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TNR Reviews is your resource for coverage of all manner of entertainment critiques. New movies, CD's, television shows, books, video games and all other media will be covered.
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Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Posted in: TNR Reviews January 2009Nick Grever | The News Record It seems that the Underworld series is trying desperately to establish itself as the campy, cult action series of the 2000s. Considering the third film of the series, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, was just released (a prequel this time), another nail may have been...1/26/09 2:34 PM
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Animal Collective | Merriweather Post Pavilion
Posted in: TNR Reviews January 2009Eric Ransbottom | Bearcast Animal Collective’s recent release of Merriweather Post Pavilion [Domino] has not come without controversy. Following the release of a subpar EP effort, Water Curses, and a supposed leak of tracks off the new album by fellow animalia musicians Grizzly Bear, the...1/26/09 2:30 PM
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My Bloody Valentine
Posted in: TNR Reviews January 2009Adam Sievering | The News Record Can anyone remember the last mainstream horror movie that offered something fresh? Was it The Devil’s Rejects, which flip-flopped the cat and mouse game so that the band of psychopathic murderers was the ones being hunted? Was it Freddy vs. Jason, which...1/26/09 2:24 PM
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Gran Torino
Posted in: TNR Reviews January 2009Alex Roettgers | The News Record No one could have imagined that Clint Eastwood would direct a dark comedy, but he most definitely pulled it off with his new award-buzzing film: Gran Torino. There are enough stereotypes and racial slurs to ensure controversy, however, they are somehow in good...1/11/09 4:58 PM
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Marley and Me
Posted in: TNR Reviews January 2009Kristy Conlin | The News Record So, what can be said about the film adaptation of one of the most beloved books in recent history? Marley and Me has no surprise ending, is completely predictable, probably won’t win any awards and is sappy and emotionally manipulative. But all that still...1/11/09 4:53 PM
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Posted in: TNR Reviews January 2009Sean Peters | The News Record “This story was inspired by a remark of Mark Twain’s to the effect that it was a pity that the best part of life came at the beginning and the worst part at the end.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald on his short story “The Curious Case of Benjamin...1/11/09 4:51 PM
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Guns N' Roses | Chinese Democracy
Posted in: TNR Reviews January 2009Adam Sievering | The News Record The gods of rock and roll smiled on us last Sunday when the new Guns N’ Roses album, Chinese Democracy, hit the shelves after more than a decade of controversy and rumor. The album that skeptics considered doomed to exist only on Internet discussion...1/11/09 4:47 PM
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Ludacris | Theater of the Mind
Posted in: TNR Reviews January 2009Keith Jenkins | The News Record Seen any good movies lately? Well, on Monday, Nov. 24, Ludacris returned with his latest cinematic release, Theater of the Mind. OK, so Theater of the Mind isn’t a film, it’s the sixth major solo release (seventh overall, including 2000’s...1/11/09 4:45 PM
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Synechdoche, New York
Posted in: TNR Reviews January 2009Ben Dudley | The News Record My job as a reviewer is to give you a clear enough picture of a movie so that you, the reader and potential viewer, can tell whether it’s the kind of movie you’d go see. Simple enough. Hopefully, the review also speaks to your sensibilities...1/11/09 4:41 PM
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Tomb Raider: Underworld
Posted in: TNR Reviews January 2009Meg Groves | The News Record For those of you with fond memories of exploring Croft Manor for hours on end in Tomb Raider 2, beware. The opening tutorial will have you outrunning time as Croft Manor burns to the ground around you. The eighth installment of the franchise, Underworld, picks up...1/11/09 4:38 PM
