Dignity

1. Stranger
2. Dignity
3. With Love
4. Danger
5. Gypsy Woman
6. Never Stop
7. No Work, All Play
8. Between You And Me
9. Dreamer
10. Happy
11. Burned
12. Outside Of You
13. I Wish
14. Play With Fire

Don't be fooled by that sultry over-the-shoulder cover photo - Hilary Duff's third studio album bubbles with enthusiastic electro-pop rhythms that would inspire even hardened couch potatoes to take a turn on the dance floor.

First single "Play With Fire" is about a young woman who has gotten over a break-up, and has just encountered the former object of her affection. Though not the best song on the album, it has an infectious '80s style chorus which makes up for a slightly monotonous vocal performance. Second single "With Love" is another '80s retro track and is strictly for dancing, but all is forgiven with the third single "Stranger", which has an unusual Eastern influenced beat running through it. "Stranger" mixes up the rhythms and allows Duff to show a little more range, and the lyrics are also much better than the first two singles. The song is about a couple who appear perfect in public, but this image quickly dissipates when they are alone.

And now for the rest of the album -

The title track is a wickedly funny take on the young publicity-hungry starlets, hotties and heiresses doing the entertainment circuit, and is one of my favorite songs on this album. "Danger" is another track with an Eastern influence, but although I like the beat, the lyrics make me feel really old. (The song is about dating an older man, who was born in 1974 - this makes me archaic) "Gypsy Woman" is about a woman who breaks up a family, a short track which leads into the bouncy "Never Stop", a disco number reminiscent of "Knock on Wood".

The slower paced "No Work No Play" didn't do it for me, but I like how she does the chorus lines - "Let the clouds roll in and fill the sky / Get that melancholy feeling inside". "Between You and Me" is just more of the same old, same old, except for that "oompah oompah" tuba bit, and the intro for "Dreamer" (a song about a stalker) sounds just a bit Paris Hilton in delivery. "Happy" doesn't really come over that way, but it's about a girl getting over a bad relationship and feeling much better about herself. Rounding out the album are "Burned", "Outside of You" (the only song not co-written by Duff, with Pink and Chantal Kreviazuk doing the honors), and "I Wish".

An enjoyable, danceable, guilty pleasure album that you should buy for a teenager and borrow every once in a while. -- Amanda Richards "Modest to the extreme" (Georgetown, Guyana)

Release Date: 04/03/2007

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Material Girls

Wow, sisters Hilary and Haylie Duff co-starring together in the `06 film `Material Girls' [let me catch my breath]! I can almost see their agent shopping this one to MGM. Hilary's a pretty hot commodity right now with a hit television show under her belt and movies galore and Haylie was in that big hit `Napoleon Dynamite.' What could be more perfect?

A lot of things I think. Yes the Duff's are attractive, that I'll admit, but this film is sooo predictable, and cliché, spoiled rich kids go from mega wealth, to dirt poor, to wealth again. Gee.. how original is that? I have to wonder why the girls even bothered. The only plausible answer is the Olson twins must have been unavailible. All kidding aside, if you're a little girl twelve or under you'll love it.

Release Date: 12/12/2006

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Cheaper By the Dozen 2

I truly enjoyed this movie - and wouldn't hesitate to allow some of my young children to see it! There is no foul language, and dating and first crush situations were handled very tastefully - and even with a flair of innocence about them! I happen to be the oldest of 7, my husband is one of 8, and together we have 5 children - so we are very much pro big families. It is very refreshing to see a positive story involving not one, but TWO large families! In this day and age where society pushes the idea that 1 or 2 children makes the perfect family, this movie gives the viewer a fairly accurate glimpse of what life can be like with many more siblings. Of course there will be times of difficulty and disagreements, but there is also plenty of love to go around, and this is the ultimate conclusion of this movie - in BOTH families! There are many lessons to be learned in this film - not the least of which is the need to have a clear vision of what is more important in life. Both fathers in this story are struggling with competitiveness that has become an obsession, but I found it truly moving when Steve Martin's character chooses to forfeit the final tie-breaking event because of the potential risk to his 9-months-pregnant daughter. His was the choice of a true champion, and in the end, both fathers come to recognize that their families are so much more important than winning another trophy! What a truly refreshing message to families and young people who are being bombarded with messages of "me first" and "look out for number one!"

I most certainly do not regret the time and money spent to see this film! If you are tired of all the sex, violence and gore present in so much of today's movie choices, I suggest you give this film a try. It is rare to walk out of a movie theater feeling uplifted, but that is exactly what this film did for me! -- M. Cotter (New Jersey USA)

Release Date: 05/23/2006

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The Perfect Man

If you go into this movie expecting it to be fluffy, cute, and heart warming then you will be pleased. If you are expecting a dramatic masterpiece then be prepared to be disappointed.

I needed a good chick flick to sit down and have a good time with. This movie was just that! Hillary Duff is too perfect and it worked have Heather Locklear as her mom. They make a good team. The supporting cast is great and enhances the movie. Zoe, Locklear's youngest "daughter" is adorable and I can't wait to see her in more movies.

It's a good heart warmer! -- TJ's Mommy (El Dorado Hills, CA United States)

Release Date: 11/01/2005

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The Perfect Man (Widescreen Edition)

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Raise Your Voice

I can't believe this movie practically had me crying in the beginning. If the movie does anything right, it's the ability to try and jerk a tear out of it's audience. It worked on my mom! I was totally skeptical at first-- not a huge Hilary Duff fan --but this is a pretty good movie, despite the facts that it employs every single movie character cliche and (at times) has the cheesiest dialogue ever.

Duff plays Terri, who wants to go to a music school in LA. Her brother Paul(played by Jason Ritter-- who's too cute for his own good!) is practically her best friend, he supports her like crazy. Her father doesn't want her to go, but her flaky aunt and cool mom do. When Terri's brother is killed in a car accident, she's not sure she wants to sing anymore, and dad certainly doesn't want her going away to a music school. So when Terri is accepted, her mom and aunt cover her back so she can go. Paul would've wanted her to go. She meets a cute guy (Oliver James, in the same role he played in What a Girl Wants), a cool teacher (John Corbett!), and makes some cool friends. Can she overcome her grieving to perform in front of the crowd and sing her heart out?? Will she win the $10,000 scholarship that the music school offers to the best performance? Take a wild guess... hey, it might just surprise you. (But if you pay attention it probably won't. That's okay, though!!)

The emotion is there-- that of a grieving sister and family. It's well played; I ALMOST cried (I held it in!). The dialogue is so bad in some spots, but funny and original in others. It seemed to yo-yo back and forth. It's a cute movie for teen girls, they'll swoon over Oliver James, and a pretty good movie for anyone else who can see past the cliches (I did) and just enjoy the movie. Of course it's going to be cheesy sometimes, but that's the charm! Check this one out sometime!! RECOMMENDED!! -- Ashley Quinn "Ash" (IL United States)

Release Date: 02/15/2005

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A Cinderella Story (Full Screen Edition)

Hilary Duff stars as the improbable social outcast Sam, who lives in the valley with her rich stepmom and two socially awkward stepsisters. When Sam's secret penpal asks her to the dance will Sam be able to find the time to go, or will her stepmom and her evil stepsisters prevent her?

If I don't think too much about this film I realize I actually liked it. After a bit of thought, however, this films flaws are easy to see.

Peeves:
1. Rather than feel sorry for 'Sam' I ended up feeling more sorry for her stepsisters, who were more 'geeky' than Sam ever was. It would've been nice for Sam to treat her sisters with kindness. Instead, I hardly saw them interacting at all. 2. The step mom. She was kind of mediocre in her nefariousness. She seemed a bit dim. If Sam couldn't pull the wool over her eyes nine times out of ten, I would be disappointed. 3. The geeky best friend character. He was interesting but went nowhere. Some resolution would be nice.

Overall, this was a fun story, not to be taken too seriously. -- LadyNaava "LadyNaava" (Sunny California)

Release Date: 10/19/2004

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Release Date: 10/19/2004

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The Lizzie McGuire Movie

The Lizzie McGuire Movie picks up where the Hit Disney Channel Original TV Series left off. Hilary Duff is back as Lizzie, a gorgeous and good hearted, but totally insecure teenage girl, preparing to leave Jr. High and move on to bigger and better things. The movie focuses on a very special graduation trip that Lizzie and some of her classmates take that summer, to Rome, Italy. Hoping this will be her chance to find adventure instead of bad luck for a change, Lizzie and her best friend Gordo vow to take chances and have fun, and forget about the embarrassing social order of school and home. Once in Rome, Lizzie's friend-turned-enemy, Kate, mopes about being ignored by the Italian boys, meanwhile, Lizzie's old crush Ethan scopes the chicks, and Gordo repeatedly catches himself scoping Lizzie. But Lizzie is entranced by an Italian pop-star she's just met, Paolo, who's amazed at the likeness Lizzie shares with his former singing partner, the dark-haired beauty Isabella. Paolo begs Lizzie to perform on stage with him at a major awards show in the guise of the vacationing Isabella, and, remembering her vow to have an adventure, Lizzie agrees to go through with it. Time passes as Lizzie is being prepped for the fraud, and as it does, she finds herself growing closer to Paolo and discovering assertive qualities she didn't know she had. But as Paolo's scheme is rising to fruition, Gordo is having a heck of a time keeping Lizzie's adventures secret from the group of American travelers and their vicious chaperone/tour guide. Back home, Lizzie's little brother Matt, under the evil influence of his friend Melina, is working on another plan to ruin his sister's reputation, this time requiring himself and his parents to travel to Rome as well. When the day of Lizzie's big performance finally arrives, so does Lizzie's family, not to mention the mysterious pop-star Isabella! It's anybody's guess how the big show will turn out, not to mention who will get the girls in the end!

The Lizzie McGuire Movie was a wonderful surprise, even for this loyal Hilary lover and long-time fan of the series. From the super cute and perfect opening scene, to the fan and crowd pleasing feel-good ending, this was a perfect movie for such a great hit TV show. I must admit, it WAS pretty weird to see all the Lizzie McGuire characters on the big screen, but it was very cool once I got used to it. The graduation scene bothered me a bit, because they felt they had to give an explanation for every major character, making statements the TV show fans already knew, like how Kate used to be Lizzie's best friend until she became popular, etc..., but that was the only thing in the whole movie that bugged me. It wouldn't even have been that bad, if not for the way they did it, rushing from one character to another like, "we need to get these character explanations out of the way," mentioning how Lizzie's other best friend, Miranda, was away in Mexico and things like that. But like I said, that was the only part that bugged me in an otherwise incredibly great movie! As a long-time fan of the show, a couple of parts nearly made me cry, though I'm sure sometimes it was just the result of seeing my dreamgirl, Hilary Duff, up there looking incredible and doing the best acting I've ever seen her do! The part where she gets on stage and does her thing, I was really getting choked up, because after coming to know the character the way we have from the TV series, it was amazing to see the things Lizzie was doing in this movie as she finally found her confidence! I should also say that Hilary has really improved as a singer, actress, and in everything else she does! She even did a great job as Isabella, the Italian pop-star! There were only a couple of times where she lost the accent a bit. But every girl should be able to look that good with both blonde AND brown hair! Ha. I wonder how Hilary would look as a redhead? I can't say enough good things about this movie! I just can't wait till it comes out on DVD. My eyes are even a little teary right now. Oh, what I would have given to have traded places with Gordo in that movie! -- slave2moonlight (TX)

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Most Wanted

1. Wake Up
2. The Getaway
3. Beat Of My Heart
4. Come Clean (Remix 2005)
5. Mr. James Dean
6. So Yesterday
7. Metamorphosis
8. Rock This World (Remix 2005)
9. Break My Heart
10. Fly
11. Girl Can Rock (Remix 2005)
12. Our Lips Are Sealed
13. Why Not (Remix 2005)

Hilary Duff will probably never be a music critics darling but that doesnt stop her from making infectious bubblegum pop music that becomes everyones quilty pleasure. A greatest hits album may seem premature given she's only had two albums however this album collects all of her popular tracks from her various soundtracks along with her singles and album cuts. Looking at the tracklisting Hilary has been a very buisy girl indeed.

The album features all her big hits So Yesterday, Fly, Come Clean (in a rather remixed dance form) and a slightly updated version of the Lizzie Maguire song "why not".

The 2005 remixes are pretty good. "Come Clean" has a been remixed to have a more club/dance sound. On "why not" and "rock this world" the songs have been given more of a guitar/rock feel than the original's upbeat dance pop.

There are three new tracks to entice fans who already own her first two albums. "wake up" the album's first single finds Hilary in her usual pop/rock mode singing about her trappings of fame. And its all quite catchy. "break of my heart" and "Beat of my heart" are typical bubblegum fare and its up to the listener to decide if its good.

Hilary's sister Haylie Duff shows up to duet on "Our lips are sealed" a cover of the Go-go's 1980s hit. The track is listenable but not the strongest on the album.

Overall the album is a good mix of pop songs and a great package for those who passed on Hilary's first two albums. A fun album and must buy for anyone who likes good pop music-whether they want to admit it or not. -- B. Ackley "jumpstudios" (Douglasville, GA)

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Hilary Duff

1. Fly
2. Do You Want Me?
3. Weird
4. Hide Away
5. Mr. James Dean
6. Underneath This Smile
7. Dangerous To Know
8. Who's That Girl?
9. Shine
10. I Am
11. The Getaway
12. Cry
13. Haters
14. Rock This World
15. Someone's Watching Over Me
16. Jericho
17. The Last Song

While Hilary Duff's sophomore album is a notch below her wonderful first effort, it still has some gems on it, and is overall a quality CD that is worth owning if you are a fan of Hilary or of the teen pop sound.

The strongest songs are ones from her movie, "Raise Your Voice"-"Someone's Watching Over Me" and "Jericho." Both have beautiful melodies that are very well suited to Hilary's voice (she does much better with the sweet ballads than with the harder rock and roll stuff), and inspiring and upbeat lyrics.

Other good songs on this album include "Fly" (a higher energy song, like "So Yesterday" from her first CD. But which is still melodic enough to work well with her voice), "Do You Want Me?," "I Am," and "Underneath this Smile" (all of which address in some way the paradoxes and contradictions that are part of being human...and especially a part of being a teenager), and "Shine" (another one that is more towards a rockish sound, but still slow enough to work for her...nice lyrics about the power of true friendship to raise our spirits).

There are a couple songs that I have to skip over because they're a bit unpleasant to the ear: "Mr. James Dean" and "Haters." These songs pull Hilary out of the style that works so well for her, and she yells more than she sings. I'm not a big fan of this style with anyone singing it, but it works particularly poorly with Hilary. The lyrics of these songs, too, are more petty and trite than the others. Still, the rest of the album is strong enough to overcome these two. -- Darren Pollock "dmpollock" (La Crescenta, CA USA)

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Metamorphosis

1. So Yesterday
2. Come Clean
3. Workin' It Out
4. Little Voice
5. Where Did I Go Right?
6. Anywhere but Here
7. The Math
8. Love Just Is
9. Sweet Sixteen
10. Party Up
11. Metamorphosis
12. Inner Strength
13. Why Not

Ok, I went through quite a bit of the reviews to figure out whether I should get the CD or not... and of course it was kind of useless because all there was, was too many people going "I LOVE HILARY, she's the best" and too many people going "I HATE HILARY, SHE SUCKS!" and I was like... ok..... like those are gonna help my decision. Truly, I don't think people should review unless they are into the type of music the artist is considered because mostly on a country album there'll be rap fans reviewing "THIS SUCKS" when they most likely dont have the album, and in this case, 23+ year old girls saying its just teeny bubblegum pop. OMG!!!!! What the heck do they expect. The Facts: Hilary Duff is 15, She is a teenage girl with a life, she is a beginning singer and yet there are people comparing her to Mariah Carey and Whiteney Houston???!?!?! First off, if you're into adult contemporary.. you shouldnt even be tempted to listen to this, and face the facts.. teen pop is in and teens would not give a f*$# what you think.

Now I am a pop fan so this will be a true review. Well, unlike the past pop-princesses, Hilary is not sexual at all and keeps things on a G-rated basis which is actually kind of good. The songs are catchy ad the ballads are soft, her voice is pretty alright.. much different from Britney and Christina. The catchy songs are really great to dance to and move your head to... its great! Songs like "So Yesterday, Come Clean, Party Up, Sweet 16 and Why Not" just get you straight into a good mood while "Love Just Is, Anywhere But Here, Love Just Is, Inner Voice" are nice to lay back and enjoy the ballads. Overall.... IF YOU LIKE POP!!!!! this is a great addition to your CD collection...and if you dont.... why the heck are you spending your time here? -- Justincase (Seattle, WA USA)

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