December 4, 2012 Archive

Books

• Book Review: The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

  France, 1625. Young poor nobleman d’Artagnan leaves his Gascony home for the bright lights of Paris with intentions of becoming Musketeer of the Guard

  Review in Books — by ManOfLaBook.com — on Dec 04, 2012

• Book Review: Exposure by Kim Askew and Amy Helmes

  Exposure explores the darkness of Macbeth, but with a lighter twist.

  Review in Books — by Dayla F.M. — on Dec 04, 2012

• Book Review: Your Ultimate Life Plan: How to Deeply Transform Your Everyday Experience and Create Changes That Last by Dr. Jennifer Howard

  Your Ultimate Life Plan teaches us how to get the most out of life itself by transcending who we are.

  Review in Books — by Dr Joseph S Maresca — on Dec 04, 2012

• Book Review: Unusual Uses for Olive Oil by Alexander McCall Smith

  Unusual Uses for Olive Oil marks the return of Alexander McCall Smith's hysterical Portuguese Irregular Verbsseries

  Review in Books — by Jack Goodstein — on Dec 04, 2012

• Book Review: Shades of Souls Passed by Teresa Andrews

  Shades of Souls Passed is a fascinating collection of nine true ghost stories from Madison County, New York.

  Review in Books — by Rhetta Akamatsu — on Dec 04, 2012

• Book Review: Tax Cheating: Illegal--But Is It Immoral? by Donald Morris

  Informative and interesting book about what constitutes tax cheating.

  Review in Books — by Mayra Calvani — on Dec 04, 2012

Sports

• RJ's NFL Picks, 2012 Edition: Week Fourteen

  Game of the week: Texans at Patriots. Lame of the week: Chiefs at Browns.

  Opinion in Sports — by RJ Elliott — on Dec 04, 2012

Video

• DVD Review: Eight is Enough: The Complete Second Season

  The second season of the adventures of the Bradford family is now available on DVD.

  Review in Video — by Greg Barbrick — on Dec 04, 2012

• Blu-ray Review: Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn

  Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn is a notable piece of science fiction unto itself.

  Review in Video — by RPGameX — on Dec 04, 2012

• TV Review: Glee - "Thanksgiving"

  Holidays and homecoming dominate Glee Thanksgiving, until it's time for Sectionals.

  Review in Video — by JeromeWetzelTV — on Dec 04, 2012

• Blu-ray Review: Finding Nemo

  Not only is this Pixar at its storytelling peak, but it might still be their most visually immersive.

  Review in Video — by David R Perry — on Dec 04, 2012

• Blu-ray Review: Catch me if You Can (2002)

  Hanks, DiCaprio, and the script keep moving and keep this comedic caper lots of fun.

  Review in Video — by Josh Lasser — on Dec 04, 2012

• DVD Review: Hope Springs

  Hope Springs is an adult drama for all ages about love, pain, rejection and hope

  Review in Video — by Sviatlana Piatakova — on Dec 04, 2012

• Blu-ray Review: Mad Men - Season Five

  Another brilliant season of the most fully realized show on TV.

  Review in Video — by Dusty Somers — on Dec 04, 2012

• DVD Review: Django! Double Features

  One Django to rule them all in these two double feature sets.

  Review in Video — by Cinenerd — on Dec 04, 2012

• DVD Review: The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show - The Complete Series

  All 18 episodes of the 1983-85 Saturday morning series on DVD for the first time.

  Review in Video — by The Other Chad — on Dec 04, 2012

Culture

• Review: Clive Christian's "No. 1" Perfume, the World's Most Expensive

  Arranging the notes of a new perfume is similar to arranging the musical notes when writing a symphony.

  Review in Culture — by Randall Radic — on Dec 04, 2012

• The Brain: Is it the Source of Health?

  Is there value in looking for the source of consciousness outside biomedical and body-based research?

  Opinion in Culture — by Don Ingwerson — on Dec 04, 2012

• Theatre Review (Singapore): Sleuth by Anthony Shaffer

  A revival at World-In-Theatre scored top marks because of its enticing story, captivating actors, and discerning director.

  Review in Culture — by Sharmila — on Dec 04, 2012

Gaming

• Nintendo Wii U Review: ZombiU

  Having played through a handful of Wii U games, ZombieU makes the best use of the GamePad.

  Review in Gaming — by RPGameX — on Dec 04, 2012

Music

• Music Review: Various Artists - Alive at the Deep Blues Fest

  This is a sampling of seven bands jamming for hungry fans of alternative blues and mid-west BBQ.

  Review in Music — by Wesley Britton — on Dec 04, 2012

Politics

• Writing an Article for Blogcritics has Changed my Life!

  WWI; WWII; Boer War; Jan Smuts, South African Air Force.

  Opinion in Politics — by Marie Warder — on Dec 04, 2012

• Sarin Gas May be Deployed Over Damascus

  As the war in Syria escalates, the US has called the use of chemical weapons a "red line" not to be crossed.

  Opinion in Politics — by John Lake — on Dec 04, 2012