Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/entertainment/reviews entertainment Entertainment Reviews en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:57:40 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/entertainment/reviews http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_en_re/us_music_review_reckless_kelly ap/20100209/us_music_review_reckless_kelly AP entertainment Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:57:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_en_re/us_music_review_reckless_kelly"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100205/capt.2b1bc6d0567f499498884959e58bdfbe.music_review_reckless_kelly_nyet724.jpg?x=130&y=126&q=85&sig=A2f_8JSziv6pYPhVzRbGcA--" align="left" height="126" width="130" alt="In this CD cover image released by Yep Roc Records, Reckless Kelly's 'Somewhere In Time,' is shown. (AP Photo/Yep Roc Records)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Somewhere In Time," Reckless Kelly (Yep Roc)</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_en_re/us_music_review_reckless_kelly"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100205/capt.2b1bc6d0567f499498884959e58bdfbe.music_review_reckless_kelly_nyet724.jpg?x=130&y=126&q=85&sig=A2f_8JSziv6pYPhVzRbGcA--" align="left" height="126" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this CD cover image released by Yep Roc Records, Reckless Kelly's 'Somewhere In Time,' is shown. (AP Photo/Yep Roc Records)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_en_re/us_music_review_jaheim ap/20100209/us_music_review_jaheim AP entertainment Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:40:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_en_re/us_music_review_jaheim"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.59b4e79625da4053b4a098dd46be8462.music_review_jaheim_nyet567.jpg?x=130&y=128&q=85&sig=63xDkKZRq70BCpW7XpJc3w--" align="left" height="128" width="130" alt="In this CD cover image released by Atlantic Records , Jaheim's 'Another Round,' is shown. (AP Photo/Atlantic Records)" border="0" /></a>AP - Jaheim, "Another Round" (Atlantic Records)</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_en_re/us_music_review_jaheim"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.59b4e79625da4053b4a098dd46be8462.music_review_jaheim_nyet567.jpg?x=130&y=128&q=85&sig=63xDkKZRq70BCpW7XpJc3w--" align="left" height="128" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this CD cover image released by Atlantic Records , Jaheim's 'Another Round,' is shown. (AP Photo/Atlantic Records)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_en_re/us_music_review_josh_turner ap/20100209/us_music_review_josh_turner AP entertainment Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:00:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_en_re/us_music_review_josh_turner"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100205/capt.8cac3d0ef91244b0a90548d0421a54bb.music_review_josh_turner_nyet739.jpg?x=130&y=130&q=85&sig=.Tz8BPidcuTYDU_Ss_T42Q--" align="left" height="130" width="130" alt="In this CD cover image released by MCA Nashville, Josh Turner's, 'Haywire' is shown. (AP Photo/MCA Nashville)" border="0" /></a>AP - Josh Turner, "Haywire" (MCA Nashville)</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_en_re/us_music_review_josh_turner"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100205/capt.8cac3d0ef91244b0a90548d0421a54bb.music_review_josh_turner_nyet739.jpg?x=130&y=130&q=85&sig=.Tz8BPidcuTYDU_Ss_T42Q--" align="left" height="130" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this CD cover image released by MCA Nashville, Josh Turner's, 'Haywire' is shown. (AP Photo/MCA Nashville)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_en_re/us_book_review_susan_boyle ap/20100209/us_book_review_susan_boyle AP entertainment Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:11:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_en_re/us_book_review_susan_boyle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100205/capt.993169c34b524df8929e93274017473a.book_review_dreams_can_come_true_nyet726.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=0bgjfq.QFRxv.LR_pdMNnw--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="In this book cover image released by Overlook Press, 'Susan Boyle: Dreams Can Come True,' by Alice Montgomery, is shown. (AP Photo/Overlook Press)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Susan Boyle: Dreams Can Come True" (The Overlook Press, 246 pages, $21.95) by Alice Montgomery: This unauthorized biography recaps what most fans already know about Susan Boyle, the shy, 48-year-old Scottish singer who became an Internet sensation after a clip of her auditioning for a TV talent show was posted online.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_en_re/us_book_review_susan_boyle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100205/capt.993169c34b524df8929e93274017473a.book_review_dreams_can_come_true_nyet726.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=0bgjfq.QFRxv.LR_pdMNnw--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="photo" title="In this book cover image released by Overlook Press, 'Susan Boyle: Dreams Can Come True,' by Alice Montgomery, is shown. (AP Photo/Overlook Press)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_en_re/us_game_review_bioshock2 ap/20100209/us_game_review_bioshock2 AP entertainment Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:36:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_en_re/us_game_review_bioshock2"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.fbb6e189950c4b9caf7fc8866e5680a6.game_review_bioshock_2_nyet759.jpg?x=130&y=73&q=85&sig=CTxwfXqFDcO3WqD_h6A4jg--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="In this video game image released by 2K Games, genetically modified warriors battle for dominance of an undersea city called Rapture in a scene from 'BioShock 2' (AP Photo/2K Games)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rapture used to be a nice place to live. That is, if you didn't mind being at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. And putting up with the occasional rants of its megalomaniacal founder, Andrew Ryan.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_en_re/us_game_review_bioshock2"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.fbb6e189950c4b9caf7fc8866e5680a6.game_review_bioshock_2_nyet759.jpg?x=130&y=73&q=85&sig=CTxwfXqFDcO3WqD_h6A4jg--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this video game image released by 2K Games, genetically modified warriors battle for dominance of an undersea city called Rapture in a scene from 'BioShock 2' (AP Photo/2K Games)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/review_nm/us_stage_wrecks nm/20100209/us_stage_wrecks Reuters entertainment Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:29:09 GMT Reuters - Playwright Neil LaBute loves to push audiences' buttons, never shying away from explosive themes, particularly in exploring male-female relationships. In the scribe's best works, such as the film "In the Company of Men" and the play "Fat Pig," this approach has paid off with profound yet disturbing insights into gender politics. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/review_nm/us_television_pastlife nm/20100209/us_television_pastlife Reuters entertainment Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:28:01 GMT Reuters - Reincarnation, once largely the province of Hindus and Shirley MacLaine, collides with the world of crime procedurals in "Past Life," which premieres on Tuesday at 9 p.m. EST/PST. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/review_nm/us_film_louis nm/20100209/us_film_louis Reuters entertainment Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:27:06 GMT Reuters - Practically nothing is off-limits for stand-up comic Louis C.K., from toilet training his kids to Hitler and the Holocaust. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_en_re/us_book_review_shadow_tag ap/20100208/us_book_review_shadow_tag AP entertainment Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:01:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_en_re/us_book_review_shadow_tag"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.3c04ca996d364612ad7ac26e3854c7d7.book_review_shadow_tag_nyet761.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=NCZhyzn5m6oBzHycICQmig--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="In this book cover image released by HarperCollins, 'Shadow Tag' , by Louise Erdrich is shown. (AP Photo/HarperCollins)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Shadow Tag" (HarperCollins, 272 pages, $25.99), by Louise Erdrich: Irene and Gil have the sort of life that outsiders might covet. He's a semifamous artist dubbed the "native Edward Hopper," his success great enough to put their family in a three-story house in a fashionable Minneapolis neighborhood and enroll their three children in an exclusive private school.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_en_re/us_book_review_shadow_tag"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.3c04ca996d364612ad7ac26e3854c7d7.book_review_shadow_tag_nyet761.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=NCZhyzn5m6oBzHycICQmig--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="photo" title="In this book cover image released by HarperCollins, 'Shadow Tag' , by Louise Erdrich is shown. (AP Photo/HarperCollins)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_en_re/us_book_review_you_couldn_t_ignore_me ap/20100208/us_book_review_you_couldn_t_ignore_me AP entertainment Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:06:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_en_re/us_book_review_you_couldn_t_ignore_me"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100205/capt.7d366ec146e146218d8508432c1b595b.book_review_you_couldn_t_ignore_me_nyet725.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=wwlyDuh5QIOzoe_WXgdpGA--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="In this book cover image released by Crown, 'You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes and Their Impact on a Generation' by Susannah Gora is shown. (AP Photo/Crown)" border="0" /></a>AP - "You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation" (Crown, 384 pages, $26), by Susannah Gora:</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_en_re/us_book_review_you_couldn_t_ignore_me"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100205/capt.7d366ec146e146218d8508432c1b595b.book_review_you_couldn_t_ignore_me_nyet725.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=wwlyDuh5QIOzoe_WXgdpGA--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="photo" title="In this book cover image released by Crown, 'You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes and Their Impact on a Generation' by Susannah Gora is shown. (AP Photo/Crown)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100205/review_nm/us_film_district nm/20100205/us_film_district Reuters entertainment Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:39:35 GMT Reuters - Hard-hitting action marks "District 13: Ultimatum," a satisfying sequel to "District B13." Disillusioned rebel Leito (parkour expert David Belle) teams again with double-crossed cop Tomasso (Cyril Raffaelli) to save a walled-off Parisian slum from nuclear annihilation. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100205/review_nm/us_film_stalin nm/20100205/us_film_stalin Reuters entertainment Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:20:40 GMT Reuters - How did Joseph Stalin die? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100205/review_nm/us_television_grandin nm/20100205/us_television_grandin Reuters entertainment Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:13:41 GMT Reuters - Had "Temple Grandin" been a more typical film about one person's perseverance in the face of difficulty, it still would have been inspiring and emotionally impactful. After all, this is, at its heart, an uplifting story about an autistic young woman who, with help and guidance, comes out of her shell to become a widely respected author, animal scientist and autism advocate. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100205/review_nm/us_film_rann nm/20100205/us_film_rann Reuters entertainment Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:40:20 GMT Reuters - A thematically ambitious drama about television news and its manipulation by corporate and political interests, and by the ever-more-desperate race for ratings, "Rann" ("Battle") has none of the Bollywood musical trappings that stateside audiences have come to expect as the default. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_en_re/us___book_review_pulitzer ap/20100208/us___book_review_pulitzer AP entertainment Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:00:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_en_re/us___book_review_pulitzer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100205/capt.50caaa94b0f3489d9f74f51bfd7cd9c8.book_review_pulitzer_nyet727.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=aqGAjHQI1OhpP.pci0vGfw--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="In this book cover image released by Harper, 'Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print and Power,' by James McGrath Morris, is shown. (AP Photo/Harper)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power" (Harper, 576 pages, $29.99), by James McGrath Morris: Web-based technology may leave readers fretful about the future of newspapers, but it's not the first time the industry has undergone revolutionary change.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_en_re/us___book_review_pulitzer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100205/capt.50caaa94b0f3489d9f74f51bfd7cd9c8.book_review_pulitzer_nyet727.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=aqGAjHQI1OhpP.pci0vGfw--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="photo" title="In this book cover image released by Harper, 'Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print and Power,' by James McGrath Morris, is shown. (AP Photo/Harper)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100204/review_nm/us_film_ajami nm/20100204/us_film_ajami Reuters entertainment Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:33:10 GMT Reuters - The fact that first-time co-directors Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani used a mostly nonprofessional cast and shot "Ajami" on location, sometimes without a script, gives their film a raw, realistic power. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_en_re/us_book_review_willie_mays ap/20100208/us_book_review_willie_mays AP entertainment Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:00:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_en_re/us_book_review_willie_mays"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100205/capt.df4de10e4844466d9ac9fb8029d9e4e4.book_review_willie_mays_nyet708.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=dsYta35n7FaD3xLPnz2Stg--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="In this book cover image released by Scribner, 'Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend' by James S. Hirsch is shown. (AP Photo/Scribner)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Willie Mays: The Life, the Legend" (Scribner, 628 pages, $30), by James S. Hirsch: For the aging fans following him in his prime, Willie Mays was a youthful phenomenon who in time became baseball's happy warrior.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_en_re/us_book_review_willie_mays"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100205/capt.df4de10e4844466d9ac9fb8029d9e4e4.book_review_willie_mays_nyet708.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=dsYta35n7FaD3xLPnz2Stg--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="photo" title="In this book cover image released by Scribner, 'Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend' by James S. Hirsch is shown. (AP Photo/Scribner)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100204/review_nm/us_film_mornings nm/20100204/us_film_mornings Reuters entertainment Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:14:32 GMT Reuters - Billed as a "coming-of-age comedy," co-writer-director Michael Mohan's first feature strains to make the central, loud-mouthed alcoholic, character relatable. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_en_re/us_book_review_the_empire_strikes_out ap/20100208/us_book_review_the_empire_strikes_out AP entertainment Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:00:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_en_re/us_book_review_the_empire_strikes_out"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100203/capt.bc826bb43005436abd89665bc93f84ce.book_review_empire_strikes_out_nyet457.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=beecqNS38jujFuyga8Xv5w--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="In this book cover image released by The New Press, 'The Empire Strikes Out: How Baseball Sold U.S. Foreign Policy and Promoted the American Way Abroad' by Robert Elias is shown. (AP Photo/The New Press)" border="0" /></a>AP - "The Empire Strikes Out: How Baseball Sold U.S. Foreign Policy and Promoted the American Way Abroad" (The New Press, 418 pages, $27.95), by Robert Elias: Contrary to popular opinion in the U.S., the young Fidel Castro wasn't one of Cuba's best pitchers and was never offered contracts by American scouts. In fact, U.S. Sen. Eugene McCarthy once suggested that his lack of a big-league arm was a key reason Castro came to hate the U.S.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_en_re/us_book_review_the_empire_strikes_out"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100203/capt.bc826bb43005436abd89665bc93f84ce.book_review_empire_strikes_out_nyet457.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=beecqNS38jujFuyga8Xv5w--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="In this book cover image released by The New Press, 'The Empire Strikes Out: How Baseball Sold U.S. Foreign Policy and Promoted the American Way Abroad' by Robert Elias is shown. (AP Photo/The New Press)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100203/review_nm/us_film_dearjohn nm/20100203/us_film_dearjohn Reuters entertainment Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:40:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100203/review_nm/us_film_dearjohn"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100203/i/r3644947099.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=m0B2T28oZPx5zF5caP8bew--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Actress Amanda Seyfried attends the HBO after party for the 67th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California January 17, 2010. REUTERS/Phil McCarten" border="0" /></a>Reuters - "Dear John" does center on a Dear John letter, but it takes a few unexpected paths. That's the good news.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/reviews/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100203/review_nm/us_film_dearjohn"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100203/i/r3644947099.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=m0B2T28oZPx5zF5caP8bew--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="Actress Amanda Seyfried attends the HBO after party for the 67th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California January 17, 2010. REUTERS/Phil McCarten" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters)