September 17, 2012 Archive

Video

• Blu-ray Review: The Babymakers

  A comedy that never even comes close to shooting its load.

  Review in Video — by Cinenerd — on Sep 17, 2012

• Blu-ray Review: Safe (2012)

  Safe is a fun throwback action flick.

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Sep 17, 2012

• Blu-ray Review: Produced by George Martin

  An intimate, entertaining examination of The Beatles' record producer.

  Review in Video — by The Other Chad — on Sep 17, 2012

• Movie Review: For a Good Time, Call...

  The battle of the sexes for Hollywood comedic supremacy wages on.

  Review in Video — by Cinenerd — on Sep 17, 2012

Music

• Music Review: Various Artists - To What Strange Place: The Music Of The Ottoman-American Diaspora 1916 -1919

  A fascinating collection of music from a very specific period in the history of immigrant America.

  Review in Music — by Richard Marcus — on Sep 17, 2012

• Music Review: RJ and The Assignment - Deceiving Eyes

  Deceiving Eyes is an auspicious debut for jazz pianist RJ.

  Review in Music — by Jack Goodstein — on Sep 17, 2012

• Music Review: Ferenc Nemeth - Triumph

  Ferenc Nemeth has released a landmark jazz album which captures a range of human experiences and emotions.

  Review in Music — by Joe Ross — on Sep 17, 2012

• Music Review: Omar and the Howlers - I’m Gone

  Omar Dykes and his Howlers keep the rockabilly, Texas blues flame burning with slow grooves and growling boogies.

  Review in Music — by Wesley Britton — on Sep 17, 2012

• Music Review: Jack Tempchin - Jack Tempchin: Live At Tales From The Tavern

  Jack Tempchin re-imagines some of his own compositions with his newest live album.

  Review in Music — by David Bowling — on Sep 17, 2012

• Music Review: Michael Jackson - Bad 25 - Deluxe Anniversary Edition [3-CD/1-DVD]

  The remastered album, a disc of outtakes and rarities, and a full 1988 concert on CD and DVD.

  Review in Music — by The Other Chad — on Sep 17, 2012

• Music Review: Drew Paralic - Wintertime Tunes of Drew Paralic

  On Wintertime Tunes of Drew Paralic, the composer gets a little help from his friends.

  Review in Music — by Jack Goodstein — on Sep 17, 2012

• Music Review: James Iha - Look to the Sky

  It took the famed ex-Smashing Pumpkins guitarist 14 years to record his second solo album. Was it worth the wait?

  Review in Music — by Charlie Doherty — on Sep 17, 2012

Books

• Book Review: Waking the Queen (Ride of the Darkyrie) by Saranna DeWylde

  Waking the Queen (Ride of the Darkyrie) knocks DeWylde into a stratosphere of epic decadence.

  Review in Books — by Diane Morasco — on Sep 17, 2012

• Book Review: One Foot in the Black: A Wildland Firefighter’s Story by Kurt L. Kamm

  An intriguing read, offering some good insight into what it’s like to train to fight fires for a living.

  Review in Books — by Marty Shaw — on Sep 17, 2012

• Book Review: The MineFields by Steven G. Eisner

  What The MineFields is truly about are two questions everyone in the world would like the answers to – Who am I? Why am I here?

  Review in Books — by Susan Vio — on Sep 17, 2012

• Book Review: Battlefields of Honor: American Civil War Reenactors by Mark Elson

  Battlefields of Honor captures images of modern-day Civil War reenactors in photographs that look amazingy authentic.

  Review in Books — by Rhetta Akamatsu — on Sep 17, 2012

• Book Review: The Sighing of Rose-Breasted Cockatoos: The Search for the Sunlit Clearing by Robert Ensign

  A message of healing for adoptees or anyone involved with adoption.

  Review in Books — by Olivera Baumgartner-Jackson — on Sep 17, 2012

• Book Review: The Bane of Yoto by Joshua Viola

  Fans of both fantasy and/or science fiction will love reading The Bane of Yoto.

  Review in Books — by Paige Lovitt — on Sep 17, 2012

Politics

• The National Benefit of Higher Taxes

  Conservatives are quite right that taxes are wealth redistribution. They just don't realize how this benefits all Americans.

  Opinion in Politics — by Glenn Contrarian — on Sep 17, 2012

Sports

• Seahawks Crush Cowboys 27-7

  Seattle gets a big win against Big D in the Emerald City.

  Review in Sports — by Russ Evenhuis — on Sep 17, 2012

Gaming

• PlayStation 3 Review: Mugen Souls

  Wildly inappropriate, though less so than the original Japanese version, the game has some charms and is laugh-out-loud funny quite often.

  Review in Gaming — by RPGameX — on Sep 17, 2012

Tastes

• Book Review: The Unofficial Downton Abbey Cookbook by Emily Ansara Baines

  "From Lady Mary's Crab Canapes to Mrs. Patmore's Christmas Pudding. More than 150 Recipes from Upstairs and Downstairs"

  Review in Tastes — by Confessions of an Overworked Mom — on Sep 17, 2012