Name: Ray Ellis
Dateline: Dallas, Texas
Weblog: www.culturesalad.blogspot.com
Articles: 235
First Published: Friday, May 5, 2006
Last Published: Saturday, July 26, 2008
Currently listing articles 235-201:
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TV Preview: Jurassic Fight Club— We live in troubled times. It could be worse — much worse.
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DVD Review: The Future is Unwritten - Joe Strummer— The Future is Unwritten, but Joe Strummer left us some interesting notes before he died.
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TV Review: Monk, Psych Season Premieres - The Detective Lives!— The detective is back, courtesy of Monk and Psych.
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DVD Reviews: 305, Superhero Movie - Savor the Silliness— Puerile and downright stupid? Well, yeah... but they're still funny.
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TV Review: Flashpoint - A Different Kind Of Cop Show, Eh?— Flashpoint shows that Canadian cops are more sensitive than American cops — and that's a good thing.
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Product Review: Brave Spirits - The Spirits of Patriotism— Who knew that patriotism could be so delightful?
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TV Review: Election Day Is an Inspiring Prelude to Independence Day— Synergy is the core power of America. "Election Day" is an example of that power.
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Movie Review: Imagination— First rule of making an art film: don't set out to make an art film.
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TV Review: Traces of the Trade - A Story From the Deep North— Do we share in the shame of our ancestors? Think about your answer.
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The Coming Convergence: TV Is In Your Hands— Traditional TV and the Internet are not at odds--they're sleeping together.
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TV Review: Weeds, Secret Diary of a Call Girl - Scripted TV Returns! (finally)— Choices are not always a matter of choice. Then again, it's all alternatives, isn't it?
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DVD Review: The Dead Zone - The Final Season— In a universe of infinite possibilities, The Dead Zone examined the human factor.
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Graphic Novel Review: Midnight Sun by Ben Towle— A poignant historical tale more akin to cinema than novel.
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TV Review: In Plain Sight — Mary McCormack as a US Marshal? Sign me up for the Witness Protection Program.
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Movie Review: Forgiving the Franklins— Religion isn't the root of all evil. Closed minds might be.
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Juiced on Joost— The future of television is upon us. Joost may well be in the vanguard.
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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 who made it.
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Graphic Novel Review: Contraband by TJ Behe and Phil Elliott— In the future, youths will prowl the streets vying for video fame. Didn't YouTube already cover that one?
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TV Review: Shark - "Bar Fight"— Has Shark finally jumped the ... err... shark?
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TV Review: NOVA - "Car of the Future"— The car culture is a part of us. Its face will change in coming years.
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TV Review Return to the Amazon: Ocean Adventures— The Earth is an evolving organism. The Amazon is its heart.
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Sifting Through the Wreckage of the Writers' Strike— Television returns! Meet the new boss — same as the old boss...
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DVD Review: Third Watch - The Complete First Season— Third Watch broke all the rules during its six season run. This is how it all began.
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DVD Review: Route 66 - Season One, Volume Two— I got my kicks watching Route 66. I'm betting you will, too.
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DVD Review: Chancer, Series Two— A chancer is an opportunist. That pretty much sums up all the characters in this early Clive Owen vehicle.
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Ingredients for a Cocktail Revolution— The cocktail culture is poised for a renaissance. Here's some ammunition to make it a revolution.
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I'm Not Black. I'm Not White. And Neither Are You.— Racial divides and party affiliations are relics of America's past. We can keep them or vote for the future.
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TV Review: Dexter Lite— The CBS version of Dexter, hobbled as it is, nonetheless manages to limp into a new phase of network programming.
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TV Review: Jericho Returns and the Peanut People Rejoice— Peanuts are not nuts. Jericho fans didn't get that memo.
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DVD Review: The Duel — Horatio Hornblower stands as the inspiration of all naval heroes. Here's how it began.
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TV Review: Welcome to the Captain Series Premiere— The residents of the Captain are only kinda crazy. Is that enough to make you come back?
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Dexter and the Writers' Strike Revisited— The good news is Dexter makes it to the mainstream. The bad news is Dexter makes it to the mainstream.
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Music DVD Review - Ramones: It's Alive 1974-1996— Punk rock was founded in Queens, New York. End of story.
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DVD Review Horatio Hornblower Collector's Edition— Turbulent times breed unlikely heroes. Horatio Hornblower was one.
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Books for the Musically Obsessed: Riot on Sunset Strip by Dominic Priore, Million Dollar Bash by Sid Griffin, Can't Buy Me Love: The Beatles, Britain and America by Jonathan Gould— The sixties changed the face of pop culture. Music led the charge.
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