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Jun. 13.

Best Music Writing 2007 (Da Capo Best Music Writing) [Paperback]

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Best Music Writing 2007 (Da Capo Best Music Writing)

The “Dean of Rock Critics” takes the helm for the eighth edition of Da Capo’s acclaimed annual compendium of thrilling words on music. Rappers, rockers, emo-boys, jazz snobs, and poptimists alike eagerly anticipate each edition of Best Music Writing. Returning Series Editor Daphne Carr is joined by a true pioneer of the form, esteemed critic Robert Christgau. Past editions of Best Music Writing have included: Anne Midgette * David Ritz * Dave Eggers Sasha Frere-Jones * Michaelangelo Matos Elizabeth Méndez Berry * Alex Ross Elizabeth Gilbert * Jay McInerney Lynn Hirschberg * Chuck Klosterman Sarah Vowell * Nick Tosches * Rosanne Cash Greil Marcus * Richard Meltzer * Touré Susan Orlean * Jonathan Lethem Kate Sullivan * David Hadju * Gary Giddins Luc Sante * Monica Kendrick * Kelefa Sanneh and more…

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Robert Christgau is the author of Grown Up All Wrong and Any Old Way You Choose It, among other books. He (more…)

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Jun. 13.

Nobel Son (2007)

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Nobel Son

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Flashy visuals, an incessant techno soundtrack, and a plot full of twists that depend on everything going just a certain way…if this is your idea of a good time, Nobel Son will prove a useful diversion. For the rest of us, this comedy-thriller wears out its welcome fairly early on, despite the glorious promise of a deliciously wicked Alan Rickman performance. In the kind of role perfected by George Sanders once upon a time, Rickman plays a womanizing egotist whose self-regard is swelled to the breaking point when he wins the Nobel Prize in chemistry. But when he and his wife (Mary Steenburgen) jet to Sweden to claim the award, their son (Bryan Greenberg) is kidnapped by a brute (Shawn Hatosy) claiming to be the scientist’s illegitimate offspring, with a hefty grudge against Dad. If Rickman weren’t off screen for so much of this keep-’em-guessing storyline, the movie might be more bearable, and it would help if sexpot poet Eliza Dushku had more face time too. (more…)

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Jun. 13.

U2: Popmart Live from Mexico City (2007)

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U2: Popmart Live from Mexico City

From the Director

1 Pop Muzik 2 Mofo 3 I Will Follow 4 Gone 5 Even Better Than The Real Thing 6 Last Night On Earth 7 Until The End Of The World 8 New Year’s Day 9 Pride (In The Name Of Love) 10 I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For 11 All I Want Is You 12 Desire 13 Staring At The Sun 14 Sunday Bloody Sunday 15 Bullet The Blue Sky 16 Please 17 Where The Streets Have No Name 18 Lemon 19 Discotheque 20 If You Wear That Velvet Dress 21 With Or Without You 22 Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me 23 Mysterious Ways 24 One 25 Wake Up Dead Man

U2′s PopMart Live from Mexico City is released on DVD for the first time on September 18th in two formats, a Special Limited Edition 2-DVD Deluxe Packaging version and a single disc, Standard version. Described as a sci-fi disco supermarket, the PopMart Tour opened in its “spiritual home”, Las Vegas on April 25, 1997. All trash and kitsch, PopMart introduced a giant mirrorball lemon, a 100 foot cocktail stick (more…)

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Jun. 13.

The Number 23 (Unrated Infinifilm Edition) (2007)

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The Number 23 (Unrated Infinifilm Edition)

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Jim Carrey as a schizophrenic murderer isn’t convincing, in this melodramatic film about a man obsessed by the Number 23. Joel Schumacher (Batman Forever, St. Elmo’s Fire) has unintentionally managed to make a comedy of horrors that really is quite humorous in parts. Walter Sparrow (Carrey) becomes engrossed in a homespun novel about Detective Fingerling, whose life degrades into mayhem because of his obsession with 23′s esoteric numerical puzzles. Sparrow’s preoccupation with the book follows his botched attempt to catch a nasty dog that bites him, leading one to believe that Sparrow’s contraction of rabies might be the cause for his mental degradation. As the story progresses, Sparrow retreats further into Fingerling’s world, rife with suicidal sexpots and hardboiled detective sleuthing. His wife, Agatha (Virginia Madsen), also plays Fingerling’s girlfriend, sex-crazed Fabrizia, who taunts Fingerling until he stabs her. Back in reality, Walter aims to solve (more…)

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Jun. 13.

Big Love: The Complete Second Season (2007)

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Big Love: The Complete Second Season

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Early on in Big Love’s second season, closeted polygamist Bill Henrickson’s kids come to him with a broken toy. “I can fix anything,” he reassures them. If only his chaotic life were as easy to mend. Among the crises vying for his attention this season are finding out who was responsible for outing his wife, Barbara (Jeanne Tripplehorn), at the Mother of the Year ceremony; the investigation into the poisoning of his brother-in-law, Alby, for which he could be implicated in a cover-up; negotiating a deal to purchase a gaming company coveted by Roman (Harry Dean Stanton); and, in a “holy spirit sucker punch,” meeting Ana (Branca Katic), a Serbian waitress who just could be wife No. 4. A Golden Globe nominee for Best Drama, Big Love further draws viewers into the polygamists’ shadow world. “If they could show just one normal plural family for a change,” someone remarks at one point. Grounded in “the principle,” the Henrickson households are about as normal as yo (more…)

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Jun. 13.

Surveillance 24/7 (2007)

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Surveillance 24/7

This fast-paced British thriller stars Tom Harper (Blood And Chocolate, Telstar) as Adam, a gay teacher swept up in a national scandal that starts when his mysterious one-night stand shows up dead – and leads all the way to the British Royal family. In his desperate race to discover the killer, Adam’s every move is tracked through the streets of London by hundreds of closed circuit cameras. An exhilarating, edge-of-your-seat mystery, Surveillance 24/7 co-stars a tremendous British cast including Brit star Dawn Steele (“Monarch of the Glen”), Sean Brosnan (Pierce Brosnan’s son) and film icon Simon Callow. From the first frame to the last, director Paul Oremland (Like It Is) crafts a paranoid tale that is at once terrifying and wildly entertaining.

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Jun. 13.

Baldwin Hills – The Complete First Season (2007)

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Baldwin Hills - The Complete First Season

Baldwin Hills is where BET and the lifestyles of the rich and famous kids collide. Money may come easy for these young people, but that doesn’t deter them from exploring a world brimming with rebellion, mischief and teenage drama. Follow neighbors and sometimes friends as they face the fact that it’s not where you’re from, it’s where you’re at. You won’t be able to get enough of the kids of Baldwin Hills as we follow their teenage life in lucrative, and sometimes outrageous, Black Beverly Hills.

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Jun. 13.

Celtic Woman Presents Chloe: Walking in the Air (2007)

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Celtic Woman Presents Chloe: Walking in the Air

Studio: Emi Music Distribution Release Date: 02/24/2010

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Jun. 13.

The Biggest Loser Workout: Power Sculpt (2007)

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The Biggest Loser Workout: Power Sculpt

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Jun. 13.

Hot Fuzz (Widescreen Edition) (2007)

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Hot Fuzz (Widescreen Edition)

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In Shaun of the Dead, it was the zombie movie and the anomie of modern life. In Hot Fuzz, Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg set their sights on the buddy cop blockbuster and the eccentric English village. The two worlds collide when overachieving London officer Nicholas Angel (Pegg) is promoted to sergeant. The catch is that he’s being transferred to Agatha Christie country. His superiors (the comic trifecta of Martin Campbell, Steve Coogan, and Bill Nighy) explain that he’s making the rest of the force look bad. On the surface, Sandford is a sleepy little burg where the most egregious crimes, like loitering, are committed by hoody-sporting schoolboys. In truth, it’s a hotbed of Willow Man-style evil. Upon his arrival, Chief Butterman (Jim Broadbent) partners Angel with his daft son, Danny (Nick Frost, Pegg’s Shaun co-star), who aspires to kick criminal “arse” like the slick duo in Bad Boys II. When random citizens start turning up dead, he gets his chance. With th (more…)

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