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CD Review: Best Coast – THE ONLY PLACE

By CARL CORTEZ 05/30/2012
The Best Coast - THE ONLY PLACE | ©2012 Mexican Summer

Distributor: Mexican Summer Suggested Retail Price: $7.99 While I heard nothing but raves about the Southern California buzz band Best Coast when they release their 2010 debut CRAZY FOR YOU, I found the 1990s inspired alt-music thin and the echoy vocals hard to get my head around. The vibe was there, the songs weren’t. With the Best Coast duo of Bethany Cosentino and Bobb Bruno back for their sophomore effort THE ONLY PLACE, I suspected it would be more of the same. Yet here’s an excellent follow-up record that lives up to the promise of CRAZY FOR YOU and then […]Read On »


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TV Review: AMERICA’S GOT TALENT – Season 7 – “St. Louis Auditions”

By PAMELA HARLAND
Nick Cannon, Howard Stern, Sharon Osbourne and Howie Mandel on AMERICA'S GOT TALENT - Season 7 | ©2012 NBC/Mark Seliger

It’s no secret that Nick Cannon is part of the allure of AMERICA’S GOT TALENT. Sometimes, he’s the best part of the show. When Cannon jumps on stage to rescue a failing or three-time buzzed act he immediately makes the act worth watching. Case in point, during the “St. Louis Auditions” when a voice-over wannabe didn’t cut it with the judges, Cannon appointed him his deputy narrator and let him take on some of his hosting tasks. Not one to be threatened, Cannon graciously allowed his protegé (Ron Porter, Jr.) to hone in on his territory. Now that’s class. Sadly, […]Read On »


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TV Review: GAME OF THRONES – Season 2 – “Blackwater”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF 05/29/2012
Conleth Hill in GAME OF THRONES - Season 2 - "The North Remembers" | ©2012 HBO/Helen Sloan

Stars: Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Liam Cunningham, Sophie Turner, Jack Gleeson, Charles Dance, Rory McCann, Stephen Dillane, James Cosmo, Jerome Flynn, Conleth Hill, Sibel Kekilli, Robert Pugh, Finn Jones, Julian Glover, Francis Magee, Daniel Portman, Eugene Simon Writer: George R.R. Martin, series created by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, based on George R.R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” Director: Neil Marshall Network: HBO, Sundays @ 9 PM Airdate: May 27, 2012 Click on Link: ASSIGNMENT X’s GAME OF THRONES videogame package Giveaway GAME OF THRONES has threatened “war is coming” from the beginning of the season, and we’ve […]Read On »


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TV Review: AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR – Season 4 – “MidWest Regionals”

By CARL CORTEZ
A contestant competes in AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR - Season 4 "MidWest Regionals" | ©2012 G4/Bill Matlock

Network: G4, airs Sundays/NBC, airs Mondays Original Telecast: May 28, 2012 With a title like AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR, NBC is almost daring its viewers not to check it out, even though with a title like that — you have to check it out. And the biggest surprise – this is the fourth season of the series which originated on G4 and now airs different episodes of the same competition on both G4 and NBC and yes, it’s damn entertaining. While you might be expecting Ninja warriors battling it out with weapons, this series champions the underdogs who want to showcase […]Read On »


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TV Recap: AMERICA’S GOT TALENT – Season 7 – “Tampa Auditions”

By PAMELA HARLAND
The Distinguished Men of Brass perform on AMERICA'S GOT TALENT - Season 7 - "Tampa Auditions" | ©2012 NBC/Virginia Sherwood

Featuring: Howard Stern, Howie Mandel, Sharon Osbourne, Nick Cannon Network: NBC, airs Monday and Tuesday nights Original Telecast: May 28, 2012 AMERICA’S GOT TALENT went to Tampa, Bay, Florida and found some good, some bad and some very, very bad acts as the series continues with its Season 7 audition rounds. Inspire the Fire was of the former — a singing and dancing group who re-interpreted the hit song “Lean on Me” with a hip-hop feel brought the audience to their feet. The judges – Howie Mandel, Sharon Osbourne and the newly crowned king of all judges Howard Stern all […]Read On »


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CD Review: ROCKETSHIP X-M soundtrack

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER 05/28/2012
ROCKETSHIP X-M soundtrack | ©2012 Monstrous Movie Music

Intrepid Earth beings would get theirs upon visiting another planet in 1950’s ROCKETSHIP X-M. Along with DESTINATION MOON, ROCKETSHIP was one of the pioneering sci-fi movies, whose phallic spacecraft ended up landing on a mutant-infested Mars, as opposed to the dusty Moon- a predicament that not even manly X-M captain Lloyd Bridges could beat. The real discovery of this space voyage is its rousing score by Ferde Grofe. With precious few composing credits to his name (Grofe’s biggest hit would be the song “Wonderful One”), ROCKETSHIP X-M reveals a soundscape that’s surprisingly beautiful for the genre scores of the period. […]Read On »


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CD Review: HOSTEL PART III soundtrack (1,000 edition)

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER
HOSTEL PART III soundtrack | ©2012 Varese Sarabande Records

Intended horror franchises never die. They just go straight to video, where, if they’re lucky, they’ll end up in the bloody musical hands of Frederik Weidmann. With a ghoulishly refined ability that’s made his soundtrack sequels to THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, MIRRORS and HELLRAISER into scores whose quality is worthy of the big screen, DV’s go-to-it composer has more than proven that his work is anything but torture to listen to. That craftsmanship is no more apparent than in the passing of the HOSTEL baton from Nathan Barr for the movie’s third time out, this time in Las Vegas. […]Read On »


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CD Review: Karmin – HELLO

By CARL CORTEZ
Karmin - HELLO E.P. | ©2012 Epic Records

Distributor: Epic Records Suggested Retail Price: $8.68 You Tube is becoming a new venue for young, emerging artists to prove their mettle and gain a fan following. The way Karmin (aka couple Amy Heidemann and Nick Noonan) did it was by doing quirky covers of popular songs. Their biggest splashes was a stripped down version of Chris Brown’s “Look at Me Now and Nicki Minaj’s “Super Bass.” In a weird way, they made these hip-hop songs even better with their back-to-basics aesthetics and Heidemann’s incredible rapping prowess. Frankly, she put Minaj and Brown to shame – and also proved she’s […]Read On »


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DVD Review: CHRONICLE

By CARL CORTEZ 05/27/2012
CHRONICLE | ©2012 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Stars: Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell, Michael B. Jordan Writer: Max Landis, story by Max Landis and Josh Trank Director: Josh Trank Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Suggested Retail Price: $29.98 (DVD), $39.99 (Blu-ray) Release Date: May 15, 2012 One of the more refreshingly original found footage movies to come out this year is CHRONICLE, which just hit DVD and Blu-ray. It’s a superhero/super villain origin story told through the perspective of an introspective teen named Andrew (Dane DeHaan) whose only way of communicating seems to be through his video camera. He has a cousin Matt (Alex Russell) who tolerates […]Read On »


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DVD Review: CHUCK – THE COMPLETE FIFTH AND FINAL SEASON

By CARL CORTEZ
CHUCK - THE COMPLETE FIFTH AND FINAL SEASON | ©2012 Warner Bros. Home Video

Stars: Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski, Joshua Gomez, Adam Baldwin, Vik Sahay, Scott Krinsky, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Ryan McPartlin, Sarah Lancaster Suggested Retail Price: $39.98 (DVD), $49.99 (Blu-ray) Distributor: Warner Home Video Release Date: May 8, 2012 If NBC didn’t have the kind of executive and management woes it’s had over the last five years, perennial bubble series CHUCK would have not made it past its second season, let alone reached five seasons total. Yet, amid all of NBC’s internal turmoil, there was a solid fan base for CHUCK that fought for it to the end – including letter writing campaigns and sponsorship saviors like […]Read On »


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