AltWeeklies Wire
Hollywood Product: '9'new
With so many computer-animated cartoon features devoted to pop-savvy kiddie comedies about talking animals, it's refreshing to see a CGI adventure with a unique vision. Acker's makeshift, Rube Goldberg-style inventions and landscapes can be fascinating. That said, 9 is PG-13 for a reason, and may be too intense for little kids and too dark for many adults.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-22-2009 |
Reviews
'Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg' Gushes Over First Lady of Televisionnew
Documentary pays tribute to Gertrude Berg, a pioneering Jewish writer and actress at the dawn of television.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-22-2009 |
Reviews
'World's Greatest Dad' and 'Big Fan' Offer Winning Portraits of Losersnew
Robin Williams and Patton Oswalt engage with darkly comic portraits of quiet desperation.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-22-2009 |
Movies
'It Might Get Loud' Climbs Stairway to Guitar Heavennew
An Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim presents a summit of three generations of rock guitarists.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-22-2009 |
Reviews
Hollywood Product: 'Jennifer's Body'new
While most mainstream horror films barely have a single idea, Cody's script for Jennifer's Body goes off in too many thematic directions, including high school spoof, female-phobic shlock and feminist empowerment fantasy.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-22-2009 |
Reviews
'Art & Copy' Misses its Own Pointnew
Doug Pray attempts to sell advertising to audiences in his latest film.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Edward Adams |
09-22-2009 |
Reviews
Hollywood Product: 'Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs'new
Neither the character development nor the "human" animation prove appetizing. Otherwise, the film serves a fresh concept and eye-popping visuals, topped with some tasty one-liners and sight gags. Consider it an amuse bouche compared to one of Pixar's CGI main courses.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-22-2009 |
Reviews
Matt Damon's 'Informant!' Turns the Whistleblower Genre Inside Outnew
Steven Soderbergh offers a satiric docudrama about a corporate stool pigeon.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-22-2009 |
Reviews
Three Comedians Scrawl Self-Portraits With Poison Pensnew
Lisa Lampanelli, David Cross and Russell Brand reveal different facets of their confrontational stage personae in new books.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-22-2009 |
Books
Following Raid on Gay Bar, the Atlanta PD Reels from Harrassment Complaintsnew
Why did police feel they needed to take down the club with the kind of force usually reserved for busting meth labs? Why did officers seem to act so unprofessionally toward the Eagle's customers, none of whom was arrested? And was the whole thing really just about sex?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
09-22-2009 |
Civil Liberties
Did Obama Just Surrender Europe to the Russians?new
Although I was repeatedly warned by my patriotic brothers and sisters via conservative media and countless e-mails that begin "FW:" about how Obama is a secret Commie planning to destroy the U.S. from within, I chose to dismiss the warnings as hysterical fear-mongering. Well, it turns out the fear-mongerererers were right and I was wrong. I admit it.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
09-22-2009 |
Commentary
Brandon Patton's 'Underhill Downs' is Full of Smoothly Produced, Heavily Overdubbed Tracksnew
Though his debut Should Confusion was released near the beginning of the decade, Staten Island, N.Y., singer/songwriter Brandon Patton didn't put out his second album, Underhill Downs, until now, owing to his steady gig as bassist for nerdcore rapper MC Frontalot.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Ben Westhoff |
08-25-2009 |
Reviews
Jay Reatard Switches Gears for a Less-Than-Spastic Pace on 'Watch Me Fall'new
Jay Reatard's second proper album is a refined pop offering that oozes with three-chord depression and loathing.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
08-25-2009 |
Reviews
Attractive Eighties Women's Live Show Humor Doesn't Translate to its Albumnew
It's hard to hate on a group whose mission is to have fun playing deranged, cartoon rock about things that annoy them. But when removed from the atmosphere of a bar, the jokes are good for one listen at best.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
08-25-2009 |
Reviews
As a Party Record, '8Dazeaweakend' Can't Be Beatnew
Serving as the soundtrack to Dallas Austin's new film of the same name, 8Dazeaweakend tells the story of a confused, trust-funded Atlanta girl who decides to party her brains out over the weekend before going in to see a psychiatrist on Monday morning.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Ben Westhoff |
08-25-2009 |
Reviews
