https://calitreview.com Arts, culture, health, and finance magazine. Tue, 10 Nov 2026 22:16:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.14 https://i0.wp.com/calitreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/clr.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 https://calitreview.com 32 32 3955485 https://calitreview.com/oscar-leadup-ladies-in-film-agency-and-female-pleasure-in-2010-movies/ https://calitreview.com/oscar-leadup-ladies-in-film-agency-and-female-pleasure-in-2010-movies/#respond Tue, 10 Nov 2026 18:28:26 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=14402 https://calitreview.com/oscar-leadup-ladies-in-film-agency-and-female-pleasure-in-2010-movies/feed/ 0 14402 https://calitreview.com/movie-review-drive-angry/ https://calitreview.com/movie-review-drive-angry/#respond Tue, 10 Nov 2026 06:34:26 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=14470 Drive Angry must surely have been written by the smartest group of fourteen-year-old boys living in America today. This is not meant to sound as snide as it probably does. Assuming that any two of those things just mentioned ever held a prominent place in your adolescent fantasy, you may find yourself thoroughly entertained against your better judgment.]]> https://calitreview.com/movie-review-drive-angry/feed/ 0 14470 https://calitreview.com/movie-review-unknown/ https://calitreview.com/movie-review-unknown/#respond Tue, 10 Nov 2026 06:31:26 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=14285 https://calitreview.com/movie-review-unknown/feed/ 0 14285 https://calitreview.com/video-game-review-stacking/ https://calitreview.com/video-game-review-stacking/#respond Tue, 10 Nov 2026 06:28:26 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=14398 Stacking puts players in the role of Charlie Blackmore, the littlest member of the Blackmore family, as he goes off to save his siblings from slavery at the hands of The Baron, a dastardly industrialist. It sounds like a rather bleak story, but Double Fine plays it effectively for chuckles and witty, light-hearted humor. A difficult proposition, considering the story involves such bleak concepts as rapacious plutocrats, child labor, and the working man's burden.]]> https://calitreview.com/video-game-review-stacking/feed/ 0 14398 https://calitreview.com/opera-review-anna-nicole-at-the-royal-opera-house-london/ https://calitreview.com/opera-review-anna-nicole-at-the-royal-opera-house-london/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2026 18:36:24 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=14426 https://calitreview.com/opera-review-anna-nicole-at-the-royal-opera-house-london/feed/ 2 14426 https://calitreview.com/the-ballot-box-beat-down-a-hard-corps-look-at-dlc/ https://calitreview.com/the-ballot-box-beat-down-a-hard-corps-look-at-dlc/#respond Mon, 09 Nov 2026 18:32:24 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=14317 https://calitreview.com/the-ballot-box-beat-down-a-hard-corps-look-at-dlc/feed/ 0 14317 https://calitreview.com/book-review-justice-for-hedgehogs-by-ronald-dworkin/ https://calitreview.com/book-review-justice-for-hedgehogs-by-ronald-dworkin/#respond Mon, 09 Nov 2026 18:28:24 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=14251 https://calitreview.com/book-review-justice-for-hedgehogs-by-ronald-dworkin/feed/ 0 14251 https://calitreview.com/company-c-contemporary-ballet-pulse-appalachia-waltz-ominous-rumblings-of-discontent-indoor-fireworks/ https://calitreview.com/company-c-contemporary-ballet-pulse-appalachia-waltz-ominous-rumblings-of-discontent-indoor-fireworks/#respond Mon, 09 Nov 2026 06:33:24 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=14264 Indoor Fireworks set to music by New Wave icon Elvis Costello. Anderson and co-choreographer Benjamin Bowman have crafted an appealing crowd-pleaser that offers individual showcases for the company’s talented classically trained dancers.]]> https://calitreview.com/company-c-contemporary-ballet-pulse-appalachia-waltz-ominous-rumblings-of-discontent-indoor-fireworks/feed/ 0 14264 https://calitreview.com/video-game-review-marvel-versus-capcom-3-fate-of-two-worlds/ https://calitreview.com/video-game-review-marvel-versus-capcom-3-fate-of-two-worlds/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2026 06:28:24 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=14293 https://calitreview.com/video-game-review-marvel-versus-capcom-3-fate-of-two-worlds/feed/ 1 14293 https://calitreview.com/valentines-day-fallout-chapter-two-love-most-peculiar-in-my-dog-tulip/ https://calitreview.com/valentines-day-fallout-chapter-two-love-most-peculiar-in-my-dog-tulip/#respond Sun, 08 Nov 2026 18:30:40 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=14182 My Dog Tulip leaves in one's heart once the lights come up. The best answer is that you will probably feel several, which may contradict one another. That, and not really the questionable content, is what makes it a love story for grown-ups.]]> https://calitreview.com/valentines-day-fallout-chapter-two-love-most-peculiar-in-my-dog-tulip/feed/ 0 14182 https://calitreview.com/new-insights-into-the-life-of-caravaggio/ https://calitreview.com/new-insights-into-the-life-of-caravaggio/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2026 18:28:40 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=14117 https://calitreview.com/new-insights-into-the-life-of-caravaggio/feed/ 7 14117 https://calitreview.com/dance-review-new-york-city-ballets-swan-lake/ https://calitreview.com/dance-review-new-york-city-ballets-swan-lake/#respond Sun, 08 Nov 2026 06:44:45 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=14177 Swan Lake is well-known -- probably more now than ever, thanks to the Black Swan phenomenon. Odette is tragic and pure; Odile is darker, seductive, evil with a capital "E." Sara Mearns, who danced the parts in New York City Ballet's production of Swan Lake on Sunday, has passed over this truism for a far more interesting interpretation.]]> https://calitreview.com/dance-review-new-york-city-ballets-swan-lake/feed/ 0 14177 https://calitreview.com/the-weekly-listicle-a-question-of-identity/ https://calitreview.com/the-weekly-listicle-a-question-of-identity/#respond Sun, 08 Nov 2026 06:42:45 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=14225 https://calitreview.com/the-weekly-listicle-a-question-of-identity/feed/ 0 14225 https://calitreview.com/the-great-music-videos-valentines-edition-days-go-by-by-dirty-vegas/ https://calitreview.com/the-great-music-videos-valentines-edition-days-go-by-by-dirty-vegas/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2026 06:28:45 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=14156 https://calitreview.com/the-great-music-videos-valentines-edition-days-go-by-by-dirty-vegas/feed/ 1 14156 https://calitreview.com/golden-west-college-professional-dance-invitational/ https://calitreview.com/golden-west-college-professional-dance-invitational/#respond Sat, 07 Nov 2026 18:40:35 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=14242 https://calitreview.com/golden-west-college-professional-dance-invitational/feed/ 0 14242 https://calitreview.com/ill-buy-that-for-a-dollar-a-public-service/ https://calitreview.com/ill-buy-that-for-a-dollar-a-public-service/#respond Sat, 07 Nov 2026 18:28:35 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=14125 https://calitreview.com/ill-buy-that-for-a-dollar-a-public-service/feed/ 0 14125 https://calitreview.com/san-francisco-ballet-giselle-redux/ https://calitreview.com/san-francisco-ballet-giselle-redux/#respond Sat, 07 Nov 2026 06:49:26 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=14107 Giselle. This is a company that can field five excellent lead couples and has multiple casting choices for the rest of the assignments. The level is so high that soloists, principal dancers, corps members share assignments with no diminution of overall results.]]> https://calitreview.com/san-francisco-ballet-giselle-redux/feed/ 0 14107 https://calitreview.com/movie-review-gnomeo-and-juliet/ https://calitreview.com/movie-review-gnomeo-and-juliet/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2026 06:36:26 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=14093 Gnomeo and Juliet seems like a terrible idea. Due to smart writing and great character actors, the end result is more fun than expected. It may not hit quite the niche audience it was after—the subject matter is actually directed toward adults more than kids—but it deserves a round of applause for masterfully whipping cleverness out of its Elizabethan-era hat.]]> https://calitreview.com/movie-review-gnomeo-and-juliet/feed/ 4 14093 https://calitreview.com/dance-review-new-york-city-ballet/ https://calitreview.com/dance-review-new-york-city-ballet/#respond Sat, 07 Nov 2026 06:28:26 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=14078 After the Rain, however, and doubt that I will. This ballet, choreographed to music by Arvo Pärt, begins with six dancers on the far side of the stage. In front of a backdrop that looks like a rain-spattered window, the women, facing the audience, lift their legs to high penchées--a memorable beginning. ]]> https://calitreview.com/dance-review-new-york-city-ballet/feed/ 0 14078 https://calitreview.com/the-weekly-listicle-no-we-cant-feel-the-love-tonight/ https://calitreview.com/the-weekly-listicle-no-we-cant-feel-the-love-tonight/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2026 18:34:28 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=14049 https://calitreview.com/the-weekly-listicle-no-we-cant-feel-the-love-tonight/feed/ 7 14049 https://calitreview.com/book-review-the-new-york-times-complete-civil-war-1861-1865/ https://calitreview.com/book-review-the-new-york-times-complete-civil-war-1861-1865/#respond Fri, 06 Nov 2026 18:28:28 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=13978 Times' news coverage during the war is a must-have for Civil War enthusiasts and other American history buffs. It contains the power to astonish modern readers with its lofty rhetoric, constant editorializing in news stories and decisions on what was important to its audience. Those decisions are, in many cases, not what a modern newspaper would choose.]]> https://calitreview.com/book-review-the-new-york-times-complete-civil-war-1861-1865/feed/ 0 13978 https://calitreview.com/the-metro-city-reform-committee-monday-nights-at-the-giant-ape-fights/ https://calitreview.com/the-metro-city-reform-committee-monday-nights-at-the-giant-ape-fights/#respond Fri, 06 Nov 2026 06:40:30 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=14008 https://calitreview.com/the-metro-city-reform-committee-monday-nights-at-the-giant-ape-fights/feed/ 0 14008 https://calitreview.com/review-parsons-dance-at-the-joyce/ https://calitreview.com/review-parsons-dance-at-the-joyce/#respond Fri, 06 Nov 2026 06:36:30 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=13987 https://calitreview.com/review-parsons-dance-at-the-joyce/feed/ 0 13987 https://calitreview.com/video-game-review-bionic-commando-rearmed-2/ https://calitreview.com/video-game-review-bionic-commando-rearmed-2/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2026 06:28:30 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=13944 Bionic Commando on the NES was the favorite game of my youth. Whereas Mario, Zelda, and Mega Man would become favorite series, BC was the one game I went back to over and over until my NES finally quit on me while playing a rented copy of Kickle Cubicle.]]> https://calitreview.com/video-game-review-bionic-commando-rearmed-2/feed/ 3 13944 https://calitreview.com/san-francisco-ballet-raku-symphonic-variations-and-symphony-in-c/ https://calitreview.com/san-francisco-ballet-raku-symphonic-variations-and-symphony-in-c/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2026 18:38:25 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=13957 RAkU did not disappoint. Based on a true event — the 1950 burning of Kyoto’s Golden Pavilion — librettist Gary Wang crafted a back-story of love, obsession, and loss.]]> https://calitreview.com/san-francisco-ballet-raku-symphonic-variations-and-symphony-in-c/feed/ 1 13957 https://calitreview.com/dance-review-nycb-offers-polyphonia-for-the-love-of-duke-and-concerto-dsch/ https://calitreview.com/dance-review-nycb-offers-polyphonia-for-the-love-of-duke-and-concerto-dsch/#respond Thu, 05 Nov 2026 18:28:25 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=13854 https://calitreview.com/dance-review-nycb-offers-polyphonia-for-the-love-of-duke-and-concerto-dsch/feed/ 0 13854 https://calitreview.com/dance-review-san-francisco-ballets-giselle/ https://calitreview.com/dance-review-san-francisco-ballets-giselle/#respond Thu, 05 Nov 2026 06:40:29 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=13896 https://calitreview.com/dance-review-san-francisco-ballets-giselle/feed/ 0 13896 https://calitreview.com/the-weekly-listicle-is-seeing-double/ https://calitreview.com/the-weekly-listicle-is-seeing-double/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2026 06:36:29 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=13934 https://calitreview.com/the-weekly-listicle-is-seeing-double/feed/ 2 13934 https://calitreview.com/book-review-swamplandia-by-karen-russell/ https://calitreview.com/book-review-swamplandia-by-karen-russell/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2026 06:28:29 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=13878 The Grapes of Wrath or the Finch children in To Kill a Mockingbird.]]> https://calitreview.com/book-review-swamplandia-by-karen-russell/feed/ 2 13878 https://calitreview.com/a-gala-celebration-with-san-francisco-ballet/ https://calitreview.com/a-gala-celebration-with-san-francisco-ballet/#respond Wed, 04 Nov 2026 18:36:32 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=13844 https://calitreview.com/a-gala-celebration-with-san-francisco-ballet/feed/ 0 13844