January 27, 2009 Archive

Video

• Blu-ray Review: Rent - Filmed Live on Broadway

  The Broadway musical comes to Blu-ray.

  Review in Video — by Josh Lasser — on Jan 27, 2009

• DVD Review: RocknRolla (Two-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy)

  Manages to entertain in spite of its overwhelming sense of deja vu.

  Review in Video — by The Masked Movie Snobs — on Jan 27, 2009

• Movie Review: Vicky Cristina Barcelona

  Woody Allen goes to Barcelona and returns with one of his better modern day offerings.

  Review in Video — by Arlo J. Wiley — on Jan 27, 2009

• In Memoriam: Kim Manners, Supernatural Executive Producer And Director

  Kim Manners, executive producer and director for Supernatural and The X-Files, died from lung cancer Sunday evening.

  News in Video — by Alice Jester — on Jan 27, 2009

• Reality TV Casting Call Weekly Wrap-Up: The Biggest Loser, Fashion Design Show, Detective Show, and Many More!

  Fashion designers, detectives, brides, and grill-masters...

  News in Video — by RealityWanted — on Jan 27, 2009

• Movie Review: Doubt

  Above all else, it is the cast that raises Doubt.

  Review in Video — by Brandon Valentine — on Jan 27, 2009

• Movie Review: The Reader

  Here's hoping that one of our best working actresses today will walk away with an award, only if to break her free of having to take more roles like this.

  Review in Video — by Rob Rector — on Jan 27, 2009

• Box Office Update 1/23-1/25: Paul Blart Fends off the Lycans

  The strong box office continues.

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Jan 27, 2009

Sports

• Inter Recover From A Touch Of The Wobbles - European Football Round-Up

  Kaka proves his real worth to Milan by scoring twice.

  News in Sports — by Jeff Perkins — on Jan 27, 2009

Music

• Music Review: Ween - At The Cat's Cradle, 1992 CD/DVD

  This once rare collection of early ‘90s performances by cult heroes Ween is a must-have for fans of the duo days.

  Review in Music — by Charlie Doherty — on Jan 27, 2009

• Music Review: Baak Gwai - Find A Stranger In The Alps

  What does Baak Gwai mean? All is revealed here on the Alabama band's second album.

  Review in Music — by Jeff Perkins — on Jan 27, 2009

• Music Review: Jana Winderen - Heated

  Like a wild thunder storm, this is beautiful and frightening at the same time.

  Review in Music — by Richard Marcus — on Jan 27, 2009

• Music Review: I'm From Barcelona - Who Killed Harry Houdini?

  Swedish indie pop band I'm From Barcelona releases their sophomore album "Who Killed Harry Houdini?".

  Review in Music — by Tan The Man — on Jan 27, 2009

• Music Review: The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday

  The Byrds: Chapter 4.

  Review in Music — by David Bowling — on Jan 27, 2009

• Music Review: Canadian Invasion - Three Cheers for the Invisible Hand

  Canada invades Philadelphia -- and as the band shares, "one hand claps the other."

  Review in Music — by Jen Johans — on Jan 27, 2009

• New Album Releases 01/27/09: Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Franz Ferdinand, Steve Martin, Jarrett/Peacock/DeJohnette & More

  Brooooce!

  News in Music — by Glen Boyd — on Jan 27, 2009

• Music Review: The Bird and the Bee - Ray Guns are Not Just the Future

  Ray Guns are Not Just the Future presents a wonderfully peculiar juxtaposition of cheery retro melodies dressed in an irresistibly fresh and modern dance beat.

  Review in Music — by Sarah C. Culver — on Jan 27, 2009

• Bruce Springsteen Announces 2009 Working On A Dream World Tour Dates

  From San Jose to Santiago, Spain, you're about to witness the legendary E Street Band!

  News in Music — by Josh Hathaway — on Jan 27, 2009

• Music Review: Oh No Oh My - Dmitrij Dmitrij

  Dmitrij Dmitrij won’t win any end of the year awards, but it should earn a spot on your iPod for a while.

  Review in Music — by Luke Johnson — on Jan 27, 2009

• Music Review: Awesome Wells - The Highs and Lows of De Witt A Stanton

  The strangest yet most interesting album you may hear this year.

  Review in Music — by Luke Johnson — on Jan 27, 2009

• Music Review: Ashley Hutchings & Ernesto De Pascale - My Land Is Your Land

  The passions of this Anglo-Italian combination, lovingly explored.

  Review in Music — by Jeff Perkins — on Jan 27, 2009

• Music Review: Dar Williams - Promised Land

  I really should’ve caught on to Dar Williams a long time ago.

  Review in Music — by Donald Gibson — on Jan 27, 2009

• Music DVD Review: Parliament Funkadelic - The Mothership Connection Live 1976

  A fun and funky view of George Clinton and his gang at their '70s peak.

  Review in Music — by The Other Chad — on Jan 27, 2009

• Music Review: Bruce Springsteen - Working On A Dream

  Exile On E-Street? Bruce gets his ya-yas out.

  Review in Music — by Glen Boyd — on Jan 27, 2009

Politics

• Ty Controversy Invades White House

  Perhaps the First Lady should put her energy somewhere besides the disapproval of small, plush dolls.

  Satire in Politics — by Joanne Huspek — on Jan 27, 2009

• Why There Should Be A Global Minimum Wage

  Are there benefits to establishing and enforcing a global minimum wage?

  Opinion in Politics — by Jason J. Campbell — on Jan 27, 2009

• But Who Keeps Score?

  In the race to kill the most people in war it's a dead heat for first place.

  Opinion in Politics — by Robert Magill — on Jan 27, 2009

Culture

• Theater Review (NYC): Looking for the Pony

  This production makes you remember why it is you go to the theater: because theater is magic, and life depends on magic.

  Review in Culture — by Tulis McCall — on Jan 27, 2009

• More News That Should’ve Been Headlined Differently

  This just in: One billion on the Internet. This just not in: One billion on fat behinds.

  Opinion in Culture — by Diana Hartman — on Jan 27, 2009

• Mark Rothko as a Spiritual Artist

  Exist with the artist, just for a short period of time.

  Opinion in Culture — by Ginae B. McDonald — on Jan 27, 2009

• The Higher Power of Conversation

  Conversations are the basis of every relationship on earth.

  Opinion in Culture — by Legna Moned — on Jan 27, 2009

Books

• Book Review: Flippy Goes on a Road Trippy by John Mese and Dawn Kelsey

  I had almost forgotten what fun road trips can be. Then I came across Flippy Goes on a Road Trippy.

  Review in Books — by Jill Hart — on Jan 27, 2009

• The New Canon: The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje

  Michael Ondaatje's "English Patient" is involved in an adulterous affair—but his past hides an even greater infidelity.

  Review in Books — by Ted Gioia — on Jan 27, 2009