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Timeshift

Fanboys beware: Halo 3's reign as Lord of the Next-Gen Shooter may soon be contested. Fortunately for would-be Spartans everywhere, it won't be by Timeshift.


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jay-z

Retirement used to mean office parties, pension plans and permanent relaxation, but now-a-days it's just a synonym for temporary vacation.


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tony hawk's proving ground

What was cool ten years ago on the Dreamcast is definitely still cool today-or is it "rad" now? Regardless, Tony Hawk's Proving Ground, while never earth-shattering, proves itself to be a solid...


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sigur ros

There's something about Iceland. Maybe it's the fjords, but somehow the quiet north-Atlantic nation has managed to put out some of the best music of the past fifteen years, Sigur Ros being a prime...


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Improver follows way of the Samurai

Any undergraduate who has ever contemplated pursuing a well-paying career has been subjected to countless examples of why networking is essential to his or her ultimate job-induced happiness....


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Harlem Theatre revisists classic

This Friday and Saturday night at the Reynolds Theater, in the Bryan Center, the Classical Theatre of Harlem will be performing Shakespeare's masterpiece of young love and romance, Romeo and Juliet.


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lions for lambs

Ever had an essay you started the night before, pumped full of glossy BS and handed in expecting recognition of your 3 a.m. brilliance?


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Martian Child

Perhaps due to a long list of roles in sub-par romantic comedies, John Cusack has never received the respect that films like Bullets over Broadway and High Fidelity should have given him.


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Raveonettes

The Raveonettes, once-hailed as part of music's "Next Wave," return to the rock & roll scene with Lust, Lust, Lust their fourth full-length release.


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The Sandbox

There is a Jedi training academy in New York City. No, your eyes aren't failing you... it is for real. The N.Y. Jedi School is the choice destination for fan-boys looking to straddle the fine (read...


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Reservation Road

The perfect Connecticut family of four strolls by the shore on a warm, autumn evening. Sounds like the description of a Brooks Brothers Fall catalog, but it's really the beginning of the unbearably...


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American Gangster

Mobster film fans are bound to slap comparisons or rants accusing imitation by American Gangster. It's the movie's Mafioso mentality, where the Coppola and Scorsese reign as sole genre Dons. Enter...


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Britney Spears

Britney Spears, our tabloid-starlet that epitomizes pop culture at its best, has failed to make a comeback with her latest album-again. She has somehow turned a perfect opportunity for a...


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Dan in Real Life

Steve Carell has become one of Hollywood's leading comic actors, rising from his humble Daily Show origins to become a full-fledged mainstream movie star. His latest film Dan in Real Life is a...


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The Backstreet Boys

Here comes the inevitable joke: Backstreet's back, alright? The Backstreet Boys, minus the ever-stoic Kevin Richardson, have returned with Unbreakable. The album, delivered ten years after their...


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Eagles

Eagles haven't put out a new album since 1979, a year which-given their current cultural bearing-may not seem too long ago. After all, their presence hasn't diminished much since Henley & Co's...


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David Byrne

Talking Heads' front-man David Byrne has always been a pioneer of all things cutting-edge. In 1984, he released The Knee Plays, a series of vignettes written in conjunction with spoken word...