December 24, 2009 Archive

Video

• TV Recap: Steven Seagal: Lawman - "To Live or Die"

  One week he's cheesy, and the next he's serious!

  Review in Video — by Bob Patterson — on Dec 24, 2009

• Capsule TV On DVD Reviews: New Releases from CBS/Paramount

  Good morning, Mr. Phelps. It’s time to take a spin down TV memory lane.

  Review in Video — by Luigi Bastardo — on Dec 24, 2009

• Movie Review: Sherlock Holmes (2009)

  A wonderful, unexpected Christmas present from Warner Brothers.

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

• Screen It Like It's 1999

  Remembering a year of groundbreaking cinema.

  Review in Video — by Rob Rector — on Dec 24, 2009

• DVD Review: Praying Mantis Chain Styles 1 (MartialSkill 7 Star Praying Mantis Series)

  Learn a total of 12 Praying Mantis chain style techniques!

  Review in Video — by Bob Patterson — on Dec 24, 2009

• Director M.K. Asante, Jr. Explains Kwanzaa in The Black Candle

  "A candle losing nothing by lighting another candle."

  Interview in Video — by Hayley MacDonald — on Dec 24, 2009

• DVD Review: Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie - Extended Edition

  The first feature-length made-for-TV movie based on the popular Disney channel show has been released for the first time on DVD.

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

Sports

• An Open Letter To Paul Allen

  Because a letter to Santa can't possibly do as much good.

  Opinion in Sports — by Russ Evenhuis — on Dec 24, 2009

Music

• The King Of Christmas Past

  How Elvis's Christmases went from humble and happy, to spendthrift and sad.

  Opinion in Music — by David Comfort — on Dec 24, 2009

• The Best Music of 2009

  Maybe not everybody's cup of coffee, but these were the recordings that moved me the most over the past year.

  Opinion in Music — by Richard Marcus — on Dec 24, 2009

Books

• Book Review: The Sky People by S.M. Stirling

  Mark Vitrac gets marooned on a deadly Venus filled with dinosaurs and hostile warriors.

  Review in Books — by Mel Odom — on Dec 24, 2009

• The Best Reads of 2009

  Just because you're expanding your mind doesn't mean you can't have fun doing it.

  Opinion in Books — by Richard Marcus — on Dec 24, 2009

• Book Review: Liver: A Fictional Organ with a Surface Anatomy of Four Lobes by Will Self

  Four interconnected stories focus on the liver, a bodily organ with four interconnected lobes.

  Review in Books — by Karl Wolff — on Dec 24, 2009

• Graphic Novel Review: Batman: Dark Victory by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale

  When Two-Face is accused of a series of cop killings, Batman and Jim Gordon try to clear him.

  Review in Books — by Mel Odom — on Dec 24, 2009

• Graphic Novel Review: Usagi Yojimbo: Yokai by Stan Sakai

  A perfect introduction into Sakai and Usagi's world.

  Review in Books — by Gordon S. Miller — on Dec 24, 2009

Culture

• Why the Tiger Tale Goes On

  The scandal reflects society's values.

  Opinion in Culture — by Princess Politics — on Dec 24, 2009

• War and Poetry

  The most dangerous place to be in WWII was in a bomber over Germany.

  Opinion in Culture — by FCEtier — on Dec 24, 2009

Politics

• Demographic Changes Add to Democrat Woes

  The Democrats may be able to buy off voters in the short term, but in the long term demographic changes cannot be denied.

  Opinion in Politics — by Dave Nalle — on Dec 24, 2009