with three bank robbers whose plan goes awry,…
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Lumines
Game: Lumines Platform: PSP Studio: Ubisoft Rating: 9/10 GAME STUDIO DESCRIPTION: Bust blocks, groove through puzzles, and jam wirelessly with friends. Stack ’em right and you’ll unlock lush looks and buttery beats. Want to be lumines? Just let the music guide you. Advance through 24 action-packed levels, each with its own musical theme and sound…
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Spider-Man 2
Game: Spider-Man 2 Platform: PSP Studio: Activision Rating: 7/10 GAME STUDIO DESCRIPTION: Two years have passed since Peter Parker first hit the streets of New York City as the conflicted crime-fighter Spider-Man. Now he finds himself battling his most diabolical villain yet, the mechanized, multi-tentacled Doc Ock. The nefarious Doc Ock was once Dr. Otto…
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Fischerspooner – Odyssey
Artist: Fischerspooner Title: Odyssey Label: Capitol Rating: 6.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: For Odyssey, the two would work together intensely in the studio critiquing and pushing each other. Inevitably conflicts arose as their diverse musical perspectives began to clash. “At first it was really uncomfortable to have my process exposed, I’m used to writing by myself and…
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House of Flying Daggers
Cast: Ziyi Zhang, Andy Lau, Anita Mui, Dandan Song, Feng Lu Studio: Sony Rating: 8.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: It is 859AD, and the Tang Dynasty, one of the most enlightened empires in Chinese history at its height, is in decline. The Emperor is incompetent and the government is corrupt. Unrest is spreading throughout the land, and…
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Ocean’s Twelve: DVD
Cast: George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones Studio: Warner Bros. Rating: 6.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: It’s been three years since Danny Ocean (GEORGE CLOONEY) and his crew – fronted by detail man Rusty Ryan (BRAD PITT), up-and-coming pickpocket Linus Caldwell (MATT DAMON), explosives expert Basher Tarr (DON CHEADLE) and safecracker Frank Catton…
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Garbage – Bleed Like Me
Artist: Garbage Title: Bleed Like Me Label: Geffen Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: The band battled illness, surgery, creative disagreements, major life changes and-depending who you ask-either a break-up or a much-needed sabbatical. But nothing good comes easy. and BLEED LIKE ME is simply smashing. From the lusty, masochistic skronk of album opener “Bad Boyfriend” to…
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Spanglish
Cast: Adam Sandler, Paz Vega, Tea Leoni Studio: Sony Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: With SPANGLISH, writer/director/producer James L. Brooks (AS GOOD AS IT GETS) unfurls yet another accomplished, tender, romantic comedy. Celebrated chef John Clasky (Adam Sandler) is the patriarch of the Clasky household, but the mood swings of his hypersensitive wife, Deborah (Tea Leoni),…
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