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| Nitro Circus Season One |
I have seen some fairly spectacular things in my life, but the handful of hours I spent watching Nitro Circus blew a lot of those things away. Featuring unofficial ringleader Travis Pastrana (pro motocross champ), Andy Bell (FMX rider), Jolene Van Vogt (female motocross champ and one tough broad), Jim… |
Amanda Rush |
11/19/09 |
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| Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink |
It is 1890, and Lia Milthorpe is sixteen when her father dies, her mother having killed herself many years before. With his death, Lia and her twin Alice are orphaned, along with their younger brother, Henry. The twins, the brother, their aunt and a house full of servants mourn, but… |
Amanda Rush |
11/19/09 |
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| M*A*S*H Blu-Ray |
Robert Altman wasn’t yet an established director with his own unique shooting and cutting style when M*A*S*H went into production. He had a handful of known actors amid a sea of unknowns - most of whom were on drugs (according to Donald Southerland). He had a script he would play… |
Amanda Rush |
11/12/09 |
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| Hate List by Jennifer Brown |
Valerie Leftman’s boyfriend brought a gun to school one day. He went into the cafeteria and shot his classmates, and it only ended when Valerie stepped into the path of a bullet. She went from freak and outcast to possible accessory to murder with only a short stop at hero,… |
Amanda Rush |
11/10/09 |
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| Mr. Darcy, Vampyre by Amanda Grange |
I have a confession to make: of all of Jane Austen’s works, Pride and Prejudice is not my favorite. Though the tale of Elizabeth Bennet and her unlikely courtship by the very proud Mister Darcy is arguably one of the greatest novels of all time, I find myself drawn to… |
Amanda Rush |
11/09/09 |
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| Nightwatching |
The Dutch had brought us some truly spectacular art and artists, and perhaps the finest (at least, most well known) of these is Rembrandt. Every art history class - every humanities class, for that matter - covers his masterpiece, The Night Watch. It is a group of militiamen in Amsterdam,… |
Amanda Rush |
11/09/09 |
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| The Broken Teaglass by Emily Arsenault |
Billy is fresh out of college and takes his first grown-up job at the Samuelson Company, creators of the finest and most exhaustive dictionaries. He takes an apartment in the run down town that is home to Samuelson, and waits for something to happen, yet nothing seemingly ever does in… |
Amanda Rush |
11/02/09 |
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| Frailty Blu-ray |
Like most good noir films, this one opens on a dark and stormy night. FBI Agent Doyle (Powers Boothe, Deadwood) has a man in his office, a man who just might hold the secret to a mystery he’s been trying to solve: who is the God’s Hand murderer? Flashback to… |
Amanda Rush |
10/30/09 |
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| Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer Blu-ray |
He seems like a regular guy, but Henry has a secret: he likes to kill. He likes random kills, people who won’t be missed. He is a part of a gritty underworld, of poverty, prostitutes and the homeless. He has no pattern, just an urge. It is an urge he… |
Amanda Rush |
10/29/09 |
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| Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Blu-Ray |
Once upon a time, there was a man named Victor Frankenstein (Kenneth Branagh) who tries to create life where there was none. He pieced together a creature in golem-like fashion, and behold, a legend is born. But Frankenstein is horrified by his creation, and abandons the creature (Robert De Niro).… |
Amanda Rush |
10/29/09 |
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| The Hannibal Lecter Collection Blu-ray |
Five years before the days of Anthony Hopkins and his exceedingly palatable portrayal of Hannibal Lecter, there was Brian Cox, and before Edward Norton there was William Peterson as the intense manhunter himself, Will Graham. It is a lovely starting place for one of the most memorable characters in the… |
Amanda Rush |
10/29/09 |
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| Misery Blu-Ray |
And, you know, completely crazy. Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates) seems like the perfect rescuer at first, but when she finds Paul’s latest manuscript where he kills off Misery so that he could explore other projects, she goes a little, well, bonkers. She threatens to set him on fire, flies into… |
Amanda Rush |
10/29/09 |
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| Pretty Dead by Francesca Lia Block |
At first glimpse, this book seems something special. The cover, like many of Block’s, has a glossy textural feel, a little tongue in cheek and very slick. One cannot help but think what is inside must be something special, and when it comes to the work of Francesca Lia Block,… |
Amanda Rush |
10/28/09 |
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| The Dark Crystal Blu-Ray |
The planet of Thra has three suns and two races: the Mystics, large, sloping creatures who possess wisdom and a connection with the planet that is deep and powerful, and the Skeksis, sharp bony creatures who fight over power ad a connection with a large and fractured crystal that is… |
Amanda Rush |
10/28/09 |
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| Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure |
Every eight years, there is a blue harvest moon in Pixie Hollow, and when it rises, it shines down on the moonstone to create special blue pixie dust. Why is the blue dust so special, you ask? Without it, the tree that creates all the pixie dust in Pixie Hollow… |
Amanda Rush |
10/27/09 |
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| The Proposal |
When I sat down to watch this movie, I texted a friend just beforehand about my caffeinated beverage: “The coffee is bitter, but that’s okay. So is Sandra Bullock.” How prophetic, those words. Andrew Paxton (Ryan Reynolds, X-Men Origins: Wolverine) has the worst boss ever, Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock, Premonition).… |
Amanda Rush |
10/22/09 |
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| Zombie Powder! CSI! Momogumi Plus Senki! |
You know what’s popular right now? Bleach. You know what else is popular? Zombies. Anybody else having a ah-hah moment? Well, tough, because Tite Kubo already wrote a series called Zombie Powder, and though there isn’t a single zombie in issue one, it’s friggin’ Tite Kubo, which means you? Are… |
Amanda Rush |
10/20/09 |
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| Another Faust by Daniel and Dina Nayeri |
Five teens from around the world have come together in New York’s Upper East Side to be beautiful, smart, athletic, poetic and multi-lingual through the help of their Governess, Madame Vileroy. Victoria has an insatiable need to win; power is all she strives for, and her weapon of choice is… |
Amanda Rush |
10/19/09 |
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| Lie To Me: Season One |
Roth plays Dr. Cal Lightman, an emotionless scientist who is a walking, talking lie detector, thanks to his ability to decipher microexpressions, body language and famous examples through recent history. With his trusty sidekicks, the sweet-toothed Dr. Gillian Foster (Kelli Williams, The Practice), the painfully honest Eli Loker (Brendan Hines,… |
Amanda Rush |
10/15/09 |
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| X-Men Origins: Wolverine |
It begins innocently enough: a young child, James, is in bed, recuperating from an illness. His father comes home and then, without warning, violence erupts in the house. Another man, larger and wild-looking, attacks James’s father. In a blind rage, bone claws come out of James’s clenched fists, and he… |
Amanda Rush |
10/05/09 |
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| Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory Season One |
When we watched him with Big, we were Rob Dyrdek’s best friend. But all things come to an end, and so did the best buddy reality TV show since… well, ever. Luckily for us, MTV wasn’t quite ready to give up their sk8tr boi, and Dyrdek Enterprises got a show… |
Amanda Rush |
09/24/09 |
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| Cutthroat Island Blu-Ray |
In 2003, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl rocked the box office, making pirates the official “next big thing”. But pirates have always been loved, always been a pop culture favorite ever since the days of Errol Flynn and his swashbuckling films. So why the need… |
Amanda Rush |
09/22/09 |
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| Castle: Season One |
Rick Castle (Nathan Fillion, Firefly) is a bestselling mystery author who just killed off his main character and is experiencing a particularly bad case of writer’s block. Lucky for him, his fans are numerous and range from hard-boiled to head case, and bodies start popping up in his native New… |
Amanda Rush |
09/21/09 |
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| The Mentalist: Season One |
Once upon a time, Patrick Jane (the utterly gorgeous Simon Baker) was a television psychic with the world at his fingertips: a beautiful wife and daughter, more money than he could spend and nothing holding him back. But one day he taunted a serial killer known as Red John while… |
Amanda Rush |
09/21/09 |
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| Scrubs Season Eight |
We’ve rooted for Carla and Turk, endured the on-again, off-again of Ross-and-Rachel proportions that is JD and Elliot and cheered for the beautiful weirdness that is Cox and Jordan. Now, in season eight, it’s all about the little guys (Ted and the janitor), the what’s next, career-wise (JD, Cox, Kelso)… |
Amanda Rush |
09/15/09 |
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| Grey’s Anatomy Season Five |
Ask any fan - season two was, undoubtedly, the best season of Grey’s Anatomy, and for one reason - Denny Duquette (Jeffrey Dean Morgan). Forget McDreamy and McSteamy, the strong, sensitive, dying millionaire hottie Denny captured more than the heart of Izzie Stevens (Katherine Heigl), he won the love of… |
Amanda Rush |
09/15/09 |
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| Desperate Housewives Season Five |
Edie had fled; Catherine was all alone. Five years passed, and life on Wisteria Lane, prime time’s most famous street, drudged on. Gabby Solis (Eva Longoria Parker) had two children, gained a few pounds and lost a lot of glam; Susan Mayer (Teri Hatcher) and Mike Delfino (James Denton) had… |
Amanda Rush |
09/14/09 |
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| Samantha Who: Season Two |
Samantha Newly (Christina Applegate) was once a lawyer with no decency, kindness or respect for anything whatsoever. She slept around and cheated, lied to everyone, and one day her past caught up with her in the form of a car that plowed over her and left her sans memory. Now… |
Amanda Rush |
09/14/09 |
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| Supernatrual Season Four |
Season four opens with a hand reaching out of the grave. Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles), buried six feet under, wakes up and claws his way through the dirt back to the world of the living. He has been dead four months; forty years in hell. Times haven’t been so easy… |
Amanda Rush |
09/14/09 |
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| Adventureland |
When I was a young girl, my father would rap my knuckles every time he caught me playing with my hair. I used to think he was an obnoxious bully who constantly regurgitated lines that began with the phrase “Ladies don’t…” just to screw with me. And then I saw… |
Amanda Rush |
09/07/09 |
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| Gossip Girl Season Two |
Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester) is the queen of the social scene. Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively) is the ultimate it girl. Nate Archibald (Chance Crawford) is the golden boy with a silver spoon. Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick) is the boy with the money and the libido. Dan Humphrey (Penn… |
Amanda Rush |
09/07/09 |
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| 90210 Season One |
The premise is familiar; a family moves from a more rustic locale to the slick, glossy world of Beverly Hills. Brother and sister are plunged into the world of the rich and spoiled, and we all watch, thinking ‘I can’t believe I’m doing this to myself AGAIN’. Harry Wilson (Rob… |
Amanda Rush |
09/01/09 |
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| How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days Deluxe Edition |
Andie Anderson (Kate Hudson) is on her way up in the magazine world. She has a luxe job at important fashion mag Composure, and after watching her friend get dumped yet again, she takes on an article about the things that chicks do that drive men crazy, and not in… |
Amanda Rush |
08/27/09 |
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| The VH1 Murderer |
We’ve all heard the jokes about VH1’s reality show lineup: Rock of Love would eradicate mankind through a super strain of herpes, and the like. But no one expected that a person tied to VH1’s current lineup would ever do something so vicious, so primal, as to squeeze the life… |
Amanda Rush |
08/27/09 |
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| Secret Diary of a Call Girl Season Two |
She’s a call girl like no other; she’s smart, funny, hot and all on her own. Belle Du Jour broke from her pimp at the end of season one, and in season two she’s embracing the freedom and the money that being her own woman brings. And she has an… |
Amanda Rush |
08/26/09 |
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| The Edge of Love |
Vera Phillips (Keira Knightley) is a singer; when the bombs begin to fall on World War Two era London, and the people take to the bomb shelters, Vera is part of an effort to make cowering in the dark less cowering and more partying. She dons her best dresses and… |
Amanda Rush |
08/25/09 |
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| Push |
Nick Gant (Chris Evans) is a mover (a telekinetic) hiding out in Hong Kong. He is approached by a tiny watcher (she has premonitions) named Cassie (Dakota Fanning). Cassie is after a case and a girl, both of which can free them from a little problem they have called Division… |
Amanda Rush |
08/24/09 |
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| 4 Reasons Why It’s Good to Love Teen Lit |
It’s no secret: teen lit fans love us some vampires, and I don’t need to mention a certain book quartet turned film series to prove it. Vampires are everywhere in the genre, and this fall that genre has spread to your television screen with The Vampire Diaries. September tenth is… |
Amanda Rush |
08/19/09 |
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08/22/09 |
| Willoughby’s Return by Jane Odiwe |
When Sense and Sensibility came to its close, all was right with the world: Marianne had been separated from the libertine Willoughby and married Col. Brandon, Eleanor and Edward Ferrars were wed, and it was happily ever after for all involved - save Willoughby, that is. But naughty boys, especially… |
Amanda Rush |
08/18/09 |
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09/25/09 |
| 17 Again |
Mike O’Donnell (Zac Effron) was on top of the world; he ruled the basketball team, his girlfriend was a stone fox and at the big game a recruiter was due to show up and see mad skills and get him a scholarship to the college of his choice. Then the… |
Amanda Rush |
08/17/09 |
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| Pretty in Plaid by Jen Lancaster |
It’s a tragedy, John Hughes’s death; his influence is far reaching, his converted numbering the millions. There are girls like me, with columns called Pithy in Pink, and girls like Jen Lancaster, with books called Pretty in Plaid. And now for a story: I first read Jen Lancaster while recuperating… |
Amanda Rush |
08/17/09 |
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| Dexter: Season Three |
He’s killed his brother and taken out the guy who had the ability to reveal his secret to the world; now Dexter has a new lease on life. To celebrate, he stalks a drug dealer named Freebo, and when Dex springs his deadly surprise, our favorite killer gets a surprise… |
Amanda Rush |
08/17/09 |
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| Pop Culture Update |
What does the world of Twilight have in common with the Harry Potter-verse? Plagiarism lawsuits. Stephenie Meyer has been sued, yet again, by a no-name woman claiming that the New York Times bestselling author ripped off a gigantic chunk of Breaking Dawn from some book she posted on her website.… |
Amanda Rush |
08/06/09 |
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| The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe |
Connie Goodwin is a Colonial American graduate student at Harvard, on the verge of her doctoral dissertation. She has a whole summer ahead of her to do research and come up with something new, compelling. Naturally, her mother calls with a teeny-tiny problem: her grandmother’s house in Salem needs selling,… |
Amanda Rush |
08/06/09 |
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09/04/09 |
| Wings by Aprilynne Pike |
Laurel is fifteen years old, and going to public school for the first time. And if that weren’t nerve-wracking enough, the first person to make friends with her also happens to be the hottest guy in class - in Laurel’s opinion, anyway. David is sweet and understanding; he appreciates Laurel’s… |
Amanda Rush |
08/04/09 |
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08/19/09 |
| Torchwood: Children of Earth |
And then the children talk. They announce, “We are coming,” and now there’s no denying that something odd is happening. While Frobisher conducts his own investigation, Torchwood stumbles across a grown man, the only adult, who speaks with the children. Gwen (Eve Myles) goes to see him while Jack (the… |
Amanda Rush |
08/04/09 |
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| Twitter: Celebrity Petting Zoo |
For the literary minded, Twitter is swarming with celebs - and sometimes, it helps cool celebs find each other, and love. Take, for example, the glorious online dating between one Mr. Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) and frontrunner for The Dresden Dolls, Amanda Palmer (@amandapalmer) - what began as a little flirtatious… |
Amanda Rush |
07/29/09 |
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| Four Things that Freak Me Right the Hell Out |
4. Mentally Handicapped People When Superman Returns came out, I didn’t have high hopes. I didn’t know that Brandon Routh was a mouthwatering morsel of a man and I could look at his ass in tights all damn day. So I went to see it with a boy at ten… |
Amanda Rush |
07/22/09 |
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09/08/09 |
| Secret Life of the American Teenager: Season Two |
Amy Jergins is pregnant with Ricky’s baby, but she’s dating Ben, who wants to marry her. Adrian use to date Ricky, but now she’s just sleeping with him because Grace is dating Ricky after she broke up with jack because he got a blow job from Adrian. Amy’s parents are… |
Amanda Rush |
07/22/09 |
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| The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan |
In New York’s International JFK airport, a plane from Belgium touches down and immediately goes dark. There are no lights on the plane, no noise from the inside. The shades are all drawn, and it sits like an enormous beast on the tarmac, unmoving, like a dead thing. Afraid of… |
Amanda Rush |
07/20/09 |
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07/24/09 |