September 5, 2008 Archive

Gaming

• PAX 2008 Impressions: Wario Land: Shake It!, Animal Crossing: City Folk and Kirby Super Star Ultra

  Nintendo shows up with a better line-up than E3. Do they impress, though?

  Opinion in Gaming — by Brian Szabelski — on Sep 05, 2008

• PlayStation Network Update: 09/04/2008

  An average PSN update, unless Qore is fantastic. A demo, a football GM sim and a Haze pack join Qore.

  News in Gaming — by Michael Prince — on Sep 05, 2008

Music

• Music Review: Metallica - Death Magnetic

  10 superb tracks of metal brilliance.

  Review in Music — by Jordan Richardson — on Sep 05, 2008

• Music Review: The Band - Jubilation

  The Band: Chapter 12.

  Review in Music — by David Bowling — on Sep 05, 2008

• Music Media: Bigelf, Destruction, The Haunted, Century Media, Nightwish, Tigertailz

  Videos galore! Whether you want live footage or regular videos, I got'em both.

  News in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Sep 05, 2008

• Music Review: Amy MacDonald - This is the Life

  "Let's start a band!"

  Review in Music — by Jen Johans — on Sep 05, 2008

• Music Review: Moonstone Project - Hidden In Time

  Re-released, re-packaged and highly regarded - Moonstone Project's Hidden In Time re-appears.

  Review in Music — by Jeff Perkins — on Sep 05, 2008

• The Friday Morning Listen: The Who - Live at Leeds

  Revisting a freight train of rock.

  Review in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Sep 05, 2008

• Music Review: Obi Best - Capades

  Excellent debut digital album of lush, orchestral indie pop.

  Review in Music — by Scott Deitche — on Sep 05, 2008

Video

• Kitchen Nightmares Fires up My Television Viewing

  Kitchen Nightmares is back, and I'm declaring the new TV season officially open.

  Opinion in Video — by Josh Lasser — on Sep 05, 2008

• Movie Review: Elegy

  Character piece is year's first serious Oscar contender.

  Review in Video — by Tony Dayoub — on Sep 05, 2008

• Movie Review: RocknRolla

  A huge disappointment that has only a few saving graces to save it from complete failure.

  Review in Video — by Ross Miller — on Sep 05, 2008

• DVD Review: Workingman's Death

  What kind of world would demand this sort of payment from people in return for giving them the barest essentials required for survival?

  Review in Video — by Richard Marcus — on Sep 05, 2008

• DVD Review: Intelligence - Season One

  The creator of Da Vinci's Inquest follows up with a complex undercover crime drama.

  Review in Video — by Bill Sherman — on Sep 05, 2008

• DVD Review: Desperate Housewives - Sizzing Secrets Edition, Season 4

  One of the popular show's most talked about seasons makes its way to DVD.

  Review in Video — by Forrest Kobayashi — on Sep 05, 2008

• TV Media: Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Prison Break, 90210, Mercenaries 2, Bones, WWE

  Some full episodes and some previews, including one of this week's premiere episodes!

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Sep 05, 2008

• DVD Review: It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown (Deluxe Edition)

  Once engulfed in the memories, it will be easy to overlook the flawed storytelling.

  Review in Video — by The Masked Movie Snobs — on Sep 05, 2008

• News Bites: Voltron, Watchmen, TMNT, Superman, Don LaFontaine, Halloween

  A little bit of news from around the webs.

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Sep 05, 2008

• DVD Review: Two Fat Ladies

  Acorn Media hits another home run with the DVD release of the greatest cooking show ever.

  Review in Video — by Scott Deitche — on Sep 05, 2008

• New Movies and Box Office Predictions: Bangkok Dangerous, Everybody Wants to be Italian

  Looking forward to a slow weekend?

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Sep 05, 2008

• Movie Review: The Bank Job

  How compromising pictures taken of a Royal on Caribbean holiday in the 1960s and '70s led to a 2008 movie.

  Review in Video — by Fitz — on Sep 05, 2008

• DVD Review: The Blue Elephant

  A showcase for the animation techniques of its original Thai animation studio but fails to connect as a meaningful motion picture.

  Review in Video — by The Masked Movie Snobs — on Sep 05, 2008

• PBS Primetime Programming for the Week of September 7

  The creation of the Sword in the Stone ride continues (Imagineer Quest Part 2, as I like to call it).

  News in Video — by Josh Lasser — on Sep 05, 2008

Tastes

• TasteTV: The Ultimate Wine for Chocolate Lovers - Chocolate Seizure

  Chocolate Seizure 2008 is described as the "ultimate wine for chocolates lovers."

  News in Tastes — by TasteTV — on Sep 05, 2008

Books

• Book Review: Friday's Child by Georgette Heyer

  Austen-sibly Georgette Heyer is a hidden gem. I found no proof in this dull, unfaceted Regency romance.

  Review in Books — by Brandy — on Sep 05, 2008

• Book Review: Simple Knits for Little Cherubs by Erika Knight

  Taking the cutesy out of kid's clothing.

  Review in Books — by Alyse Wax — on Sep 05, 2008

Culture

• Interview: Nicolas Babu, School Feeding Program Officer for WFP Madagascar

  School feeding acts as an incentive to persuade parents to enroll and keep their children in school.

  Interview in Culture — by William Lambers — on Sep 05, 2008

Politics

• The 'Fiscal Irresponsibility' of the Democrats

  Where should the blame for fiscal irresponsibility lie - and how can we rescue America from another Republican deficit?

  Opinion in Politics — by Glenn Contrarian — on Sep 05, 2008

• What the Heck is Sarah Palin Running for - VP or God?

  Seeking out the real Sarah Palin is a necessary process that should not be derailed because she is a woman.

  Opinion in Politics — by DaLilah — on Sep 05, 2008