January 14, 2009 Archive

Video

• Blu-ray Review: The Truman Show

  Could this be a premonition of what is to come with reality TV?

  Review in Video — by Alyse Wax — on Jan 14, 2009

• These Films Sleep Well: Hardcore (1979, Paul Schrader)

  Another of Paul Schrader's variations on The Searchers is examined.

  Opinion in Video — by Joshua Wiebe — on Jan 14, 2009

• DVD Review: NatureTech

  Watch Science Try to Duplicate Nature's Wonders!

  Review in Video — by Fitz — on Jan 14, 2009

• Exploitation Cinema: Foxy Brown

  The ultimate blaxploitation flick.

  Review in Video — by Jordan Richardson — on Jan 14, 2009

• Movie Review: Gran Torino

  Wonderful look inside a person in search of redemption.

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Jan 14, 2009

• DVD Review: Gospel According To Al Green

  In spite of any flaws this movie may have, it proves that without a doubt Al Green's music got soul!

  Review in Video — by Richard Marcus — on Jan 14, 2009

• DVD Review: Skinny Bitch Fitness - Body

  Light on workout, long on personality, Skinny Bitch Fitness: Body is a great starter video for fans of the popular books.

  Review in Video — by Bryan Myrick — on Jan 14, 2009

• Movie Review: Valkyrie

  Not a complete waste, but definitely less than inspiring.

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Jan 14, 2009

• My Idol-Free Tuesday

  That's right, there was other stuff on last night. Some of it was recorded in advance, but I still steered clear of FOX.

  Opinion in Video — by Josh Lasser — on Jan 14, 2009

• Blu-ray Review: The Duchess

  A love, as they know it, story between Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes.

  Review in Video — by Robert M. Barga — on Jan 14, 2009

• DVD Review: Contract Killers

  Contract Killers Doesn't Quite Hit the Mark

  Review in Video — by Fitz — on Jan 14, 2009

• Expectations of Steven Soderbergh's Che

  I will bring with me some prejudices, notions, knowledge, facts, and ideas about how a film should depict Guevara.

  Opinion in Video — by Lenny Campello — on Jan 14, 2009

• Movie Review: The Wrestler Is Simply Powerful

  A straightforward yet powerful performance by long-lost Mickey Rourke bring this film to life.

  Review in Video — by Clarence Yu — on Jan 14, 2009

• Blu-ray Review: Ghost Town (2008)

  A sweet comedy that isn't sappy.

  Review in Video — by El Bicho — on Jan 14, 2009

Books

• Book Review: We Need Our Daddy Too, A Grandmother's Story of Her Son's Divorce by Karen P. Ronald

  A story of a marital breakup as seen through the eyes of a family member.

  Review in Books — by NancyGail — on Jan 14, 2009

• Book Review: The Fine Print of Self-Publishing - The Contracts & Services of 45 Self-Publishing Companies Analyzed, Ranked & Exposed (Third Edition) by Mark Levine

  Planning on self-publishing? This is your essential baseline for analyzing and choosing a publishing company.

  Review in Books — by Jennifer Bogart — on Jan 14, 2009

• Book Revew: Ice by Louis Nowra

  For those of us who like our fiction as rich, complex, and painful as possible, Ice is a fever of a novel.

  Review in Books — by Maggie Ball — on Jan 14, 2009

• Book Review: Milk, Sulphate, and Alby Starvation By Martin Millar

  It will never bore you and will continually surprise you, which on its own makes it worth reading.

  Review in Books — by Richard Marcus — on Jan 14, 2009

Music

• Music Review: Mokita - Answers Within Earshot

  Finely balanced, smoothly produced, ambient pop of the highest quality.

  Review in Music — by Jeff Perkins — on Jan 14, 2009

• Retro Redux: Reality vs The Waltons

  A quest that started with thoughts about a young man at a piano.

  Opinion in Music — by Big Geez — on Jan 14, 2009

Culture

• Age and Aging: What Has Become of Me?

  It’s a mid-life crisis when men realize they’re no longer 25 years old. Women, however, know they aren’t 25 when they turn 26.

  Opinion in Culture — by Diana Hartman — on Jan 14, 2009

Tastes

• How to Drink Better Wine in the New Economy

  Want more power for your wine dollar?

  Opinion in Tastes — by Marisa DVari — on Jan 14, 2009

Politics

• Will Texas Show the Way for the GOP?

  Can Texas lead the way to a nationwide re-dedication of the GOP to the principles of individual liberty and fiscal responsibility?

  Opinion in Politics — by Dave Nalle — on Jan 14, 2009

• In Praise of Cultural and Historical Ignorance

  The Mobile NAACP objects to the Mobile Azalea Trail Maids appearing in the Inaugural Parade because of the slave connotation.

  Opinion in Politics — by SJ Reidhead — on Jan 14, 2009

• Unemployment in Arizona

  The Arizona jobless rate is on the rise.

  Opinion in Politics — by Nate Fleischer — on Jan 14, 2009

• A Lot of News But Are We Aware?

  Banks and credit card companies have no mandate to make our business and personal financial lives suck, do they?

  Opinion in Politics — by Tommy Mack — on Jan 14, 2009