November 29, 2012 Archive

Video

• DVD Review: Hawkins - The Complete TV Movie Collection

  James Stewart paves the way for Andy Griffith — and does a much better job.

  Review in Video — by Luigi Bastardo — on Nov 29, 2012

• DVD Review: Weekend (The Criterion Collection)

  Jean-Luc Godard's Weekend is an abrasive apocalyptic vision of the implosion of bourgeois consumer society.

  Review in Video — by K. George — on Nov 29, 2012

• Movie Review: Beasts of the Southern Wild

  Allegories aside, Beasts makes a fantastic coming-of-age drama.

  Review in Video — by Cinenerd — on Nov 29, 2012

• TV Review: Elementary - "The Long Fuse"

  Lisa Edelstein guest stars on this week's Elementary.

  Review in Video — by Barbara Barnett — on Nov 29, 2012

• Putting a Little Doctor Who Under Your Christmas Tree

  Doctor Who has a whole lot of potential holiday gifts this year for your favorite Who fan.

  Review in Video — by Josh Lasser — on Nov 29, 2012

• DVD Review: Let's Explore With Thomas

  Young fans of Thomas and Friends will love this compilation of earlier videos - once they get used to the voices.

  Review in Video — by Damian Penny — on Nov 29, 2012

• DVD Review: Lawless

  Lawless is for those who love blood, guns, Prohibition period costumes and pretty pale ladies with no makeup on

  Review in Video — by Sviatlana Piatakova — on Nov 29, 2012

• TV Review: Fringe – “Five-Twenty-Ten”

  Walter's still the same as before; Peter's transformation is accelerating, and Olivia got the kick she needed to return to her bad self.

  Review in Video — by Sahar — on Nov 29, 2012

• A Deeper Look at California Solo with Director Marshall Lewy

  California Solo: not a huge, raucous rock movie, but rather a melancholy and not-too-sweet ballad of a film.

  Opinion in Video — by Barbara Barnett — on Nov 29, 2012

• DVD Review: Up All Night: Season One

  Up All Night does offer enough laughs to make the time investment worthwhile.

  Review in Video — by Gordon S. Miller — on Nov 29, 2012

Politics

• United States Outvoted on Palestinian Issue

  The US is one of only nine UN members to oppose a proposed upgrade of Palestine's status to "non-member state."

  Opinion in Politics — by John Lake — on Nov 29, 2012

• Change for a Dollar?

  As the fiscal cliff draws nearer, can Uncle Sam find savings by trading his paper dollars for metal coins?

  Opinion in Politics — by Alexander J Smith III — on Nov 29, 2012

Books

• Manga Review: Case Closed Volume Six by Gosho Aoyama

  After the Conan kidnapping case is resolved in this volume, Conan helps solve three murder mysteries.

  Review in Books — by Lesley Aeschliman — on Nov 29, 2012

• Book Review: Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan

  A young woman's descent into madness and the medical mystery that saved her.

  Review in Books — by Nancy Fontaine — on Nov 29, 2012

Music

• Music Review: Eva Cassidy - Best of Eva Cassidy

  The Best of Eva Cassidy is a respectful overview of an "extraordinary and singular voice."

  Review in Music — by James A. Gardner — on Nov 29, 2012