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All About Steve “Cruciverbalist” means “creator of crossword puzzles,” yet you never see it as an answer in crossword puzzles. It’s also the occupation of Sandra Bullock in this comedy, and the underrepresented cruciverbalist population might not be thrilled with her depiction. SB’s workaholic Mary is a clingy loser who promptly becomes obsessed with cameraman Steve (The Hangover’s Bradley Cooper), leading to many comic misadventures. Thomas Haden Church co-stars. In Stores Now
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Silent Night, Deadly Night Compilation In this three-disc set you get SNDN III: Better Watch Out, IV: Initiation and V: The Toymaker, which begs the question: Have they really made at least five freaking Silent Night, Deadly Nights? Well, we can assure you that the 1984 original is a hilarious minor horror classic, deeply upsetting parents and religious rights groups before Bad Santa took a dump in the eggnog 20 years later. In Stores December 1 Lionsgate
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Saturday Night Live: The Complete Fifth Season When people prattle on about this show’s golden years, season five is pretty much the last gasp. The original crew of Not Ready for Prime Time Players (including Bill Murray and Gilda Radner) and their writing staff were still at the top of their game in 1979. The musical guests are just as impressive, as we were treated to in-their-prime B-52s and Blondie, plus incendiary performances from Dylan, McCartney and the Grateful Dead. In Stores December 1 Universal
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Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Borrowing liberally from Jumanji, the first NATM was a no-brainer for Ben Stiller—he got in a poo-throwing fight with a monkey (okay, it was a slap fight), and admirably played it straight amid an avalanche of CGI terrors. This time around, his security guard has to break into the Smithsonian to save mini-Owen Wilson and Steve Coogan, shipped there by mistake. As on The Simpsons, Hank Azaria tackles multiple roles with gusto. In Stores December 1
Terminator Salvation And now for one of the stranger action sequels in memory. The first Terminator flick without Ah-nuld trades for a much better actor in Christian Bale, who immediately submarines his likeability with a profane rant against a bumbling DP. And who better to helm the story of the adult John Connor’s revolt against the machines than… Charlie’s Angels director McG? All weirdness aside, Salvation delivers the cybernetic thrills you’ve come to expect. In Stores December 1 WARNER BROS.
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movies DECEMBER 1 Animal Empire: The Favorites Collection: Puppy Party Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas/A Flintstones Christmas Carol Being Erica Season 1 Bellamy Ben 10: Alien Swarm Best of Eurythmics Better Off Ted: The Complete Season 1 Biblical Musical Series: The First Christmas Bill Frisell: Blue Dreams Bill Joe Shaver: Live From Luckenbach Blood Equity Bon Jovi: Live at Madison Square Garden Bop Along With the Bop A Lots Vol. 1 Boy With the Sun in His Eyes Braveheart Bringing Balanchine Back Brooklyn Heist Cartoonist: Jeff Smith, Bone and the Changing Face of Comics Celine Champions in Action 2009 Vol. 1 Champions in Action Vol. 2 Chevalier d’Eon: The Complete Collection Chihuly: Fire & Light Christmas Tale Death Metal Live Death Warrior Decoder Desperate Housewives 5-2 Donna Reed Show: The Complete Third Season End End Game Evil Dead Fight: War of Words: The Film First Ink: A Documentary Frat Party French Connection Game of the Century: 1969 Texas Longhorns vs. Arkansas Razorbacks Gathering Storm/Into the Storm Girl in the Park Gossip Girl Season 1 Great American Fiddle Tunes Grey’s Anatomy Season 5-2 Grog Prince Gunslinger Girl: Ova Halford: Resurrection World Tour Live at Rock in Rio III Handy Manny’s Motorcycle Adventure Hangover Happy Holidays With Bing and Frank Harry Potter: Wizarding World DVD Game Hemalayaa: Bollywood Blast Hunter X Hunter Vol. 4 Interpol Investigates: Season 2 Into the Storm: Churchill at War INXS: Live Germany 1984 James Galway: At the Waterfront Jazz Singer (1980) Johnny Test: Extreme Johnny Katt Williams: The Katt Pack King of Queens: Seasons 1-9 Knowing Legend of the Dragon Legend of Zorro/The Mask of Zorro Letters From Eddie Lost Broadcasts Love Comes Softly: The Complete Collection Madame Du Barry
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Mental: The Complete First Season Michael Jackson Vol. 2: History on Film Michel Gondry2: More Videos Monsters vs. Aliens More Great Fiddle Tunes MW Mystery Science Theater 3000 XVI Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Noel Coward Trilogy Now That’s Weird: 2010 Apocalypse Operation: Walkuere Pablo Escobar: King of Coke 2 Pale Force Paper Heart Pierrot le Fou Poker Run Raging Inferno Reality Check Program Rental Magica Part 1 Ride Around the World Rolf De Heer Collection Sahara Cross Samson & Delilah Santa Buddies Saturday Night Live: The Complete Fifth Season Scorpions: Amazonia: Live in the Jungle
DECEMBER 8 AC/DC: No Bull After You, Comrade AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music: All Along the Watchtour (Sour Rock) All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music: Imagine (New Directions) All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music: Mighty Good (The Beatles) All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music: Whatever Gets You Through the Night (Glitter Rock) Andrea Bocelli/David Foster: My Christmas Beat Goes On: Canadian Pop Music in the ‘70s Beautiful Losers Billy Blue Hair: Why Are Fire Trucks Red? Billy Blue Hair: Why Do Giraffes Have Long Necks? Brick City Brigitte Bardot Classic Collection Buddenbrooks Carriers Christmas Crash
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Newark, NJ is a real-life den of crime and inequity. Mayor Cory Booker aims to change that in this Sundance Channel series.
Seth Lakeman: Live at the Minack Siblings Silent Night, Deadly Night Sins of the Father Solaris Staggered Star Trek Special Collector’s Edition Star Trek: Voyager: Episode 6 Sting: Winter’s Night: Live From Durham Cathedral Take That: Circus Live Tears for Fears: Live From Santa Barbara Terminator Salvation Tom and Jerry: Paws for a Holiday/A Nutcracker Tale Tom Wilson: Bigger Than You Toward the Terra: Complete Collection Trent Willmon: Live UFC 102 UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort Valley of the Heart’s Delight What’s New Scooby-Doo Vol. 4: Merry Scary Holiday/Scooby-Doo: Winter Wonderdog Where Have You Been White Out Wide Mouth Mason: Live! Montreux Switzerland Year Without a Santa Claus/Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish Yes: Keys to Ascension
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Cinder Path Clannad: After Story Collection 2 Cooking and Cursing II Coraline Cove Crack Vol. 8: Hip Hop Movements Creed: Live Davey and Goliath: The Lost Episodes Davey and Goliath’s Snowboard Christmas Destroyed in Seconds Dhani Tackles the Globe Season 1 Dog Eat Dog Dog Who Saved Christmas Drifter Drop Dead Rock Dymes on Rhymes Eyes on the West Side Faits Divers Finished Life: The Goodbye and No Regrets Tour First Saturday in May Food Songs in Hebrew Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Frankie Say Greatest Videos Freedom’s Fury George Michael: Live in London Get Smart Season 5 Ghosted Gozu Grayson Capps: Live at the Paradiso Groucho Marx TV Favorites: You Bet Your Life Gun Kyu
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Herbert Hoover: Landslide Hey Kids: The Very Best of Soupy Sales Hollywood, Je T’aime Home Movie Hooking Up Humble Pie I Downloaded a Ghost If It Ain’t Cheap, It Ain’t Punk: 14 Years of Plan-It X Records Jersey Christmas Julie & Julia Knockout Queens Vol. 3: Special Ring Card Girl Edition Knut & Friends Lost: The Complete Fifth Season Magic Flute Maiden Voyage: Ocean Hijack Many Faces of Cleopatra Marc Pease Experience Mavericks: Live at the Royal Albert Hall Michael Jackson: The King Michael Jackson: The Life and Times of the King of Pop Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection Mick Fleetwood Blues Band Featuring Rick Vito: Blue Again Monster: Box Set 1 Moonlight Serenade Moribito: Designer Box Mysterious Stone Monuments of Markawasi, Peru Mystery Science Theater 3000: XVI Naruto: Shippuden Vol. 4 National Tree Nazis & Me One: The Movie Pagan Metal: A Documentary Paperback Dreams Partners Passport: Back to Brazil Public Enemies Rebuilding Hope Redwoods Rescue Me: Season 5 Vol. 2 Richard Simmons: Boogie Down the Pounds Rise Up: Canadian Pop Music in the 1980s Run Bitch Run Runaway Rush: R30 30th Anniversary Tour School Rumble: The Complete Series Screams in the Night Secrets of the Dead: Airmen & The Headhunters Seven Wonders of the Muslim World Shank Sherlock Holmes Double Feature: The House of Fear/The Pearl of Death Sherlock Holmes Double Feature: The Spider Woman/Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror Summer Holiday This Beautiful City This Little Bullet TNA Wrestling: Bound for Glory 2009 Tom and Thomas Torn Trapped in Katrina Vicious Circle We Want a Child Wesley Willis’ Joy Ride World at War: Hitler to Hiroshima
World’s Greatest Dad Yuri: El Concierto Zade: One Night in Jordan Zorro: Return to the Future
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MLB 2009 World Series: New York Yankees vs. Philadelphia Phillies
DECEMBER 15 18 Fingers of Death 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End 5 Lives of Criss Angel: Mindfreak American Experience: The Crash of 1929 American Hero American Vesuvius Ancient Discoveries: Ancient Death Machines Ancient Discoveries: Ancient New York Ancient Discoveries: Ancient Torture Tech Ancient Discoveries: Lost Science of the Bible Ancient Greece: Modern Ship Building Antony and Cleopatra Bleach Vol. 23 Cannibalism: Extreme Survival Case Closed: The Last Wizard of the Century: The Movie Coffee Collision Country Practice: Best Of Criss Angel Collector’s Edition Megaset Dominick Dunne: After the Party Elbert Hubbard: An American Original Eugene G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Garden of Sinners 7 George Lopez: Tall, Dark and Chicano G-Force Girl From Monaco Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard Hangover Haunting Villisca Headless Woman Herb & Dorothy Honey and Clover Box Vol. 2 Ice Road Truckers Complete Season 3 In the Blink of an Eye Inglourious Basterds Karma to Burn: Live 2009: Reunion Tour Kings of the Kitchen Know Your Mushrooms KOTC: Underground Soldiers Latin Dimes: Reggaeton Mex Vol. 1 Legends of Laughter: Abbott & Costello Lovejoy: The Complete Season Four Lucky Bastard Man Overboard Man, Moment, Machine: Apollo 13: Triumph on the Dark Side of the Moon Man, Moment, Machine: Patton and the Desperate Tank Attack Man, Moment, Machine: The Red Baron & The Wings of Death Mans: 24 Heures du Mans 2009: The Official Review Miss Mend MLB 2009 World Series: New York Yankees vs. Philadelphia Phillies Modern Marvels: ‘90s Tech Modern Marvels: Athens Subway Modern Marvels: Corn Modern Marvels: Levees Modern Marvels: Pirate Tech Modern Marvels: Tomcat Sunset Moto GP 2009: Official Review
Relive this thrilling six-game series between the defending NL champions and Alex Rodriguez’s reloaded Bronx Bombers.
Moto GP: Evolution of a Species Murder by Decree Musical Journey: Rome Night of the Long Knives One Piece Season 2: Fourth Voyage Other Man Pacific: The Lost Evidence: Luzon Paper Chase Season 2 Place of Execution Presenting Roger Corman’s Best of the B*S Collection 1: Hot Bikes, Cool Cars and Bad Babes Psycho Ward Rise and Fall of the Wall Robot Chicken Season 4 Robot Chicken Seasons 1-4 Sarah’s Choice SciQ Vol. 3 SciQ Vol. 4 Several Ways to Die Trying Sherlock Holmes Collection Ski School 2 Smile Spartacus (1914) Strange Bedfellows Taking Woodstock Test Lab Throttle Trunk Tu Love-Ru: Collection 1 Tudors: The Complete Third Season Unleashed: Deadly Animal Attacks Unlocking the Mystery Violent Earth: Katrina: Send in the Guard Winter Break Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie World War III: Beyond Lebanon WWE: History of the World Heavyweight Championship WWE: Jeff Hardy
Extract Family Guy: Something, Something, Something Darkside Finding Providence Flowers in the Attic Ghost Machine Ichi: Movie In Search of Mozart It Might Get Loud It’s Raining Pleasure Kazuo Umezz’s Horror Theatre: Complete Collection Kyle XY: The Complete Third Season L’Annee Des Meduses Loser Lotna/Innocent Sorcerers Maid-Droid Medieval Madness: The Valley of Bees/Witches’ Hammer Motherland No Right Turn Noble Things Off the Ledge Pandorum Pear Tree/Sara Philadelphia Experiment Pretty to Think So Pug’s Life/American Pit Bull Secret Life of the American Teenager: Season Three Shattered Lives Spice and Wolf: The Complete First Season Staten Island Taxi: The Complete Series Taxi: The Final Season To Take a Wife Torso Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day Treasure Hunt Witman Boys/Child Murders WWE: Survivor Series 2009
DECEMBER 22 (500) Days of Summer Adventure in Israel Ah My Buddha, Vol. 6 All About Steve American Pie Presents: The Book of Love Angus Thongs & Perfect Snogging Animal Songs in Hebrew Art of Pain As Seen Through These Eyes Baian the Assassin Between 2 Worlds Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Blind Date Call of the Wild 3D Captive Chasing Butterflies Devil’s Music Dragon Pink
DECEMBER 29 9 About Last Night/St. Elmo’s Fire Adventures of Fu Manchu Vol. 2 Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet Vol. 16 Adventures of Robin Hood Vol. 21 Annie Oakley Vol. 8 Apache Rose Au Pair 3: Adventure in Paradise Baccano Bad Boys/Bad Boys 2 Be Mine Blassreiter: The Complete Series Part 2 Blood Pledge Blue Lagoon/Return to the Blue Lagoon Breakin’ All the Rules/Two Can Play
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50 Cent Before I Self Destruct Interscope
Final Countdown It took him long enough, but 50 Cent is ready to Self Destruct
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emember when 50 said he’d retire if Kanye’s Graduation outsold Curtis in their first week of head-to-head competition? Well, he was just playing. And, supposedly, just playing when he mocked Ye’s “Love Lockdown” via lip sync at a concert last year, chastising the crowd that the frigid soul number was what they were now “stuck with.” Although “Get Up” is a credible “In Da Club” flashback, we wish 50 would start beefs with people who, you know, actually stink. But obviously, the head-to-head defeat affected Curtis Jackson, as he and his label have been tinkering with this fourth full-length since February. As is common in hip-hop, four singles have been released already, the aforementioned “Get Up,” the Dr. Dre-helmed one-two “I Get It In” and “OK, You’re Right,” and most recently “Baby by Me.” Between 50’s primal desire to win at all costs and the almost comical delays, this continues to be one of the most anticipated albums of the year.
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Long Island sounds smoother than ever on Alicia Keys’ latest
Alicia Keys The Element of Freedom MBK/J Records
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It’s Getting Loud in Here, So Take Off All Your Strings
It’s lights, camera, soundcheck in the new rockumentary It Might Get Loud by brian baker
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ro m it s i n c ept i o n , rock ‘n’ roll has been an integral part of film, as both soundtrack and subject. As the focus of a movie, rock has a somewhat less than stellar track record, with fictional (or fictionalized) accounts veering into histrionic parody and straight documentaries replacing passion with an overtaxed sense of historical perspective. Certainly, films that have gotten rock ‘n’ roll right hold a special place for fans of both mediums. Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous was a lovingly detailed evocation of rock’s evolution, Val Kilmer made a devastating Jim Morrison in The Doors, even if the movie could have been a bit more sharply written, and the independent Turtles biopic DVD from earlier this year, My Dinner With Jimi, was a low-key but ultimately wonderful bit of cinematic storytelling. Martin Scorsese has done a lot to revive the fortunes of the music documentary; his PBS series on the blues was compelling and his Rolling Stones concert movie, Shine a Light, was a huge advance in the form. But director Davis Guggenheim may well have found a new and brilliant documentary structure with It Might Get Loud, ostensibly a truncated history of electric guitar, but ultimately a personal glimpse behind rock’s veil in the form of a summit between Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page, U2’s the Edge and the White Stripes’ Jack White. There’s plenty of backstory: how Page came to be one of the greatest guitarists in history (the summit is held at Headley Grange, where many of Zeppelin’s legend-
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ary albums were recorded), how the Edge plays effects and pedals as much as guitar, and how White increased his musical knowledge by becoming an upholsterer’s apprentice in Detroit. Beyond the individual spotlights, the pinnacle of It Might Get Loud is when the trio sits down together to tell stories, trade tips (White says openly, “I plan to trick both of these guys into teaching me all of their tricks.”) and jam together on each other’s songs. When Page launches into “Whole Lotta Love,” you can visibly see White and the Edge sink inexorably into fanboy worship. At one point in It Might Get Loud, Page says, “Every night that we went onstage, it was living. Totally living.” That passion and dedication is why Led Zeppelin were and remain one of the greatest rock bands of all time. That same passion is at the heart of the Edge’s work in U2 and White’s contributions to every project he touches. Internet chatrooms and comment sections are already packed with haters saying White has no place with Page or the Edge in this movie, but that’s a ridiculous assertion. White’s success and fame are no less valid than his older and more established peers in It Might Get Loud, and his passion for rock in all its permutations is every bit as palpable as his brothers in arms. And it’s pretty damn cool to see him make a guitar out of a board, a couple of nails, a Coke bottle and a pick-up. And I’d love to see Page play it. Between the history, the inside stories, the camaraderie and the jams, It Might Get Loud is the perfect documentary for any rock fan who wonders about the men behind the curtain. Your hair will be raised, your flesh will be goosed and your rock will most assuredly be rolled. it might get loud is available December 22 from Sony Pictures.
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f t e r a co u pl e months of sold-out shows across the country, Them Crooked Vultures are in Europe this month, but they’ve left behind their debut selftitled album. It’s rare that a brand-new band can sell out tour dates, playing music that no one’s ever heard to thunderous applause. But it’s rarer that a band is made up of Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters), Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal) and John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin). Homme spent some time talking about how this unlikely combination actually makes a lot of sense. (Check out www.recordstoreday. com for more with Homme on record stores, his latest discovery at a record store and why vinyl is the greatest thing around.) You and Dave Grohl have played together often, and are friends, but how did the idea of an entirely new band with John Paul Jones come up? Homme: For many years, Dave and I have been looking for something to do when the schedules line up. We’ve talked for a long time about who should we include that makes that chemistry right. He mentioned Jones, and I thought he was joking at first. Then [I] come to find out he’s serious and he’s been corresponding with Jones. Then I met Jones and we hit it off, and two days later we started playing.
Them Crooked Vultures are the rare supergroup that demands your immediate attention by Carrie Colliton Was this a jam session at first, or did you know from the beginning you were going to make new music? Homme: After that first jam session, a couple things were clear: We had good chemistry and Dave didn’t really know what he was unleashing when he asked us to do this. In a way, I was like, well, we have to do this, and it has to be really good. Otherwise, it was like saying, “Why couldn’t the three of you make something you really enjoyed?” You and Dave have both been in bands where you’re the lead and bands where you’re the drummer. How did you decide who was going to do what, and not to do some sort of Genesis thing? Homme: You used a good example, because we all understand that you can’t Phil Collins the thing where you’re playing drums and singing. Because that’s just not cool. Dave and I knew that, in the situation we’re looking for, he’s on drums and I’m on guitar. Or I’m on bass. But that didn’t become necessary with Jones. I wanted Dave to sing some more, but he kept saying, “I’m the drummer.” I think he really wanted to scratch that itch. Them Crooked Vultures is available now from Interscope.
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Weezer pop your expectations on the infectious Raditude by Gary Graff You’ve done another “real” album title with Raditude. Do you like those better than the different colored Weezer albums? P at r ick Wi l s o n: If I had my way, we would just use colors from now on; then we wouldn’t have to think about titles. We must’ve had a hundred titles for the [Red] record, and none of them felt right, so we just gave up and said, “OK, let’s just make a color.” Since the Red album, Rivers Cuomo is no longer the sole songwriter in Weezer. What difference does that make? W ilso n : It just seemed like that was the healthy way to keep everything feeling fresh. After 15 years of doing it the other way, it just felt like it was time. Now that we’ve got more writers, we don’t have to wait for Rivers to have a bunch of songs he’s happy with. We used to take forever to make a record, then tour on it forever and be burnt out and not do anything for two years. This is a lot better. R i v e r s C u o m o : It definitely feels like there’s a lot more of our energy that over the years has kind of been pent up. Now it’s been released and is flowing freely between the four of us. And I get a chance to do things
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I’ve never done because other people are doing my job. So, when my drummer is out playing lead guitar and [singing] lead vocals, I get to go back and play drums, and that’s a blast for me. Rivers put some of the infamous, lost Black Hole album on the Alone collection. Is there ever a chance of that album coming out in its entirety? Cuo mo : Well, I never finished it. I’d say I got about a third of the way through, and then a lot of if it turned into Pinkerton and then was released. And then most of the rest of the scraps have been put out by now. I definitely considered [releasing] it, but I don’t think it would be strong enough to warrant putting out as an album. It seems like something I could put out in pieces, and then maybe a fan could put [it] together and I could give ’em the artwork, and it could be something you could kind of make yourself at home or something like that. raditude is in stores now from Geffen.
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