May 24, 2009 Archive

Books

• Book Review: Bowie In Berlin by Thomas Jerome Seabrook

  The real story of David Bowie's time in Berlin.

  Review in Books — by Greg Barbrick — on May 24, 2009

• Book Review: All Other Nights by Dara Horn

  Captured from the beginning as her web of deception unfolds you are powerless to put Dara Horn's book down.

  Review in Books — by Wisteria Leigh — on May 24, 2009

Video

• One Website Tries to Save Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

  The odds are long, but one group thinks they can save the show.

  News in Video — by Josh Lasser — on May 24, 2009

• DVD Review: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - Centennial Collection

  An excellent western that I appreciate more now that I’ve seen it though adult eyes.

  Review in Video — by Cinema Sentries — on May 24, 2009

• Movie Review: Terminator Salvation

  This sequel is directed by McG, and that fact alone makes salvation look pretty impossible.

  Review in Video — by Arlo J. Wiley — on May 24, 2009

• DVD Review: Murder Most English

  The darkly humorous British mystery series makes its debut on DVD.

  Review in Video — by Daddypundit — on May 24, 2009

• DVD Review: Black Hollywood: Blaxploitation And Advancing An Independent Black Cinema

  Looking back at how far we have come, yet how very far we still have to go.

  Review in Video — by Glen Boyd — on May 24, 2009

• DVD Review: Star Trek - Motion Picture Trilogy

  Worth owning, but not double-dipping.

  Review in Video — by Gordon S. Miller — on May 24, 2009

Gaming

• Nintendo Wii Review: Punch-Out!!

  I just wish 007 373 5963 still worked.

  Review in Gaming — by Jason Westhaver — on May 24, 2009

Politics

• The GOP Smokescreen

  The false narrative about waterboarding 1s a diversion from the failure, death, and destruction of the previous eight years.

  Opinion in Politics — by irvingcjackson — on May 24, 2009

• Let California Fail

  Too big to fail is a failed plea for California as well.

  Opinion in Politics — by Kenn Jacobine — on May 24, 2009

Culture

• Theater Review (Chicago): The Tempest by William Shakespeare at Steppenwolf

  Steppenwolf's new take on the Shakespeare classic embodies the spirit of imagination, and re-imagination.

  Review in Culture — by Marissa Flaxbart — on May 24, 2009

• Charlotte Allen vs. Atheists: An Extraordinarily Boring Conflict

  Both Ms. Allen and the vocal atheist lack the one thing they need to be taken seriously: a point.

  Opinion in Culture — by Diana Hartman — on May 24, 2009

• Theater Review (NYC): Squiggy and the Goldfish by Lenny Schwartz and Ore, or Or by Duncan Pflaster

  The oddly titled "Ore, or Or" is an artfully constructed, well-aimed, and resonant story of a modern New York City love triangle.

  Review in Culture — by Jon Sobel — on May 24, 2009

• MARCON Day 1: Welcome to the Con

  Be prepared for the weird at the Multiple Alternative Reality Convention.

  Opinion in Culture — by Robert M. Barga — on May 24, 2009

• Theatre Review (LA): The Last Days of Judas Iscariot by Stephen Adly Guirgis at the Odyssey Theatre

  Judas is on trial again in an excellent student production.

  Review in Culture — by Robert Machray — on May 24, 2009

Music

• Interview: Sammie - Singer and Songwriter

  Since 1999, the life of Sammie Bush has repeatedly alternated between the "real world" and the "music world."

  Interview in Music — by Clayton Perry — on May 24, 2009

• Music Review: These Are They - Who Manifest EP

  Ass-shattering metal that rocks your world and swallows your soul.

  Review in Music — by Jordan Richardson — on May 24, 2009

• Concert Review: Static-X w/ Bury Your Dead, Seventh Void - Poughkeepsie, NY 5/21/09

  Rock, hardcore, and evil disco all under one rough.

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on May 24, 2009