February 12, 2008 Archive

Video

• DVD Review: Family Ties - The Third Season

  By the third season, Family Ties was just hitting its stride.

  Review in Video — by Rebecca Wright — on Feb 12, 2008

• Making the Rounds at General Hospital - Liz’s All Consuming Guilt

  Liz nearly confesses but is she really guilty?

  Review in Video — by Connie Phillips — on Feb 12, 2008

• DVD Review: Jakers! Treasure Hunt on Raloo Farm

  This kid's show is more in tune with TV’s golden age than modern standards.

  Review in Video — by Cinema Sentries — on Feb 12, 2008

• DVD Review: Beauty And The Beast - The Final Season

  The poetry and romance of past seasons is replaced by darkness and brooding.

  Review in Video — by Rebecca Wright — on Feb 12, 2008

• Giving American Gladiators a Smackdown

  Today, we talk filler, and not the delicious kind one finds inside donuts.

  Opinion in Video — by Josh Lasser — on Feb 12, 2008

• TV Review: So Far, The Guard Treads Water

  It's sink or swim time for The Guard.

  Review in Video — by Diane Kristine Wild — on Feb 12, 2008

• Movie Review: Lars And The Real Girl

  Ryan Gosling stars in "Lars And The Real Girl" which is as much about compassion as it is about loneliness.

  Review in Video — by Tan The Man — on Feb 12, 2008

• DVD Review: Gone Baby Gone

  Ben Affleck's feature-length directorial debut is well worth watching.

  Review in Video — by Josh Lasser — on Feb 12, 2008

• TV Review: Stargate Atlantis - "Outcast" and "Trio"

  Two predictable episodes that don't add much to the season.

  Review in Video — by Gray Hunter — on Feb 12, 2008

• DVD Pick of the Week: Gone Baby Gone

  An actor turned director delivers with his first outing, and makes it to the top of this week's releases.

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Feb 12, 2008

Music

• New Album Releases 02/12/08: Michael Jackson Celebrates Thriller's 25th, Plus: Women Rockers Cover Neil Young, Widespread Panic, Dan Baird, Guru, Monster Magnet, Free Form Funky Freqs, Robert Pollard

  New versions of classics like "Billie Jean" featuring todays stars don't excite me much. But there's no doubt that Thriller warrants the treatment.

  News in Music — by Glen Boyd — on Feb 12, 2008

• Music Review: Michael Jackson - Thriller 25

  Despite the scandals, his music's still a Thriller

  Review in Music — by Nancy Dunham — on Feb 12, 2008

• Enter To Win: Barry Manilow Songs From The Seventies DVD

  It's a Miracle! We're giving away Manilow's DVD.

  News in Music — by Connie Phillips — on Feb 12, 2008

• Paul McCartney Releases Ecce Cor Meum DVD; We're Celebrating with a Giveaway

  Enter to win a conductor's score or a copy of this DVD.

  News in Music — by Connie Phillips — on Feb 12, 2008

• Music Review: The Blind Boys of Alabama Down in New Orleans

  A little bit of gospel to tap one's toes.

  Review in Music — by NancyGail — on Feb 12, 2008

• Music Review: Lenny Kravitz - It is Time for a Love Revolution

  Kravitz presents his eight solo effort encased in his by now well familiar guitars.

  Review in Music — by immortalcritic — on Feb 12, 2008

• Thriller: My First Fascination With Music

  The music I enjoy today and the extent to which I value it are reminiscent and resultant of my original response to this landmark album.

  Opinion in Music — by Donald Gibson — on Feb 12, 2008

• Music Review: Swamp Cabbage - Squeal

  Music by Swamp Cabbage from way down in Dixie, where they get things done but it's slow and sticky.

  Review in Music — by Pico — on Feb 12, 2008

Gaming

• Video Game Industry: The Dark Ages of a Woman and Why Men Need to Grow Up

  Are games machines toys and what does it mean for us?

  Opinion in Gaming — by Gaetano Prestia — on Feb 12, 2008

• Blogcritics Devil May Cry 4, Guitar Hero III Giveaway

  Here is your chance to win Devil May Cry 4 or Guitar Hero III - sign up today for our giveaway!

  News in Gaming — by Ken Edwards — on Feb 12, 2008

Sports

• Satire: An Unabridged List Of People Who Watched The Pro Bowl

  Yessir, all 11 of them.

  Satire in Sports — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Feb 12, 2008

Sci/Tech

• Dan Nied's Fortress of Weight Loss: Day 47

  A New Low

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Dan Nied — on Feb 12, 2008

• Software Review – Plug-In Blow Up From Alien Skin Software

  If you work with layered Photoshop files and enlarge images to 400% or more regularly then Blow Up is for you.

  Review in Sci/Tech — by T. Michael Testi — on Feb 12, 2008

Books

• Book Review: Mikkel Aaland's Photoshop CS3 RAW

  A full color book that argues and instructs on the need to process RAW files for digital photography.

  Review in Books — by Aspi — on Feb 12, 2008

• Book Review: Vegetation by Mark LaFlamme

  A bizarre, spooky - and sometimes downright hilarious - read.

  Review in Books — by Mayra Calvani — on Feb 12, 2008

• Book Review: Sell Your Book on Amazon by Brent Sampson

  Good resource for selling POD and self-published books on Amazon.

  Review in Books — by Meryl — on Feb 12, 2008

• Book Review: Long River by Joseph Bruchac

  An amazing glimpse into the way life was in North America before the coming of the Europeans.

  Review in Books — by Richard Marcus — on Feb 12, 2008

• Book Review: The Stoker File by Toni Noto

  Bram Stoker aficionados will enjoy this latest addition to the genre.

  Review in Books — by Mayra Calvani — on Feb 12, 2008

Culture

• Am I Really That Smart?

  Dr Dreadful discovers that he may be one of the cleverest people on the planet. He’s not convinced.

  Opinion in Culture — by Dr Dreadful — on Feb 12, 2008

• Fifteen, Punk, and Homeschooled

  My experiences as a homeschooled student.

  Opinion in Culture — by Katelynn Phillips — on Feb 12, 2008

• Dianetics vs The Church Of Scientology

  One is a religious philosophy, one is an organization. It's like Christianity vs. The Roman Catholic Church.

  Opinion in Culture — by Phillip Winn — on Feb 12, 2008

Politics

• To Be or Not to Be: Pakistan Goes to the Polls on February 18

  What the army is thinking as the election date nears in Pakistan.

  Opinion in Politics — by Dr. Afaq A. Qureshi — on Feb 12, 2008