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Three Canadians want review of jailing, torture in Syria (AFP via Yahoo! News) - Three Canadians suspected of Al-Qaeda links said that Canadian officials were complicit in their arrests and alleged torture in Syria, and demanded public review of their cases.

TV Review: The Bachelor 9 - Episode 2 is Kissing Toads (Blogcritics.org) - Once upon a time, in classic fairy tales like Sleeping Beauty and Snow White , a prince came across the sleeping heroine and awoke her with a kiss. So with an Italian-American Prince (no, not Michael Corleone) in Lorenzo Borghese on board for the Bachelor Rome , reality-master Mike Fleiss delivered one of the great Bachelor moments in installment two. Our Reality Prince, who has a royal

Scarface: The World Is Yours Review [PC PlayStation 2 Xbox] (GameSpot) - Once you get over the whole rewriting-the-end-of-the-movie thing, Scarface: The World Is Yours is a competent but usually uninteresting action game.

Book Review - A Promise for Ellie by Lauraine Snelling (Blogcritics.org) - When Dad asks Andrew to postpone his and Ellie’s anticipated June wedding till after harvest, the lovers are set on a roller coaster ride. Highs of sweet togetherness and shared dreams are followed by plummets into lovers' misunderstandings and the challenges of circumstances, nature, and making a living from the land in Blessing, North Dakota, in 1900. But A Promise for Ellie , the first

Music Review - The Little Willies (Blogcritics.org) - Reader, it is rare I am dazzled by new music. I am set in my ways now. I know who I like, and frankly we aren't hiring anyone new. The one phrase I just can't stand anymore is, "You gotta check out this new band." I don't care about your music, which is funny because music is my great passion. That being said, I hate to be the guy who tells you the same. I first heard them in a buddy's car as

DVD Review: Ghost of Mae Nak (Blogcritics.org) - In this Thai horror film, writer and director Mark Duffield updates the legend of Mae Nak -- which many Thai people reverentially believe in -- adds a bit of J-Horror styled makeup and shock-cuts, and then ups the ante with a few well-choreographed gore stunts. Due to budgetary issues, the gore stunts rely less on bloody chunks and more on creative lighting, timing, and framing to deliver

Film caps (The Monterey County Herald) - The Grudge 2 (PG-13) No review at presstime. Century Cinemas at Del Monte in Monterey, Northridge and Maya in Salinas, Green Valley in Watsonville.

DVD Review: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) (Blogcritics.org) - Like many fans in the west, my interest in anime really started with Akira . But the anime that followed were sold primarily on the basis of sex and violence. For a short time, this strategy worked but the marketing had a negative effect. It quashed the possibility of getting a wider audience for subsequent releases of anime feature films or TV. Public consensus still misunderstands anime as

Theater: 'The Devil and Daniel Webster' (Orange County Register) - Review: Benet's adapted 1936 short story is best left on the printed page. Unless being produced within the public school system, some plays are better left unproduced altogether. Judging from Orange Curtain's production, "The Devil and Daniel Webster" appears to be one of these.

Movie Review: Click (Smart-Popcorn) - Combined Rating: 36% (S:31%; P:42%) - What a waste. A smart concept in the hands of a pair of lowbrow millionaires, Click is a sad waste of time and talent, atleast the talents of Beckinsale and Walken. The lowbrow aesthete of Click is perfectly suited to Sandler who seems content to waste his gifts on dogs humping and fart jokes. It's a shame he had to waste this terrific idea for a movie with