AltWeeklies Wire
This One Should Be Burned at the Stakenew
A film reviewer is possessed by a force of sheer evil: Will Ferrell in Bewitched.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
06-22-2005 |
Movies
Tags: Nora Ephron, Bewitched
Rick Moodynew
Ice Storm author has at the people's music with the Wingdale Community Singers.
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Joe Keohone |
06-22-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Plucky Kentuckiansnew
It's weirdness that makes life great for My Morning Jacket, says lead singer Jim James.
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Nolan Gawron |
06-22-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: My Morning Jacket, Z
Grrrls Gone Wildnew
The new album by riot grrrl renegades Sleater-Kinney is catchy to the point of suspicion, and raw to the point of surprise.
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Michael Brodeur |
06-22-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sleater-Kinney, The Woods
Geeked: Medal of Honor European Assaultnew
For the newest edition to the Medal of Honor franchise, a video-game reviewer refights World War II, gets down in the trenches with the game's plot-driven nature and is blown away by graphics.
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Adam Diamond |
06-22-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
What's So Wrong About Lynching?new
Need the latest proof that politicians have gone off the deep end? Last week 16 senators chose not to support a resolution apologizing for years of the Senate's obstructing any and all attempts to pass national anti-lynching legislation.
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Seth McM. Donlin |
06-22-2005 |
Commentary
Knox Knocks Premarital Popsnew
Co-directors Marion Lipschutz and Rose Rosenblatt lay bare the emotions and logic driving the national sex education fight for PBS's award-winning POV documentary series.
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Paul McMorrow |
06-15-2005 |
Movies
Seeking a Palestinian Pseudo-Dadnew
Even as history threatens to engulf everyone involved in the story, building up walls of alienation and fear, the film drives home a portrait of sweetness and estrangement.
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Chris Braiotta |
06-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Another Road Home, Danae Elon
Caped Crusader Returns as American Psychonew
Acclimated to the CGI environment, we now want more than just great special effects, we want to see the inner life and struggle of the person beneath the cape and mask, flaws and all. And you can't get more flawed than Christian Bale.
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David Wildman |
06-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Christopher Nolan, Batman Begins
Festival of Beatsnew
America's most respected drum and bass producers headline the Ignition Festival in Cambridge, Mass., hauling more beats than a medival farm wench.
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Andy Barrett |
06-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Various Indie Bands
Lone Wolf Still Howlsnew
Werewolf-like singer Michael Hurley shows patience is a virtue. The sense of suspense, of waiting for an answer, is what pulls you through the stark, beautifully irregular little cycles of Hurley's songs.
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Michael Brodeur |
06-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Michael Hurley, Blueberry Wine
Geeked: Imperial Glorynew
Despite good graphics and a strong concept, this war strategy game does not live up to its name on the battlefield.
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Seth MCM. Donlin |
06-15-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Overqualifiednew
Broke and out of work, two Harvard-educated actors tackle the tutoring racket.
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Julia Reischel |
06-15-2005 |
Education
Tags: Education
Spanked: Sticking It to Male Masturbatorsnew
A guinea pig tries out the Ecsta-Sleeve, the male answer to a vibrator.
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Emily Pepper |
06-08-2005 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Legendary Crime Writer Likes His Writing Leannew
Elmore Leonard talks about his latest novel, The Hot Kid, along with his love of basketball and the beauty of writing.
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Paul McMorrow |
06-08-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Elmore Leonard, The Hot Kid
