AltWeeklies Wire
Horror Showdown: 'Halloween II' vs. 'The Final Destination'new
Horror sequels Halloween II and The Final Destination both open this week, but neither was screened in time for review. So instead, we've devised this scientific system (note: system not scientific at all) to determine which one might be worth horror fans' time and money.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Josh Bell |
08-27-2009 |
Movies
Vanilla Mike? Rebranding Tyson for the Age of Obamanew
Can Mike "clean up" enough to attach his name to video-game sales, as his new advisers Harlan Werner and Damon Bingham want him to? As Bob Dylan has done with Victoria's Secret? And George Foreman with hamburger grills?
Las Vegas Weekly |
John Lombardi |
05-14-2009 |
Movies
Super-Definitive All-Time Cop Series Rankingsnew
Las Vegas Weekly ranks the best cop series of all time.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Las Vegas Weekly |
04-02-2009 |
Movies
What's in a Skin Color? The Perils of Ethnic Impersonation in Moviesnew
Why is it that Robert Downey Jr. is celebrated for his clever meta-performance in Tropic Thunder, while Ben Stiller is attacked for denigrating a whole group of people in the same film? The line between respect and offense in cases like these is razor-thin, and it's not always easy to see where it should be drawn.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Josh Bell |
08-22-2008 |
Movies
What We Demand from Our Movie Heroes Says as Much About Us as Themnew
As the villains move closer toward the state of amoral blank slates -- less monsters and more unknowable black holes of pure negativity -- they have opened the ground for heroes to step more squarely into the chasm the bad guys have left behind. That shift is why, of late, the heroes actually have the better roles; why, fittingly, Batman remains a more compelling character than the starkly one-dimensional Joker.
Las Vegas Weekly |
T.R. Witcher |
08-01-2008 |
Movies
In the Age of YouTube, Why Do We Care About Oscars?new
Once again, it's time to pass out 50 gold-plated bookends to people who don't read, and once again, a billion hungry souls will be devouring every minute of it with a mix of envy, contempt and, because above all else, the Oscars has no place for us, profound exclusion.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Greg Beato |
02-21-2008 |
Movies
Tags: Oscars
'Everybody's Got an Inner Porn Star'new
Notes from the Adult Video News convention.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Adrian Zupp and Jennifer Grafiada |
01-25-2008 |
Movies
