Monday, March 16, 2009

NEW MUSIC CD: NICKELBACK DARK HORSE

Here is the Amazon summary for the Music CD Dark Horse from Nickelback

Nickelback have established themselves as one of the biggest rock bands in the world. With over 26 million albums sold worldwide they have made their mark in rock and roll history. Their new album, 'Dark Horse', is one of the most anticipated releases this year. The band brought in legendary producer Mutt Lange to produce the record with Nickelback and longtime collaborator Joey Moi.

Here is the tracklist for The Dark Horse from Nickelback.

1. Something In Your Mouth 2. Burn It To The Ground 3. Gotta Be Somebody 4. I’d Come For You 5. Next Go Round 6. Just To Get High 7. Never Gonna Be Alone 8. Shakin’ Hand 9. S.E.X. 10. If Today Was Your Last Day 11. This Afternoon

Here is the direct download for the CD The Dark Horse from Nickelback(NEWZBIN Site).

MUSIC CD: NICKELBACK ALL THE RIGHT REASONS

Here is the summary for the CD All The Right Reasons From NickelBack from Amazon

Throughout their nine-year career, Nickelback have stayed true to their roots, releasing five CDs of straight-up, unapologetic rock & roll. So how have things changed for the Canadian boys since the massive success of Silver Side Up and The Long Road? Well, brothers Chad and Mike Kroeger still live in the Great White North, and they still write hook-laden rock songs. The only difference now is that they have the satisfaction, 10 million CDs later, of smugly knowing that even some of their biggest naysayers will guiltily admit to singing along with Nickelback's catchy hits. On All the Right Reasons, one track definitely ranks high up in hum-ability: the first single, "Photograph," reminisces about the bittersweetness of high school in a small town--once again reconfirming frontman Chad Kroeger's ability to write memorable hooks. Regarding the rest of the disc: standard rock topics like love, lust, jealousy, and breakups abound, with riff-y delivery that longtime fans will love. The guilty pleasure bunch will also find what they need within the grooves, on the ballad "If Everyone Cared," the riff-heavy "Fight for All the Wrong Reasons," and the Metallica-inspired "Savin' Me." The disc's most impressive and simultaneously surreal moment, however, exists on "Side of a Bullet," a passionate revenge tale written about the killer of Pantera guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, which features one of the late Abbott's guitar solos as donated by Pantera bandmate and brother, drummer Vinnie Paul. --Denise Sheppard

Here is the Tracks on the CD All The Right Reasons From Nickelback.
  1. "Follow You Home" - 4:20
  2. "Fight for All the Wrong Reasons" - 3:43
  3. "Photograph" - 4:19
  4. "Animals" - 3:06
  5. "Savin' Me" - 3:39
  6. "Far Away" - 3:58
  7. "Next Contestant" - 3:35
  8. "Side of a Bullet" - 3:00
  9. "If Everyone Cared" - 3:38
  10. "Someone That You're With" - 4:01
  11. "Rockstar" - 4:15

Bonus Tracks

  1. "We Will Rock You" (Queen cover) (Bonus track on Japanese Edition)
  2. "Someday" (Live/Acoustic) (Australian Edition)


Here is the direct download for the full CD of All The Right Reason from Nickelback (Newzbin site).

PUSH NOW AVAILABLE

Here is the summary for the movie Push from imdb

A group of young American ex-pats with telekinetic and clairvoyant abilities are hiding from a clandestine U.S. government agency. They must utilize their different talents and band together for a final job enabling them to escape the agency forever. Written by Anonymous

Here is a review for the movie Push from dvdtalk

It's clear to me that Dakota Fanning is the real deal. Free of any remaining child-actor stigma, I found myself strangely drawn to her in Push, Paul McGuigan's sporadically-effective sci-fi/action/superhero hybrid. She's got whatever it is that movie stars need: the right combination of mystery, talent and charisma that can carry a movie. Too bad Push is a bit of a lark; it's sound and fury, signifying a sequel. The movie wears its desire to start a franchise on its sleeve in a way that's inherently unsatisfying, and while Dakota Fanning may be popping up in any number of projects in 2010, I doubt any of them are going to be Push 2.

In the world of the film, there are three major types of special abilities (well, there are more, but elaboration is rare). Movers can move things with their mind, Seers see the future, and Pushers can get inside your mind and make you believe whatever they want. Not surprisingly, these types correspond to the three main characters characters. Nick (Chris Evans) is the Mover, Cassie (Fanning) is the Seer, and Kira (Camilla Belle) is the Pusher. They're being tracked by Division, led by Agent Henry Carver (Djimon Hounsou), who wants the syringe Kira stole while escaping from Division's science lab. Division is an organization which exists to turn these people into weapons, and they've been injecting gunk meant to enhance the powers into everyone they can pick up. The downside is, it's fatal.

These days, everybody's trying to birth a franchise, and Push is no exception. Plot threads are purposefully left hanging, ideas feel underdeveloped, and various possibilities are skimmed over, leaving a movie that basically just has holes in it, and watching it is like eating a Hot Pocket with nothing but sauce inside. On top of that, the script is its own brand of frustrating, bordering on both annoying and dopey but never quite tipping over, leaving the audience to simply wish at all times that it was better. I wasn't bored by Push, but I was never sucked in either.

Director Paul McGuigan surprised me with his last feature Lucky Number Slevin, which took a familiar set of tropes and goosed some life into them with snappy writing and sharp performances. Sadly, lightning does not strike twice, and only spurts of the action and mayhem on display are particularly entertaining. McGuigan unfortunately succumbs to the modern desire to overcut everything, tossing some used Tony Scott-style burned-out flashbacks and a dash of shaky-cam in for good measure. Even when the movie looks nice, François Séguin's colorful production design or DP Peter Sova probably played as much a role in it as McGuigan. The 111-minute runtime could also lose a little fat -- you could probably trim out ten minutes without losing a single scene.

It pays to know what kind of movie you're making, and only Fanning gets it right. While she takes the film on exactly the right terms, her co-stars are on the opposite ends of the spectrum. Camilla Belle often feels flat and somewhat maudlin, like she's taking the concept very seriously, while Evans is almost too aware he's making a goofy movie, with some audience-pandering smarminess showing around the edges. Their romance is an even bigger miscalculation: Belle and Evans have no chemistry whatsoever. Luckily, we have Fanning to fall back on, who has a deadpan charisma without hitting the audience over the head with the movie's complicated mythos. Among the rest of the cast, it's nice to see Evans' Sunshine co-star Cliff Curtis pop up as a man who can transform objects, and I liked seeing Nate Mooney, one of the terrible McPoyle brothers on "It's Always Sunny in Phiadelphia", in a far less lecherous role. As the villain, Hounsou is barely there, and he fails to be as menacing as he should be when he decides to appear (with his mostly silent Alan Tudyk/Paul Bettany clone Neil Jackson in tow).

By chopping out select bits for the sequel, McGuigan and co. leave an already silly movie spread too thin, hurting both the film that exists and the one they're hoping to make next. Watching Push turns the audience into the monkey on the exercise bike with the banana dangling in front of it: the filmmakers promise you the banana, but only if we pedal Push to box office success. Fans of Dakota Fanning should be fairly satisfied, but everyone else can get a glimpse of a future where they stay home, and save their money.


Here is the direct download for the movie Push.