Dim Sum Funeral opens June 12th, 2009 (limited)
Dim Sum Funeral opens June 12th, 2009 (limited)
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Just Dance (Amazon MP3 Exclusive Version)
Customer Review:
This is a fun dance party remix of some of the hottest dance hits released over the past 6 months. This extended mix also includes some of the best producer/dj/remix artists out there - including Moto Blanco, Tony Moran and Warren Rigg, Jody den Broeder, Armin Van Buuren, and Jason Nevins. While this mix doesn't break any new ground - you can't beat the price, and the selected artists include established stars and new talent you may mot have discovered. deadmau5 and kascade, and Utada, are artists that dance and house music enthusiasts need to discover. (Check out deadmau5 and kaskade's "I Remember" and deadmau5 "Faxing Berlin").
As for breaks in the music after downloading - if you use Itunes - just go to the file info (after highlighting all of the songs in the album) and check gapless playback.
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Boom Boom Pow
Customer Review:
Boom Boom Pow is to Hip-Hop what We Built This City is to Rock-'N-Roll.
BEP accomplishes the rare feat of making bad music in a down economy, when great art tends to peak. Such bravado being preached as the bleeding edge of music, yet uses the tired auto-tuned style as a crutch.
I understand the hooks in this track--hey I bounced my head to Hammer, Ice, and the Factory...when I was in Jr. Higg. While I can look back at those "artist" with a smile, there's nothing remotely interesting with Boom Boom that I can relate to even in a cheesy nostalgic way.
Expect this song to make Blender's Top worst tracks of all time 50 soon after its fad passes.
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Veckatimest
Customer Review:
Grizzly Bear's debut album, "Horn of Plenty," was prototypical freak folk, quite in the vein of contemporaries like Animal Collective, Deerhunter and Yeasayer; with a tinny, lo-fi sound and a rather limited sonic palette, the album was a study in the avant-garde, mixing the rock and folk orthodoxies of yore with the technology of the twenty-first century. They were nonetheless a dynamic, electrifying group, especially galvanizing live, as their rap-rock performance of "Knife" with Girl Talk at the 2007 Pitchfork Music Festival and numerous others equally as fresh and exciting evince. 2006's "Yellow House" found them more focused than ever, having carved out a niche for themselves somewhere in-between Animal Collective experimentalism and Fleet Foxes purism. Here, in 2009, they have, by some considerable distance, produced their most accessible and best album, continuing to refine the sound of "Yellow House" and infusing it with pianos and keyboards and other instrumentation which they had previously shunned. The result is their most focused outing yet, with songs that are instantly stunning but also seem to unfurl over time; with each spin, the listener becomes aware of something new, some small, seemingly insignificant sonic nuance that eluded him at first and somehow manages to shake things up completely.
From the swingy, triumphant opening, "Southern Point," where frontman Ed Droste passionately intones, "You'll never find (But I'll return to you) / You'll never find (When you return to me)," to the spare and cryptic beauty of the closer, "Foreground," the listener is afforded nary a second to rest or take in the better songs in the album. Rather, "Veckatimest," not unlike Animal Collective's "Merriweather Post Pavilion," is meant to be taken in holistically. While on first listen, it all seems like somewhat of a blur, repeated listening attunes one to the smaller scattered details that make the album so cohesive and appealing at first blush. The only songs that are not outright hits are "About Face" and "Fine for Now," but even these, with some repeated listening, will grow on the listener. Nevertheless, tracks like "Cheerleader," the ubiquitous and infectious "Two Weeks," the beautiful, epic detachment of "While You Wait for the Others," the hushed, simmering "I Live With You" and the whimsical "Dory" more than make up for these slight and forgivable missteps. Ultimately, though, "Veckatimest" is nothing more and nothing less than a consummation of all of their initial promise. As such, it is absolutely essential and destined to become a cult classic. Get it now.
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Live from Madison Square Garden
2 CD edition. History rocked and rock made history during a sold-out three-gig stand at Madison Square Garden in late February 2008 when icons Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood performed a concert together for the first time since their all-too-brief days in the legendary Blind Faith in 1969. Whether they will ever team again is unknown. But with Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood Live From Madison Square Garden, fans everywhere are able to experience the sound and the glory of a performance on that famous stage by two of rock's greatest artists.
Customer Review:
My interest for this album was sparked by Stevie Winwood's appearance at Clapton's Crossroads Festival Crossroads: Eric Clapton Guitar Festival 2007. That was just the appetizer for this feast of sublime musicianship. I feel that Clapton produces his best work when he collaborates with others, and this album just goes to prove my point. Clapton and Winwood compliment each other so well that the resulting musical magic is so warm, it glows. It doesn't hurt that the band behind them are stellar musicians as well.
'Live from Madison Square Garden' is one of those rare treats that makes you feel good just listening to it. Do yourself a favor and get it now!
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Relapse
Highly anticipated 2009 album from one of the most successful Rap artists in history. He's sold more albums than most Rock and Pop superstars. He's a Grammy winner. He's an Oscar winner. He's been on the cover of practically every music magazine since his debut album dropped in 1999. Now, 10 years after The Slim Shady LP, Eminem marks his 10th anniversary as a Hip Hop hurricane with Relapse, yet another skillful collaboration with Dr. Dre. Features the single 'Crack A Bottle' (which features Dre and 50 Cent).
Customer Review:
relapse isnt eminems best work but it is definitely worth buying. he goes back to harder beats and being more serious but at the same time has his fun side with goofy lyrcis that make you laugh and say wtf! i still think marshal mathers and eminem show are his best work but its good to have eminem back in the rap game because this is a cd that rap needs badly! its a cd that you can listen to straight through without skiping because every song is worth listening to over and over again
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21st Century Breakdown
2009 release, the Punk trio's long-awaited eighth studio album,. The album is the best-selling trio's first studio album since 2004's two-time Grammy Award-winning Punk Rock opera American Idiot, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard chart, spawned five hit singles, and went on to sell more than 12 million copies worldwide. 21st Century Breakdown is divided into three acts: "Heroes and Cons," "Charlatans and Saints," and "Horseshoes and Handgrenades," and follows a young couple, Christian and Gloria, through the mess and promise of the century so far. Songs include "Know Your Enemy", "21 Guns", "East Jesus Nowhere", "Before the Lobotomy", and "Restless Heart Syndrome."
Customer Review:
This album just stinks. It's boring and uninspired. It's an unfortunate attempt to create a rock opera such as Tommy or Quadrophenia. The ballads are blah and the only songs that rock with any melody or style are Horseshoes and Handgrenades (sic), Know Your Enemy, and American Eulogy/Mass Hysteria. If you are looking for the 2009 update to Dookie or Nimrod, please heed this Warning. Note to Green Day: It's been 15 years since Woodstock '94, and it's showing, boys.
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Bride Wars
Customer Review:
I caved in this weekend and let my wife pick this movie, (but only because I got two other movies for myself) and we were kind of let down. This was one of those cases, and most female oriented movies are, that the previews almost turn out better than the actual movie. Even my wife commented on how they were so mean and rude to other men that we both could not figure out why anyone would marry either of them. There was not enough story development to make it worthwhile. I definitely would not buy this one. Rent it first, and then if you like it, buy it.
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Yes Man
Customer Review:
this movie was great,i thought it would be another movie starring jim carrey with 'over the top ' laughs and dry humour,but it was the best he has made yet. really good acting and a great story line...( boy gets girl,boy loses girl,boy gets girl back )i loved it.
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Marley & Me
Customer Review:
This is a great movie for all. If you are a dog lover we have all been there. It is the truth about what happens with our furry loves of our life.
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Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete [Blu-ray]
Continuing the storyline based on the hit Playstation® game Final Fantasy VII, two years have passed since the ruins of Midgar stand as a testament to the sacrifices made in order to bring peace. However, the world will soon face a new menace. A mysterious illness is spreading fast. Old enemies are astir. And Cloud, who walked away from the life of a hero to live in solitude, must step forward yet again . . .
Customer Review:
AWESOME, is the only word to discribe this movie. The animation is beautiful, the fight seens are action packed. If your a fan of the Final Fantasy series or an anime fan-GET THIS MOVIE!
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Quantum of Solace [Blu-ray]
20th Century Quantum of Solace (Blu-ray) A devastating betrayal sends James Bond from Australia to Italy and South America on a mission of vengeance that pits the suave super-spy against a powerful businessman with diabolical intentions. Betrayed by Vesper, 007 (Daniel Craig) suppresses the urge to make his latest mission personal as he teams with M (Judi Dench) to interrogate Mr. White (Jesper Christensen). It soon becomes apparent that the organization behind the blackmailing of Vesper is more powerful than Bond and M had previously anticipated, and after discovering forensic evidence that links an MI6 traitor to a bank in Haiti, Bond immediately sets out to gather more intelligence. Once in Haiti, a case of mistaken identity leads Bond into the company of the ravishing Camille (Olga Kurylenko),a dangerous beauty with her own vendetta. It's Camille who leads Bond to a ruthless businessman named Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), who is soon revealed to be the mastermind of a powerful but clandestine organization. Greene is conspiring to corner the market on one of the world's most preciousnatural resources, and in order to make that happen he has forged a deal with an exiled general named Medrano (Joaquin Cosio). By enlisting the aid of his many associates and using his vast resourcesto force contacts within the CIA and the British government into bending to his will, Greene plans to overthrow the current regime of a Latin American country and hand control over to General Medranoin exchange for a parcel of land that appears barren on the surface, but actually houses a natural resource that will make Greene the most powerful man on the planet. But Bond's mission to uncover the culprit who blackmailed Vesper and prevent Dominic Greene from exerting his will on the entire world won't be easy, because now everyone from the CIA to the terrorists and even M are out to get him.
Customer Review:
I know that arguing Bond flicks can often be like debating Red Sox vs. Yankees so I will toss down the gauntlet and say Quantum of Solace is one of the top non-Connery films. Daniel Craig is excellent as Bond and he does it in such a fashion as to appear that, much like Connery, being a spy can get in the way of his excellent taste and social life.
That being said, Craig does an excellent job in smoldering from his previous mission and this film has a plot which may not be believable but then again, it maybe in the near future. Let's be honest, no one watches Bond films to learn about the world. Once again the stunts are amazing and incredible. There are elements, like in every Bond film, which are laughably bad but the emphasis is on laughable.
I haven't seen every Bond film but I can say with certainty that this one beats all of the Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton films put together. I only wish they would bring back John Cleese! :)
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Taken (Single-Disc Extended Edition)
Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 05/12/2009 Run time: 90 minutes Rating: Pg13
Customer Review:
"Taken" is one of those movies for your personal library. Liam Neeson does a convincing job of demonstrating the virility and vitality of the aging Baby Boomer. He's what Jason Bourne grows up to be. Neeson's character doesn't knock you over with quick quips and a bevy of beauties. He's merely a dedicated former government agent who has learned some "tricks" of the trade. The screenwriter did an excellent job of creating a "He-man" without becoming a cliché'. By Neeson recovering his daughter where his ex-wife's new rich husband isn't able to rise to the occasion, says the man who can really protect his family with sheer prowess is the better man. How could the ex-wife go back to a normal life when the real man (Neeson) lives across town? Of course, all this is subtle subtext.
The salient point is that Neeson is amoral, doing what is appropriate for the situation to affect an ideal outcome. Neeson does the unthinkable in ways that are believable. No extraordinary special effects, no superhuman feats only possible for a man 20 years younger. In short, just plain old "Americana." Man encounters challenge. Man meets challenge head-on. Man triumphs!
I highly recommend "Taken". Neeson exhibits the subtle charisma of a Harrison Ford.
Edward Brown
Core Edge Image & Charisma Institute
www.core-edge.com
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24: Season Seven
Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 05/19/2009 Run time: 1115 minutes Rating: Nr
Customer Review:
Terrific season. Not sure about the packaging. And why did Kiefer Sutherland NOT do a single commentary for season 7?
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True Blood: The Complete First Season (HBO Series)
TRUE BLOOD chronicles the backwoods Louisiana town of Bon Temps... where vampires have emerged from the coffin, and no longer need humans for their fix. Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin, Golden Globe(R)-winner for "True Blood", Academy Award®-winner for “The Piano”) works as a waitress at the rural bar Merlotte's. Though outwardly a typical young woman, she keeps a dangerous secret: she has the ability to hear the thoughts of others. Her situation is further complicated when the bar gets its first vampire patron - 173-year old Bill Compton (Steven Moyer, "Quills") - and the two outsiders are immediately drawn to each other. Delivering the best of what audiences have come to expect from Creator and Executive Producer Alan Ball (writer of Oscar®-winning Best Picture “American Beauty”, creator of the Emmy® Award-winning HBO® series “Six Feet Under”), TRUE BLOOD is a dark and sexy tale that boldly delves into the heart - and the neck - of the Deep South.
DVD Features:
Audio Commentary
Documentary
Other
Customer Review:
I am a HUGE fan of the Sookie Stackhouse books. What is funny though, is that I did not start reading them until I had heard of this show. I fell in love with the books from the first one I read, so it was good I bought the boxed set of the books. I was done with all 6 of those books in a week!!!
I have patiently waited for the series to come to DVD, as I do not have HBO and had not seen a single episode. It was interesting to see the books come to life, and in many ways they were true to the books. In oher ways, the show went in tangents that were boring, uninteresting, and just downright weird. The whole Tara story line is just out of left field. Perhaps the writers were trying to give the readers of the book something to be surprised by? It was unnecessary for me. I was not keen on Paquin for the role of Sookie, but she grew on me as I watched the show.
In the end, I WILL watch season 2 (am subscribing to HBO right before it starts), and my husband, sister, mom, and cousin will be watching as well (all people who have watched my season 1 DVDs).
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