AltWeeklies Wire
The Southwest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Turns Fivenew
Over the course of the festival's seven days, a whopping 76 films from 18 different countries will be showcased -- everything from an Israeli-based forbidden love story to an Argentine coming-of-age tale to a nostalgic look at lesbian porn to a hairy homo documentary.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
10-02-2007 |
Movies
'Hatchet' Brings Back Blood-and-Boobs Filmmakingnew
Despite the fact that assorted sun-deprived internet bloggers are dubbing writer/director Adam Green the savior of modern horror, it should be noted right up front that Hatchet isn't clever, smart, original, particularly well-made or all that convincingly acted.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
09-11-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Adam Green, Hatchet
'Kid Nation' Stirs Controversynew
The idea was to send 40 kids into the wilderness and allow them to create their own Lord of the Flies-style society, but now at least one parent and the American Federation of Television and Radio Actors are raising concerns about how the series was made.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
09-04-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
'Mind Control with Derren Brown': He's Not a Psychicnew
Yet Brown is better at what he does than just about everybody on the planet who claims to have supernatural powers.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
08-14-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
'Becoming Jane': Austen Transformednew
The film boils all of Austen's various pen-and-ink plots down to their cliche essence and crams them into a single overly familiar narrative.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
08-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Becoming Jane, Julian Jarrold
Enjoy 'The Host' - A South Korean Good-old-fashioned Monster Movienew
Funny, scary, emotional, thrilling and occasionally bloody B-grade monster threatens Seoul!
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: The Host, Joon-ho Bong
'Raines': The Case of the Missing Goldblumnew
Brilliant but slightly crazy, Raines fits nicely alongside other current nutty TV detectives from shows like Monk, Numbers and Psych.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
03-20-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
High Yieldnew
Though The Nine doesn't boast the genre-twisting sci-fi-ish elements of Lost, it has quite a bit more in common with that hit series than you'd think.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
10-17-2006 |
TV
Tags: TV
A Telenovela Love Trianglenew
This new South American drama proves more soapy than sexy.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
04-18-2006 |
Reviews
Pomp and Circumstance Drives Brit-Lit Romancenew
I really couldn't give a toss if poor Ms. So-and-so finally climbs up that snobby social ladder and marries Lord What's-his-name.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
09-03-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Mira Nair, Vanity Fair
