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Blogcritics Reviews - Dec 30, 2007
The true story of a well-to-do white boy who wanted to play at what so many of us struggle against every day. In January 1991, I began working in downtown Los Angeles, close to the Union Mission and near St. Vibiana. I …
Tagged: video
Blogcritics Category: Video: Talk Show - Dec 30, 2007
The writing strike has gone on too long, but I don't fault the writers. Neither does Dave Letterman, now settled. I've always Liked The Late Show with Dave Letterman and now I have yet another reason. Dave Letterman …
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Blogcritics Category: Video: Art House - Dec 30, 2007
An inspirational, visually stimulating film about an extraordinary man. In Scaphandre and le Papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly), filmmaker Julian Schnabel uses an artisan's eye in adapting this true story of …
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Blogcritics Category: Video: Adventure - Dec 30, 2007
This is a great set for Indy fans, but some won't be happy with George Lucas's edits. George Lucas is rarely a man of small ideas. In 1992, Lucas decided to transfer the character of Indiana Jones, popularized in three …
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Blogcritics - Dec 30, 2007
The author's best solo effort by far. A thriller filled with surprises and plot twists, Deep Storm is Lincoln Child's best solo effort by far. The story begins with Dr. Peter Crane joining a top-secret project called …
Tagged: books
Blogcritics Category: Music: Classic Rock and Oldies - Dec 30, 2007
Primarily for McCartney completists, this deluxe version doesnt add much to what was already a splendid album. As the initial artist signed to the Starbucks music label, Hear Music, Paul McCartney released Memory …
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Blogcritics Category: Music: Blues - Dec 30, 2007
The onetime teen-aged blues prodigys latest is a solid set of good ol basic electric blues. Some days, there's no better pick-me-up than a simple basic blues disc - and, to prove it, the recent release by Monster …
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Blogcritics Sports News - Dec 30, 2007
According to journeyman player, there was a culture that promoted the use of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) in Seattle. Former Seattle Mariner Shane Monahan told ESPN.com’s Mike Fish that there was a clubhouse …
Tagged: sports
Blogcritics Category: Video: Drama - Dec 30, 2007
The people who really need to see it might not care to be so educated by blackness -- park your fears. The fine cast of The Great Debaters, this well-told, sane and safe drama directed by Denzel Washington includes …
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Blogcritics Category: Video: Music - Dec 30, 2007
The great surprise in Sweeney Todd is that Johnny Depp can sing. The great surprise in Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street is not that Tim Burton can handle a darkly, gothic tale -- we've seen that already …
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