January 12, 2012 Archive

Video

• Blu-ray Review: Blue Velvet - 25th Anniversary Edition

  Jeffrey and Sandy learn "It's a strange world" thanks to David Lynch's imagination.

  Review in Video — by Gordon S. Miller — on Jan 12, 2012

• Blu-ray Review: Film Socialisme

  Jean-Luc Godard's first film in six years find the master as playful and confrontational as ever.

  Review in Video — by Dusty Somers — on Jan 12, 2012

• Skin. Sin. Win.

  A look at several home video releases your mother should have warned you about.

  Review in Video — by Luigi Bastardo — on Jan 12, 2012

• Blu-ray Review: A Farewell to Arms (1932)

  Frank Borzage meets Ernest Hemingway, and Borzage comes out on top.

  Review in Video — by Dusty Somers — on Jan 12, 2012

• TV Review: An Idiot Abroad 2 - The Bucket List

  The adventures of Karl Pilkington continue

  Review in Video — by Jack Goodstein — on Jan 12, 2012

• Movie Review: Leaves of Grass

  A truly different and dark deadpan comedy with twin Edward Nortons in the lead.

  Review in Video — by Mule — on Jan 12, 2012

• Highlights in High-Def

  Six titles to keep an eye out for — for better or for worse.

  Review in Video — by Luigi Bastardo — on Jan 12, 2012

Books

• Book Review: Of Love and Evil: The Songs of the Seraphim Book Two by Anne Rice

  Anne Rice’s Of Love and Evil is no substitute for a really good Anne Rice story.

  Review in Books — by Wesley Britton — on Jan 12, 2012

• Book Review: The Twitter Book by Tim O'Reilly and Sarah Milstein

  Want to learn how to use Twitter like a pro? Get the book that readers and critics alike rave about.

  Review in Books — by Confessions of an Overworked Mom — on Jan 12, 2012

• Interview: James Russell Lingerfelt, Author of The Mason Jar

  Interview with first time novelist, James Russell Lingerfelt.

  Interview in Books — by Nicole Weaver — on Jan 12, 2012

• Book Review: Singing Her Alive: A Fictional Memoir by Diana K. Perkins

  Singing Her Alive has two love stories. One is from the past, and the other is developing in the present.

  Review in Books — by Paige Lovitt — on Jan 12, 2012

• Author Spotlight: Debut Author Maryann B. Sawka

  Get a quick refresher for the table manners that we may have forgotten with Maryann B. Sawka's debut book.

  Interview in Books — by VS Grenier — on Jan 12, 2012

• Book Review: Never the Hope Itself: Love and Ghosts in Latin American and Haiti by Gerry Hadden

  From Haiti to Mexico, the life of NPR reporter in Latin America is dangerous and fraught.

  Review in Books — by Marty Dodge — on Jan 12, 2012

• Book Review: The Cost of Inequality: Three Decades of The Super-Rich and the Economy by Stewart Lansley

  It's simple really: Workers stopped getting a fair share of productivity increases, profits rose, finance became a gigantic boil on the world economy.

  Review in Books — by Natalie Bennett — on Jan 12, 2012

Politics

• Just Another Week in Politics? Not Quite

  Could Scotland soon declare independence from the UK? Answer on a postcard please.

  Opinion in Politics — by Cdenck — on Jan 12, 2012

• Is SOPA Internet Censorship and a Threat to Free Speech?

  SOPA seeks to prevent online piracy. Might it lead to censorship of our internet?

  Opinion in Politics — by John Lake — on Jan 12, 2012

• The Conservative Class War: Gingrich, Greed, and the GOProletariat

  Gingrich's combining left wing class warfare and far right populism to take down Romney has unexpected benefits and drawbacks.

  Opinion in Politics — by Joseph F. Cotto — on Jan 12, 2012

Culture

• American Epic Highlights War, Peace, and Child Hunger

  Hoover's American Epic in Fighting Hunger is something we can learn from in today's struggle to win peace.

  Opinion in Culture — by William Lambers — on Jan 12, 2012

• Feeling Good about Giving

  Does giving make you happy? Why or why not?

  Opinion in Culture — by Don Ingwerson — on Jan 12, 2012