AltWeeklies Wire
Why John Edwards' Sex Life is Our Business Toonew
It's precisely the gross and flagrant violation of our constitution and of our national values by seven dreadful years of the Bush administration that makes Edwards' betrayal of his supporters, his donors, his funders and -- potentially -- the greater interests of his country so disgusting. I voted for this guy, damnit, and I want my vote back!
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
08-15-2008 |
Commentary
The Chumby Diaries: A Partial-Attention Love-Hate Storynew
Is the ambient widget device a friend who will share corn-bread recipes and glimpses at its panda cam, or a foe who will steal your passwords?
L.A. Weekly |
Gendy Alimurung |
08-11-2008 |
Tech
Fab's Brings America's Best Hot Dogs to LAnew
Fab's, a labor of love curated by hot-dog scholars Joe Fabrocini and wife Susie Speck Mayor, could serve as a three-table museum of American wiener culture.
L.A. Weekly |
Jonathan Gold |
08-11-2008 |
Food+Drink
Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna's Ultimate How-To for Budding Rock Chicksnew
Mrs. Chris Vrenna has composed a tome for women who fancy their boys scrawny, not brawny.
L.A. Weekly |
LINA LECARO |
08-01-2008 |
Excerpts
'Swing Vote': Bud, Wisernew
Kevin Costner stars as the world's least interesting man.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
08-01-2008 |
Reviews
'Frozen River': A Hard-Knock Lifenew
Struggling single mom skates on thin ice in Sundance prizewinner.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
08-01-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Courtney Hunt, Frozen River
Eddie Izzard Takes off His Dressnew
Scheduled for five nights at the Kodak, comedian talks Bible Belt, Napoleon, spelunking and the future of The Riches.
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
08-01-2008 |
Performance
E3 Summit: The Business of Beautiful Killing Gamesnew
Faster, Dracula! Kill! Kill! Bloodthirsty peeks at the latest versions of Flock, BioShock, Borderlands, WolfQuest and Castlevania, plus Konami designer Koji Igarashi.
L.A. Weekly |
Gendy Alimurung |
07-25-2008 |
Video Games
The Plush Life of Food: A Collector's Storynew
Collecting is a disease. After you own something, you have to take care of it. In a way, Sarah Jo Marks believes, it owns you. Like her plush food collection.
L.A. Weekly |
Gendy Alimurung |
07-25-2008 |
Culture
Miss Mulder and Scully? Watch the Re-runsnew
The truth is still out there, like an unsold lawn chair at a garage sale, in this just plain lousy second big-screen outing for erstwhile FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
07-25-2008 |
Reviews
Young-Adult Fiction: 'American Teen'new
High school heroes and zeros roam the halls of alleged documentary.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
07-25-2008 |
Reviews
'Step Brothers': Blended Family Valuesnew
Director Adam McKay and Will Ferrell relish working on an absurdist high wire, and the whole point of their movies isn't how any one scene relates to another but rather how much they can chip away at the logic that holds most movies together. Baghead also reviews.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
07-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Election '08: Stupid McCampaign Tricksnew
With Obamapalooza in full swing, John McCain shouts into the media void.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
07-25-2008 |
Commentary
Was Roman Polanski a Pedophile?new
Along its winding road to crucifying the American judiciary, Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired grinds some very blunt axes, makes some dizzying leaps to judgment and does a lot of silly editing with movie clips.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
07-18-2008 |
Reviews
'Mamma Mia!' Big-Screen Musical Drains the Fun Out of ABBAnew
For all its halfhearted stabs at catering to the transatlantic youth market (with a little gift tucked in for the stage show’'s voluminous gay following), Mamma Mia! is a (Shirley) valentine to 50-something we're-not-done-yet broads.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
07-18-2008 |
Reviews
