- Tuesday, May 13, 2008 — 43 Articles Published
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Movie Review: Speed Racer— The Wachowskis return in their first directorial feature since the Matrix trilogy.
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Nintendo Wii Review: Samurai Warriors Katana— The potential is there for this to be great. It just never got realized.
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Churches and Other Voluntary Societies— The views of politicians and the teachings of their churches may be important, but are they always sincere?
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Music Review: Marilyn Mazur - Elixir — Musical alchemy via percussion and saxophone. Beautiful, mesmerizing music.
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DVD Review: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Special Edition)— Last Crusade plays the broadest of all the Indiana Jones movies to date, played deliberately for laughs and cheers
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Movie Review: Smart People — Our literary fashionista heads for the movies and slips off a snow-covered road on an unoriginal drive through academia.
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DVD Pick of the Week: Frontier(s)— Looking for something to watch?
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DVD Review: The Simple Life Goes To Camp— In season five of The Simple Life, the girls crash the party at Ed Bellante’s Camp Shawnee by masquerading as
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Forgetting Sarah Marshall's Wiener— Five minutes in, I wasn't expecting that.
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Box Office Update 5/9-5/11: Iron Man Outraces Speed Racer— Comic book hero beats out cartoon hero.
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Retro Redux: Kay Starr's Answer To Rock And Roll— How did she handle the rock and roll revolution? Her solution might surprise you.
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Music Review: Beach Boys - L.A. (Light Album)— The Beach Boys release their last album of the 1970's.
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WWE Live Show Report: RAW - May 12, 2008— This is what happens when your product is devoid of any originality or energy.
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Theater Review (NYC): Armor of Wills— The Beggars Group loves theater, but this production does not match the quality of their commitment.
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Interview: Steve Kleinedler, Supervising Editor of the American Heritage® Dictionary— The supervising editor of the American Heritage® Dictionary dishes on dictionary-making, linguistics, philosophy, and the best-selling 100 Words series.
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One in Nine: Behind a Racially Discriminatory Sentencing Policy— Racialized sentencing disparities have long been present in the United States criminal justice system.
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DVD Review: Teeth— The movie has less bite than horror fans were led to believe, but offers a little more to chew on.
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ABC Unveils Its 2008 Fall Schedule— ABC unveiled its new lineup, which is very similar to its old lineup.
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Music DVD Review: Classic Albums: The Doors— An incisive look at the making of one of rock's most important albums, as seen through the eyes of those
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Book Review: Dreaming In Libro by Louise Bernikow— Once fiercely independent and single, Bernikow undergoes a transformation.
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Seven Terrific Films That Are Truly Poor Adaptations— Sometimes drastic differences between the novel and the film versions should not be viewed as negative.
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Book Review: The Naked Ape by Desmond Morris— Analyzing the human as an animal, from the view of a zoologist, rather than the more common means of a
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Book Review - A Pocketful of History: Four Hundred Years of America — One State Quarter at a Time by Jim Noles— American history coin by coin, state by state.
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Sci-Fi Channel Original Review: Aztec Rex— Rewriting history even if it makes no sense.
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Music Review: Elvis Costello and the Imposters - Momofuku— "'Well Momofuku told me, 'Son you gotta make some money / If you want to use the car to go
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DVD Review: Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium— A confection that looks delightful, tastes scrumptious, but leaves you a little less than satisfied.
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Music Review: Brooke Fraser - Albertine— Brooke Fraser latest CD Albertine reveals that she has something of importance to say.
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PC Game Preview: Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures— My initial impressions of the upcoming Lego Indiana Jones game via demo.
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Movie Review: Speed Racer— Speed Racer screams into the theater but doesn't quite pull the checkered flag with this effort.
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DVD Review: Bachelor Party 2: The Last Temptation— Skip this sequel and go watch the original again.
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Music CD/DVD Review: G.G. Elvis and the T.C.P. Band - Back From The Dead— Back From The Dead is an affectionate, and mostly intelligent, parody of Elvis Presely's iconic status in American popular culture.
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DVD Review: Numb— Numb is a good dark comedy starring Matthew Perry, who's in a role that you wouldn't expect him in.
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DVD Review: Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (Special Edition)— The classic film is finally available separately on DVD.
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Music Review: Leona Lewis - Spirit— Spirit is a great album with wonderful and catchy songs that are fast becoming favorites.
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Movie Review: The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)— Not terrible, but also not worth seeing.
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Music Review: Def Leppard, Night Ranger, Rush, Soul Doctor, Top Gun Cowboy, and Munk— Good stuff from Rush, Night Ranger and Def Leppard.
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DVD Review: Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark: Special Collector's Edition
— I would rent the Special Edition, unless you don’t have it as part of your collection, to which I say
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DVD Review: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom— It’s got all the bare-knuckle brawlin’, the high adventure, and the escapism of Raiders, and this one’s got elephants too!
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New Album Releases 05/13/08: Death Cab For Cutie, Jason Mraz, Old 97s, Foxy Brown, Robert Cray, Bill Frisell— I guess there's always June...
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Music DVD Review: Deep Purple - ...Live At The Montreux 2006 (2-DVD)— Perhaps overlooked among the notable 2007 DVD releases, you get two great DP shows in one package. Rock on,
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Music Review: The Replacements - Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash, Stink, Hootenanny, and Let It Be (Special Edition Reissues)— An '80s band that matters: Nearly thirty years on, the rough and raw Replacements still soar in four great new
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BC Sports Treehouse Fort Headlines For May 13— Knicks hire D'Antoni ... Romo "sings" at Wrigley ... speedboat hits golf course.
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DVD Review: The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, Volume Three - The Years of Change— This final set in The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, finds our hero kicking back a bit.
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