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Man About Town—Lionsgate
Gary Frisch  |  May 01, 2007
Video: 4
Audio: 3
Extras: 1
They say that you have to reach your nadir before you can start to rebound. If that’s the case, then Ben Affleck’s career might very well be on the upswing following his portrayal of a tormented Hollywood agent in this bland movie that seems to defy genre classification. Not funny enough to be a comedy yet too light on its feet to be a drama or character study, Man About Town is simply a low-budget throwaway that probably rated too poorly to merit theatrical distribution in the United States.
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HDTV Buying Tips
Picking the Right Screen Size
Shane Buettner  |  May 01, 2007
General and Practical Rules Of Screen Size
The original rules of thumb on screen size were concocted during the era of CRTs and scan lines and have been massaged somewhat since, and will be massaged further in this era of 1080p.
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HDTV Buying TipsHDTV Tech
Plasma vs. LCD
Shane Buettner  |  May 01, 2007
They're both sexy slim, and can hang on the wall. But in spite of the similar physical profiles these two technologies are very different, and each has its strengths and weaknesses and they're not necessarily the ones the sales guy at the Big Box Store will tell you about.
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Audio Video News
Vudu to Offer Instant Movies
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 01, 2007
Are you willing to pay $300 plus $6-10 a shot for an Internet-connected set-top download box that starts a movie as soon as you press the play button?
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Music Reviews
CD Review: Sly and the Family Stone
Steve Simels  |  Apr 30, 2007

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Music Reviews
CD Review: Avril Lavigne
Brett Milano  |  Apr 30, 2007

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Music Reviews
CD Review: Bright Eyes
Rob O'Connor  |  Apr 30, 2007

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S&V TV Videos
 |  Apr 30, 2007
•Sound & Vision CEDIA Roundtable S&V contributor Jim Willcox sat down with two expert installers - our own John Sciacca and John Chance of The Home Theater Connection in Staten Island, NY - at the recent CEDIA Expo to discuss issues confronting them and their custo
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Dreamgirls (Blu-ray)
Tom Norton  |  Apr 30, 2007

Between "message" pictures, a little sunshine, and a long-frustrated bandwagon for director Martin Scorsese, <I>Dreamgirls</I> was not nominated this year for a Best Picture Oscar. But it was, nevertheless, one of the best movies of 2006, and one of the most highly anticipated video releases of 2007. The Blu-ray discs are reviewed here. An HD DVD version, with identical contents, is also available, as well as two standard definition DVD sets.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Deje Vu (Blu-ray)
 |  Apr 30, 2007

A seemingly random death initially appears to be unrelated to a devastating New Orleans ferry bombing that kills over 500 people. While the body is discovered in the same area as the explosion, and the cause of death is consistent with the tragedy, it turns up hours before the disaster. As Federal agent Doug Carlin investigates both the random death and the bombing, however, he suspects a connection. He soon has the opportunity to use a state-of-the art surveillance system that can seemingly look in on the most private and inaccessible activities, hoping that it will help him prove a link between the two events.

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