August 30, 2007 Archive

Video

• New Movies and Box Office Predictions: Halloween, Death Sentence, Balls of Fury, Ladron que roba a ladron

  Psycho killers, revenge killers, and ping pong.

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Aug 30, 2007

• Movie Review: The Nanny Diaries

  Entertaining enough, but could have had a bit more bite.

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Aug 30, 2007

• Movie Review: When It Should, Gray Matters Doesn't

  Inseparable sibling rom-com fails to incite laughs even with gay jokes.

  Review in Video — by Danny Smooth — on Aug 30, 2007

• DVD Review: Rebus Set Two

  A new boxed set of Brit-made TV adaptations of Ian Rankin's popular crime series is released in the states.

  Review in Video — by Bill Sherman — on Aug 30, 2007

• DVD Review: Family Guy Volume 5

  Tell me that's not Epic!

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Aug 30, 2007

• Making the Rounds at General Hospital - A New Mob Threat Moving In

  With Lorenzo gone, there's a new threat in Sonny's territory. Spinelli fantasizes about those Girls Next Door.

  Review in Video — by Connie Phillips — on Aug 30, 2007

Music

• Concert Review: The Allman Brothers Band At Nissan Pavillion, Bristow, VA, 8/14/07

  The Allman Brothers Band take Northern Virginia's Nissan Pavilion by storm

  Review in Music — by Katrina — on Aug 30, 2007

• Music Review: Johnny Cash - The Great Lost Performance

  A concert of Cash years before he was “rediscovered” by the world at large through his American Recordings

  Review in Music — by Gordon S. Miller — on Aug 30, 2007

• Music Review: The Coathangers The Coathangers

  The Coathangers is intelligent, emotionally powerful, and a hell of a good time.

  Review in Music — by Richard Marcus — on Aug 30, 2007

• Hilly Kristal Dies and The Daily Music and Tech News

  Hilly Kristal Dies at age 75, Nokia's new web services and Dave Navarro's new film in today's update.

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Aug 30, 2007

• Music Review: Various Performers - Song Of America

  The music selected is wonderfully performed, it gives a very narrow view of American history and her people.

  Review in Music — by Richard Marcus — on Aug 30, 2007

• Music Review: k-os - Collected

  This collection is a great example of how far Hip-Hop has come and how far it continues to go.

  Review in Music — by Laron Cue — on Aug 30, 2007

• Music DVD Review: Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe: An Evening of Yes Music Plus

  If you are a fan of Yes, this is a positively must own.

  Review in Music — by T. Michael Testi — on Aug 30, 2007

• Music Review: Bruce Springsteen - Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.

  Thirty-five days before Bruce Springsteen's 15th studio album release, take a drive down New Jersey’s Route 9 to where it all started.

  Review in Music — by Desiree Koh — on Aug 30, 2007

Books

• Book Review: The Devil's Right Hand by Lilith Saintcrow

  This is a romance novel, plain and simple. I expect more from my demon bounty hunter protagonists!

  Review in Books — by Lynda Lippin — on Aug 30, 2007

• Book Review: Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler

  Courtney has a series of hilarious adventures stuck in the England of Jane Austen.

  Review in Books — by Jill Hart — on Aug 30, 2007

• Book Review: The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

  This is the long-awaited first novel from one of the most original and memorable writers working today.

  Review in Books — by Gina Ruiz — on Aug 30, 2007

• Book Review: The Bestiary by Nicholas Christopher

  The Bestiary has all of the elements of a fabulous fantasy/reality tale, but they just don't quite pull together.

  Review in Books — by Lynda Lippin — on Aug 30, 2007

• Book Review: The Identity Factor by James Houston Turner

  The thriller leaves you with the familiar feeling at the end that “you see, but you do not observe.”

  Review in Books — by Fleiger — on Aug 30, 2007

Tastes

• TasteTV: How to Girl's Chocolate Treats

  Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate!

  Opinion in Tastes — by TasteTV — on Aug 30, 2007

Culture

• One Minute Astrology: A Marketing Catastrophe At Frito-Lay

  Saturn in Virgo brings attention to the business of what we eat.

  Opinion in Culture — by Elsa — on Aug 30, 2007

• Service Industry Renagades

  Rebels with a clue strike a symbolic blow for the good guys. All in a day's work.

  Opinion in Culture — by Superior To You — on Aug 30, 2007

• Billionaire Junkie Calling: The Strange Last Press Conference of Howard Hughes

  The weirdest press conference in history.

  Opinion in Culture — by Michael Guiry — on Aug 30, 2007

Gaming

• Xbox Live Arcade Review: Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix

  One of the greatest puzzle games ever devised finally has online play the world over.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Aug 30, 2007

Sci/Tech

• Reading Gets the Lead Out

  The written word may protect the brain from lead exposure

  News in Sci/Tech — by Dirk Hanson — on Aug 30, 2007

Politics

• Alberto Gonzales Resigns in Disguise

  Elephants sitting on a shaky fence

  Opinion in Politics — by Heloise — on Aug 30, 2007