November 23, 2007 Archive

Video

• DVD Review: CSI - Crime Scene Investigation: The Complete Seventh Season

  CSI hits lucky number seven.

  Review in Video — by El Bicho — on Nov 23, 2007

• HD DVD Review: Hot Rod

  A misfire and success mesh for a mildly enjoyable screwball comedy that could have been so much more.

  Review in Video — by Matt Paprocki — on Nov 23, 2007

• TV Review: Ugly Betty – "Giving Up the Ghost"

  Take off your earrings, chicas. We have graveside girl fights and more on this week’s Ugly Betty!

  Review in Video — by Ann Hagman Cardinal — on Nov 23, 2007

• Movie Review: No Country For Old Men

  The Coen Brothers return to form with one of the best films of the year.

  Review in Video — by Chris Gesiakowski — on Nov 23, 2007

• The WGA Strike: Striking Back at Writers and Producers

  Right or wrong, the WGA strike reveals the inflexible nature of Hollywood.

  Opinion in Video — by Danny Smooth — on Nov 23, 2007

• TV Review: Ben 10

  Ben 10 is one of the best animated series for boys. Aliens and superpowers -- it doesn't get any better.

  Review in Video — by Mel Odom — on Nov 23, 2007

• Movie Review: Reign Over Me

  A good acting showcase for Don Cheadle and particularly Adam Sandler.

  Review in Video — by moviejohn — on Nov 23, 2007

• Movie Review: Hitman

  Fun on a mindless level, but ultimately disappointing.

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Nov 23, 2007

• DVD Review: The L Word - The Complete Fourth Season

  The fourth season of the hit series The L Word is out. Check out what is in store with this DVD set.

  Review in Video — by Regina Avalos — on Nov 23, 2007

• Movie Review: Blades of Glory

  Most likely, you’ll be mildly thankful for the handful of one-liners and dissatisfied with the exaggerated wit.

  Review in Video — by Brandon Valentine — on Nov 23, 2007

• Movie Media: Get Smart, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Fool's Gold, Wall-E, Mad Money

  Look at this if you want to live.

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Nov 23, 2007

• DVD Review: It's a Wonderful Life 2-Disc Collector's Set

  Another incredible restoration of this undeniable classic.

  Review in Video — by Matt Paprocki — on Nov 23, 2007

• An Interview with Face/Off Screenwriter Mike Werb

  An interview with screenwriter Mike Werb, who helped bring us "Face/Off," "Tomb Raider," and the upcoming "Tekken."

  Interview in Video — by Tan The Man — on Nov 23, 2007

• TV Review: Weeds - "Go"

  What comes next -- a flying nun?

  Review in Video — by Brad Laidman — on Nov 23, 2007

• Bratz Star Profile: Chelsea Staub

  BC Magazine had a chance to sit with the Bratz "mean girl."

  Interview in Video — by Maddy Pumilia — on Nov 23, 2007

• PBS Primetime Programming for the Week of November 25

  It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas... soon it's cider time...

  News in Video — by Josh Lasser — on Nov 23, 2007

Culture

• Theater/Dance Review (Maui): Ulalena

  The birth of the Aloha Spirit in the land of Hawaii.

  Review in Culture — by Robert Machray — on Nov 23, 2007

• The Shanghai Diaries: A Trip To An Orphanage

  In which we take a trip to see kids who have so little, and yet gave so much.

  Opinion in Culture — by Mat Brewster — on Nov 23, 2007

• Mature Ink: Tattoos After 50

  Multiply-inked Ann Hagman Cardinal explores the not so new trend of getting tattooed over the age of 50.

  Opinion in Culture — by Ann Hagman Cardinal — on Nov 23, 2007

• Theater Review (London): The Lightning Field at the Oval House, South London

  There are plenty of laughs in this fast-moving one-act production, but "light" it certainly isn't.

  Review in Culture — by Natalie Bennett — on Nov 23, 2007

Sci/Tech

• Transcendent Consciousness for Transcendent Technologies : Part I

  How must a person accept oneself as nothing more than an organism and then transcend body and consciousness? With technology?

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by V.R.Manoj — on Nov 23, 2007

Music

• Marty's Musical Meltdown: Kiss Loves You, Ben Griffith, RIIR, Empire, & Steve Grimmett Band

  A host of music to please almost anyone.

  Review in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Nov 23, 2007

• The Friday Morning Listen: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - The Danny Show

  On family, change, and... family.

  Review in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Nov 23, 2007

• Music DVD Review: Paul McCartney - The McCartney Years

  The McCartney Years attempts to sum up four decades of Sir Paul's solo career on three DVDs. With the third live disc comes the payoff.

  Review in Music — by Glen Boyd — on Nov 23, 2007

Books

• Book Review: The Rolling Stone Interviews Edited by Jann S. Wenner and Joe Levy

  A new collection of forty of Rolling Stone's most significant and compelling interviews makes for an enlightening read.

  Review in Books — by Donald Gibson — on Nov 23, 2007

• Book Review: Chat by Archer Mayor

  In the newest Joe Gunther novel, an old enemy strikes out at Joe's family and an internet stalker turns deadly.

  Review in Books — by Mel Odom — on Nov 23, 2007

Gaming

• Nintendo Wii Review: EA Playground

  Casual gamers will love it. Hardcore gamers? Not so much.

  Review in Gaming — by Brian Szabelski — on Nov 23, 2007

Sports

• Jerry Jones Is A Shill For DirecTV And The NFL

  The NFL and Jerry Jones are to blame for the NFL channel’s lack of availability, not the cable networks.

  News in Sports — by Sal Marinello — on Nov 23, 2007

• The Ultimate College Football Road Trip

  A hypothetical week-by-week breakdown of how you can see the best everything of college football in one season.

  Opinion in Sports — by Stephen Carradini — on Nov 23, 2007

Politics

• Satire: Thanksgiving - American Day of Shame

  Eat turkey and you might as well be eating the flesh of humanity with a dressing of cruelty and the gravy of greed.

  Satire in Politics — by Dave Nalle — on Nov 23, 2007