Computer Video Magazine August 2002 issue, which is published in England, and somehow is distributed through Borders in Los Angeles reviewed VV3. The final verdict was 90%!
The review focused mainly on VV3. IT was a great review! Basically what they said was that if you were thinking of buying Premiere, seriously think of buying VV3 instead.
The March 2002 issue of Digit Magazine (also out of the UK... Damn, are there ANY hefty US publications of this variety?) had a pretty solid review of VV3. Nothing too amazing in their declarations, and the review seemed a little sparse, but they gave it a 4.5/5.0 rating and called it a solid buy. IIRC, that issue's CD had some SF loops on it.