AltWeeklies Wire
Not-So-Great Apenew
Peter Jackson’s King Kong has a long title, a big monkey but not much else.
Boston Phoenix |
Aaron Solomon |
01-09-2006 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Let's Get Lostnew
Last season's surprise supernatural success, Lost, has inspired no fewer than three imitators -- two of which will be off the air by the time you read this.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Nelson |
01-09-2006 |
TV
Tags: TV
I [Heart] New Yorknew
Stack your Hegel, Kant, Marx and any and all NYC gallery guides on the nightstand -- everything's about to get real heavy with this knotty and ambitious work.
Boston Phoenix |
Colin Fleming |
01-06-2006 |
Nonfiction
Letters to Brettnew
Former Letters to Cleo frontwoman Kay Hanley pens "Cellars By Starlight," a tribute to Boston Phoenix scribe Brett Milano.
Boston Phoenix |
On the Download |
01-05-2006 |
Music
Tags: Cellars By Starlight, Kay Hanley
Power Pointnew
Woody Allen's location switch from New York to London has yielded his most bracing, sure-handed, satisfying film in at least a decade.
Boston Phoenix |
Gary Susman |
01-05-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Woody Allen, Match Point
Scarlett's Lettersnew
Match Point co-stars Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers lob a few in this interview.
Boston Phoenix |
Gary Susman |
01-05-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Woody Allen, Match Point
Anything Left To Say?new
On First Impressions of Earth, the Strokes sound like a band determined to shed the one-trick-pony tag.
Boston Phoenix |
Will Spitz |
01-05-2006 |
Reviews
Grave Diggin'new
By the time most rappers drop their fourth album, either everybody’s paying attention or nobody is, but for Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace, the truth may be somewhere in between.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Nelson |
01-05-2006 |
Reviews
Solitary Man?new
It's easy to forget just how hard it’s been to pin down Neil Diamond over the years.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
01-05-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Neil Diamond
Politics of Painnew
When it comes to the legalization of medical marijuana in Rhode Island, the question has generally been when -- not if -- it would happen.
Boston Phoenix |
Ian Donnis |
01-05-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
The Gray Lady in Shadownew
Could publication of the domestic-spying story lead to indictment of the New York Times?
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
01-05-2006 |
Media
War and Peacenew
Since September 11, publishers have been rushing to publish non-fiction books about anything relating to the upheavals in the Middle East. They've been much slower about supplying us with imaginative tales from these regions, but the trickle has begun.
Boston Phoenix |
John Freeman |
01-03-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Various Titles, Various Authors
Video Games for 2006new
Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Revolution are both slated to launch in 2006, though specific release dates -- like many pertinent details about the systems -- have yet to be disclosed.
Boston Phoenix |
Mitch Krpata |
12-30-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Going Undergroundnew
Little labels have been reaching heights unheard of since Matador and Sub Pop were at the top of their game. The trend will continue in 2006.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
12-30-2005 |
Music
Politics as Usual for Movies in '06?new
Hollywood's focus on real-life problems in 2005 might explain one of the biggest box-office dips in ages. Will filmmakers return to tried-and-true sequels, remakes, and out-and-out fluff?
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
12-30-2005 |
Movies
