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The Blue Van – The Art of Rolling
Artist: The Blue Van Title: The Art of Rolling Label: TVT Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: Danish beat quartet the blue van will release their debut album, the art of rolling. The art of rolling could be a compilation of newly-discovered, bombastic 60’s rock 45’s were it not cut with the whimsy and pop sensibilities that…
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Josh Rouse – Nashville
Artist: Josh Rouse Title: Nashville Label: RYKO Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: Following up his great ode to the Seventies album 1972, Nahsville is Josh’s opus to his home for the last ten years before his recent move to Spain. This is his love letter to the city that made him whole and to the parts…
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World Poker Tour: The Complete Second Season
Cast: Reality Series Studio: Shout! Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: World Poker Tour created a televised sports sensation and fueled the current poker explosion. An estimated 60 million people in the U.S. now play and poker’s popularity continues to skyrocket. Bringing the heat to DVD, World Poker Tour Season Two is an eight-DVD set stacked with…
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NARC
Game: NARC Platform: PS2 Studio: Midway Rating: 6/10 GAME STUDIO DESCRIPTION: NARC is an in-depth, third-person action/shooter videogame set against a stylized modern-day backdrop of the War on Drugs. Playing as dual characters, Hitman and Max Force, in the elite NARC squad you must rid the world of the powerful international K.R.A.K. drug cartel. Find…
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Sin City DVD
Cast: Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba, Mickey Rourke Studio: Miramax Rating: 9/10 CORPORATE LINE: Sin City is based on Frank Miller’s series of “Sin City” graphic novels. The plotline will include elements from the stories “Sin City,” “The Babe Wore Red,” and “That Yellow Bastards.” The GOOD, the BAD and the UGLY: Marv is one ugly…
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Sin City
Cast: Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba, Mickey Rourke Studio: Miramax Rating: 9/10 CORPORATE LINE: Sin City is based on Frank Miller’s series of “Sin City” graphic novels. The plotline will include elements from the stories “Sin City,” “The Babe Wore Red,” and “That Yellow Bastards.” The GOOD, the BAD and the UGLY: Marv is one ugly…
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Louis XIV – The Best Little Secrets Are Kept
Artist: Louis XIV Title: The Best Little Secrets Are Kept Label: Atlantic Rating: 8/10 The term “Indie” is everywhere these days. This catchall buzzword is liberally applied everything from pop punk and emo, to alt-country, nu-metal and a host of other post-grunge, alternative genres. But for all of its implications, the term no longer carries…
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Stereophonics – Language, Sex, Violence, Other?
Artist: Stereophonics Title: JLanguage, Sex, Violence, Other? Label: V2 Rating: 7.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: It might be their fifth album, but Stereophonics view Language. Sex. Violence. Other? with the same excitement as a debut record. It’s a little under two years since You Gotta Go There To Come Back – Stereophonics’ third consecutive Number One album…
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Finding Neverland
Cast: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie Studio: Miramax Rating: 7.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: The boundless imagination of the man behind “Peter Pan” and the poignancy of his journey combine in this emotional tale inspired by events in the life of Scottish author James Mathew Barrie. In FINDING NEVERLAND, director Marc Forster (“Monster’s Ball”) and an…
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Closer
Cast: Jude Law, Julia Roberts, Clive Owen and Natalie Portman Studio: Sony Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: Academy Award-winning director Mike Nichols follows the triumphant “Angels In America” with Closer. A bitingly funny and honest look at modern relationships, Closer is the story of four strangers (Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie Portman, and Clive Owen) –…
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