August 18, 2005 Archive

Video

• Dancing With The Stars Back with a Two Part Special

  News in Video — by Regina Avalos — on Aug 18, 2005

• Rescue Me Is So In Your Face!

  Review in Video — by amba — on Aug 18, 2005

• Movie Review: The Aristocrats

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Aug 18, 2005

• Bill Maher heads once more into the Real Time breach

  Unholy s---, I'm in heaven; Chris Rock is on tomorrow's season premiere of Real Time with Bill Maher.

  News in Video — by Temple Stark — on Aug 18, 2005

• Review: Broken Flowers

  Beginning with one question and ending with another, Broken Flowers is a film that makes you think.

  Review in Video — by Cara de Pescado — on Aug 18, 2005

• Low Expectation: The 40-Year-Old Virgin

  Just another gross-out, "no he didn't!" comedy for the college kids, I bet.

  Opinion in Video — by Film Cynic — on Aug 18, 2005

• Review: Hide and Seek

  Review in Video — by Chad Richardson — on Aug 18, 2005

• Pixar's Story Board Master Joe Ranft Dies

  Story supervisor and voice actor killed in car crash.

  News in Video — by Film Cynic — on Aug 18, 2005

• Review: Me and You and Everyone We Know

  Quirky and sweet, Miranda July's debut feature takes a whimsical look at human interaction in the world today.

  Review in Video — by Antonio Pasolini — on Aug 18, 2005

• Review: Sin City

  Starring more big name stars than oceans 11 and 12 put together, Sin City is a great movie that brings a comic book to life on the silver screen.

  Review in Video — by Logtar — on Aug 18, 2005

• Review: The Closer - WE LOVE YOU KYRA!

  Review in Video — by Murphy — on Aug 18, 2005

• Ridonkulous DVD's Of The Week

  In this weeks edition of DVD picks we have a wide variety of classic films from Urban to Urban/ Western, Soft-core porn to grotesque horror porn to acclaimed TV Series. It's all here folks, I hope you enjoy.

  Review in Video — by Jordan Clifford — on Aug 18, 2005

• Top 5: Tom Cruise Films

  Opinion in Video — by Tan The Man — on Aug 18, 2005

• Review: Cellular DVD

  Tense, fast, fun.

  Review in Video — by Matt Paprocki — on Aug 18, 2005

• Review: Raging Bull

  Raging Bull is by far the premium product of the Scorsese/Deniro tandem and one of the finest films ever made.

  Review in Video — by Brandon Valentine — on Aug 18, 2005

• Review: Cinema Paradiso

  If you have a passion for great cinema, you will adore Cinema Paradiso.

  Review in Video — by Brandon Valentine — on Aug 18, 2005

• Review: Kagemusha

  My first foray into the brilliant world of director Akira Kurosawa left me with a better understanding of his legacy. So many have said so much about his brilliance that I felt incomplete as a movie buff to have not yet seen any of his works.

  Review in Video — by Vince Chan — on Aug 18, 2005

• Review: Four Brothers (2005) - versus - Boyz N The Hood (1991)

  Director John Singleton has traveled a long way in 14 years. Question is: which direction?

  Review in Video — by Bryce Zabel — on Aug 18, 2005

• Review: Catwoman Needs Her Litter Changed!

  Actors have to eat too, that is what I kept telling myself while I watched this cat box that needed a litter change really bad.

  Review in Video — by Logtar — on Aug 18, 2005

• So you think you can dance - Week 5: The competition truly begins

  Review in Video — by Regina Avalos — on Aug 18, 2005

• Review: The Simpsons Season 6 DVD

  "Just hook it to my veins!"

  Review in Video — by Matt Paprocki — on Aug 18, 2005

Music

• Live in Philly: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah/Magnolia Electric Company

  Review in Music — by Matt Freelove — on Aug 18, 2005

• Flop Musicals

  Flops are to theater critics, as diseases are to doctors. Like some doctors, critics may also like to play god.

  Opinion in Music — by Ken Lyen — on Aug 18, 2005

• Musical Dissonance

  The battle between LaChiusa and Shaiman is the clash between high and low art, between arty farty and philistines.

  Opinion in Music — by Ken Lyen — on Aug 18, 2005

• CD Review: Chicago Live At Carnegie Hall Vol. 1-4 Chicago IV

  I covered the Chicago box set a few years ago, bought all the remastered releases recently, and now the crowning glory of an implausible career is capped of with 4 CDs of Chicago’s inconceivable week long run at Carnegie Hall.

  Review in Music — by MuzikMan — on Aug 18, 2005

• Review: Notes From The Warped Tour '05, Randall Island, NY

  The Warped Tour '05 rolled into the Big Apple in a huge cloud of dust that never settled for the entire day on Saturday....

  Review in Music — by Mike Johnston — on Aug 18, 2005

• Hellfest '05 Not Happening

  News in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Aug 18, 2005

• Review: Demons & Wizards sophomore release

  Review in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Aug 18, 2005

• Entertain the Peoplez: Kindred The Family Soul in Harlem

  Kindred The Family Soul is a refreshing change of pace from the meager offerings presently on commercial radio

  Review in Music — by Damaa — on Aug 18, 2005

• CD review: Sacred Heart

  Review in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Aug 18, 2005

• CD review: Bill Colby's Songs for the Journey

  Review in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Aug 18, 2005

• Explain With One Song Why Someone Should Go See a Band Live

  Opinion in Music — by Craig Lyndall — on Aug 18, 2005

• Quickie CD Reviews: Editors, Caesars, Engineers, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

  Reviewing 4 recent indie rock albums.

  Review in Music — by Matt Freelove — on Aug 18, 2005

• Rap Group Maticulous Releases Debut CD

  News in Music — by Ordinary Joe — on Aug 18, 2005

• Listmaking: Worst Band Ever!

  Opinion in Music — by Michele Catalano — on Aug 18, 2005

• Leonard Cohen: An Ode To His Financial Blues

  I have composed the following ode to Leonard's financial plight. Apologies in advance to Mr. Cohen.

  Opinion in Music — by Richard Marcus — on Aug 18, 2005

• Slipknot To Sue Burger King Of Coq Roq Commercials!

  News in Music — by Chris Akin — on Aug 18, 2005

• DVD Review: Orgy - Trans Global Spectacle

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Aug 18, 2005

Politics

• Killing with Kindness

  Opinion in Politics — by Murphy — on Aug 18, 2005

• Health Care: A Right, Not A Privilege

  What is more important than providing quality health care to a population?

  Opinion in Politics — by Richard Marcus — on Aug 18, 2005

• British Columbia's Own Gaza - 2300 People Lose Homes

  Opinion in Politics — by Ordinary Joe — on Aug 18, 2005

• From the Blogcritics Vault: Interview With a Cal Recall Candidate

  Interview in Politics — by Eric Olsen — on Aug 18, 2005

• Doctors, HHS Clash Over Need For Higher Co-Payments For Medicaid

  The Bush Administration wants to trim the budget by raising Medicaid co-payments. Some doctors think that's unfair.

  News in Politics — by David R. Mark — on Aug 18, 2005

• La. ACLU Head Compares People Who Believe in Higher Power to Terrorists

  Opinion in Politics — by John Bambenek — on Aug 18, 2005

• Iraq War: Over 1800 U.S. Soldiers, 25,000 Iraq Civilians Dead.

  SHE IS A beautiful little girl in a black and red flowered dress. I'm guessing 8, maybe 9 at the most. Her mouth is frozen in a scream, or maybe a wail.

  Opinion in Politics — by Michael Davis — on Aug 18, 2005

• Deep Thoughts ... by Howard Dean

  News in Politics — by Lores Rizkalla — on Aug 18, 2005

• AIDS in Singapore - Amazing !

  Opinion in Politics — by Chin-Ker — on Aug 18, 2005

• London police story about shooting Brazilian 'terrorist' gets darker

  Opinion in Politics — by Temple Stark — on Aug 18, 2005

• An American Cold (Civil) War

  Opinion in Politics — by The Bulldog Manifesto — on Aug 18, 2005

• One Last Blog and Adieu

  BlogCritics will continue to thrive because it allows what Americans seem to need most in our current time, namely, a forum to be heard. It’s just that, for me, the right to be heard carries with it the obligation to listen. And I feel that reciprocation is no longer de rigueur. It is a my heartfelt loss.

  Opinion in Politics — by dietdoc — on Aug 18, 2005

• Folly in Gaza

  And so now the Israeli government has dragged Jews from their homes in Gaza, homes that the same government had

  Opinion in Politics — by Nicholas Stix — on Aug 18, 2005

• Watts Riots: "Burn, Baby, Burn"

  It's been 40 years since the Watts riots. Read how Newsweek covered them in 1965.

  News in Politics — by Bryce Zabel — on Aug 18, 2005

• The Incredibly Sad Gaza Withdrawal

  The Gaza Pullout-the history, the turmoil, the sadness of it all. Oh, and that pesky road map to peace.

  Opinion in Politics — by Patfish — on Aug 18, 2005

• Cindy Sheehan: And You Thought YOUR Mother Was Crazy?

  Because you know you've been waiting to hear what the political minx in pink pumps has to say on this ...

  Opinion in Politics — by Chelsea Smith — on Aug 18, 2005

Books

• Elizabethan shortcuts to learning

  There's nothing new about shortcuts for those who want to write that exam essay without reading the text

  Opinion in Books — by Natalie Bennett — on Aug 18, 2005

• Book Review: Alaskan Bootlegger's Bible

  Beer, Wine and Moonshine in the Last Frontier.

  Review in Books — by urbanraven — on Aug 18, 2005

• Interview: Ashok Banker, author of the new Ramayana

  I could be a fictional construct you made up and posed questions to for this interview, and then answered yourself.

  Interview in Books — by Richard Marcus — on Aug 18, 2005

• Book Review: Make Easy Money with Google by Eric Giguere

  If I had a dollar for every time someone asked, "What's a blog for?" I'd have a lot of dollars...

  Review in Books — by DrPat — on Aug 18, 2005

• Book Review: How To Be Happy Dammit!

  Review in Books — by Chench — on Aug 18, 2005

• Book Review: A Whole New Mind

  The year's not over, but I might be ready to name my favourite book of the year already.

  Review in Books — by Simon Young — on Aug 18, 2005

• Book Review: Lincoln by Thomas Keneally

  Review in Books — by Simon Young — on Aug 18, 2005

• Not So Wild About Harry Potter

  Harry and I have traveled a long path together but our journey is over. The magic is gone...

  Opinion in Books — by Bryce Zabel — on Aug 18, 2005

Sports

• What's The Matter With Kansas City?

  The Royals suck...

  Opinion in Sports — by RJ Elliott — on Aug 18, 2005

• Review: What's My Name, Fool?: Sports and Resistance in the United States

  Zirin's book highlights an important fact of American society: sports are not merely recreational, but political as well.

  Review in Sports — by John Zorabedian — on Aug 18, 2005

Culture

• Grandma grabs nads, robber hurt bad

  OUCH!

  News in Culture — by RJ Elliott — on Aug 18, 2005

• Love Biatch: Deal Breakers

  It was all going along swimmingly until a dreaded deal breaker reared it's ugly head. What are your deal breakers?

  Opinion in Culture — by Love Biatch — on Aug 18, 2005

• Satire is hard to write, not for everyone

  Opinion in Culture — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Aug 18, 2005

• "F.U.T.O."

  Attention Terrell Owens, “You’ve acted like an irrational jackass and it’s time you stopped.”

  Opinion in Culture — by Sal Marinello — on Aug 18, 2005

• Citizen Journalists

  Opinion in Culture — by Bob Rhubart — on Aug 18, 2005

• Next NASA Shuttle Launch Scheduled For March 2006

  Engineers have come to grips with the fact that is impossible to eliminate the tank foam problem.

  News in Culture — by Bennett Dawson — on Aug 18, 2005

• Style over Content in Blog Land

  Blog Land is both the best and the worst of a democracy

  Opinion in Culture — by JDCarmine — on Aug 18, 2005

• School's IN Forever

  "Let's Have a Nine Hour School Day?" Let's NOT.

  Opinion in Culture — by Michele Catalano — on Aug 18, 2005

• Diva-Victim Forgives Polanski, Condemns Journalist

  People who send me nasty letters are often guided by sympathy for the devil, from a place where, in Mick

  Opinion in Culture — by Nicholas Stix — on Aug 18, 2005

• How to Have an Open-minded Discussion Regarding Deeply Held Convictions

  Murphy has some ideas for maintaining a civilized conversation...

  Opinion in Culture — by Murphy — on Aug 18, 2005

• World Youth Day - Follow The Call

  Opinion in Culture — by An American Housewife — on Aug 18, 2005

• Day By Day for August 18, 2005

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for August 18, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Aug 18, 2005

• Blogcritics Editors' Picks - Aug. 6 to Aug. 12

  Get a pick of these loads. Reverse that ...

  News in Culture — by Temple Stark — on Aug 18, 2005

• Thoughts on Hunter Thompson's funeral

  Opinion in Culture — by Lono — on Aug 18, 2005

Sci/Tech

• Our Milky Way Galaxy - As You've Never Seen It Before

  The Milky Way, it turns out, is no ordinary spiral galaxy.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Bennett Dawson — on Aug 18, 2005

• Climate Suggestions For The G8 From Tyndall

  News in Sci/Tech — by Mike Johnston — on Aug 18, 2005

• The Mystery of the Cambrian Mollusc-Like Thing

  News in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Aug 18, 2005

Tastes

• My Top Ten TV-Spam Ads

  In a flash of insight, I realize Viagra eMails and Enzyte commercials have something in common...

  Review in Tastes — by DrPat — on Aug 18, 2005