AltWeeklies Wire
Jump, Jumpnew
Based on the young adult novel by Steven Gould, Jumper's concept is a Twilight Zone/Xbox mash-up.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
02-14-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Doug Liman, Jumper
Dinosaurs in Outer Spacenew
In the latest incarnation, Turok's a grim, grizzled space marine(!), part of an outfit called Whiskey Company that's crashed on a dino-infested planet.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
02-14-2008 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Playing Drinking Games with Your TVnew
I like drinking, and I like watching stuff on my TV. Ideally, these things should go together. That said, whoever came up with a drinking game for Bill Nye the Science Guy either has way too much time on their hands or is in dire need of an intervention.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
01-24-2008 |
Food+Drink
Ninjas! Robots! Feminism!new
This week, the acclaimed comic book Y: The Last Man comes to an end.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
01-24-2008 |
Books
Tags: Brian K. Vaughan, Y: The Last Man
Monster Mash-Upnew
AAAAAGGHH! A monster! Quick! YouTube it!
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
01-17-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Cloverfield, Matt Reeves
A Haunted Orphanage? No way!new
Screenwriter Sergio G. Sánchez and director Juan Antonio Bayona are content to dig up and exploit every worn-out horror cliché they can think of -- which'd be a problem if The Orphanage wasn't so goddamn scary.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
01-10-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Juan Antonio Bayona, The Orphanage
Extreme Skiers are So... So... Extreme!new
Steep is one more fawning sports documentary in the vein of Dogtown and Z-Boys, Riding Giants, Step into Liquid, and First Descent, and while it's not nearly as good as any of those, it still has some stuff to recommend.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
12-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Mark Obenhaus, Steep
Going to War with Charlie Wilsonnew
Hollywood loves nothing more than a "____ with a heart of gold" story, and the phrase "corrupt congressman" fits that empty spot pretty well.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
12-20-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Mike Nichols, Charlie Wilson's War
Visine, Pleasenew
Epic and ambitious -- sometimes overly so -- Mass Effect's most notable characteristic might be its ability to convince you that you really only need an hour or two of sleep a night.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
12-13-2007 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Fresh Prince vs. Vampire Zombiesnew
I Am Legend is at its best when it's most poetic or frightening: An unabashed horror flick.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
12-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Francis Lawrence, I Am Legend
The Righteous Bigots of 'For the Bible Tells Me So'new
In its fascinating examination of five religious families in which a son or daughter is gay (surprise!), For the Bible Tells Me So is nothing less than astonishing.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
11-29-2007 |
Reviews
'Hitman': Another Videogame Movie. Sigh.new
Turning a videogame into a film is like trying to make a chocolate cake when the only ingredient you have is orange juice.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
11-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Hitman, Xavier Gens
Weather isn't Really That Scarynew
Seeing as how The Mist is an adaptation of a Stephen King novella, it doesn't take a genius to figure out whether Gramps is deranged or prophetic, and less than 30 minutes later, the unlucky grocery shoppers figure out what that something is: monsters.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
11-26-2007 |
Reviews
Beowulf: Cooler Than 10th Grade English!new
Director Robert Zemeckis' vision of the Old English epic is mostly notable for two things: (A) It's all CG, and (B), it features a naked Angelina Jolie.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
11-15-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Beowulf, Robert Zemeckis
Tony Hawk's Proving Groundnew
There've been like a billion iterations of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater since (okay, more like 11... still, that's a shit-ton of videogames), and the series' dominance has largely been unchallenged. Till now.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
11-15-2007 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
