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Bubbleboy
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal Studio: Touchstone Rating: 3/10 Bubble Boy is an awkward kind of film that humanizes us all while letting us laugh at ourselves and our ability to laugh at others, even if under our breath. Jimmy is a boy, he lives in a bubble, and lives in a house where protection is necessary,…
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IMX – IMX
Artist: IMX Title: IMX Label: New Line Records Rating: 5/10 Remember Immature? Well, the name Immature just doesn’t seem to fit when puberty comes and goes and college is out on the horizon. IMX doesn’t find a group reborn, just older. The problem with IMX is that they sound older, but their songs sound just…
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The Waterboys – A Rock in the Weary Land
Artist: The Waterboys Title: A Rock in the Weary Land Label: Razor & Tie Rating: 9/10 Last year A Rock In The Weary Land was released in the UK amidst critical acclaim. Then their label in the States dropped them and they had nowhere to go. Now here it is, across the pond for all…
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Beautiful Creatures – Beautiful Creatures
Artist: Beautiful Creatures Title: Beautiful Creatures Label: Warner Bros. Rating: 4/10 After a few listens to Beautiful Creatures’ self-titled album, I couldn’t decide where these guys were coming from or where they were going. I do know who their influences are: Guns ‘N’ Roses, AC/DC, and more. But can they find their own voice? “1…
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Tinstar – Dirtybird
Artist: Tinstar Title: Dirtybird Label: V2 Rating: 4/10 I don’t know anything about Tin Star, but I have their album here to review. Dilemma? Not really. I can do this. The American – Old school rock that might garner some AC/DC comparisons. Dirtybird – Why these guys like to start with something that sounds arty…
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Timo Maas – Interview
Who: DJ Timo Maas, age thirty-two, born in Germany. International king of the underground dance scene. What: Read this and you’ll find out. Where: It’s funny you ask because he’s been everywhere. And now he’s here! When: Timo started collecting records at the age of ten, by the age of thirteen he mastered his first…
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CKY – Interview
I laughed my way through this interview. You see, Chad has this amazing knack for cracking you up. He’s sarcastic, but so very funny. It’s the combination of his dry humor and nonchalant tone of voice. My eyes were watering because I laughed so hard. He never stops. Chilling at home? Yeah. I haven’t slept…
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The K.G.B. – The K.G.B.
Artist: The K.G.B. Title: The K.G.B. Label: Dreamworks Rating: 6.5/10 The KGB has a unique singer but not necessarily a unique sound. “Fortune And Fame” come off pretty soft, but are still enjoyable. And although I could really get into “Captain Max”, it’s the ska horns that weaken the effect. “I’m A Player” is perhaps…
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Rat Race
Cast: Whoopi Goldberg Studio: Paramount Rating: 2/10 I knew Rat Race was going to be a terrible movie the minute Whoopi Goldberg walked onscreen. It’s not that I despise Whoopi or anything like that. She had her moments some twenty years ago in the first of the Comic Relief shows and she did date Ted…
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American Pie 2
Cast: Jason Biggs Studio: Universal Rating: 7/10 Women beware. The boys are back in town: Stifler, the raging hormone, Finch, the overly mature bowel king, Oz, the sensitive jock, Kevin, the boyfriend, Jim, the pie molester and the bed-wetting Shermanator have officially returned. Fresh off of their first year of college, the gents of the…
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