Author: Rebecca Wright

DVD Review: Rocket Science

Writer/director Jeffrey Blitz first gained public notice with his 2002 documentary Spellbound, a fascinating look at contestants at the Scripps-Howard National spelling bee. For his follow-up, Blitz has gone the fiction route, with Rocket Science, a story about a boy with a terrible stutter and

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Star Trek XI Trailer

The first teaser trailer for JJ Abrams Star Trek film that is slated for a Christmas 2008 release. Ah, the voice of Leonard Nimoy….It will be good to see Nimoy again as an elder Spock, but I’m not sure learning about Spock’s youth is going

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DVD Review: Pioneers of Television

In this age of 500 channel, cable, satellite and HD TV, it’s easy to forget that television itself is just over eighty years old. Originally invented by Philo Farnsworth in 1927, television took more than twenty years to become a staple in American homes. In

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Music Review: Shelby Lynne – Just A Little Lovin’

Just A Little Lovin’ finds Lynne taking on songs from Dusty Springfield’s 1969 classic, Dusty in Memphis. Ranked number 89 on Rolling Stone Magazines list of the top 500 albums of all time in 2005, Dusty in Memphis is considered by many (including me), to

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Music Review: Ultimate Grammy® Collection (7 CD Series)

As the Grammy® awards get ready to celebrate their fiftieth anniversary with its annual awards show to air February 10, 2008 on CBS, Shout factory has released the 7 CD Ultimate Grammy® Collection. The set consists of Contemporary R&B, Contemporary Pop, Classic R&B, Classic Pop,

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DVD Review: Gunsmoke: The Second Season, Volume 1

During its first season on CBS, Gunsmoke wasn’t in the top thirty in the television ratings. It was during the series second year that that the show caught on, eventually becoming the year’s seventh most popular program. From then on, Gunsmoke became one of the

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