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Audio Video Revolution Reader Survey AVR wants to hear from you about our publication. What we do well and what would make it better for you. One reader will win a 20GB Apple iPod. Click below to take the survey... http://www.avrev.com/audiorevolutioncontest Revolution Home Theater Feature Film Reviews The Interpreter Reviewed By Bill Warren Rating: Three and a half stars Sydney Pollack�s �The Interpreter� is a solid, well-crafted drama/thriller in which the major sub-theme relates to grief and how to deal with it. In the trailers and advertising, the basic idea�a U.N. interpreter accidentally overhears an assassination plot�seems to suggest that this is a Hitchcock-like exercise in suspense. Surprisingly, it�s really a somber, intelligent drama; suspense plays a part, but the movie�s goals go far beyond the edge-of-the-seat thrill-o-rama the trailers promise. Pollack has had an uneven career, but his lows are not embarrassing and his highs are top-notch Hollywood filmmaking. �The Interpreter� is weakened somewhat by overlength and a less-than-gripping middle section. Also, the suicide of a major secondary character is so badly motivated that you can easily assume it was murder, and begin waiting for the killer to be revealed. The storytelling is a bit ragged at times; instead of a straight-line narrative, the movie tends to be discursive. And despite the casting of two such iconic figures as Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn, at heart it is not about the relationship of their characters. Click below to read the full review... http://www.revolutionhometheater.com/movies/revs/interpreter.shtml A Lot Like Love Reviewed By Bill Warren Rating: Zero stars After an impulsive visit to the mile high club, strangers Oliver (Ashton Kutcher) and Emily (Amanda Peet) quickly go their separate ways, yet somehow remain in each other's lives for the next seven ears. Jobs comes and go, as do significant others, but the spark found between Oliver and Emily returns every now and again. The lovers are baffled on what to do about it, and almost miss their hance at happily ever after for good. It's never the predictability of romantic comedies that bothers me, it's when the material is as flat as a pancake that really gets under my skin. "A Lot Like Love" couldn't even be considered flat. "Love" is a cinematic debacle so fluffy and forgettable, I was shocked at how infuriated I had become by the time the film ended. "Love" isn't insulting, just blindingly tedious, achingly unfunny, and negligently directed. Click below to read the full review. http://www.revolutionhometheater.com/movies/revs/alotlikelove.shtml Anthony Gallo Acoustics The Reference3 Speaks For Itself "... Not since the Vandersteen 2 has a loudspeaker come on to the audio scene with such assuredness of success. Not since the Vandy has a speaker so outpaced the competition in terms of quality and value at its price point as has this Gallo loudspeaker." Martin DeWolf - Bound For Sound "... This speaker combines so much unconventional thinking, novel applications and build quality in such a balanced, physically compact but sonically gargantuan and full-range design, and for such an exceedingly fair price that some drastic measure of formal recognition was required to truly separate it out from the crowds that make up the $3,000 - $10,000 floorstanding speaker field." Srajan Ebaen - sixmoons.com Click below to visit Anthony Gallo Acoustics. http://www.avrev.com/splashpage/anthonygallo.html NAD PowerDrive - So smart, it knows what your speakers are thinking They say that knowledge is power. So when it comes to reacting to the constantly fluctuating power needs of today's loudspeakers, an A/V receiver has to be very smart indeed. Most A/V receivers fail the test and you hear distortion. NAD's dual-rail power supply knows when your speakers need extra help to deliver clean, undistorted sound. The result is honor roll performance for your movies and music. Visit your nearest NAD dealer or do your homework at: http://www.avrev.com/splashpage/nad.html Introducing the completely redesigned RBH MC Series Mark II Designed for both audio and home theater enthusiasts, the MC Series features RBH's proprietary aluminum cone technology; the same technology in their flagship products. Because of the inherent stiffness, low mass and self-damping properties found in aluminum, these advanced drivers deliver crisp, clear sound with the immediacy and accuracy needed to deliver the realism of today's high-definition music and movies. Computer optimized crossover networks allow smooth integration between drivers while increasing power handling and minimizing distortion. To learn more click below... http://www.avrev.com/splashpage/rbh1004.html Revolution Home Theater Featured DVD Reviews Read Two More Nicole Kidman DVD Reviews on RHT... The Others Ghost stories have been done, literally, to death. Yet there is something about the hint of the supernatural, the chance of possibly viewing something that has so far gone unseen and didn�t quite make it to the grave, that draws audiences into such a tale. Even the youngest viewers are familiar with stories of ghostly haunts and Things That Go Bump In The Night. Director and Writer Alejandro Amen�bar has created a quiet and chilling masterpiece in "The Others." Where so many horror films of the day rely on special effects and gore, Amen�bar crafts his tale with subtlety and delicious anticipation on part of the audience. The viewers, after all, have probably seen ghost stories before and are familiar with the twists and turns most often taken. Clues are provided throughout the movie, and woven with such dexterity that watchers with avid imaginations will constantly be second-guessing themselves and the plot. Click below to read the full review... http://www.avrev.com/dvd/revs/others.shtml Dead Calm This Australian thriller was released in the United States with little fanfare -- but to acclaim and a lot of jangled nerves. It helped establish Sam Neill and Nicole Kidman as boxoffice names (though it didn't do the same for Billy Zane), and brought director Philip Noyce to the U.S. Up here from Down Under, Noyce has alternated good with less-good movies; his first American-financed movie was the little-known BLIND FURY, with Rutger Hauer, but that was followed by PATRIOT GAMES. But then that was followed by SLIVER, a mediocre flop -- but he bounced back with CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER in 1994. Since then, his footing has been somewhat slippery, although 1999's THE BONE COLLECTOR wasn't bad. He's scheduled to direct the next in the Jack Ryan series. Based on the novel of the same title by Charles Williams, DEAD CALM opens with a peculiar, unpleasant sequence centering on the accidental death of the young son of Aussie Naval officer John... Click below to read the full review... http://www.avrev.com/dvd/revs/deadcalm.shtml Check out our DVD review archive. Click below... http://www.revolutionhometheater.com/dvd/main.shtml And now for something completely different... The Qsonix Q100 is an Apple iPod on steroids! Imagine storing up to 500 CD�s (on one unit no larger than the average CD player) with lossless compression (i.e. audiophile sound quality)! Or store up to 3,000 CD�s compressed. That�s a lot of music either way you cut it. All music selections or albums are easily searched and played at the touch of a button. You�ve must experience the Q100 for yourself! As an Evolution Audio & Video exclusive, you can order the Q100 with the 15� touch screen panel and receive the panel ($1,795 retail) absolutely free. Come into Evolution Audio & Video for an amazing demonstration! Call (818) 879-1312 or email us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for further information. 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