December 13, 2005 Archive

Video

• King Kong Giveaway!

  See the movie. Get the schwag!

  News in Video — by Alisha Karabinus — on Dec 13, 2005

• DVD Pick of the Week for 12/13: Sin City: Recut, Extended, Unrated

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Dec 13, 2005

• Movie Review: Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire

  Welcome to the magical world of visual Cliffs Notes...

  Review in Video — by Modern Pea Pod — on Dec 13, 2005

• Golden Globes: Frivolous Fun

  The Hollywood Foreign Press might be a joke, but at least their awards make me laugh.

  Opinion in Video — by Diane Kristine Wild — on Dec 13, 2005

• Brokeback Mountain Rises Above Other Golden Globe Nominees

  It looks like a year for tight races at the Golden Globes.

  News in Video — by Alisha Karabinus — on Dec 13, 2005

• DVD Review: Vertigo

  Hitchcock's somber, haunting masterpiece is a painful recollection of lost loves and desperate obsession.

  Review in Video — by Michael Gerardi — on Dec 13, 2005

• Movie Review: King Kong (2005)

  Jackson's Kong succeeds where Titanic failed by creating believable characters and an amazing story that will tug at your heartstrings.

  Review in Video — by El Bicho — on Dec 13, 2005

• Richard Pryor: Tough, Observant, Funny As Hell

  Toughness fueled his comedy. He didn't spare anybody, least of all himself.

  Opinion in Video — by Steven Hart — on Dec 13, 2005

Gaming

• Xbox 360 Review: NHL 2K6

  Is it a sign that I need a life when I'm in awe of shiny frozen water in a video game?

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Dec 13, 2005

• Nintendo DS Review: Trauma Center

  So I ripped his heart open? He was going to die anyway... really.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Dec 13, 2005

• Nintendo DS Review: Burnout Legends

  If the cars were racing on a mixture of peanut butter and glue, it would all make sense.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Dec 13, 2005

Culture

• One More Week Of Howard Stern Before He Gets "Sirius"

  News in Culture — by Matt Freelove — on Dec 13, 2005

• They Couldn't Kill the Radio Star: Howard Stern's Radio Legacy

  Sort of like a Lenny Bruce of the radio waves, Howard’s freedom of expression was equally, if not more, important to him as free speech

  Opinion in Culture — by Victor Lana — on Dec 13, 2005

• Tookie Williams Almost Fooled Us

  Could the Hollywood Moonbats have picked a worse death row candidate to champion? What were their motives?

  Opinion in Culture — by Patfish — on Dec 13, 2005

• Women and Sexuality: Let's Talk About Sex

  Should we be proud we are sexual beings or is that too taboo?

  Opinion in Culture — by Cara de Pescado — on Dec 13, 2005

• More on Ford: Business, Bigotry, and the Lack of Balls

  Ford can do what it wants, but why support those who treat you and your subset of humankind cavalierly?

  News in Culture — by Natalie Davis — on Dec 13, 2005

• Colin Farrell In Rehab

  Colin Farrell is tired, see. Tired of the women, the drinking, the dancing. And oh yeah, the drugs.

  News in Culture — by Earl Dixon — on Dec 13, 2005

• Winter Solstice Evergreens and The History of the Christmas Tree

  Long before the advent of Christianity, peoples of many ancient civilizations decorated their homes with pine, spruce, and fir trees.

  News in Culture — by Margaret Romao Toigo — on Dec 13, 2005

• US Health Is Not About Money, It Is About Common Sense

  America is far from the world's healthiest country. The good news: It won't take a government agency to improve things.

  Opinion in Culture — by Mark Edward Manning — on Dec 13, 2005

• Who's Racist Now? Australia In An Age Of Racism

  After a second night of violent rioting in suburban Sydney, Australian Prime Minister John Howard has asked people not to rush to judgement.

  Opinion in Culture — by Lynn Schibeci — on Dec 13, 2005

• Mind Tricks - Astrology In Real Life: Venus in Aries

  Opinion in Culture — by Elsa — on Dec 13, 2005

• Day By Day for December 13, 2005

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for December 13, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Dec 13, 2005

• A Loveless, Sexless Marriage

  When a man loses all desire for physical affection, he incurs losses for everyone else in his life.

  Opinion in Culture — by Diana Hartman — on Dec 13, 2005

• True Crime Update 12/13/05

  Natalee, Tookie and the bipolar airplane bomber. Also, cat with amazing will to live.

  Opinion in Culture — by Patfish — on Dec 13, 2005

• Time for Tookie to Pay the Piper

  It's high time that Stanley "Tookie" Williams "paid tha cost to be da bo$$."

  Opinion in Culture — by Al Barger — on Dec 13, 2005

• Keira Knightley Really Loves Shoes

  Is it just me, or would the movie sell a few more tickets if it was titled more honestly? I'm thinking Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Keira Knightley's Chest.

  News in Culture — by Earl Dixon — on Dec 13, 2005

Books

• Book Review: mental_floss Presents: Forbidden Knowledge

  mental_floss magazine extends its quirky and entertaining approach to fascinating facts and information to book form and "forbidden knowledge."

  Review in Books — by Tim Gebhart — on Dec 13, 2005

• Book Review: The Wit in the Dungeon by Anthony Holden

  Leigh Hunt deserves a biography filled with the same zest for life for which he was so famous.

  Review in Books — by Modern Pea Pod — on Dec 13, 2005

• Want To Write? Toughen Up!

  What doesn't kill you makes you a better writer.

  Opinion in Books — by Alisha Karabinus — on Dec 13, 2005

Tastes

• The Day Rachael Ray Touched Me... and I Touched Back

  Culinary greatness less than a foot away from me. Score!

  News in Tastes — by Don Baiocchi — on Dec 13, 2005

Sports

• Texas Wins MLC Interstate Title

  News in Sports — by Aaman Lamba — on Dec 13, 2005

• Uncle Luke's Team Pop Warner Champs

  News in Sports — by Eric Olsen — on Dec 13, 2005

Music

• Blogcritics Pick the Best Song of 2005

  What was the best song of 2005? Read these choices and make your own.

  News in Music — by Connie Phillips — on Dec 13, 2005

• Bob Dylan to Host Radio Show and The Daily Music and Tech News

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Dec 13, 2005

• CD Review: Howie Day - Live from... EP

  These seven songs genuinely demonstrate that Howie Day is boring to see live.

  Review in Music — by Modern Pea Pod — on Dec 13, 2005

• Top Ten Really Annoying Lyrics: Volume One--The 1970s

  I write the songs that make the whole world cringe . . .

  Opinion in Music — by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Dec 13, 2005

• Kid Rock Sells Out Detroit

  Detroit's native son sells out a pair of shows in record time.

  News in Music — by Connie Phillips — on Dec 13, 2005

• CD Review: Surrender - Better Late Than Never

  Surrender re-releases their long-lost album that was never released in the first place. Confused?

  Review in Music — by George Dionne — on Dec 13, 2005

• Uncle Stevie's Stocking Stuffers

  Spice up your holiday mix with a few seasonal chestnuts that you won't find on your average Christmas album...

  Opinion in Music — by SVF — on Dec 13, 2005

• DVD Review: The Erasure Show - Live in Cologne

  Live In Cologne serves as both a Nightbird tour release, and also an excellent best-of for any Erasure fan.

  Review in Music — by David R Perry — on Dec 13, 2005

• CD Review: Through The Many Winters

  Traditional, Celtic, Jazz, Blues, and Cajun - spice up your Christmas with Michael McDonald.

  Review in Music — by Susan Reno Gilliland — on Dec 13, 2005

• CD Review: Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$ by Snoop Dogg

  So anyway, I've had a couple of good hours with this funky Snoop joint. Wonder how Tookie's evening is going...

  Opinion in Music — by Al Barger — on Dec 13, 2005

• Single Reivew: Hole "Awful"

  Courtney Love is disillusioned that the new generation of young girls willingly objectify themselves in the astute "Awful."

  Review in Music — by Pam Avoledo — on Dec 13, 2005

Politics

• The Immigration Debate: Part 1

  Opinion in Politics — by Drew McKissick — on Dec 13, 2005

• First France, Now Australia: Trouble In Paradise

  Two months after civil unrest in France, anti-Muslim violence erupts in Australia. Is this a case of paradise lost?

  News in Politics — by Mark Edward Manning — on Dec 13, 2005

• Freedom Now

  Help spread freedom around the globe.

  Opinion in Politics — by John Conlin — on Dec 13, 2005

• Bush Allows Actual Questions (Surprise, Surprise), But Responds With Same Old Spin

  On the plus side, Bush proved he could answer unscripted questions. Now, about those answers ...

  Opinion in Politics — by David R. Mark — on Dec 13, 2005

• Blogcritics on the Execution of Stanley "Tookie" Williams

  News in Politics — by Eric Olsen — on Dec 13, 2005

• Stanley "Tookie" Williams - Justice Delayed No Longer

  After 22 years on death row, Crips founder Stanley "Tookie" Williams has finally received justice delayed for far too long.

  Opinion in Politics — by Dave Nalle — on Dec 13, 2005

Sci/Tech

• Blogcritics.org on Subject2Discussion: Phillip Winn's Turn

  News in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Dec 13, 2005

• The Silent Desperation of Depression

  People who suffer from depression don't normally lose their will to live; instead life ceases to interest them.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Richard Marcus — on Dec 13, 2005

• Frederik Pohl: The Science-Fiction Master Who Foresaw George W. Bush

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Steven Hart — on Dec 13, 2005