February 18, 2008 Archive

Music

• Music Review: Sarah Brightman - Symphony

  Symphony may well be the top-selling soprano's best album to date.

  Review in Music — by Jordan Richardson — on Feb 18, 2008

• Music Review: Professor and Maryann – Lead Us Not Into Penn Station

  The prof and the beautician: a love story.

  Review in Music — by Lou Novacheck — on Feb 18, 2008

• Music DVD Review: Nightwish - End Of An Era

  The Tarja Turunen era may have ended with this DVD, but Nightwish still soldier on.

  Review in Music — by Paul Roy — on Feb 18, 2008

• Music Review: Farewell to Freeways - Definitions

  Surprisingly strong metalcore debut.

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Feb 18, 2008

• Interview: Band of the Week — Suffrajett

  Boil down the fiercest rock and roll formula, add in an amazing woman vocalist, and you have the perfect band - You have Suffrajett, people!

  Interview in Music — by Michael Jones — on Feb 18, 2008

• Music Review: Carolina Chocolate Drops - Dona Got A Ramblin’ Mind

  Several centuries of music education in two hours.

  Review in Music — by Lou Novacheck — on Feb 18, 2008

• Music DVD Review - Iron Maiden: Live After Death

  Concert footage, backstage action, and retrospective musings from the spandexed metal masters.

  Review in Music — by Amanda Bittle — on Feb 18, 2008

• Music Review: Cowboy Junkies - Trinity Revisited (CD/DVD)

  Already one of the more memorable things I will get to review in 2008.

  Review in Music — by Cinema Sentries — on Feb 18, 2008

• Music Review: Sarah Brightman - Symphony

  The results are incredibly powerful and worth a listen.

  Review in Music — by Cinema Sentries — on Feb 18, 2008

Politics

• Race and Gender Politics at Play in New Clinton Ad

  If Obama's health care plan is to be attacked, let it be on its merits.

  Opinion in Politics — by Clayton Perry — on Feb 18, 2008

• Children for Sale on Craigslist

  Craiglist, the bastion of online sales, offers a great tool for human traffickers to sell people.

  News in Politics — by Shelley Seale — on Feb 18, 2008

Video

• Movie Review: Step Up 2 - The Streets

  Are you ready to get up and dance? Neither am I.

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Feb 18, 2008

• DVD Review: Margot At The Wedding

  An adult character study of family dynamics and relationships.

  Review in Video — by Rebecca Wright — on Feb 18, 2008

• Reality TV Casting Calls Weekly Wrap-Up: Wife Swap, Million Dollar Password, Divorce Court, Dress My Nest and More!

  Reality shows in all areas casting now -- do you qualify for any of these?

  News in Video — by RealityWanted — on Feb 18, 2008

• DVD Review: All Monsters Attack

  Amongst the worst of the Godzilla films, Classic Media still treats it respectfully.

  Review in Video — by Matt Paprocki — on Feb 18, 2008

• TV Review: Knight Rider (2008)

  For an encyclopedic list of everything wrong with television in 2008, look no further than NBC's back door pilot movie Knight Rider.

  Review in Video — by Jeffrey Williams — on Feb 18, 2008

• DVD Review: Nightmare Detective

  What's the verdict on cult director Shinya Tsuakamoto's latest offering?

  Review in Video — by Chris Gesiakowski — on Feb 18, 2008

• DVD Review: American Gangster - 2-Disc Unrated Extended Edition

  Two acting heavyweights square off in this Ridley Scott directed picture.

  Review in Video — by Josh Lasser — on Feb 18, 2008

• TV Review: Knight Rider 2008 - Zero to Mediocre in Two Hours

  I didn't like it, and I implore you to avoid it, unless you love mediocre television.

  Review in Video — by Vichus Smith — on Feb 18, 2008

• HD DVD Review: The Brave One

  A revenge movie with an uninteresting twist that doesn't translate to entertainment.

  Review in Video — by Matt Paprocki — on Feb 18, 2008

• Movie Review: Poltergeist

  A look at Poltergeist, the "Poltergeist Curse," and the strange creative relationship behind the 1982 horror classic.

  Review in Video — by Jordan Richardson — on Feb 18, 2008

• Movie Review: The Spiderwick Chronicles

  A fantastic journey into the fantastic.

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Feb 18, 2008

• HD DVD Death Watch, World Waits for Official Toshiba Statement

  HD DVD is living its final breaths as retailers ditch the format in favor of Blu-ray.

  Opinion in Video — by Matt Paprocki — on Feb 18, 2008

• DVD Review: Little Einsteins - Race for Space

  Go on a three episode trip with our favorite rocket ship.

  Review in Video — by Meryl — on Feb 18, 2008

• Movie Review: There Will Be Blood

  A mostly intense look at a man personifying oil's rise in early 20th century America.

  Review in Video — by immortalcritic — on Feb 18, 2008

• Movie Review: Definitely, Maybe

  A wonderful romance that avoids the typical pitfalls.

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Feb 18, 2008

• DVD Review: Aqua Teen Hunger Force - Volume 5

  Major amounts of drugs will likely increase your viewing pleasure...

  Review in Video — by Gordon S. Miller — on Feb 18, 2008

• DVD Review: Broken English - A Romantic Comedy Where Parker Posey Redefines Herself

  Nora Wilder has a life full of just about everything she could ever need... except love.

  Review in Video — by Jolie.B — on Feb 18, 2008

• DVD Review: Margot at the Wedding

  A feel bad family comedy.

  Review in Video — by Daniel J. Stasiewski — on Feb 18, 2008

Gaming

• Wii Virtual Console News and Releases for 2/18/2008

  Attack of the sequels!

  News in Gaming — by Brian Szabelski — on Feb 18, 2008

Tastes

• Review: Les Caves du Château Lamothe

  Have you ever wondered what it might be like to own a Chateau in Bordeaux?

  Review in Tastes — by Marisa DVari — on Feb 18, 2008

• Visiting Chateau Laniote in Saint Emilion

  Dream of living in a French Chateau?

  Opinion in Tastes — by Marisa DVari — on Feb 18, 2008

• Tasting Bordeaux at Chateau Paloumey

  Visiting the best value producers in Bordeaux.

  Opinion in Tastes — by Marisa DVari — on Feb 18, 2008

Culture

• The Shanghai Diaries - Japanese Edition, Part II: From Tokyo to Miyajima

  We finally make it to Japan and discover its beauty, culture, and bum washings.

  Opinion in Culture — by Mat Brewster — on Feb 18, 2008

• Website Review: CharityUSA

  Creating a better world, click by click.

  Opinion in Culture — by Mike Johnston — on Feb 18, 2008

Sci/Tech

• From Bloggerish to Gibberish

  Many blogs are more like random momentary conversation that goes nowhere, or at least not far.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Terence Clarke — on Feb 18, 2008

• Video Training Review - Illustrator CS3 One-On-One: Beyond The Basics With Deke McClelland From Lynda.com.

  Training that takes a complicated software package and brings it down to earth in easy to understand language.

  Review in Sci/Tech — by T. Michael Testi — on Feb 18, 2008

Books

• Graphic Novel Review: Angel: The Curse & Angel: Old Friends by Jeff Mariotte & David Messina

  First of a three-part consideration of recent graphic novels devoted to Joss Whedon's vampire with a soul.

  Review in Books — by Bill Sherman — on Feb 18, 2008

• The Early Word: New Books For The Week Of February 17, 2008

  Deepak Chopra, Nora Roberts, J.D. Robb, Lisa Scottoline, Michael Palmer, Elizabeth Moon, Jacqueline Winspear...

  News in Books — by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Feb 18, 2008

• Book Review: Ultimate Blogs - Masterworks From The Wild Web edited by Sarah Boxer

  One book tries to sum up millions of blogs in a best-of collection, and while it isn't completely comprehensive, it's a good try.

  Opinion in Books — by Nik Dirga — on Feb 18, 2008

• Book Review: No Space for Further Burials, a Novel on Afghanistan by Feryal Ali Gauhar

  Ali Gauhar's novel steps out of cliché and articulates a global voice and attacks the myth of 'Islamic threat'.

  Review in Books — by razarumi — on Feb 18, 2008

• Book Review: The Somnambulist by Jonathan Barnes

  You can’t help but be engrossed by the characters and tale that is spun like a web across the page.

  Review in Books — by Katie Trattner — on Feb 18, 2008

Sports

• Three Cheers for The Sporting Life?

  The world of professional sports is even less than it's cracked up to be. Especially when it's politicized.

  Opinion in Sports — by Realist — on Feb 18, 2008