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  • The Break-Up Dir. Peyton Reed
    The Break-Up is billed as a romantic comedy, but it is not. In fact, it?s not funny…
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  • X-Men: The Last Stand Dir. Brett Ratner
    In spite of the fact that even die-hard fans of the movies say that this final installment…
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  • An American Haunting Dir. Courtney Solomon
    An American Haunting is a bit more ambitious than your average horror film. The …
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  • Poseidon Dir. Wolfgang Petersen
    In ancient Greek mythology, Poseidon was the god of the sea to whom sailors and fisherman…
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  • The Da Vinci Code Dir. Ron Howard
    Does anyone else think it is absurd that professors and Christian 'experts' have…
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  • Mission: Impossible III Dir. J.J. Abrams
    I was expecting this movie to be full of insane action and adrenaline fueled chases.…
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  • RV Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
    Robin Williams is a funny guy with a sometimes poor sense of what makes a good film.…
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  • Friends with Money Dir. Nicole Holofcener
    This film has been getting so much positive press that I went to see it in spite…
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  • The Sentinel Dir. Clark Johnson
    Michael Douglas is back on the big screen after a fairly long hiatus. The Sentinel…
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  • Derailed Dir. Mikael Håfström
    Jennifer Aniston?I just don?t get her. I never particularly loved her in Friends…
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  • Broken Boy Soldiers The Raconteurs
    "This is not a Jack White side project." So says White Stripes's frontman Jack White…
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  • The Fix Nino Moschella
    Nino Moschella is a twenty-nine year-old Bay area resident who is making music some…
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  • The True False Identity T-Bone Burnett
    T-Bone Burnett hasn?t released any of his own music for more than 14 years. In between…
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  • Fundamental Pet Shop Boys
    The Pet Shop Boys always sound like the Pet Shop Boys, but sometimes that is irritating,…
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  • The Garden Zero 7
    Zero 7 hit big in 2001 with Simple Things, one of those albums that everybody seemed…
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  • Redemption's Son Joseph Arthur
    It is cool to rip all of the files off of your friend's Ipod. This weekend I was…
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  • Balance Sara Tavares
    She is from Cap Verde, grew up in the immigrant community in Lisbon Portugal, where…
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  • We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions Bruce Springsteen
    The Boss is back, but not with the E Street Band. This time around he has assembled…
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  • Ballad of the Broken Seas Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
    Think Nick Cave's "Murder Ballads" and you find yourself in the right territory for…
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  • Corinne Bailey Rae Corinne Bailey Rae
    Music for a lazy afternoon is a good way of characterizing Corinne Bailey Rae's debut…
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