June 15, 2008 Archive

Sports

• Euro 2008 Group Stage Round 2

  Euro 2008 gets better and better, and that's mostly down to the Dutch

  News in Sports — by Ally Brown — on Jun 15, 2008

Music

• Music Review: Weezer – Weezer (Red Album)

  Weezer takes one step forward and two steps back.

  Review in Music — by Mark Kalriess — on Jun 15, 2008

• Music Review: EvilMrSod - I Am A Demon & I Love Rock'n'Roll

  An excellent album from a rock & roll bad boy with blues muscle.

  Review in Music — by Angie Pardue — on Jun 15, 2008

• Music Review: John Dee Holeman - You Got To Lose, You Can't Win All The Time

  You Got To Lose, You Can't Win All The Time, that which was old, can be made new again.

  Review in Music — by Richard Marcus — on Jun 15, 2008

• Music CD/DVD Review: Fight - Into the Pit

  A great set of Halford's first post-Priest work. A must own for any self respecting metal fan.

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Jun 15, 2008

• The Rockologist: How Exclusivity Deals Are Nailing The Coffin Shut On Music Retail

  Shame on you AC/DC. Shame on you.

  Opinion in Music — by Glen Boyd — on Jun 15, 2008

• Music Review: Homemade Jamz Blues Band - Pay Me No Mind

  3 kids with a combined age of 37 playing the blues?

  Review in Music — by Josh Hathaway — on Jun 15, 2008

• Music Review: Priscilla Ahn – A Good Day

  The songs are like glittering trinkets, unique in their individual character yet reflective of an overall allure and aura.

  Review in Music — by Donald Gibson — on Jun 15, 2008

• Music Review: The Rolling Stones - Undercover

  The Rolling Stones: Chapter 22.

  Review in Music — by David Bowling — on Jun 15, 2008

Books

• Book Review: The Good Terrorist by Doris Lessing

  A look inside the revolution, tea-cosies and all. As relevant and compelling as when it was first published.

  Review in Books — by Friend Mouse — on Jun 15, 2008

• Manga Review: Dark Metro by Tokyo Calen & Yoshiken

  A new manga horror series finds ghosts and bloody vengeance in the bowels of the Tokyo subway.

  Review in Books — by Bill Sherman — on Jun 15, 2008

• Book Review: Tigerheart by Peter David

  We don't have to be boring just because we're adults.

  Review in Books — by Richard Marcus — on Jun 15, 2008

• Book Review: Resolution by Robert B. Parker

  Everett Hitch and Virgil Cole mount up and slap leather to ride roughshod over a town that's reached its boiling point.

  Review in Books — by Mel Odom — on Jun 15, 2008

• Book Review: Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk

  An out-to-pasture porn priestess may get perilously up-close and personal at her last hurrah. A fun summer read, tawdry and twisted, but not Palahniuk's best.

  Review in Books — by Alyse Wax — on Jun 15, 2008

• Book Review: Generation Dead by Daniel Waters

  The teen dead have risen from their graves -- and they're going back to high school.

  Review in Books — by Mel Odom — on Jun 15, 2008

• Book Review: Knit Aid by Vickie Howell

  A near-perfect knitting companion.

  Review in Books — by Alyse Wax — on Jun 15, 2008

• Book Review: The Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas

  The magic is dying in the city of Wellmet, and only ex-thief turned wizard's apprentice Conn knows why.

  Review in Books — by Mel Odom — on Jun 15, 2008

Politics

• No Dogs, Irish or Short-Asses Need Apply

  Is John McCain too short to be President? A non-American observer of American politics thinks so.

  Opinion in Politics — by Mark Edward Manning — on Jun 15, 2008

• Planned Economies Do Not Work – Part II

  The fact is that the Fed is the primary culprit for the current subprime crisis and housing bubble.

  Opinion in Politics — by Kenn Jacobine — on Jun 15, 2008

• Was the Supreme Court's Guantanamo Decision One of the "Worst in History?"

  The Supreme Court's decision in the Gitmo case is, at best, incomprehensible and at worst even worse.

  Opinion in Politics — by Dan Miller — on Jun 15, 2008

Video

• Movie Review: You Don't Mess With The Zohan

  Adam Sandler's Israeli counterterrorist-turned-hairstylist is a fan's dream, but misses mainstream audience.

  Review in Video — by Mel Odom — on Jun 15, 2008

• Seven Shows Worth Revisiting On DVD

  Seven shows that have a lasting impact.

  Opinion in Video — by Sherry Lipp — on Jun 15, 2008

• TV Review: Supernatural – “Sin City”

  An in-depth review, complete with bonus rant on why I hate the CW.

  Review in Video — by Alice Jester — on Jun 15, 2008

• Sanctuary Leaps From Net To Network

  The science fiction series makes its move to Sci Fi in October.

  Interview in Video — by Diane Kristine Wild — on Jun 15, 2008

• DVD Review: John Adams

  Viewers gain an understanding of the emotions and principles that guided the Founding Fathers in their grave and brave experiment in government.

  Review in Video — by Barbara Barnett — on Jun 15, 2008

• Movie Review: The Happening

  It’s survival of the fittest out there, and M. Night Shyamalan still looks egregiously out of shape.

  Review in Video — by Brandon Valentine — on Jun 15, 2008

• TV Review: In Plain Sight

  USA's new original series promises emotional depth, comedy, and a heroine we can all cheer for.

  Review in Video — by Mel Odom — on Jun 15, 2008

• DVD Review: Rosemary & Thyme – The Complete Series

  Amateur sleuths solve mysteries involving flora and fauna in this British television series.

  Review in Video — by Anna Creech — on Jun 15, 2008

• Movie Reveiw: Princess Mononoke

  Hayao Miyazaki's exquisite masterpiece.

  Review in Video — by Catherine Tuckwell — on Jun 15, 2008

• Movie Review: King of the Gypsies

  Will the Gypsies follow a new King, and modernise? Will Groffo usurp the throne, and the warring destroy them?

  Review in Video — by Brandy — on Jun 15, 2008

• Movie Review: The Reality of Spies Shown in Poisoned By Polonium

  Would you die to tell the world the truth? And if you did, could we find your murderer?

  Review in Video — by Purple Tigress — on Jun 15, 2008

• Movie Review: The Happening

  It's a horror movie! It's a comedy! It's... it's... actually hard to tell.

  Review in Video — by Matt Paprocki — on Jun 15, 2008

• TV Review: House, MD--"The Right Stuff" Revisited

  House kicks off his search for a new team of fellows with "The Right Stuff."

  Review in Video — by Barbara Barnett — on Jun 15, 2008

• DVD Review: Millennium: The Complete Second Season

  This is who we are. The time is near.

  Review in Video — by Glen Boyd — on Jun 15, 2008

• Movie Review: The Incredible Hulk

  Edward Norton and Marvel hang one in the WIN column with this offering of the Incredible Hulk.

  Review in Video — by Mel Odom — on Jun 15, 2008

• Movie Review: The Happening

  Despite some genuinely creepy moments, M. Night Shyamalan's latest is underwhelming and very disappointing.

  Review in Video — by Ross Miller — on Jun 15, 2008

• Movie Review: The Dark Wind

  Cultural autonomy, Brechtian boom mics and Lou Diamond Phillips.

  Review in Video — by Aaron Fleming — on Jun 15, 2008

• DVD Review: Comic Relief: The Greatest ... and the Latest

  Only devoted fans need apply

  Review in Video — by Nancy Fontaine — on Jun 15, 2008

• Blogcritics Magazine Becomes the Middleman in a The Middleman Giveaway

  Blogcritics and the Middleman - fighting evil so you don't have to and giving things away so you don't have to buy them.

  News in Video — by Josh Lasser — on Jun 15, 2008

Culture

• Dads and Daughters: Learning by Osmosis

  I learned that a good dad never abandons his children.

  Opinion in Culture — by Joanne Huspek — on Jun 15, 2008

• Satire: New Airline Charges

  Airlines have been forced to cut back on some amenities and charge for some services traditionally included in airfare.

  Satire in Culture — by Josh Greenberger — on Jun 15, 2008