November 8, 2009 Archive

Video

• Movie Review: The Fourth Kind

  Part Close Encounters, multiplied by several times The Exorcist, and one hundred percent not real.

  Review in Video — by Glen Boyd — on Nov 08, 2009

• Blu-ray Review: Waterworld

  Waterworld comes to Blu-ray as an enjoyable popcorn adventure with great audio and video transfers.

  Review in Video — by Michael Prince — on Nov 08, 2009

• DVD Review: The Fugitive - Season Three, Volume One

  Dr. Richard Kimble continues to stay one step ahead of the law as he searches for his wife's killer.

  Review in Video — by Gordon S. Miller — on Nov 08, 2009

• Movie Review: The Fourth Kind

  Can documentary footage and a unique approach to science fiction make this cheese-fest worth your time?

  Review in Video — by JamBatt — on Nov 08, 2009

• Movie Review: Pirate Radio

  These DJs are making waves.

  Review in Video — by Rob Rector — on Nov 08, 2009

• Movie Review: Beast Within

  Not completely inept, just generally dull and ineffectual.

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Nov 08, 2009

• TV Review: Supernatural - "Changing Channels"

  Sam and Dean must "play their roles" in TV Land Hell. Not much fun for them, but we hurt from laughing too much.

  Review in Video — by Alice Jester — on Nov 08, 2009

• DVD Review: The Impressionists with Tim Marlow - The Collection

  Marlow highlights the initially revolutionary nature of Impressionist art while shedding light onto the lives of its creators.

  Review in Video — by Jennifer Bogart — on Nov 08, 2009

• Movie Review: Amelia (2009)

  A boring flight to nowhere.

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Nov 08, 2009

• DVD Review: Enlighten Up!

  A skeptic's journey into the world of yoga makes for a compelling documentary.

  Review in Video — by Daniel Terracina — on Nov 08, 2009

• TV Review: White Collar - "Book of Hours"

  A religious artifact goes missing, which makes Neal have to play the ultimate con game to get it back.

  Review in Video — by NancyGail — on Nov 08, 2009

• Movie Review: Cirque du Freak - The Vampire's Assistant

  Mediocre. I think I enjoyed it more while seeing it than in retrospect.

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Nov 08, 2009

• TV Review: Fringe - "Earthling"

  Fringe division investigates a case Philip Broyles is already too familiar with.

  Review in Video — by Sahar — on Nov 08, 2009

• DVD Review: Fawlty Towers - The Complete Collection Remastered

  Episode for episode the funniest sitcom ever on TV.

  Review in Video — by Gordon S. Miller — on Nov 08, 2009

Books

• Three Reasons Why You Should Read Debut Novels

  Like original novels that are well written? Give a debut author a chance!

  Opinion in Books — by Tia Nevitt — on Nov 08, 2009

• Book Review: Quarry in the Middle by Max Allan Collins

  Trapped between two crime cartels, professional hit man Quarry cashes in on death.

  Review in Books — by Mel Odom — on Nov 08, 2009

• Book Review: City of the Dead (Seven Wonders Series #2) by T.L. Higley

  I'm done for - Higley's depiction of ancient Egypt has entirely won me over to her writing.

  Review in Books — by Jennifer Bogart — on Nov 08, 2009

• Book Review: Patience With God: Faith for People Who Don't Like Religion (or Atheism) by Frank Schaeffer

  Schaeffer spares no-one, including himself, in his search for the beauty in the questions.

  Review in Books — by Jordan Richardson — on Nov 08, 2009

• Book Review: Love and Power in the Peasant Family: Rural France in the Nineteenth Century by Martine Segalen

  "I can’t do better than compare you to a field of young cabbages before the caterpillars have been through.”

  Review in Books — by Natalie Bennett — on Nov 08, 2009

• Book Review: The Endless String: Poems for Children (and the people who read to them) by Tom and Tess Hannah

  "Have you ever pulled the endless string, the one that hangs and can't harm a thing?"

  Review in Books — by Jennifer Bogart — on Nov 08, 2009

• Book Review: The Family Circus Library Volume One by Bil Keane

  The classic American comic is collected for the first volume in a chronological anthology. Is this a boring retread or a worthy investment?

  Review in Books — by Daniel Terracina — on Nov 08, 2009

Gaming

• Xbox 360 Review: Wallace and Gromit's Grand Adventures - Episode 4: The Bogey Man

  You can afford to skip The Bogey Man, a disappointing end to a fun but flawed series on XBLA.

  Review in Gaming — by Sombrero Grande — on Nov 08, 2009

• PS2 Review: God Hand

  "You can wax on, wax off all you like. I'm still kicking your ass." - Gene

  Review in Gaming — by Jason Westhaver — on Nov 08, 2009

• Nintendo Wii Review: Valhalla Knights: Eldar Saga

  The Valhalla Knights series comes to the Nintendo Wii, but it falls far short of expectations.

  Review in Gaming — by Chelsea Doyle — on Nov 08, 2009

Music

• Music Review: Switchfoot - Hello Hurricane

  A heavier version of a popular rock band.

  Review in Music — by NancyGail — on Nov 08, 2009

• Carnegie Hall and Shanghai Tang Celebrate Chinese Pianist Lang Lang

  The “Ancient Paths - Modern Voices” festival gives New Yorkers an unprecedented opportunity to familiarize themselves with Chinese culture.

  Opinion in Music — by Ilona Oltuski — on Nov 08, 2009

• Music Review: Cooper, Inc, Uriah Heep, 7 DayBinge, 16 Second Stare, Aetherius Oscurita

  From the nicest of mainstream hard rock to the blackest of black metal.

  Review in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Nov 08, 2009

Politics

• The Hoodwink Czar

  An invaluable asset to the White House, this czar has a much more prominent and powerful alternate job title.

  Opinion in Politics — by Krutic A — on Nov 08, 2009

• Stupak Amendment Shows Folly of Single Issue Politics

  You can't trust single issue voters and in the end they are just more enemies of liberty.

  Opinion in Politics — by Dave Nalle — on Nov 08, 2009