May 7, 2007 Archive

Gaming

• Nintendo Wii Review: Super Paper Mario

  Mario might be flat, but this game sure as hell isn’t.

  Review in Gaming — by Brian Szabelski — on May 07, 2007

• Wii Virtual Console Releases For May 7, 2007

  The Virtual Console takes a bite out of crime this week. Oddly enough, no McGruff the Crime Dog games.

  News in Gaming — by Brian Szabelski — on May 07, 2007

Video

• DVD Review - Breaking and Entering

  The production sinks with a plodding, uninvolving, and completely unbelievable script.

  Review in Video — by El Bicho — on May 07, 2007

• DVD Review: The Searchers

  The real John Ford and John Wayne are still being sought in this overrated classic.

  Review in Video — by Dan Schneider — on May 07, 2007

• TV Review: The Tudors - "Henry's Apothecary"

  The Tudors fight the sweats, with medicines not all that different from our own.

  Review in Video — by Paul Levinson — on May 07, 2007

• DVD Review: The Hitcher

  No good deed goes unpunished in The Hitcher on DVD.

  Review in Video — by writnkitten — on May 07, 2007

• Movie Review: August Underground's Penance

  Barf bags, I'm afraid, are not included with Fred Vogel's latest cinematic atrocity.

  Review in Video — by T. Rigney — on May 07, 2007

• Movie Review: Spider-Man 3

  Sadly, the best word to describe this film is "sucktastic".

  Review in Video — by Toni Schwartz — on May 07, 2007

• TV Review: The Sopranos - "Walk Like a Man"

  A fantastic return to form as the series looks at Tony's relationship with Christopher and AJ.

  Review in Video — by Patrick — on May 07, 2007

• Movie Review: The Thirst (2006/II)

  While The Thirst is not that bad for second-rate horror, it’s not that good, either.

  Review in Video — by Brandon Valentine — on May 07, 2007

• TV Review: Nova - "Pocahontas Revealed"

  Nova takes a close look at Pocahontas, the legend, and the myths surrounding her.

  Review in Video — by Josh Lasser — on May 07, 2007

• TV Review: Durham County

  It's creepy, eerie, disturbing, dark, and other kinds of fun.

  Review in Video — by Diane Kristine Wild — on May 07, 2007

• Casting Call: New York Sous-Chefs

  The Food Network is launching a new cooking show.

  News in Video — by TV with MeeVee — on May 07, 2007

• MeeVee Primetime Picks: May 7 - May 10

  What to watch this week!

  News in Video — by TV with MeeVee — on May 07, 2007

• TV Review: CSI:NY - "Cold Reveal"

  Mac works on an angel's fall while Stella tries to rise above a Philadelphia murder investigation.

  Review in Video — by NancyGail — on May 07, 2007

Sports

• 2007 Kentucky Derby – The Monday Morning Jockey

  Congratulations to Street Sense for such an exiting race!

  News in Sports — by T. Michael Testi — on May 07, 2007

Music

• Music Review: Michael Bublé - Call Me Irresponsible

  Timeless songs, timeless voice, timely release: Michael Bublé has come once again to save music.

  Review in Music — by Jeff Martin — on May 07, 2007

• False Idols

  Kill Your Idols

  Opinion in Music — by Retro Music Chick — on May 07, 2007

• Music Review: John Prine & Mac Wiseman - Standard Songs for Average People

  Neither standard, nor average.

  Review in Music — by Daniel Woolstencroft — on May 07, 2007

• Concert Review: From Autumn to Ashes w/ Haste the Day, It Dies Today, Alesana, Twelve Gauge Valentine (May 5, 2007)

  Not great, but still a decent night of heavy music.

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on May 07, 2007

• Music Review: Kahil El'Zabar's Infinity Orchestra Transmigration

  ...a disc that is all about the blending together of different styles and cultures to form a unified sound.

  Review in Music — by Richard Marcus — on May 07, 2007

• Eurovision Song Contest 2007: The Official CD

  Bellowing Balts, warbling Walloons, melodious Maltesers: they're all here on this CD previewing the 52nd Eurovision Song Contest

  Review in Music — by James Carson — on May 07, 2007

• The Top 25 Positive Songs of Popular Music

  The very best, feel-good songs ever written. A positive philosophy lesson!

  Opinion in Music — by Robert Burke — on May 07, 2007

• Music Review: The Queers - Munki Brain

  The Queers are hard to pigeon hole, on the surface they look like a Brit-pop band, but they also operate on many other levels as well

  Review in Music — by Simon Barrett — on May 07, 2007

Tastes

• RealMeals.TV Recipe: Gourmet Angel Gumbo

  Caterer Shelly Everett shows us how to make a top notch, and surprisingly easy, gumbo.

  Opinion in Tastes — by RealMeals.TV — on May 07, 2007

Politics

• Slandering Islam

  Correcting the distortions about Islam created by Bin Laden and Bush.

  Opinion in Politics — by KS — on May 07, 2007

• The Terror-able Truth About Globalization

  The American middle class is on its deathbed. If you’re not a CEO, you’re probably screwed.

  Opinion in Politics — by Realist — on May 07, 2007

Books

• The Early Word: New Books for the Week of May 6, 2007

  Elmore Leonard, James Patterson, Rebecca Stott, Haruki Murakami, Penny Vincenzi, Dead CEOs, Sex, Pain, Madness and the Devil in the Kitchen...

  News in Books — by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on May 07, 2007

• Book Review: Season of the Witch by Natasha Mostert

  A tour de force of Gothic eroticism that seduces from start to finish.

  Review in Books — by Superfast Reader — on May 07, 2007

• Book Review: Goddess of the Americas by Ana Castillo

  The Virgin of Guadalupe is celebrated in this series of essays that reveals She is much more than the Mother of Us All.

  Review in Books — by Lisa Alvarado — on May 07, 2007

• Part Two of an Interview with Sara Voorhees, Film Critic and Novelist

  "I would never put myself in the category of my favorite critics." - Sara Voorhees

  Interview in Books — by Scott Butki — on May 07, 2007

Culture

• So You Want to Be a Public Speaker

  Public speaking is a curiosity. Most people either love it or are absolutely terrified of it.

  Opinion in Culture — by Craig Harper — on May 07, 2007

• An Astrologer's Astrologer: John Townley

  There is an elite group at the top of every profession.

  Opinion in Culture — by Elsa — on May 07, 2007

• Romancing the Stone: An Adventure Finding Fabled Jade Mines

  Think traversing amongst thieves, prospectors, and traders for treasure is an adventure of yesteryear? Not so, according to gemologist Richard Hughes.

  Review in Culture — by Purple Tigress — on May 07, 2007

• The Stress of AP Exam

  You have no idea. A look inside a stressed teenager’s mind.

  Opinion in Culture — by Maddy Pumilia — on May 07, 2007

• Before We Wore Black

  Time cannot extinguish the love between father and daughter.

  Opinion in Culture — by Ray Ellis — on May 07, 2007