POSTED // Aug 29,2007 - One advantage to this job is the occasional free title arriving at my doorstep. Because as much as I love playing video games, it sure does hurt to pay $40 to $60 for one. There are tons of free games out there, but some are just samples to get you to...

POSTED // Aug 22,2007 - In the years since the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre—where 120 men, women and children were slaughtered in cold blood after a four-day siege—opposing versions of the event have collided. On the one side, historical evidence suggests that...

POSTED // Aug 22,2007 - n n n Bitrate DVD Dexter: Season 1 A charming serial killer (Michael C. Hall) kills less-charming killers—heroic or inhuman? That’s what makes him so damned interesting. (Paramount.com)...

POSTED // Aug 22,2007 - n n n Bitraten DVDn Anita Swedish sexploitation classic from 1994 about a young girl who must be cured of her nymphomania—but why? (XploitedCinema.com) Harvey Birdman:...

POSTED // Aug 20,2007 - I haven’t seen the 1988 John Waters film of the same name upon which Hairspray is based. Or, perhaps more to the point, I should say that I haven’t seen the Broadway adaptation of Waters’ movie that debuted in 2002 and is still going...

POSTED // Aug 15,2007 - Here’s what I find fascinating about groin-level humor: If you’re an adolescent, it works no matter what. But, even if your emotional and mental age has advanced beyond the teens, it can still work if it’s crafted by someone clever enough...

POSTED // Aug 8,2007 - I finally indulged in a widescreen HDTV recently. I’m in love with it, and I can’t believe I waited this long to buy one. But I’m making do with a standard up-converting DVD player for the moment because I’m seriously in the grips...

POSTED // Aug 8,2007 - In the fantasy-adventure Stardust, an airborne pirate barge soars through the sky fishing for violent surges of electricity. Nets cast wide through the storm clouds, the crew makes it look like catching lightning is easy—certainly easier than capturing...

POSTED // Aug 8,2007 - Flash Gordon Friday, Aug. 10 (Sci-Fi) Series Debut: Based on the 1930s comics and film serials, the ’50s TV series or the “campy” (read: so gay even the Village People, filming Can’t Stop the Music next door, said, “Oh, puh-leez!”)...

POSTED // Jul 31,2007 - Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) can never stop moving. A rogue human weapon left for dead and without a memory in The Bourne Identity, he’s driven by the twin motivations of keeping one step ahead of the government operatives who created him, and learning...