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If you're in the mood for something on the creepy side, this makes for the perfect purchase.
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'Powerhouse' is a potent combination of inventive creativity and spot-on realization, with puppetry, dance, music, and a smashing cast.
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Interstellar is another notch in Christopher Nolan's résumé of never-ending cinematic accomplishments.
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Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is a fun ride but is held back by being more of the same formula from previous games.
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Liu delivers a masterful performance, bringing Watson into her own in the season premiere, comfortable with taking center stage, as Miller's Sherlock adjusts to a supporting role.
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'Rise of a Texas Bluesman' should be required viewing for Texas blues fans in general and Stevie Ray Vaughan devotees in particular.
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Another addition to the slow-but-sure Archive Collection reissue program, this 1975 pop classic has some great bonus tracks.
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Beginning to end, and with all of Sauron's Captains and War Chiefs lying dead at your feet in between, Shadow of Mordor is spectacularly fun. Better than that, it doesn't require a deep love or knowledge of Middle-Earth to make it enjoyable. It can, and does, stand all by itself.
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