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This movie needs some snoop!

At times, expos‚s of modern suburban anomie (see: Ghost World, the entire canon of Todd Solondz) can inspire us to look deep into our own lives and contemplate just what tools the media-corporate complex has made us as a collective.

by JOSHUA R. COOK

My Pet Movie

His eyes droopy and features looking deprived of melanin, the instantly recognizable Mike White sits lethargically on a couch in a Four Seasons hotel room overlooking Logan Square.

by JEFF LEVIN

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Redman Red Gone Wild Redman aka Reggie Noble is a self- acknowledged jokester, who wittily balances ridiculous weed-aggrandizing verse with hilarious social commentary.

by RAFAEL GARCIA

Unbreakable

Throughout hip hop's three decade plus history, no true superstar has emerged from Philly. Emcee after Philly emcee has seen fleeting success, but problems (usually legal) stopped any true movement from occurring (see Beanie Sigel's State Property camp). So, the answer might have to come in the form of a producer.

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The movies been berry, berry good to her

On tour promoting her sexy new suspense thriller Perfect Stranger -- no, not an adaptation of that 80's sitcom with Balki Bartokomous - Oscar-winner Halle Berry had a quick chat with 34ST. STREET: What have you not yet accomplished in your film career?

by STEPHEN MORSE

Five questions for Ben FOlds

34th Street: Do you remember performing here before, Ben? [Folds performed at Spring Fling in 2000] Ben Folds: With my schedule, its hard, but when I show up there I will remember.

by TUSHAR VASHISHT

Notes on a festival

ROY DISNEY Last Sunday night, Roy E. Disney was in town to receive the Philadelphia Film Festival's first ever Inspiration Award, a tribute to his lifetime of dedication and contribution to the entertainment industry.

by 34TH STREET

Tarantino's grand 'grind' experiment

It's not often that one equates gratuitous violence and sexual content with skillful, calculated filmmaking.

by PHIL MALACZEWSKI

The 'force' be with you

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters is an adventure. Just like the late-night Cartoon Network show from which it's derived, this film relies on the key elements of a typical episode of the cartoon: lots of absurd moments and aimless yet humorous dialogue.

by ALEX KILBOURNE

Pass over

Hilary Swank must be content with her two Oscars; she certainly isn't trying for a third with the supernatural thriller The Reaping.

by PHIL MALACZEWSKI

The Plagues of n.o.l.a.

Those who frequent Bible Study (or anyone who's watched The Prince of Egypt) are probably familiar with those 10 little inconveniences called the deadly plagues: locusts, frogs, rivers of blood and all that jazz.

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Stevie nicks

Before Britney shaved her head and Madonna abused wigs, there was Stevie Nicks and her static sorceress hairstyles.

by ALEX KWAN

Macy Gray

Perhaps trying too hard to "Finally [Make You] Happy," Macy Gray's most recent album, Big, moves away from Gray's identifiably scratchy brand of R&B/soul towards a more sell-out sound of popular funk.

by KERRY GOLDS

!!!

!!! (pronounced "chk-chk-chk") hits its three-year release schedule like clockwork with its third dance-punk album Myth Takes.

by RAFAEL GARCIA

Crime Mob

Crunk ain't dead. At least that's what Atlanta's Crime Mob would have you believe on their latest record, Hated on Mostly.

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Modest Mouse

Three years after their last studio release, We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank continues Modest Mouse's musical odyssey from where it left off.

by RUBEN BROSBE

Klaxons

Myths of the Near Future is Klaxons' American debut album, lauded as the defining act of the New Rave movement - a term the band describes as "an in-joke that caught on." Hailing from London, where they have a large underground following, the Klaxons' debut starts off slow with the mild "Two Receivers" before picking up speed that doesn't relinquish for the remainder of the album. The band likes to characterize their music as "psychedelic/progressive/pop," with long keyboard solos and subtle use of vocal harmony, which sounds surprisingly versatile.

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Barrel full of monkeys

Remember the kid with the mullet from third grade that always wore that Dungeons and Dragons T-shirt?

by JOSHUA COOK

Catch Me If you can

A man who thinks he can get away with fabricating the autobiography of the most famous man alive deserves everything he gets.

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Neil Young

Neil Young follows up last year's release of Live at the Fillmore East with Live at Massey Hall 1971, and the two records could not be any less alike.

by ADAM DRICI

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