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The Ladykillers DVD
Cast: Tom Hanks, Marlon Wayans Studio: Touchstone Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: A remake of the critically acclaimed 1955 comedy, The Ladykillers. Tom Hanks stars as Goldthwait Higginson Dorr III, Ph.D., a charlatan professor who’s assembled a gang of ‘experts’ for the heist of the century. The thieves: experts in explosions, tunneling, and muscle, and the…
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Young Buck – Interview
That you’ve only been hearing about 23 year-old David “Young Buck” Brown for a little over a year has its roots in many different grounds, but lack of determination is not one of them. “I been doing music my whole life,” says the Nashville, Tennessee native. “I started rapping when I was about 12 or…
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Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Black Arrow
Game: Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Black Arrow Platform: Xbox Studio: Ubi Soft Rating: 9/10 GAME STUDIO DESCRIPTION: A series of attempts to kidnap telemetry and rocket scientists pulls Team Rainbow into a spiderweb of international intrigue. An international cabal of renegade military officers is trying to create a war in the oil-rich regions around the…
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WWE: Day of Reckoning
Game: WWE: Day of Reckoning Platform: Gamecube Studio: THQ Rating: 7/10 GAME STUDIO DESCRIPTION: Think you have what it takes to get into World Wrestling Entertainment? Think again. Welcome to the “minor leagues” of Sports Entertainment, where every rookie jobber in the industry learns the school of hard knocks. Build your favorite Superstar from the…
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Marine Heavy Gunner
Game: Marine Heavy Gunner Platform: PC Studio: Groove Rating: 5/10 GAME STUDIO DESCRIPTION: Marine Heavy Gunner makes you a hero, as you track down a ruthless enemy leader and liberate Americans for a prison camp. This new title in the popular “Marine” series lets you handle the biggest guns the Army can build. It’s Vietnam,…
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G. Love – The Hustle
Artist: G. Love Title: The Hustle Label: Universal Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: G. Love’s upcoming release The Hustle is an invitation to spend long days lounging on the front porch listening to songs about love, life and lemonade. Garrett Dutton – a.k.a G. Love – has reenlisted Special Sauce, James “Jimi Jazz” Prescott on upright…
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Bjork – Medulla
Artist: Bjork Title: Medulla Label: Elektra Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: “With a palm full of stars/ I throw them like dice on the table/ Until the desired constellation appears”, …sings Björk on her new album, Medúlla. If you were seeking a metaphor for her extraordinary approach to music making, that lyric would serve nicely. Long…
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Lion King 2
Cast: Animated Studio: Disney Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: All the power and majesty of THE LION KING return in this final volume of THE LION KING trilogy! This Special Edition features an all-new vibrant picture presentation from the digital master. Meet Kiara, Simba’s headstrong daughter and heir to the Pride Lands. While on the prowl…
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Lord Jim
Cast: James Mason, Peter O’Toole, Curt Jurgens, Eli Wallach, Daliah Lavi Studio: Columbia Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Richard Brooks, one of America’s most influential and successful directors teamed with Peter O’ Toole, James Mason, and Jack Hawkins for this ambitious adoption of Joseph Conrad’s high-seas adventure, LORD JIM. The story of an idealistic Merchant Marine…
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Ike
Cast: Tom Selleck, James Remar, Timothy Bottoms Studio: Columbia Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: June 6, 1944. 150,000 soldiers, 5,000 ships and 11,000 airplanes. One man’s decision. The D-Day invasion – the largest military operation of World War II and the beginning of the end – marked Dwight “Ike” Eisenhower as one of America’s most powerful…
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