AltWeeklies Wire
Giving the Devil His Duenew
After 84 years and 36 books, Norman Mailer concludes that some people are just evil.
Sacramento News & Review |
John Freeman |
02-02-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
2 Hours to L.A. -- Why Not?new
Instead of embracing high-speed rail as a key part of California's transit destiny, the governor seems to be orchestrating it's prolonged death.
Sacramento News & Review |
Melinda Welsh |
02-01-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Throw it Backnew
Could a truly feminist, non-patronizing romantic dramedy even exist today, or ever?
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
01-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Catch and Release, Susannah Grant
A Boiling Over of the Massesnew
Talking 'bout a (Hungarian) revolution: Sebestyen provides an in-depth look at a nation struggling through such a transition.
Sacramento News & Review |
Edward Dunn |
01-26-2007 |
Nonfiction
Joe Carnahan's Crossroadsnew
Could it possibly stand to reason that Smokin' Aces, amounts to one big style-piled, guns-blazing, caper-circus metaphor for Carnahan's own creative life?
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
01-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Joe Carnahan, Smokin' Aces
War Studiesnew
Two recently published books offer suprisingly similar guidance about what to do about the war in Iraq.
Sacramento News & Review |
David G. Sweet |
01-22-2007 |
Nonfiction
Cold, Fashionednew
An experiment without any urgency or resistance, it came too easily; Soderbergh has slackened with privilege.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
01-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Steven Soderbergh, The Good German
How Green is Arnold?new
California's governor wants to make the environment his legacy -- can Schwarzenegger muscle-up some green cred?
Sacramento News & Review |
Nicholas Miller |
01-11-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Reading for a Rainy Daynew
When the weather outside is frightful, stay warm and dry with books and comfort food. Check out some of these new offerings.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
01-04-2007 |
Books
Owen's Runnew
Children of Men is basically V for Vendetta for grownups. Logan's Run with post-9/11 sensibilities. Blade Runner for -- yeah, OK, you get it: dystopia du jour.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
01-04-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Alfonso Cuarón, Children of Men
Stallone Again, Naturallynew
This might be the best Rocky movie since the first Rocky movie -- but if that sounds like a rave, just think of all the others.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
12-21-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Sylvester Stallone, Rocky Balboa
Criminally Sexynew
If the world really was inhabited by the people in Brennan's imagination, there'd be a serial killer around every corner -- but when it comes to her books, should we dial ‘M’ for murder or making love?
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
12-14-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Allison Brennan, Speak No Evil
See Spot's Karmanew
Watching The Cave of the Yellow Dog does sometimes feel like eating your vegetables -- but given its Buddhist leanings, condemning this film for emptiness really seems like missing the point.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
12-14-2006 |
Reviews
Greedy Vulturesnew
Ten years after he predicted that the Web would decimate the dailies, an alt-weekly CEO examines why corporate management of daily newspapers spells disaster for the news business, community debate and our way of government.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jeff vonKaenel |
12-14-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Pyramid Schemenew
As Apocalypto conclusively proves, subtlety is rare in Gibson's films.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
12-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Apocalypto, Mel Gibson
