“Suitable for framing, Amir Bar-Lev's “family human interest story” indelibly captures the media maelstrom that engulfed the Olmsteads of Binghamton, N.Y. when their daughter, Marla, age 4, became the darling of the art world with her abstract paintings. As a gallery owner tells Bar-Lev, the situation is “perfect”: The family is charismatic, and Marla is, indeed, “a doll” and her paintings, “unbelievable”. More on that later. Bar-Lev chronicles how a community newspaper article about Marla was picked up by the New York Times, leading to more newspaper articles, sold out gallery showings, and media throngs. Marla's paintings sold upward of $25,000 (the owner of the Houston Rockets bought one), and talk-show hosts (Conan, Dave, Oprah) wanted Marla on their shows. “You're in for a wild ride, I hope you're prepared for this”, the gallery owner says he told Mark Olmstead, Marla's father, a Frito Lay factory worker who also dabbles as an artist. But no one is prepared when Charlie Rose, during a 60 Minutes Wednesday broadcast, raises questions on whether Marla is the sole artist. Was she coached? Were the paintings doctored, or even painted by someone else? Could she even be called a prodigy? Bar-Lev's canvas expands to consider the nature of art and media culture. It also becomes something of a self-portrait as he struggles with his own growing suspicions about Marla's paintings after he has befriended the family and earned their trust. My Kid Could Paint That is not a masterpiece, but it will resonate especially for everyone who says they don't know art, but they know what they like. It would be an excellent companion to Who the #%&% is Jackson Pollock?” – Donald Liebenson, Amazon.com

“One of the Best Nureyev DVD! This Swan Lake is one of the best I have ever seen. Though the Nureyev staging is very different from the “typical” staging, his performance is unrivaled. He carries the Pas de Cinq in Act I and does an amazing job in the Black Swan Pas de Deux of Act III. Fonteyn is also very good, though she is admittedly past the peak of her career. For all Nureyev fans, this is his best commercially available performance.” – Customer Review on Amazon.com

“Il y a deux cent cinquante mille ans le premier représentant direct de notre espèce apparaît sur terre: L'Hommo Sapiens... de -400 000 à -20 000 avant JC, nous suivons le destin d'Homo Erectus, de Néanderthal et de Sapiens. Nous allons ainsi découvrir l'apparition du langage, de l'art, des cultes, de l'agriculture, et de l'élevage.” – Amazon.fr

“Though this set does not include Borodin's lovely string quartets, it contains more than enough to please the most ardent Borodin enthusiast. The symphonies are so well played that no other versions I've heard can compare. One assessment of Borodin's music I once read made reference to his “latent muscularity”. The timing and pace of the symphonies does complete justice to that quality. Also very apparent in these works is the orchestral brightness unique to the man's work. Even though I love all the great music, I find that too much Mozart, for example, can become tiring. Borodin never wears thin, perhaps because there's so much air and space and breadth in all his work. And everything he wrote is suffused with a delicate beauty that speaks volumes about the value of hanging out with your best musical friends in dogged determination to forge a new style without the “benefit” of formal education. Borodin was blessed with a rare and sweet genius, and he will continue to bestow that on those who are lucky enough to love him and his work. I have two of this set, and I'm going to keep them both as long as I remain on this planet.” – Customer Review on Amazon.com

“Eternal Remont writes on a new Russian movie whose “fictional” hero resembles Vladimir Putin a lot: “The film was completed 5 years ago, but there has been speculation that the Kremlin delayed its release until now, weeks before Putin leaves office”.” – GlobalVoicesOnline.com

“If you're new to Garnet Crow: I can't even recount how many times I've listened to this CD!! I love every song on it, because every song is unique, yet every song is pleasantly similar. The melodies are all catchy and different, but it seems Nakamura Yuri's voice binds the whole song together into a soothing Garnet Crow song. When I'm sad, happy, or I just casually want to listen to good music, this one comes out. At first I didn't appreciate the subtle beauty of Garnet Crow, but once I've listened to it the second time... then the third time... it just got better and better. The lyrics are deep and thought provoking and simply beautiful. The writer of the lyrics isn't the singer, but Azuki Nana.

If this is your next album of Garnet Crow: Two words: BUY IT. If you love Garnet Crow, loved the previous album/s you've got, you're sure to love this one. I can't really point out which songs I liked, liked more, or liked the most. If you know their songs, it's quite difficult to rank them as your favorite. I just think, “Yay! More Garnet Crow songs!”, and don't really consider whether one will be better than the other. That's another thing great about Garnet Crow, their consistency. I don't mean that their songs are repetitive or boring, because that is totally not true. But trust me when I say this is another spectacular Garnet Crow CD. And so are all the others. Really, that's all there is to it.” – Customer Review on YesAsia.com

“If you like classic Rock music, and sometimes get a little tired of Pop music, then try Nanase on for size! She is GREAT! She has a great, tough voice that can turn gentle in a second. I have all of her albums, and this is her BEST album, in my opinion. Each song after the next has a new style that is addicting. This is a perfect CD!” – Customer Review on YesAsia.com