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Modern Warfare 2 Review: The Best Headache Ever

November 9, 2009

Poised to be the biggest game of 2009 and predicted to break all videogame sales records for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 with healthy PC sales too, Infinity Ward's sequel to critically acclaimed Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has completed… Read More

4.9

out of 5

Star Trek (2009) Blu-ray Review

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November 7, 2009

Space. The Final Frontier. A place few were willing to venture with the last two Star Trek: The Next Generation helmed films. On virtual life support, J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot collaborators reinvented the iconic franchise into something hardened… Read More

4.7

out of 5

Up Blu-ray Review

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November 6, 2009

When we first meet recently-widowed Carl Fredricksen (voiced by Ed Asner) in the new Disney/Pixar comedy adventure Up, he is about to lose his home to building developers and be forced into a retirement home by the courts following an… Read More

4.9

out of 5

FlashForward Season 1, Episode 7 Review: The Gift

November 6, 2009

For viewers on the verge of quitting FlashForward, frustrated by its tendency to ask questions without providing answers, “The Gift” should feel like a breath of fresh air. It not only definitively answers the question of whether… Read More

V Season 1, Episode 1 Review: Pilot

November 4, 2009

The original 1983 miniseries V is a tense, slow-building piece of science fiction that showed the creation of a fascist movement in the United States by the alien Visitors. An allegory for the creation of the Nazi movement, the original V portrays… Read More

Heroes Season 4, Episode 8 Review: Once Upon a Time in Texas

November 3, 2009

One of the most compelling storylines from the first season of Heroes was the ill-fated romance between time-traveling Hiro and waitress Charlie (Jayma Mays, Glee). This week’s episode “Once Upon a Time in Texas” revisits… Read More

Star Wars The Clone Wars: Season One Blu-ray Review

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November 3, 2009

As the Star Wars prequel trilogy unfolded it became painfully clear that the Clone Wars emotionally alluded to by Ben Kenobi in A New Hope would not be the focus. The narrative chosen by George Lucas was a major blow… Read More

4.2

out of 5

DJ Hero Review: Pump Up the Volume

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November 3, 2009

For my money the whole idea of Guitar Hero and its clones has begun to grow stale. Sure there is still fun in jamming with buds in search of the elusive finger mangling perfect score. But little surprise comes the… Read More

4.5

out of 5

Wings of Desire: Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review

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November 2, 2009

Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire (Der Himmel uber Berlin) centers around two guardian angels, Damiel (Bruno Ganz) and Cassiel (Otto Sander). The duo –alongside other angels- act as witnesses to all that takes place around them on Earth (the streets… Read More

4.8

out of 5

FlashForward Season 1, Episode 6 Review: Scary Monsters and Super Creeps

October 30, 2009

Events from last week’s episode had left me pondering whether “Scary Monsters and Super Creeps” would give us our first set of answers to some of the show’s mysteries. After all, if Agent Janis were to die from the… Read More