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Perimeter
Game: Perimeter Platform: PC Studio: Codemasters Rating: 8/10 GAME STUDIO DESCRIPTION: In Perimeter you are thrust into a detailed science fiction world that combines innovative warfare and terraforming capabilities. In this real-time strategy game you’ll seize territory as a member of the Exodus civilization, humans who abandoned a dying Earth long ago. To survive you…
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Marc Broussard – Carencro
Artist: Marc Broussard Title: Carencro Label: Universal Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Broussard’s high octane take-off uses no formula at all. Instead he offers a blend of abilities, styles and enthusiasms uniquely adapted to himself on his debut album, Carencro. He calls himself “a white boy singing soul music.” But that’s deceptive because his music draws…
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Usher – Interview [2004]
Confessions? You wanted confessions–we got them. Usher talks! I know Marvin Gaye is one of your musical heroes, can you please tell us how Marvin has influenced you, in general, and specifically, the songs on Confessions? Well, as a child, I was introduced to Marvin by way of listening through my grandparents and I always…
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Collateral
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Berg Studio: Dreamworks Rating: 7.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Max (Jamie Foxx) has lived the mundane life of a cab driver for 12 years. The faces have come and gone from his rearview mirror, people and places he’s long since forgotten…until tonight. Vincent (Tom Cruise) is a…
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The Black Hole
Cast: Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster, Joseph Bottoms, Yvette Mimieux Studio: Disney Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: A space crew traveling the cosmos runs into a long-missing craft, manned by Dr. Hans Reinhardt (Maximilian Schell). Upon meeting Reinhardt, the astronauts discover that not only is he insane, but also he is steadfast in his efforts…
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Little Black Book
Cast: Brittany Murphy, Ron Livingston, Kathy Bates, Holly Hunter, Rashida Jones Studio: Revolution Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: A dark comedy about new boyfriends, ex-girlfriends and little black books. In Little Black Book, Stacy Holt, an associated producer for daytime talk show hostess Kippie Kann, is frustrated when her boyfriend Derek refuses to discuss his past…
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Jojo – Interview
A singer. A songwriter. A prodigy. With just a few notes, she’s made some of the most influential men and women in America stop in their tracks to find her, and meet her. She possesses a rare talent that has enchanted talk show hosts, celebrities and audiences throughout the United States. And she’s determined to…
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Tommy Stinson – Village Gorilla Head
Artist: Tommy Stinson Title: Village Gorilla Head Label: Sanctuary Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: The best rock n’ roll, like any creative endeavor, comes from a blend of natural talent, determination, unconventional life experience and doing your homework. Tommy Stinson has a pretty generous measure of all four. Village Gorilla Head (Sanctuary Records) began its life…
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The Village DVD
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Bryce Dallas Howard, Adrien Brody Studio: Buena Vista Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: In M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Village,” the Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker who brought you “The Sixth Sense” and “Signs” assembles an all-star cast, including Academy Award-nominees Joaquin Phoenix and Sigourney Weaver and Academy Award-winners Adrien Brody and William Hurt, to bring…
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The Village
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Bryce Dallas Howard, Adrien Brody Studio: Buena Vista Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: In M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Village,” the Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker who brought you “The Sixth Sense” and “Signs” assembles an all-star cast, including Academy Award-nominees Joaquin Phoenix and Sigourney Weaver and Academy Award-winners Adrien Brody and William Hurt, to bring…
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