December 26, 2008 Archive

Video

• DVD Review: The Paul Naschy Collection

  Adam Becvar (aka Luigi Bastardo), fed up with torture porn, revisits several Spanish horror class-icks.

  Review in Video — by Luigi Bastardo — on Dec 26, 2008

• Blu-ray Review: Days of Thunder

  A classic Tom Cruise movie arrives on Blu-ray in less than spectacular fashion.

  Review in Video — by Josh Lasser — on Dec 26, 2008

• TV Media: Dieting Tips, Heroes, Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Office, A Colbert Christmas, Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, The Muppets

  Happy holidays! This week, I have a little for adults and a little for the kids inside too.

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Dec 26, 2008

• DVD Review: Ghost Town (2008)

  Gervais fans will be a little disappointed but the film does have some laughs and some nice moments.

  Review in Video — by The Masked Movie Snobs — on Dec 26, 2008

• Movie Review: The Cheetah Girls - One World

  Disney unleashes the least painful chapter of the "Cheetah Girls" trilogy.

  Review in Video — by A.J. Hakari — on Dec 26, 2008

• Movie Review: Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino Rides like a Charm

  Clint Eastwood returns to the big screen in a role that truly suits the man and the myth he created.

  Review in Video — by Clarence Yu — on Dec 26, 2008

• PBS Primetime Programming for the Week of December 28

  The creation of the Sword in the Stone ride continues.

  News in Video — by Josh Lasser — on Dec 26, 2008

• Justifying A Timberlake Man-Crush

  He dabbled in TV and film media and struck a chord with enough WASPy fans to, if nothing else, give him a pass.

  Opinion in Video — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Dec 26, 2008

Books

• The New Canon: Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

  In Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy shifts quickly from loving descriptions of flora, fauna, and rocks into accounts of bloodthirsty violence.

  Review in Books — by Ted Gioia — on Dec 26, 2008

• Book Review: Human Landscapes From My Country - An Epic Novel In Verse By Nazim Hakmet

  Hikmet has created a panoramic view of Turkey and her people.

  Review in Books — by Richard Marcus — on Dec 26, 2008

Music

• Retro Redux: Sometimes You Can Have Too Much Tequila

  You might want to take some advice from the guys who made Tequila famous.

  Opinion in Music — by Big Geez — on Dec 26, 2008

• Music DVD Review: Johnny Winter - Live Through The '70s

  Blues guitar legend, Johnny Winter, finally gets some due justice on DVD.

  Review in Music — by Paul Roy — on Dec 26, 2008

• Music Review: The Who - Face Dances

  The Who: Chapter 14.

  Review in Music — by David Bowling — on Dec 26, 2008

• Music Media: Theocracy, White Witch Canyon, Lamb of God, Alice Cooper, Architects, Sepultura, Gwar

  Plenty of videos, a free download, and even an interview!

  News in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Dec 26, 2008

• Best Music of 2008: The Bunneh3000 Edition

  2008's Best Hip Hop and Soul music

  Opinion in Music — by Bunneh3000 — on Dec 26, 2008

Culture

• Theater/Concert Review (Ventura, CA): A Rubicon Family Christmas by Brian McDonald at the Rubicon

  Billed as “Ventura’s New Holiday Tradition,” the Rubicon Theatre Company's new feel-good production may be back for years to come.

  Review in Culture — by Robert Machray — on Dec 26, 2008

Politics

• Questions for President-Elect Obama This Christmas Day

  Have we given up any hope of letting Barak Obama just be a human being who happened to get elected president?

  Satire in Politics — by Mark Schannon — on Dec 26, 2008

Sports

• Staying Connected is Important to the Modern Era Fan

  Part of a series on the modern era college football fan.

  Opinion in Sports — by Jay Skipworth — on Dec 26, 2008