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MUSIC: ‘The Game’ revives west coast hip-hop MOVIE: Extreme DVD Full proves pain is universal FASHION: What to wear when you can’t find a thing in your closet EFFECTTitan Entertainment Guide The Hives shake things up at the House of Blues Val Emmich ‘slows it down’ Upcoming musician is emo’s latest voice of rock Page 5 January 3, 2 0 0 5What’S Inside Dave Muscato, an Apple fan, has opened www.freefi ona.com in an Contents attempt to make Sony release the album … 50 Cent has dropped the 02 News Briefs “Saint Valentineʼs Day” from his Calendar album title and is simply calling his sophomore effort “The Mas- 03 Movies- Are We There Yet sacre.” A video for the albumʼs Slammed second single “Candy Shop” will Flashback favorite-After be hitting the airwaves this week and the album will drop in March. School Specials Fans of System of a Down have 04 Music- The Hives two reasons to be thankful in 2005. The band will release “Hypno- Lassie Foundation tize,” featuring the single “Ciga- 05 The Game ro,” in late April and a second disc Columbia Pictures called “Mesmerize” in the sum- Val Emmich mer…Alex Garland who penned 06 Food-Brooklyn Pizza Works News Briefs of “How to Dismantle an Atomic “28 Days Later” has been tapped Book- He’s not that into you Bomb. to write “Saw 2” which will make 07 Fashion- Style Scout Head of The Inc., Irv Gotti Trent Reznor of Nine Inch itʼs way to theaters in late Octo- and his brother Chris, have been Nails announced that the bandʼs ber…Peter Jacksonʼs remake of charged with laundering more long awaited album, “With Teeth”, “King Kong,” which starts Naomi than $1 million in drug money which features drumming from Watts and Jack Black, has resumed through the record label. If con- Dave Grohl, will fi nally be on fi lming in New Zealand and will victed, Gotti faces up to 20 years shelves May 3…If youʼve been make itʼs debut in the fall…Nomi- in prison and Def Jam Records will nations for the Oscars were an- ON THE COVER: The Hives end searching for Fiona Apple, sheʼs take over The Inc.ʼs roster which nounced this past week. Up for U.S. tour with stint at the House not dead, but she has been bur- includes Ja Rule and Ashanti. The best picture are “Million Dollar of Blues. (Photo by Niyaz Pirani.) ied on Sonyʼs shelf since 2003. Gameʼs “The Documentary” sold Appleʼs third album “Extraordi- Baby,” “Ray,” “The Aviator,” close to 600,000 copies in itʼs fi rst nary Machine” was fi nished two Sideways” and “Finding Never- week, the strongest debut for an al- years ago but Sony decided that land.” bum since U2ʼs November release it wasnʼt commercial enough. -Compiled by Niyaz Pirani Full Effect Calendar Monday FULL EFFECT EDITOR Metal Skool @ the Roxy KYM PARONS Tuesday EXECUTIVE EDITOR The Format @ Chain Reaction MARTI LONGWORTH Suffocation @ The Galaxy Concert Theatre ADVERTISING SALES DIRECTOR KEVIN COOK Wednesday Marc Broussard @ Coach House PRODUCTION Pepper @ House of Blues, Anaheim KYM PARSONS SEESON MAHATHAVORN, KEVIN COOK Thursday A Flock of Seagulls @ House of Blues ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Day of Contempt @Chain Reaction DAISY NOELLE, KIMBERLY LEUNG Natalie MacMaster @ Cerritos Performing Arts Center CAN SENGEZER, JESSICA LEVENTHAL, VANESSA RUMBLES, RICK LEON Friday Acceptance @Chain Reaction A Love Ends Suicide @ Glass House The Digits @ Kooʼs Art Café The Daily Titan 714.278.3373 Repeat Repeat @Chain Reaction Full Effect Editorial 714.278.5426 [email protected] Editorial Fax 714.278.4473 Saturday Full Effect Advertising 714.278.3373 [email protected] Advertising Fax 714.278.2702 Ice T @ Vault 350 Full Effect , a student publication, is a supplemental insert for the Cal State Fullerton Daily Titan. It KC & the Sunshine Band @ House of Blues, Anaheim. is printed every Thursday. The Daily Titan operates independently of Associated Students, College of Communications, CSUF administration and the CSU system. The Daily Titan has functioned as a public forum since inception. Unless implied by the advertising party or otherwise stated, Sunday advertising in the Daily Titan is inserted by commercial activities or ventures identifi ed in the ad- Atreyu @ House of Blues, Anaheim vertisements themselves and not by the university. Such printing is not to be construed as written or implied sponsorship, endorsement or investigation of such commercial enterprises. Copyright ©2004 Daily Titan 2 FULL EFFECT Daily Titan January 31, 2005 MOVIE Review Are We There Yet isn’t worth the trip BY JOSEPH SANTOS the picture. Daily Titan Staff Suzanne is assigned to coordi- nate a party in Vancouver while “Boring and “painful” are the her ex-husband is supposed to only two words to describe the chaperone the kids and meet her movie “Are We There Yet,” star- there. ring rapper/actor Ice Cube and Nia Unable to make it, her ex-hus- Long. band cancels on her and Suzanne Like most holiday family mov- is left with no one to look after ies, “Are We There Yet?” makes them. an effort to be funny and enter- Wanting to further their relation- taining by using painful stunts and ship, Nick agrees to take on the re- child-like humor, but this attempt sponsibility, even though he hates is ruined as the stunts are ridicu- kids. Unfortunately, Nick does not lously unbelievable and danger- know what he is in for. ous enough to kill a human being. Suzanneʼs evil kids, Lindsey Additionally, the overall story and (Aleisha Allen) and Kevin (Phillip script is dull and un-original. Bolden), use tactics such as trip- Nick Persons (Ice Cube) is a wire and throwing balloons fi lled sports memorabilia store owner/ with glue on Suzanneʼs dates to bachelor who hates children. get the point across. One day, he unexpectedly meets Nick is no exception when they the attractive Suzanne (Nia Long), subject him to numerous painful an employee of the party planning events along the way to meet up with their mother. service across the street from his Rob McEwan/Columbia Pictures story. Nick tries to get transport them Philip Daniel Bolden and Ice Cube star in Revolution Studios’ family comedy Are We There Yet? On a stormy night, he drives by by way of plane, train, and auto- Suzanne and her broken down car mobile, each of which leads to ing train on to the cement platform. is the acting effort put out by Ice Nick Persons is carried out sur- and offers her a ride. The couple painful mishaps for Nick. The entire adventure is fi lled with Cube. prisingly, very well. Other than hit it off and there seems to be Many of them are unrealistic dangerous stunts that make the au- Despite Cubeʼs former serious that, the movie is a far cry from good chemistry in the relationship and even sadistic, especially when dience feel sorry for Nick. movie roles, his portrayal of the being the entirely original holiday until Suzanneʼs children come into Nick is forced to jump from a mov- The saving grace of the movie bachelor turned patient caretaker family movie it tries to be. Extreme DVD shows Flashback Favorite that pain is universal Important life lessons learned BY KYM PARSONS Slammed showsshows extremeextreme athletesathletes Daily Titan Entertanment Editor taking some of the worst spills of their life. through after school specials A word of advice: Donʼt try After witnessing what these pro- to attempt or recreate any of the fessional endure on a daily basis, BY KYM PARSONS makes the mistake of mocking school bully Marv stunts performed on this DVD. itʼs a wonder they keep doing it. Daily Titan Enterainment Editor Hammerman (Jim Sage) by claiming Marvʼs an- With some of the But as video foot- cestors swung from the trees. Marv does not react most intense crashes, age in intertwined Remember the good old days when television well to the comment, and he makes Mouse feel his collisions, spills and with exclusive inter- offered life lessons and left viewers with warm own pain the only way Marv knows how, by land- wipeouts from some views, we learn that fuzzy feelings inside? ing him with punches. of extreme sports big- there is a psychology Those days of coming home from school, push- Summer of the Swans - The summer doldrums gest stars, Slammed isis to the slam. ing aside the homework and watching moralistic have engulfed Sara (Heather Totten) who fi nds life likely to exercise your While not for ev- tales of teen pregnancy, suicide and drug abuse in a small town increasingly irritating. When her gag refl exes, make you eryone, this DVD re- may be long gone, but they can now be revisited younger brother, Charlie, disappears, Sara realizes cringe and make you ally goes above and on DVD. the need to think of other people and not just her- want to cover your beyond with itʼs por- “After School Specials,” which aired on self. eyes all at the same trayal of extreme ath- weekday afternoons from 1974-1989, storylines The Skating Rink - Living on a poor farm in time. letes as passionate, which were adapted from young-adult novels and the South, Tuck Faraday (Stewart Petersen) strug- Broken bones, bust- and driven people. starred some of the most popular teen actors of gles with the insecurity caused by his stutter. ed teeth, fractured ribs, They fall down a its day.“After School Specials” became a favorite Tuck is fascinated as he watches a deserted fac- bruised hips and cracked skulls is lot and get right back up until they of parents and youth alike, by tackling issues that tory being transformed into an ice skating rink and all in a days work for these athletes are the best at what they do.