Archive for July, 2009
Music Review: The Woodstock Experience – Sly & the Family Stone
Formed in 1966, Sly & the Family Stone released their first album, A Whole New Thing in October, 1967. Despite much critical praise the album failed to make an impact on the charts. When CBS Records executive David Kapralik suggested that Sly actively try to write a hit record, Stone reluctantly penned “Dance to the [...]
Blu-ray Review: The Deep
Sony Pictures | 1977 | 125 mins | Rated PG It seems safe to say that author and screenwriter Peter Benchley will always be best known for Jaws, his 1974 bestselling novel that he subsequently turned into a screenplay with Carl Gottlieb. Of course, Jaws was directed by Steven Spielberg and became one of the [...]
Blu-ray Review: Confessions of a Shopaholic
Disney / Buena Vista | 2009 | 104 mins | Rated PG I’ve never read the series of books by Sophie Kinsella that inspired Confessions of a Shopaholic but I can say the movie didn’t impress me. Maybe it’s the current economic crisis but an ode to shallow consumerism isn’t going to make it to [...]
iPhone Game Review: Guinness World Records
*The Guinness Book of World Records* has come to the iPhone and iPod Touch. If you’re looking for a game to entertain kids and adults alike on that long plane, train, car or bus ride this summer, Guinness World Records might be just the ticket. While many games for the iPhone/iPod Touch are amazingly simplistic, [...]
Blu-ray Review: Burn Notice – Season Two
20th Century Fox | 2008 | 682 mins | Not rated A burn notice is an official statement issued by one intelligence agency to other agencies. It states that an individual or a group is unreliable for one or more reasons or purposes. Such is the case for Michael Westen (Jeffrey Donovan), he has been [...]
DVD Review: Everwood – The Complete Second Season
Warner Bros. | 2003 | 969 mins. | Not Rated Everwood is one of those better-than-average family dramas that got lost in the television shuffle. Though the series ran for four seasons on the WB, the show didn’t return when The WB and UPN merged to form The CW Television Network back in September of [...]
Blu-ray Review: Lost – The Complete First Season
Disney / Buena Vista | 2004 | 1070 mins | Not rated It almost embarrasses me to admit this but prior to watching the first season of Lost on Blu-ray, I hadn’t seen any of those episodes. For some reason, I was late to the party and didn’t start watching the show on a regular [...]
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