September 1, 2006 Archive

Video

• Movie Review: Must Love Dogs? I Doubt It Would Help

  Sometimes even a good cast can make a bad movie.

  Review in Video — by Josh Lasser — on Sep 01, 2006

• Movie Review: Pan's Labyrinth

  A strong contender for Best Foreign Film or even Best Film of the year.

  Review in Video — by Pat Evans — on Sep 01, 2006

• Film Noir Thursday #9 - The Killing

  The Killing doesn't live up to the high standards of Rififi but is competent.

  Review in Video — by Cameron Graham — on Sep 01, 2006

• Reactionary Protester Syndrome

  Try to wait and be offended after something offends you.

  Opinion in Video — by Brad Schader — on Sep 01, 2006

• Big Brother 7: All Stars - Live Feeds Report - Thursday 8/31 Including Live Show

  Who's on first? What's on second? What's the latest from the Big Brother live feeds? There's a new HOH in the house after the live show. Get your fresh spoilers!

  News in Video — by Jackie — on Sep 01, 2006

• Movie Review: The Science of Sleep

  The film begins with a highly amusing scene that depicts Stéphane's dream world, which happens to be a television show, starring himself.

  Review in Video — by Film School Rejects — on Sep 01, 2006

• TV Review: Painkiller Jane Needs a Shot of Adrenaline

  It’s a sad little jungle that the folks at Painkiller Jane built for themselves and their characters.

  Review in Video — by Josh Lasser — on Sep 01, 2006

• Region 2 DVD Review: Frankenstein vs. Baragon

  One of Toho's weakest efforts in their trademarked genre.

  Review in Video — by Matt Paprocki — on Sep 01, 2006

• TV Review: Rock Star - Supernova Week 9, A Night of Shooting Stars

  Shooting stars: Star shot down, Dilana in a psycho-killer trainwreck, but Magni receives deserved redemption.

  Review in Video — by Jewels Richardson — on Sep 01, 2006

• New Movies and Box Office Predictions: Crank, Crossover, The Wicker Man

  The summer leftovers are here!

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Sep 01, 2006

• Movie Review: Oliver Stone's World Trade Center

  At least this flawed but uplifting Knights-in-Distress story is not an "Oliver Stone movie."

  Review in Video — by Alan Dale — on Sep 01, 2006

Culture

• Theater Review: In Extremis at Shakespeare's Globe

  Who'd have thought a 21st-century crowd could be listening so intently to a 12th-century philosophical debate that a solitary ringtone would sound like a thunderclap?

  Review in Culture — by Natalie Bennett — on Sep 01, 2006

• Redefining 'Stupid' Takes Talent

  In a world of dumb criminals, it is hard to stand out.

  Opinion in Culture — by Brad Schader — on Sep 01, 2006

• A Scream Is Recovered And A Madonna Found

  Art theft is big business. Museums lack security. Terrorists lurk. What comes next?

  News in Culture — by Howard Dratch — on Sep 01, 2006

• If I Could Walk Tomorrow - A Reflection On All The Things We Take For Granted In Life

  What would it be like if tomorrow a person in a wheelchair was suddenly able to walk?

  Opinion in Culture — by Dominick Evans — on Sep 01, 2006

• Coping With The Current Saturn Neptune Opposition - It's a Hall Of Mirrors and We're All In It: Astrology in Real Life

  Is That You Or Is It Memorex?

  Opinion in Culture — by Elsa — on Sep 01, 2006

• Day By Day for September 01, 2006

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for September 01, 2006

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Sep 01, 2006

Books

• Book Review: Journey Back by Dan Martin

  A promising exploration of psychosis loses its effectiveness by splitting the perspective of the narrator.

  Review in Books — by Tim Gebhart — on Sep 01, 2006

• Book Review: The Red Power Murders Thomas King - More DreadfulWater

  A good mystery story ... the places where it slips the boundaries of its genre that make it a great work of fiction.

  Review in Books — by Richard Marcus — on Sep 01, 2006

• Marvel Comics: Civil War has Jumped the Shark

  This entire storyline is obviously a reaction to what is currently going on in the United States with the war on terror.

  Opinion in Books — by Screen Rant — on Sep 01, 2006

• Author Naguib Mahfouz – The Jane Austen of Arabia – Is No More

  Mourning the personal loss of an Egyptian writer who so eloquently showed that we're all more like each other than we thought.

  Opinion in Books — by Mayank Austen Soofi — on Sep 01, 2006

• Book Review: Haruki Murakami's Birthday Stories

  This is not a book to be given lightly as a present; it carries enough weapons of emotional destruction to shatter the naive, not-yet-cynical heart.

  Review in Books — by Aaman Lamba — on Sep 01, 2006

• Book Review: Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

  A really humorous autobiography that starts in fifth gear and never lets up.

  Review in Books — by Tim Taylor — on Sep 01, 2006

• Book Review: The Door Into Summer by Robert A. Heinlein

  One of Robert A. Heinlein's earlier SF novels. No one did it better!

  Review in Books — by Mel Odom — on Sep 01, 2006

Sci/Tech

• Placebos, Prayer, and Pain Relief

  The wonder of realizing long sought after relief is a spiritual experience for many, so powerful it appears to defy explanation.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Diana Hartman — on Sep 01, 2006

• Used Cell Phones Reveal Too Much, But Are Vital?

  Watch what you do with your old cell phone, even if CNN gives you conflicting advice.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by John Guilfoil — on Sep 01, 2006

• How To Download YouTube Videos For iTunes/iPod

  There are several free and easy ways to download=>convert=>transfer YouTube videos.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Juanel Siervo — on Sep 01, 2006

• Friday Femmes Fatales No 67 (Women Bloggers)

  Politics, the arts, life-stuff, and can you smell that patchouli in the air?

  News in Sci/Tech — by Natalie Bennett — on Sep 01, 2006

Tastes

• Jesus' First Miracle: Water to Wine Seems A Strange One

  What if he had turned the water into mediocre wine, you know like bargain basement stuff.

  Opinion in Tastes — by Tim Taylor — on Sep 01, 2006

Music

• Bigger Winners at the VMAs and The Daily Music and Tech News

  Panic! at the Disco, Gnarls win big, police end impromptu Mos Def performance, and new FireFox Beta in today's update.

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Sep 01, 2006

• Band of the Week: American Princes

  It's like making love outside in the pouring rain. You can imagine how very excited I was.

  Interview in Music — by A.L. Harper — on Sep 01, 2006

• Aerosmith Tour Beginning Without Bassist Hamilton, New Hits Collection in October

  Tom Hamilton recuperating at home after seven weeks of treatment for throat cancer.

  News in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Sep 01, 2006

• Featured Artist: Golden Smog

  An alt-country group with staying power.

  News in Music — by Connie Phillips — on Sep 01, 2006

• Featured Artist: Barenaked Ladies

  The name stuck because it reminded them of something a child would say.

  News in Music — by Josh Phillips — on Sep 01, 2006

• Music Review: Bob Dylan - Modern Times (Deluxe Edition)

  Saved Again? Bob Dylan's got those endtimes apocalypse blues on the dark and brilliant Modern Times.

  Review in Music — by Glen Boyd — on Sep 01, 2006

• The Friday Morning Listen: Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes - Into The Harbour

  Reach up and touch the sky? Hell, that'll be pretty easy.

  Review in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Sep 01, 2006

• New Album Releases 8-29-2006: Bob Dylan's Shoebox, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Pet Sounds Redux

  Dirty Dozen Brass Band, a fine Pet Sounds anniversary package, and Bob Dylan's doing the laundry again.

  News in Music — by Al Barger — on Sep 01, 2006

• Music Review: Steve Adey - All Things Real

  Adey touches heaven at times...

  Review in Music — by Manny Hernandez — on Sep 01, 2006

• CD Review: Elizabeth Reian Bennett - Songs of the True Hand

  I set aside the metal guitar for some Japanese flute....

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Sep 01, 2006

Gaming

• Friday Flash: Rock, Paper, Scissors (RPS-25), Road Blocks, and Fracture

  It's a long weekend, but Road Blocks ought to keep you busy for a while!

  Opinion in Gaming — by Phillip Winn — on Sep 01, 2006

• PS2 Review: Guitar Hero

  Who cares about the money, Guitar Hero is well worth the price.

  Review in Gaming — by Maddy Pumilia — on Sep 01, 2006

Politics

• Blaming Donald Rumsfeld

  Donald Rumsfeld likes to point his finger, but it never seems to point in quite the right direction.

  Opinion in Politics — by Chancelucky — on Sep 01, 2006

• The Tax Cut that Won the Cold War

  The Reagan tax cuts mark one of the most pivotal events in American economic and foreign policy history.

  Opinion in Politics — by Drew McKissick — on Sep 01, 2006