Review: Ninja Gaiden Black

Review: Ninja Gaiden Black
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When I first played Ninja Gaiden I felt like I had just found a suitcase of $20 buried in my backyard. I had been playing shoot and kill games for a while and was very skeptical about any game revolving around the trials and tribulations of a guy who wears tights everywhere he goes. … read more

Review: Halo: Combat Evolved

Review: Halo: Combat Evolved
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Halo: Combat Evolved Bungie Software Reviewed On: Xbox Street: 11.14.01 No game is as synonymous with modern video gaming than Halo. In fact, I will contend that it was Halo that made the Xbox what it is today. Before I get to the review I’m going to preempt a lot of hate mail and say

Review: The War on the War on Drugs

Review: The War on the War on Drugs
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The War on the War on Drugs Cevin Soling Disinformation Street: 04.03 By doing drugs you are executing your rights as a citizen of the United States. By doing drugs you are protesting to change unjust laws. Really doing drugs is one of the most patriotic things that a person can do, at least that’s what

Review: A Texas Tale of Treason

Review: A Texas Tale of Treason
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When Alex Cox allowed a group of aging punkers from Texas to make the sequel to his 1984 cult classic Repo Man, what did he really expect to get back? … read more

Review: Oasis

Review: Oasis
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Oasis Morning Glory: A Classic Album under Review Sexy Intellectual Street: 03.13 By now you know the formula: a few British journalists, a contemporary musician and maybe a friend or foe of the band offer up their opinions regarding an album, often assessing the scene that was with a great amount of hindsight. Having lived

Review: Hostage

Review: Hostage
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Hostage Constantine Giannaris Koch Lorber Street: 02.13 Hostage is, as Milhouse Van Houten once said, “like Speed 2, only on a bus instead of a boat!” It tells the story of Senia, a scruffy, young Albanian immigrant who, armed with an assault rifle and a grenade, hijacks a bus one summer morning in northern Greece.

Review: The HEE HAW Collection featuring George Strait

Review: The HEE HAW Collection featuring George Strait
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The HEE HAW Collection featuring George Strait Frank Peppiatt Time Life Street: 05.01 If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like if a bunch of inbred jackasses from Arkansas had their own variety show, then look no further than this HEE HAW DVD. One more in a series of Time Life releases, this 1983

Review: Hacking Democracy

Review: Hacking Democracy
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Hacking Democracy Simon Ardizzone and Russell Michaels Docurama Street: 04.10 Hacking Democracy is yet another documentary set out to uncover the truth about voter disenfranchisement in the past few elections. As far as cinematic quality goes, Hacking Democracy is much less visually captivating than American Blackout and others made in the same vein. The undeniable

Review: Fratricide

Review: Fratricide
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Fratricide Yilmaz Arslan Koch Lorber Films Street: 02.07 Four exiles living in Germany, two Turks and two Kurds, meet in the streets of Berlin. Their poor and desperate situation throws them into a violent crisis of identity and dignity, as they make unspeakable sacrifices to stay alive and send money home. The film has a

Review: Following Sean

Review: Following Sean
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Following Sean Ralph Arlyck New Video Group Street: 03.27 In 1969, Ralph Arlyck interviewed his four-year-old neighbor, Sean Farrell, in an apartment on Haight Street, San Francisco. Sean, the son of two hippies in an “open” marriage, speaks about his experiences smoking pot and seeing cops bust people. Arlyck draws on a wealth of old