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Prodigy – Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned
Artist: Prodigy Title: Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned Label: Maverick Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned is The Prodigy’s long-awaited follow-up to 1997’s double-platinum #1- charting The Fat Of The Land. Returning with a sleazy, funky and far more punk album than anything Liam Howlett has ever recorded, the premier electronica dance act for…
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Home on the Range
Cast: Judi Dench, Cuba Gooding Jr., Randy Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Roseanne Studio: Disney Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: Life is at its best for the happy animals at “Patch of Heaven,” a “pretty as pie” dairy farm way out west owned by a kindly lady named Pearl. Seldom is heard a discouraging word except perhaps…
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Dawn of the Dead
Cast: David Emge, Gaylen Ross Studio: Anchor Bay Rating: 8/10 CORPORATE LINE: Picking up where NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD left off, and still offering no explanation of why the dead are walking the earth, DAWN plunges headlong into one of the most violent and original horror films ever made. After securing an apartment building…
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Nelly – Sweat/Suit
Artist: Nelly Title: Sweat/Suit Label: Universal Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: “Sweat has more club joints and more street-oriented songs,” says Nelly in describing his new album Sweat (one of two albums he will release on September 14, 2004). Like its name implies, Sweat is purely about the workout. Suit is all about the “grown and…
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Megadeth – Interview with Dave Mustaine
First let’s preface what I thought was going to be a funny story ended up making me look like a jackass—thanks Dave! I’m kidding. Once Dave warmed up he was every bit the cool guy he seems. Here is our interview with Dave Mustaine! I don’t know if this is the best way to start…
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Mean Creek
Cast: Rory Culkin, Ryan Kelley, Scott Mechlowicz, Trevor Morgan, Carly Schroeder Studio: Paramount Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: Director Jacob Estes’s feature film debut is a remarkably accomplished coming of age drama about death and consequences. When overweight, emotionally troubled George (Josh Peck) beats up a smaller kid named Sam (Rory Culkin) one time too many,…
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Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Cast: Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Mike Epps, Oded Fehr, Jared Harris Studio: Screen Gems Rating: 4/10 CORPORATE LINE: A deadly virus has been unleashed on the population of Raccoon City. Resident Evil: Apocalypse is a terrifying adventure in survival horror. Milla Jovovich (5th Element, Dummy) returns as Alice, one of only two survivors of the…
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Clerks
Cast: Brian O’Halloran, Kevin Smith, Jeff Anderson, Jason Mewes Studio: Miramax Rating: 8/10 CORPORATE LINE: Made for less than the cost of an SUV, Kevin Smith’s first film finds 22-year-old Quick Stop clerk Dante Hicks (Brian O’Halloran) called into work on his precious day off. There he is besieged by customers ranging from the agitated…
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Rounders DVD
Cast: Matt Damon, Edward Norton, John Turturro, Famke Janssen, Gretchen Mol Studio: Miramax Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: Set against the backdrop of New York’s high-stakes underground poker world. Mike McDermott (Damon), a master card player who trades the poker playing rounds for law school and a shot at a new life with his girlfriend. For…
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Jersey Girl
Cast: Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Raquel Castro, George Carlin, Jason Biggs Studio: Miramax Rating: 5.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Breaking from his signature slacker-underdog films like CLERKS, MALLRATS, and CHASING AMY, Kevin Smith delivers the feel-good family movie JERSEY GIRL. While Smith’s pert one-liners and wryly ironic sense of humor are clearly present in the script, his…
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