January 21, 2007 Archive

Sports

• Colts Stun Patriots in Shootout

  Peyton Manning led the Colts from an 18-point deficit to take them to his first Super Bowl.

  News in Sports — by Josh Mandell — on Jan 21, 2007

• WRC: Loeb, C4 Start Season With Monte Carlo Win

  The new Citroen C4 shows a clean pair of heels to the challengers.

  News in Sports — by Ashleigh Charlesworth — on Jan 21, 2007

• Detroit Suffers With The Burden Of Matt Millen

  How is it possible that failure is rewarded?

  Opinion in Sports — by The Critic — on Jan 21, 2007

Video

• Movie Review: Munich

  Mesmerizing -- more morally and dramatically sophisticated and paranoid than I thought Spielberg had in him.

  Review in Video — by amba — on Jan 21, 2007

• Is YouTube Making the TV Tower Obsolete?

  Local stations are starting to use YouTube to host video: where is TV news headed?

  Opinion in Video — by Eric Friesen — on Jan 21, 2007

• Movie Review: The Hitcher (2007)

  Setting out to remake a classic, The Hitcher falls short of the mark.

  Review in Video — by Casey Criswell — on Jan 21, 2007

• HD-DVD Review: Doom

  Proof that HD-DVD can make movies better, but nothing could save Doom.

  Review in Video — by Matt Paprocki — on Jan 21, 2007

• R.I.P. Bam Bam Bigelow

  Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow, one of the best "big men" in professional wrestling history has died of causes unknown at age 45.

  News in Video — by Glen Boyd — on Jan 21, 2007

• TV Review: American Idol 6 - Simon Cowell and the Bush Babies

  No one seems to be talking about the other "Bush Baby" business.

  Review in Video — by Chancelucky — on Jan 21, 2007

• Movie Review: The Shunned

  Anchor Bay doesn't love you anymore.

  Review in Video — by T. Rigney — on Jan 21, 2007

• Movie Review: Up Periscope

  James Garner, in one of his first starring roles, is as charming as ever...

  Review in Video — by Damian Penny — on Jan 21, 2007

• Movie Review: A Prairie Home Companion

  Robert Altman bids a folksy farewell to filmmaking with this homage to an American musical variety radio show.

  Review in Video — by Christopher Whalen — on Jan 21, 2007

• Racism and Diplomatic Disputes: The Reality of Reality TV

  Reality TV may be moronic, but it didn't evolve in a vacuum -- other than that inside the heads of those who watch it, that is.

  Opinion in Video — by Mark Edward Manning — on Jan 21, 2007

• Movie Review: Fight Club and The Modern Male

  Provocative insight into the modern male.

  Review in Video — by George Dvorsky — on Jan 21, 2007

• TV Review: American Idol Series Premiere Week

  Did we catch a glimpse of the new American Idol in this season's premiere week?

  Review in Video — by tink — on Jan 21, 2007

• TV Review: Boston Legal - "Nuts"

  Alan goes to bat for Denny, while Denise tries to juggle both Jeffrey and Brad. Read more to see if either strikes out!

  Review in Video — by NancyGail — on Jan 21, 2007

• DVD Review: Avatar: The Last Airbender - Book 2 Earth, Vol. 1 (2005)

  Season two of Nickelodeon's Avatar heads to stores Jan. 23rd!

  Review in Video — by Casey Criswell — on Jan 21, 2007

• Movie Review: Casino Royale (2006)

  A seamless action movie giving us a Bond for the new millennium, it’s still working all the classic bits that franchise fans know and love.

  Review in Video — by Dan Traeger — on Jan 21, 2007

• DVD Review: The Promise

  While the story is a flawed disappointment, I find the visuals to be dazzling.

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Jan 21, 2007

Music

• Interview: Band of the Week - Steve Adey

  It is cold, desolate and more beautiful in its bleak, natural romance than the violent, wind swept moors of Wuthering Heights.

  Interview in Music — by A.L. Harper — on Jan 21, 2007

• Music DVD Review: The Allman Brothers Band - Live At The Beacon Theatre

  A rejuvinated Allman Brothers Band captured live during their killer 2003 "Beacon run".

  Review in Music — by Paul Roy — on Jan 21, 2007

• Music DVD Review: Slipknot — Maggots: Unauthorized

  "Maggots" is not for everyone, but that doesn't mean it isn't for anyone at all.

  Review in Music — by Michael Jones — on Jan 21, 2007

Books

• Book Review: Exile by Richard North Patterson

  Patterson continues to show his mastery of the legal thriller, while also venturing into the Middle East conflict.

  Review in Books — by Edwen Davis — on Jan 21, 2007

• Comics Review: 52, Week 27

  52, a weekly DC Comics series. This week, starring Ralph Dibny, The Question, Renee Montoya, and Skeets.

  Review in Books — by Vichus Smith — on Jan 21, 2007

• An Interview Rory Kilalea: Film-maker, Playwright and Author of The Arabian Princess

  I am looking into a struggle to understand our role as Zimbabweans and all of the strange contradictory nature of that.

  Interview in Books — by Ambrose Musiyiwa — on Jan 21, 2007

• Book Review: The Genizah At The House Of Shepher by Tamar Yellin

  ...even the smallest choice can make a huge difference in the way our world turns out.

  Review in Books — by Richard Marcus — on Jan 21, 2007

• The Early Word: New Books for the Week of January 22, 2007

  Bookstore-bound: Paul Auster, Norman Mailer, Phillip K. Dick, Jayne Ann Krentz, Bernard Cornwell, Terry McAuliffe, and then some...

  News in Books — by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Jan 21, 2007

• Book Review: Take Me To A Circus Tent - The Jefferson Airplane Flight Manual By Craig Fenton

  As rock books go, Craig Fenton's meticulously researched Jefferson Airplane flight manual is just about as complete as it gets.

  Review in Books — by Glen Boyd — on Jan 21, 2007

• Book Review: The Watchman by Robert Crais

  Joe Pike, Elvis Cole's frequent partner-in-crime, gets his own case, and there's not a deadlier man around.

  Review in Books — by Mel Odom — on Jan 21, 2007

Culture

• Astrology and Etiquette In the 21st Century - Redux

  Libra man collides with my Mars Mercury conjunction in Libra. But what do you do with the door?

  Opinion in Culture — by Elsa — on Jan 21, 2007

• Making Babies for the Me-Generation

  Here ye, would-be parents: If you can't run with the big dogs, stick with the baby dolls.

  Opinion in Culture — by Diana Hartman — on Jan 21, 2007

• 48, Single, and Back at Square One

  Ambivalence works for me.

  Opinion in Culture — by Tammy Stevens — on Jan 21, 2007

Sci/Tech

• Review: Pentax Optio A20 Digital Compact Camera

  Is 10MegaPixel Pentax A20 worth upgrading to?

  Review in Sci/Tech — by Ashleigh Charlesworth — on Jan 21, 2007

• Why Are Micro-Softies So Defensive? Relax, Go Wash Your Honda

  Now that Apple stole the show from CES with the iphone, micro-softies are really getting nervous and defensive.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Bill Soukoreff — on Jan 21, 2007

Politics

• Canadian Politics: A Star is Born

  Justin "Beau" Trudeau is the perfect political idol.

  Opinion in Politics — by Alessandro Nicolo — on Jan 21, 2007

• Texas Border Patrolmen Rewarded with Prison

  Texas Border Patrollers rewarded with prison time for doing their job. Appeals fall on President Bush's deaf ears.

  Opinion in Politics — by Jewels Richardson — on Jan 21, 2007

• Please Move On

  A New Yorker's reflection on how 9/11 has changed even small intimate parts of our lives.

  Opinion in Politics — by Richard Rothstein — on Jan 21, 2007