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Toby Lightman – Little Things
Artist: Toby Lightman Title: Little Things Label: Atlantic Rating: 7.5/10 Corporate Line: There’s a world of difference between pop stars who sing other people’s songs, and female singer/songwriters who truly touch your soul. With a voice that’s powerful, passionate, endlessly expressive, and full of contagious energy, Toby Lightman is just that type of artist-one who…
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Shaun of the Dead
Cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Dylan Moran, Lucy Davis Studio: Rogue Rating: 8/10 CORPORATE LINE: Shaun’s life is stuck in a rut. He’s a twenty nine year old who lives with his two best friends Ed and Pete. Shaun’s girlfriend Liz is sick of the same old, boring nights down their local pub.…
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Papa Roach – Interview[2004]
Getting Away With Murder is still loud and abrasive, however the real power and passion in the music lies in what the band has previously downplayed — melody and vulnerability. Shaddix sings with more precision and tunefulness than ever, and while the band exhibits some of its heaviest and most groove-oriented rhythms to date, the…
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Silent Hill 4: The Room
Game: Silent Hill 4: The Room Platform: Xbox Studio: Konami Rating: 7/10 GAME STUDIO DESCRIPTION: Terror Comes to Your Room! The heart stops where the fear starts?at the entrance to The Room, the latest sequel in the most terrifying game series of all time, Silent Hill. Indescribable dread accompanies Henry Townshend, the main character who…
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Test Drive: Eve of Destruction
Game: Test Drive: Eve of Destruction Platform: PS2 Studio: Atari Rating: 6.5/10 GAME STUDIO DESCRIPTION: Straight from the small-town tracks across America, it’s fender-flattening mayhem where being the fastest doesn’t guarantee you a checkered flag. From outrageous Demolition Derbies to head-on Suicide Races, you’ve gotta dish out the dents to survive. Brace yourself for a…
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Mr. 3000
Cast: Bernie Mac, Angela Bassett, Evan Jones, Amaury Nolasco, Chris Noth Studio: Disney Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: You only get one shot at greatness, and if that one chance slips through your fingers, it’s game over. Or is it? After years of retirement from pro sports, Stan Ross is about to discover that there are…
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NASCAR: Chase To The Cup 2005
Game: NASCAR: Chase To The Cup 2005 Platform: PS2 Studio: EA Rating: 8.5/10 GAME STUDIO DESCRIPTION: The action spills off the track in NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup as players fight to the top to become a NASCAR star. Progress through 4 different racing series in a groundbreaking story mode. Strive for stardom by…
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Megadeth – The System Has Failed
Artist: Megadeth Title: The System Has Failed Label: Sanctuary Rating: 6.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: The System Has Failed, the tenth studio album released under the Megadeth banner, is pure, unfiltered, uncompromising Mustaine, freeing himself for the first time from all prior concepts of who or what Megadeth is “supposed” to be. Yet at the same time,…
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Cast: Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, Bai Ling, Michael Gambon Studio: Paramount Rating: 9/10 CORPORATE LINE: Famous scientists around the world have mysteriously disappeared and Chronicle reporter Polly Perkins (Gwyneth Paltrow) along with ace aviator Sky Captain (Jude Law) are on the investigation. Risking their lives as they travel to exotic places around the…
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Watermelon Man
Cast: Godfrey Cambridge , Estelle Parsons , Howard Caine , D’Urville Martin Studio: Columbia Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: Melvin Van Peebles follows up his unjustly overlooked THE STORY OF A THREE-DAY PASS with this blunt, original, and highly unusual satire of race in America. Jeff Gerber (Godfrey Cambridge) is a white middle-class racist who makes…
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