Record Collector (magazine) (p.97) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's the more straightforward country inclusions that give the album its signature feel.."15.92549
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Rolling Stone (4/13/00, p.128) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...[Pun] has gone out with a bang. He attacked standard hip-hop topics with witty, unpredictable elasticity....Pun is at his habanero hottest..."Q (7/00, p.111) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Would have established [him] as both a radio-friendly commercial force and rebellious icon..."CMJ (4/24/00, p.30) - "...Beams the spotlight on the Boricua bomber's unparalleled breath control and hilarious jaw-dropping wordplay."Vibe (6/00, p.214) - "...A triumphant final effort for one of the Boogie Down Bronx's favorite super-lyrical sons....[It] showcases Pun's matured artistic vision and newly mastered flows but never ceases to move bodies and minds..."The Source (5/00, p.186) - 4 mics out of 5 - "...An even more in-depth peep inside the heart and soul of a man in constant struggle with himself....a backstage pass to the all-out jam that was Pun's personality: street-wise, intellectually sharp, sex-crazed - and funny as hell..."NME (Magazine) (4/29/00, p.35) - 7 out of 10 - "...[A] raucous final musical statement....like a library of every cool contemporary hip-hop sound squeezed onto one compact disc....One for delinquent work experience boys everywhere..."0.1813108
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4 stars out of 5 -- "Hammer's script is spare and pertinent, without a wasted syllable, giving his characters believable voices against the bleak and gray canvas of the Delta farmlands, stunningly photographed by Lol Crawley."Box Office "[An] austerely elegant, emotionally unadorned riff on life and death in the Mississippi Delta....It's a serious achievement and a welcome sign of an newly invigorated American independent cinema."New York Times "BALLAST has images of pristine spareness that keep leaping forward....As the movie comes into focus, you feel the lives of the characters echoing backward through time." -- Grade: A-Entertainment Weekly "In Lance Hammer's BALLAST, the director takes a page from the Terrence Malick playbook and constructs a poetic narrative out of bleak landscapes and majestic drama....The result is an exhilarating narrative."Premiere "BALLAST has the heft and substance its name implies....this austere, rigorous film has a sense of place, a feeling for reality so compelling it makes us feel like we're living it, not just watching on a screen."Los Angeles Times "The film has a bedrock reality that could not be fabricated. It was filmed on locations in the Mississippi Delta, and uses actors who had never acted before, but who never step wrong. Few professional actors could convince us so deeply."Chicago Sun-Times0.1726197
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4 stars out of 5 -- "Hammer's script is spare and pertinent, without a wasted syllable, giving his characters believable voices against the bleak and gray canvas of the Delta farmlands, stunningly photographed by Lol Crawley."Box Office "[An] austerely elegant, emotionally unadorned riff on life and death in the Mississippi Delta....It's a serious achievement and a welcome sign of an newly invigorated American independent cinema."New York Times "BALLAST has images of pristine spareness that keep leaping forward....As the movie comes into focus, you feel the lives of the characters echoing backward through time." -- Grade: A-Entertainment Weekly "In Lance Hammer's BALLAST, the director takes a page from the Terrence Malick playbook and constructs a poetic narrative out of bleak landscapes and majestic drama....The result is an exhilarating narrative."Premiere "BALLAST has the heft and substance its name implies....this austere, rigorous film has a sense of place, a feeling for reality so compelling it makes us feel like we're living it, not just watching on a screen."Los Angeles Times "The film has a bedrock reality that could not be fabricated. It was filmed on locations in the Mississippi Delta, and uses actors who had never acted before, but who never step wrong. Few professional actors could convince us so deeply."Chicago Sun-Times0.1726197
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Rolling Stone (p.70) - 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "Thompson's guitar firepower and parched wit are everywhere here....Loving archaeology, in every detail."Entertainment Weekly (p.137) - "[H]e has inhabited a dizzying number of personas...visionary hurdy-gurdy man, molten-hot electric-guitar hero, restless musical explorer, spiritual searcher, comedian." -- Grade: AUncut (p.116) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Thompson is an exceptional guitar player, a fine songwriter, and a decent singer. Listening to RT's five discs, you get the sense that the guitar is his true voice."Dirty Linen (p.53) - "[Thompson is] a thoughtful man with rare insights into the human condition who, as it happens, is a pretty fair musician and songwriter, too."Global Rhythm (Publication) (p.45) - "The set makes a good case that he is the best guitar player in the world....but it makes an even better case for his songwriting."Mojo (Publisher) (p.116) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "[A] true bonanza....Wit, pathos, humility and chops enough to sway Jimmy Page. Thompson had -- and still has -- it all."0.07002428
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Spin (8/93, p.88) - RecommendedQ (1/94, p.86) - Included in Q's list of `The 50 Best Albums Of 1993' - "...they deliver high tenor harmonies which hark irresistibly back to The Temptations and Miracles..."Q (10/93, p.110) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...[TONY! TONI! TONE!] declare their allegiance to `real' songs [on SONS OF SOUL] and deliver..." Entertainment Weekly (6/25/93, p.105) - "...It's fresh, funky, fierce, and it feels good..." - Rating: A-Vibe (9/93, p.125) - "...having already matched sublime vocals with slamming beats, the Tonys are now supplementing that combination (with a little help from a few collaborators) with great songwriting..."Village Voice (3/1/94, p.5) - Ranked #19 in the Village Voice's 1993 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.10.68913
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Spin (9/91) - Highly Recommended - "..Prong work the fine line between thrash and industrial like a high wire - never falling over on either side, never losing their savage grace.."Entertainment Weekly (12/20/91, p.72) - "..combines postindustrial noise, a rebellious punk mentality, and heavy-metal flourishes and, with a minimalistic approach that is anything but simplistic, strips them all down to a brutal essence.." - Rating: A-10.50024
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BOOK REVIEWS COMING SOON!!!!10.04865
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BOOK REVIEWS COMING SOON!!!!9.136276
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Record Collector (magazine) (p.86) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he seven-minute acoustic 'Pretty Princess' is an epic of Al Stewart proportions, and 'When I Was A Child' a sweet melodic rocker."8.478966
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"...[Schmidt] manages to keep the suspense up through the final hour of the film..." Los Angeles Times "...[Schmidt] has a sharp sense of how to stage unconventional action scenes..." Sight and Sound "...The two leads emerge as intelligent, capable characters, consistently exhibiting resourcefulness to outwit their pursuers..." Total Film8.38607
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"THE MUSIC NEVER STOPPED achieves an admirable poignancy about our emotional, healing relationship to the songs we love."Los Angeles Times7.637197
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Alternative Press (p.154) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[G]ristly, tobacco-stained Southern rock....Propelled by a husky triple-guitar attack, an indomitable rebel swagger and hooks that'll stick with you for days."7.439567
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"[D]irector Quentin Dupieux gives us WRONG, a literal and figurative shaggy-dog story that takes its surreal kinks in stride."Hollywood Reporter Theres a bit of THE BIG LEBOWSKI in WRONGs DNA, as a bemused but game man wanders through the city with a single, simple goal, encountering a string of oddball characters..."A.V. Club7.368285
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"...The picture captures DeGeneres' talents perfectly....Pullman pulls off an extremely complex character in deft, gleeful fashion. There's also a wonderful comic turn from Plowright..."Variety "...A very modern comedy, whose humor is rooted in how wrong things can go..."Los Angeles Times7.359006
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"...[Schmidt] manages to keep the suspense up through the final hour of the film..." Los Angeles Times "...[Schmidt] has a sharp sense of how to stage unconventional action scenes..." Sight and Sound "...The two leads emerge as intelligent, capable characters, consistently exhibiting resourcefulness to outwit their pursuers..." Total Film7.349247
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Mojo (Publisher) (p.108) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[A]s magical as the movie."6.283978
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Kerrang (Magazine) (p.48) - "[A] big bag of infectious pop-punk fun."6.103761
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"...[A] refreshingly different look at the horrors and joys of high school....Fun, cute, silly, backed by lively songs and, ultimately sweetly romantic..." Box Office "...A solid cast and an ingratiating star performance that's as deft in its physical daffiness as it is honest in its emotions..."USA Today "...[Barrymore is] as warm and appealing as she ever was. Maybe even more....An easygoing and amusing romantic confection..." Los Angeles Times "...Barrymore illuminates it with sunniness, and creates a lovable character....It's funny and big-hearted and it wins us over..." Chicago Sun-Times6.04545
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