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 | Released on Sony Legacy, 8/7/07 The first lady of jazz is back…well, in a manner of speaking. Billie Holiday, one of the most talented and renowned female jazz crooners has some of her finest original recordings "remixed and reimagined" by a number of DJs, producers, and artists such as Tony Humphries, Nickodemus, Ladybug Mecca, DJ Logic, and a litany of others. Appropriately enough, this compilation is entitled [b]Billie Holiday: Remixed and Reimagined[/b].More |  | The Yippie Ki Yay is Back… If Sylvester Stallone can slap on the gloves for a sixth time in [b]Rocky Balboa[/b], the idea of Bruce Willis bellowing "Yippie Ki Yay…" a few more times in yet another installment of [b]Die Hard[/b] is no less plausible. The everyman, down-on-his-luck-cop John McClane is back in [b]Live Free or Die Hard[/b]. He’s older, he’s balder, but he can still take a shot and gives as good as he gets.More |  | Nearly Fantastic The sequel onslaught continues with the second Marvel Comics inspired film of the summer, [b]Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer[/b]. The fantastic foursome -- Mr. Fantastic (Ioan Gruffudd), The Human Torch (Chris Evans), The Thing (Michael Chiklis), and Invisible Woman (Jessica Alba) -- find themselves in quite a quandary as the enigmatic entity known as "The Silver Surfer" pays a visit to Earth in preparation for the planet’s ultimate destruction at the hands of the planet hungry Galactus. Naturally, this minor wrinkle derails the imminent wedding of Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman. Such is the plight of your average superhero.More |  | Released on Virgin Records, 7/17/2007 A red haired, piercingly green eyed siren helms the band known as A Fine Frenzy. Allison Sudol is said siren. Strikingly beautiful, she’d make just about anyone swoon with a brief fleeting gaze. Fortunately, Sudol is not a one trick pony. Her vertigo inducing appearance is matched by powerful pipes and a poignant musical sensibility that just may elevate Allison and the rest of her fine frenzy into public consciousness.More |  | What are the odds of this one being entertaining? Truly, 2007 is shaping up to be the "summer of sequels". It’s barely June and we’ve seen [b]Shrek 3[/b], [b]Spiderman 3[/b], [b]Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End[/b], and now we have yet another installment of the adventures of the 21st century’s ratpack, [b]Ocean’s Thirteen[/b]. An lucky number? Perhaps. But, with a cast including the likes of Brad Pitt, George Clooney, and Matt Damon at the very least we’ve got some good eye candy if nothing else. Fortunately, this one delivers a little bit more than just eye candy.More |  | Where Babies Come From In 2005, we were blessed with one of the most brilliantly conceived comedies ever in writer/director Judd Apatow’s [b]The 40 Year Old Virgin[/b]. Two years later and Apatow is back with [b]Knocked Up[/b]. The premise of Apatow’s latest is perhaps as absurd as his directorial debut 2 years ago. In short, a deadbeat stoner somehow manages a one night stand with a driven, gorgeous blonde and naturally, she ends up "knocked up".More |  | Captain Jack is Back! Admittedly, [b]Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End[/b] is a film that will receive all kinds of criticism for being too long, convoluted, and over the top. These are somewhat valid criticisms of the "[b]Citizen Kane[/b]" of pirate films. But, there is something to be said for a film that is flawed yet still manages to entertain and engage.More |  | Nothing Burns Like An Old Flame Tom (Zach Braff) and Sofia (Amanda Peet) are two newlyweds with a baby on the way. Sofia has given up her job as a high-powered attorney to be a fulltime stay at home mom. Fortunately, Tom’s career as a chef is on the rise. Unfortunately, Tom’s low tolerance for bullshit and tendency to open his mouth at the wrong time gets him shitcanned in short order. In a desperate move, Tom and Sofia move to Ohio where Tom gets a job at the ad agency where Sofia’s father works. It is here where Tom has the misfortune to run afoul of [b]The Ex[/b].More |  | The Rage Returns Director Danny Boyle injected new life into the zombie genre with 2002’s [b]28 Days Later[/b]. The zombies in that film were far from the slow, doddering undead from previous zombie films. In fact, they were quite the contrary. Boyle’s zombies were wicked fast, unrelenting, and insatiable. Nearly five years later and zombies are STILL box office gold. With this in mind we get the follow up to [b]28 Days Later[/b], the appropriately named [b]28 Weeks Later[/b].More |  | Spider, Spider Burning Bright Everyone’s favorite, friendly, neighborhood Spiderman is back for a third installment of webcrawling, wisecracking, and Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst) lusting. This is director Sam Raimi’s third installment of the franchise and without question the darkest of all the Spiderman films. Additionally, this is undoubtedly the most narratively complex of the Spiderman films. You’re looking at the introduction of two new villains, multiple story threads to follow, and some dark twists for good measure.More |
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