AltWeeklies Wire
Pity Party of Onenew
A Tadpole romance is one thing. But P.S.' increasingly dopey script, adapted from Helen Schulman's novel, can't leave it at intergenerational hanky-panky.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
02-17-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Dylan Kidd, p.s.
Conditions are Overcast in Sky Bluenew
The film's striking look, unfortunately, proves far more rich and eloquent than its rickety story, which duct-tapes together befuddling plot points and dismal dialogue.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-17-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Sky Blue, Moon-Saeng Kim
A Girl and Her Dog Mend a Town in Because of Winn-Dixienew
Because of Winn-Dixie offers both some expectedly saccharine kid-film elements, but also some real surprises for the way it injects adult realities into its bittersweet confection.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
02-17-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Wayne Wang, Because of Winn-Dixie
Keanu Reeves Battles Demons and Angels alikenew
The loose adaptation of DC Comics' Hellblazer fumbles with some intriguing spiritual notions, but never seizes our imagination. Despite showing a hero who clashes with demons and angels, Constantine lacks soul.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-17-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Francis Lawrence, Constantine
Oracles of Things Pastnew
Author Jonathan Odell takes The View from Delphi beyond the typical indictment of segregation's moral absurdity to the historical absurdity of thinking you could ever succeed in keeping people apart.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
02-17-2005 |
Fiction
Is Karma Making Her Keep Clean House?new
An advice seeker wonders if it's karma that his old girlfriend, who was a slob, now keeps her house clean.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tray Butler |
02-10-2005 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
What the Heck Are Outposts of Tyranny? (part II)new
The two Outposts more likely to find themselves on the receiving end of some American whoop-ass are two "Axis of Evil" alumni, Iran and North Korea.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
02-10-2005 |
Commentary
Block-Rocking Beatsnew
Monolithic is a word that's bandied about haphazardly in music journalism. No other word can accurately describe the voluminous presence of the keening music.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
02-10-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
An Oenophile's Guide to Sidewaysnew
Sideways, the multi-Oscar-nominated movie about two middle-aged guys on a wine-country vacation, didn't initially rouse my young female antennae, but after countless people kept asking my opinion, I dragged my butt into the theater ... and walked out really happy.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
02-10-2005 |
Food+Drink
Something Borrowednew
It's a nuptial spoof with Dermot Mulroney, like My Best Friend's Wedding, a romantic comedy set in England like Notting Hill, and a glorification of prostitution, like Pretty Woman.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Clare Kilner, The Wedding Date
Get Hitchnew
Sure, Will Smith is lovable in the inoffensive, easy manner of no-iron shirts and margarine. But when Hitch lapses into romance mode, the energy goes down the drain quicker than a bottle of Drano.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
02-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Andy Tennant, Hitch
Film Looks Back at Homegrown Terrorismnew
How, ultimately, did Patty Hearst become a self-described "urban guerrilla"? You'll have to look elsewhere for the answer.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-10-2005 |
Reviews
Flick is a Kick in the Headnew
You may not think you want to see a subtitled movie about Thai kickboxing, but believe me, you do.
Watching Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior gives you a heady thrill of discovery, like being first in line to see Bruce Lee in Enter the Dragon, or one of Jackie Chan's early, astonishing slapstick action flicks.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-10-2005 |
Reviews
Author Holds at Arm's Length the Actual Worldnew
The story is about how we make and transform the meaning of our lives. The protagonist, an alt-weekly rock critic, knows the difference between what happens and what stories we tell about it, but only as cold theory, shadows of the real.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
02-10-2005 |
Fiction
What Options Are There for My Child in the State of the Empire?new
Thanks to George Bush's profligate spending and siphoning of middle-class money to the extremely wealthy, Amy will start her adult life with the, um, "choice" of $40,000 in debt, her share of the trillions-and-counting national deficit.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
02-10-2005 |
Commentary
