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Master and Commander: The far
side of the world
Australian director Peter Weir's film sails briskly over the
screen in rich nautical detail, as the friendship of the ship's
captain (Russell Crowe) and its physician (Paul Bettany) is
tested, along with the mettle of their crew, in a bracing tale
of comradeship, courage, leadership, loyalty, pitched battles,
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Classic Monster Collection
Universal Studios has masterfully restored & remastered
eight of the their most famous chillers in this bargain-priced
collection. The entire set is preserved in the actual theatrical
full-screen format (4:3 aspect), and each disc has extensive
extra features on stars like Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, and
Lon Chaney.
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Amarcord
Another in the Fellini line of semi-autobiographical entertainments,
episodic and variable in quality from episode to episode,
this one set in the hometown of his youth. The familiar Fellini
grotesqueries are mercifully toned down here, and the famous
egotism is submerged beneath the director's playful side.
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Kill Bill
Glorious, trashy, and over-the-top - a hyperactive kaleidoscope
of all the best bits from just about every movie that Tarantino
has ever seen. Violent, beautiful, dark, and sometimes hysterical,
this is a movie geek's wet dream, with music, great action,
and more references to other films than you can shake a stick
at.
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Prince - Musicology
The man formerly with no name drops the hokey mumbo-jumbo and
wholehearted embraces the Spirit of the Boogie. Musicology
is fast, melodic, funky, sweet, groovy, sensual, serious,
funny and, most of all, unpredictable. Prince even throws
in some impressive guitar riffs on his rocking cover of Neil
Young's "Cinnamon Girl". |
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The Postal Service - Give Up
In a fascinating collision of aesthetics, Death Cab For Cutie
frontman Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello, the man behind
the abstract electronic pop of Dntel, mailed tapes back and
forth between their homes in Seattle and Los Angeles, each
adding new elements until they had a completed record. The
result is uniquely captivating. |
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David Byrne - Grown Backward
After years of experimenting with salsa and strings, David
Byrne returns with a cohesive record that catches him at
his incohesive best: stream-of-consciousness lyrics, sly
rhythms, and unexpected bursts of melody. While some songs
could easily fit alongside Talking Heads classics, Byrne's
duet with Rufus Wainwright points the way forward. |
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Café Tecuba - Tiempo Transcurrido
Cafe Tecuba fire another amazing release straight out of Mexico
City with a spicy blend of rock "en Espanol", with
Jamaican ska/reggae and African-American hip-hop sonic seasonings.
The band's ability to reinvent its sound from album to album
has earned them a flattering description as "the Latin
American Flaming Lips". |
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