August 29, 2005 Archive

Video

• Review: The Godfather Part II

  The Godfather Part II is an entrancing continuation of a hard-to-top masterpiece.

  Review in Video — by Brandon Valentine — on Aug 29, 2005

• Review: The Godfather

  The Godfather is the standard grade of superiority for critics and filmmakers alike.

  Review in Video — by Brandon Valentine — on Aug 29, 2005

• The Trailer Park: Waiting

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Aug 29, 2005

• Region 1 DVD Releases for 30th August 2005

  News in Video — by David Dylan Thomas — on Aug 29, 2005

• Meet the Cast: The Amazing Race

  Opinion in Video — by teletart — on Aug 29, 2005

• The Great Movies: The Apartment

  Review in Video — by Scott C. Smith — on Aug 29, 2005

• The Blues Brothers 25th Anniversary

  News in Video — by Joan Hunt — on Aug 29, 2005

• Review: Rome

  Bloody and sexy and undeniably epic, Rome is another win for HBO.

  Review in Video — by Tom the Dog — on Aug 29, 2005

• Review: El Crimen Ferpecto

  Review in Video — by Tan The Man — on Aug 29, 2005

• Blackbeard Mini-Series: Sail Ho!

  Pirate fans have something else to look forward to besides the sequel to POTC... it's that scurvy bastard Blackbeard!

  News in Video — by Bryce Zabel — on Aug 29, 2005

• Review: For The Love of The Game

  Kevin Costner plays a man looking to relive the successes of yesterday. He didn’t have to stretch for this role.

  Review in Video — by Nehring — on Aug 29, 2005

• Classic Movie Review of the Week: The Harder They Fall

  Bogart's Last Film

  Review in Video — by Mat Brewster — on Aug 29, 2005

• Movie Review: The Cave

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Aug 29, 2005

• Thoughts On The 2005 MTV Video Music Awards

  Opinion in Video — by Sterfish — on Aug 29, 2005

• The Great Movies: To Kill a Mockingbird

  Review in Video — by Scott C. Smith — on Aug 29, 2005

Politics

• Article Removed

  Opinion in Politics — by JDCarmine — on Aug 29, 2005

• Harshing on the Prohibitionists

  Now that drug policy reform has become a crusade against the black market and the gangsterism it fosters...

  Opinion in Politics — by Margaret Romao Toigo — on Aug 29, 2005

• Robertson and Jackson: Who Speaks for America?

  Opinion in Politics — by Hank McCoy — on Aug 29, 2005

• Predictable: Bunny Greenhouse Demoted

  Whistleblower Bunny Greenhouse questioned the no-bid contracts for Halliburton in Iraq. This weekend the Army got revenge.

  Opinion in Politics — by ProgressiveDepot — on Aug 29, 2005

• FOX News Viewers Track Down "Terrist"

  Opinion in Politics — by John A. Conley — on Aug 29, 2005

• GOP Challenger To Robert Byrd: The Cindy Sheehan Charade

  Hiram Lewis IV, GOP challenger for Robert Byrd's US Senate seat, is publicly embarrassing himself and/or disqualifying himself from becoming a serious contender to unseat Byrd in West Virginia. He has announced a new "Meet With Hiram" campaign targeting anti-Bush and anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan.

  Opinion in Politics — by Balletshooz — on Aug 29, 2005

• 9/11: Still Not the Jews' Fault

  Opinion in Politics — by John Bambenek — on Aug 29, 2005

• Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Schumer Jeopardizing American Security

  Opinion in Politics — by John Bambenek — on Aug 29, 2005

• Cindy Sheehan Goes Off the Deep End--Drowning in Own Rhetoric.

  Opinion in Politics — by Ordinary Joe — on Aug 29, 2005

• JAR - Just Another Racist

  Opinion in Politics — by Hank McCoy — on Aug 29, 2005

• Campaign Finance Reform – a Pig in a Poke

  Opinion in Politics — by Drew McKissick — on Aug 29, 2005

• Neoconservativism 101: Politics of the Wolf

  Opinion in Politics — by The Bulldog Manifesto — on Aug 29, 2005

• Notable Quotables 8/28/05

  -Fonda when she loved communism. Also, Coulter and Dowd on Sheehan, Iran's future and another call for assassination.

  Opinion in Politics — by Patfish — on Aug 29, 2005

• Venezuela wants Pat Robertson

  Venezuelan Pesident Hugo Chavez follows Robertson's stupid comments with some of his own. When will it stop?

  Opinion in Politics — by Mark Adams — on Aug 29, 2005

Sci/Tech

• Health Insurance Crimes

  If it weren't so evil it would be insane.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by johnwstiles — on Aug 29, 2005

• From Apes? Who Ever Said That?

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Brian Sorrell — on Aug 29, 2005

• Coffee, Tea, and Antioxidants

  I'm not up to six yet(cups of coffee) and I don't think I should play around with something as dangerous as type two diabetes.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Richard Marcus — on Aug 29, 2005

• Blogcritics On Hurricane Katrina

  News in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Aug 29, 2005

• Attribute, Link and Self-Host: The Essentials of Image Posting

  Courteous, professional image posting requires just a bit more effort -- and possibly, a photo-hosting account.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by DrPat — on Aug 29, 2005

• Hurricanes, Humans, and Hubris

  ...what are you going to do when there's nothing left to have dominion over except a lot of desert.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Richard Marcus — on Aug 29, 2005

• This is Crap--Liberals Poised to Scrap Satellite Radio.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Ordinary Joe — on Aug 29, 2005

Music

• Wedding Crashers soundtrack

  Weak compilation and what's worse is that most of the songs aren't from the movie! Weakerthans' "Aside" rules, though!

  Review in Music — by Triniman — on Aug 29, 2005

• Elektra vs. Santangelo - A Mother Fights the RIAA

  News in Music — by Craig Lyndall — on Aug 29, 2005

• Johnathan Rice - Trouble Is Real CD Review

  Review in Music — by Tan The Man — on Aug 29, 2005

• CD Review: The Get Quick - How The Story Goes

  Review in Music — by Wally Bangs — on Aug 29, 2005

• Line of Sight - John O' Grady's Axiom

  Review in Music — by Daddypundit — on Aug 29, 2005

• Green Day Clean up at the VMAs and The Daily Music and Tech News

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Aug 29, 2005

• SOME NOTES ON THE MUSE OF SAN FRANCISCO: JACQUI NAYLOR AT "CHEZ HANNY"

  Review in Music — by David Koehn — on Aug 29, 2005

• Eric Felten meets The Dek-Tette

  Review in Music — by Daddypundit — on Aug 29, 2005

• Donewaiting.com Podcast #11 Now Live

  Featuring new music by Sons and Daughters, John Vanderslice, The Celebrity Pilots and more!

  News in Music — by Robert Duffy — on Aug 29, 2005

• Electric Light Orchestra - Zoom Tour Live (DVD Review)

  Review in Music — by Paul Roy — on Aug 29, 2005

• R. Kelly Unveils New Song at VMAs

  Never mind Katrina's impending destruction, Kelly's VMA performance is a sure sign that the end is near.

  Opinion in Music — by Pete Blackwell — on Aug 29, 2005

Books

• Book Review: Isabel Allende's Zorro

  Zorro's childhood and adolescence reveals much about why the Spanish hero in Alta California is still such an icon.

  Review in Books — by DrPat — on Aug 29, 2005

• Book Review: Bhagavad Gita

  Considered by most as the authority and seminal scripture relaying together all schools of Hindu philosophy.

  Review in Books — by David Desjardins — on Aug 29, 2005

• Interview with Kathryn Lively, author of Pithed and Pray for us Sinners

  Never tick off a biology teacher. They can be very creative with revenge.

  Interview in Books — by Parker Owens — on Aug 29, 2005

• Book Review: Hot Six by Janet Evanovitch

  Hot men, hot water. Stephanie's got plenty of both, plus a zit from hell, more murdered cars and Grandma Mazur.

  Review in Books — by DrPat — on Aug 29, 2005

• Jarhead: the book, the movie, and the marketing

  And that's what speaks to me about the book -- boys shipped off to play football in the sand, to listen to the sounds of bombs, to watch, to wait, to kill....

  Opinion in Books — by Alisha Karabinus — on Aug 29, 2005

Gaming

• PS2 Review: Metal Slug 4 & 5

  New classics.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Aug 29, 2005

• Puddle of Suss: Engine failure, a.k.a. the "Peanut Butter Bandit"

  Some might think it's emasculating if someone's girlfriend knew more about cars than him.

  Opinion in Gaming — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Aug 29, 2005

• Sony Calls DS 'Gimmick'

  Opinion in Gaming — by Ken Edwards — on Aug 29, 2005

• Xbox Review: Lord of the Rings - The Third Age

  Tolkein purists, your bane has arrived and its name is LOTR: The Third Age.

  Review in Gaming — by Tyler Willis — on Aug 29, 2005

Culture

• 72 Hours Raw In Dublin - Part Four

  "An Annoying Digression..."

  Opinion in Culture — by Duke De Mondo — on Aug 29, 2005

• View from the Pew Pewcast #2

  Trying to break the sophomore jinx, here's Pewcast #2

  Opinion in Culture — by Warren Kelly — on Aug 29, 2005

• Here's A Tip: We're Sick of Tipping

  Some restaurants are eliminating tipping in favor of a preset service fee. If only we could abandon tipping altogether.

  Opinion in Culture — by ProgressiveDepot — on Aug 29, 2005

• Anticipatory Grief Observed, Pt 5, Slaying the Worker Bee or Buddy, Can You Spare Some Time?

  Opinion in Culture — by Laura Young — on Aug 29, 2005

• Day By Day for August 29, 2005

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for August 29, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Aug 29, 2005

• From God's Laboratory...

  Opinion in Culture — by Tarun — on Aug 29, 2005

• Waiting For Katrina

  I thought that perhaps I was really watching a documentary on the filming of The Day After Tomorrow,

  Opinion in Culture — by Mary K. Williams — on Aug 29, 2005

• Katrina Could Alter Louisiana Geography, Mississippi River Flow

  New Orleans could survive Hurricane Katrina, only to be hit with a second economic disaster...

  Opinion in Culture — by DrPat — on Aug 29, 2005