Win prizes from Iron Man!
Tony Stark (Robert Downey,
Jr.), billionaire arms industrialist and genius inventor, puts on a
demonstration of his newest war weapon to U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Upon his return to his airplane following the
demonstration, local rebels hit his convoy.
He
Sarah Jessica Parker and Helen Hunt star in this outrageous 80s comedy
hit! Janey (Sarah Jessica Parker) is a shy, good girl. Lynne (Helen
Hunt) is a cool rock chick. When the two friends scheme to get
Janey on television's biggest after-school dance show, they find
themselves on a wild a
We have two hot DVDs to give away in our Platinum artist prize pack, featuring Keyshia Cole. From BET and Paramount Home Entertainment, Keyshia Cole The Way It Is: The Complete Second Season takes viewers past the glamorous hip-hop life for an honest look into her real home life.
How She
The Golden Compass is out on DVD today. In celebration of this fantastic fantasy film, ACED Magazine is offering our readers of copy of the two-disc DVD edition.
The sweeping family fantasy follows a curious young heroine, Lyra Belacqua, and her quest to protect the coveted Golden Compas
Based on the true story of how Charlie Wilson (Hanks), an alcoholic womanizer
and Texas congressman, persuaded the CIA to train and arm resistance
fighters in Afghanistan to fend off the Soviet Union.
With the help of
rogue CIA agent, Gust Avrakotos, the two men supplied money, traini
Placebo, Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal, and Steve Hewitt, has
put together a great set of songs for their latest album, Meds, a Virgin Records re-release of a CD originally
released in the United States in 2006 by Astralwerks.
The title track is solid and the voice of Mosshart makes it
sufficiently haunting. Their sound is reminiscent of the music you’d hear in a
shadowy club late at night, getting the blood pounding through your veins.
It’s the music that accompanies an emotional suicide in a movie about facing and
discovering life. It could be classified as alternative whine-rock, and in this,
Placebo excels. While the label hardly seems promising, Placebo takes the
description and exceeds the standard expectations.
While Placebo’s music may
blend with the drone associated with that image, it is not confused with the
drone. It is finely crafted work, solid rock. While some whine-rock pointlessly
complains about the difficulties of being alive, Placebo’s essence is more
existential and philosophizing, a cut deeper, more penetrating. "Pierrot the
Clown" is more melodic than the other tracks
on Meds, and is almost epiphanaic
in a supernatural, eerie way. Placebo’s mastery of the world of sound
transforms the medium in which they jam.
Placebo specializes in unique intros and solid melodies...invigorated beats. "Lazarus", for
instance, starts with an almost wind-up-doll-like melody that turns into a
calibrated, steady rock beat, then plunges into a chorus both wild and steady simultaneously.
For the Virgin release of Meds , Placebo
added several songs and redid others. They are joined by Michael Stipe (REM)
and Alison Mosshart (the Kills) on two separate tracks. The band has been
touring Europe for a series of sold out shows and will be playing in the U.S.
this spring.
Check out their official site or MySpace for upcoming tour dates and news.
On April 16, 2008, the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival [FLIFF] and the Broward County Main Library commemorated the life and works of a true...