The Best Bollywood Movies of 2008: 2008 wasnt perhaps the best year when it comes to storytelling but it still had at least a few films that managed to work well with the audience. If there was an intense A Wednesday.

Ladies do the same: Charles Hamilton's "Brooklyn Girls." Another in a series of year-end picks from Bay Area musicians, writers, scene-makers, and music lovers. DANIEL N. ALVAREZ’S TOP 10 10) Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III (Cash Money/Universal) If for no other reason, Tha Carter III belongs on this list, because it proves that in the age of illegal downloading, hip-hop can still commercially thrive. While the record is uneven, its widespread success was achieved by Wayne’s hard work and prol

Last post for this year before pulling the plug for a couple of days (I hope). 2008 has been a bittersweet year. Mostly bitter. A war with no end. An administration with no sense and even less decency. A collapsing economy and the ruination of millions of lives and families -- with a lot more to come. Shameless and disgusting behavior by an unaccountable and indescribably greedy economic elite worthy of the most decadent stage of any empire in history. An unraveling Middle East. More nuclear

Among the many requirements you must fufill in order to keep your comics bloggers license is the compilation of an annual best of list at the end of each year. Here’s mine. For a couple hundred words on my criteria and methodology, the 28 runners-up and a few other categories, including Best Super-Comics That Aren’t On This List, please feel free to visit my home site, Every Day Is Like Wednesday. Otherwise, here’s my official list of The Best Comics Published During Calendar Year 2008 That I

The interwebs have been blessed with a post-Christmas miracle, namely scans of Edge’s latest cover story, which features the bruised and beaten mug of our favorite treasure-hunting, trash-talking protagonist Nathan Drake. The article itself retreads a lot of ground already covered in GameInformer’s Uncharted 2: Among Thieves cover story, but there are new quotes aplenty. While the first game only used 30 percent of the PlayStation 3’s power, the percentage pushing sequel will be “maxing it o