May 15, 2009 Archive

Video

• DVD Review: True Blood: The Complete First Season

  The creators stir in enough fresh blood to give viewers sufficient reason to keep coming back for another serving.

  Review in Video — by The Masked Movie Snobs — on May 15, 2009

• Movie Review: Ballerina: A Portrait of Five Exceptional Russian Ballerinas

  ...shows how different interpretations of grace and beauty of movement stemming from the same disciplined tradition can polish individuality.

  Review in Video — by Purple Tigress — on May 15, 2009

• DVD Review: Hatching Pete and Dadnapped

  Double the family fun!

  Review in Video — by April Pohren — on May 15, 2009

• Movie Review: Angels and Demons

  Five minutes after stepping out of the theater you'll forget you were ever in Rome.

  Review in Video — by Aaron Peck — on May 15, 2009

• DVD Review: Deflating The Elephant

  A stimulating concept quickly becomes an exercise in tedium.

  Review in Video — by Richard Marcus — on May 15, 2009

• Movie Review: Observe and Report

  Watching the film is like getting the carrot and stick treatment. Except sometimes you get beaten with the carrot too.

  Review in Video — by Kevin Gustafson — on May 15, 2009

• PBS Primetime Programming for the Week of May 17

  More Hitchhiker's! We're aboard our ship with our paranoid android, and the one and only Zaphod Beeblebrox... aren't we lucky?

  News in Video — by Josh Lasser — on May 15, 2009

• TV Review: CSI:NY - "Pay Up"

  Robert Dunbrook's son is kidnapped, and that is only the beginning.

  Review in Video — by NancyGail — on May 15, 2009

• Blu-ray Review: Three Days of the Condor

  The Sydney Pollack-Robert Redford classic comes to Blu-ray!

  Review in Video — by Josh Lasser — on May 15, 2009

• Movie Review: The Wedding Weekend

  Lifelong friends get a new perspective on how their lives have progressed.

  Review in Video — by Marta Hoelscher — on May 15, 2009

• Blu-ray Review: Underworld - Rise of the Lycans

  The third in the franchise takes us back to the beginning, to a forbidden love.

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on May 15, 2009

Music

• Music DVD Review: Return To Forever - Live At Montreux 2008

  Jazz/Fusion supergroup Return To Forever play like they still mean it on this great live reunion DVD.

  Review in Music — by Glen Boyd — on May 15, 2009

• Music Review: Tinted Windows - Tinted Windows

  A fun but mixed debut effort from an odd mix of rock ‘n’ roll veterans.

  Review in Music — by Charlie Doherty — on May 15, 2009

• Music Review: Aquaplanage - Aquaplanage

  Successfully restoring my faith in progressive music.

  Review in Music — by Jeff Perkins — on May 15, 2009

• Music Review: Billy Joel - The Nylon Curtain

  Billy Joel: Chapter 9.

  Review in Music — by David Bowling — on May 15, 2009

• Music Review: Rhonda Vincent – Destination Life

  Vincent stays close to her bluegrass roots for a fine outing.

  Review in Music — by John Taylor — on May 15, 2009

• Music Review: Casey Driessen -Oog

  An experience unlike any you've ever had before listening to someone play the violin.

  Review in Music — by Richard Marcus — on May 15, 2009

• Interview: Claudette Rogers Robinson - “The First Lady of Motown”

  Berry Gordy affectionately dubbed Claudette Rogers Robinson as "The First Lady of Motown."

  Interview in Music — by Clayton Perry — on May 15, 2009

• Music Review: Greycoats - Setting Fire To The Great Unknown

  Minnesota indie band Greycoats might seem to have a compelling argument for a new indie subgenre -- melodrama.

  Review in Music — by Tan The Man — on May 15, 2009

• The Friday Morning Listen: Brian Blade - Mama Rosa

  Overcoming life's momentum.

  Review in Music — by Mark Saleski — on May 15, 2009

• Interview: Charlie Wilson - Singer and Songwriter

  As the mentor of Aaron Hall and principal influence on R. Kelly, Charlie Wilson is "the de-facto father of new jack swing."

  Interview in Music — by Clayton Perry — on May 15, 2009

Sports

• The Top 15 Baseball Books of All Time: Part 1

  A list of suggested summer reading for the beach-bound baseball fan.

  Opinion in Sports — by Aaron Whitehead — on May 15, 2009

Books

• Book Review: Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín

  Brooklyn reminds us that new worlds are constructed only by those brave enough to walk away from the old ones.

  Review in Books — by Ted Gioia — on May 15, 2009

• Book Review: Bad Things by Michael Marshall

  Chills, but doesn’t thrill; Michael Marshall weighs in with a crackling, if somewhat prosaic tale of guilt and suspense.

  Review in Books — by Travis Johnson — on May 15, 2009

• Book Review: The Collector of Worlds by Iliya Troyanov

  The Collector of Worlds blends factual and fictionalized accounts of the life of Sir Richard Francis Burton.

  Review in Books — by Helen Gallagher — on May 15, 2009

• Manga Review: Dinosaur Hour! Volume One by Hitoshi Shioya

  VizKids' new All Ages manga is ideal for young dinosaur geeks.

  Review in Books — by Bill Sherman — on May 15, 2009

• Self-Published Authors and New Self-Respect

  A new class of self published authors is emerging. Whether the old stereotypes and criticisms apply to you depend on your approach to self publishing.

  Opinion in Books — by Tony Eldridge — on May 15, 2009

Politics

• Rothbard as Prophet, Part 2

  The similarities of the 1920s and 2000s did not end with the beginnings of each crisis in 1929 and 2008.

  Opinion in Politics — by Kenn Jacobine — on May 15, 2009

• Quantum of Solace: The Making of Modern Consciousness, Part I

  Take solace in the fact that humanity is on the march. The million dollar question is: will it continue?

  Opinion in Politics — by Roger Nowosielski — on May 15, 2009