Old film still teaches social values

The favorite 1971 Stanley Kubrick film, “A Clockwork Orange” still teaches ideas of social and political life which continue to be relevant in modern society.

This film was originally a novel by Anthony Burgess, and was made into a screen play by Kubrick, who at the time was working on the film “2001: A Space Odyssey,” and became inspired to create another science fiction classic.

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‘The Other Guys’ promises, delivers action and adventure

Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Samuel L. Jackson and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson deliver comedy, action and adventure in the sure-to-be-a-hit movie, “The Other Guys.”

“The Other Guys” was released into theaters Aug. 6.

Terry Hoitz (Wahlberg) is a good cop with a flawed reputation, now confined to a desk due to a faux pas a few years back.

He has been trying to get his reputation back on track, but has been partnered up with Allen Gamble (Ferrell) who is making Hoitz life and his career worse.

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‘American Idol’ throwaway makes comeback with new mixtape

Asia’h Epperson from Joplin, Mo., recently signed to Soda Pop/Island Def Jam records for an undisclosed amount.

Her mixtape, “Deal With It,” was recently released for download on the Internet.

Asia’h has a smooth, delightful voice that fares well with hip-hop beats.

Her song “Outta Time” has the musical background of Bone Thugs in Harmony’s “First of the Month.”

She is telling her man, or soon to be ex, he is out of time in regards to their relationship.

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Fine actors can’t save ‘Cyrus’

There are good movies, bad movies, and movies in between.

“Cyrus,” the latest from Fox Searchlight Pictures, transcends these categories. This movie could qualify as a vile form of psychological torture.

“Cyrus” is currently in selected theaters and is one of those rare films that has absolutely nothing to recommend.

The acting is flat, the dialogue is bland, the cinematography is amateurish, and the plot moves so slowly that the first five minutes of the movie feels like an hour.

The basic plot concept is brilliantly dark. John (John C. Reilly) meets the woman of his dreams at a party that his ex-wife, Jamie (Catherine Keener) forces him to go to.

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Drake beats the odds on first album

One of hip-hop’s newest and best arrivals, Drake, aka Aubrey Drake Graham, dropped his first album,“Thank Me Later” last month.

This album is full of true hip-hop beats as well as a host of true hip-hop legends including Lil Weezy, aka Lil Wayne.

He drops more than his required sixteen bars for his Young Money protégé on this disc.

Ironically, Wayne dropped his bars while behind bars, via a phone call.

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‘Angels’ high point for Reznor

Trent Reznor, the suicide king of industrial pop, comes out of exile to re-ascend his throne. There he sits, hand in hand with his new queen, covered in blood and soot.

“How to Destroy Angels” is his first musical project since disbanding Nine Inch Nails last year. This time he’s brought along his wife Mariqueen Maandig and co-producer Atticus Ross.

The self-titled, 6-song EP, was released June 1 and is available as a free MP3 download at www.howtodestroyangels.com.

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‘Predators’ best installment of series

The newest installment of “Predators,” written by Robert Rodriguez and directed by Nimrod Antal, muscled its way into fans’ hearts July 9.

Despite having a small budget, the movie is great and breathes life back into the “Predator” franchise.

In the sequel to “Predator” and “Predator 2,” a group of humans find themselves on a foreign jungle world after being taken from Earth.

The humans are all cold-blooded killers ranging from a mercenaries, to soldiers and convicts.

The only exception to this deadly group of humans is a doctor named Edwin (Topher Grace) whose role is revealed as the movie continues.

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She said: ‘Eclipse’ great movie for fans, but lacks overall bite

Team Edward or Team Jacob? Wherever your allegiance lies, there is plenty to go around in “Eclipse.”

The film is the third of Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight” saga, a series of books-turned-movies centered on Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart), a human teenager who is torn between vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) and werewolf Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner).

In “Eclipse,” the story takes a dark turn when a series of grisly killings is believed to be the work of newborn vampires: newly-changed monsters whose desire for blood is uncontrollable and insatiable.

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He said: Better acting makes ‘Eclipse’ best ‘Twilight’ film so far

Thousands of fans are flocking into theaters to see “Eclipse,” and those fans will not be disappointed because it is easily the best movie in the the “Twilight” saga so far.

The third installment continues the heavy use of character-driven plot lines that made the first two movies work so well.

But it also has the added draw of being the first movie in the series to show the vampires and werewolves in full-out, no-holds-barred warfare.

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