AltWeeklies Wire
Parallel Linesnew
The Kite Runner is a better film than the previews suggested, but it's far from perfect.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
01-14-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Marc Forster, The Kite Runner
Rafting a River to Save it in Tibetnew
American whitewater rafters team up with Chinese businessmen and Tibetans to bring the sport of rafting to China and save the Salween River from damming.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
01-09-2008 |
Recreation
Timber Versus Tourism: The New Rogue River Feudnew
Environmentalists team up with whitewater rafters and business owners to save Oregon's famous fishing river, the Rogue.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
01-09-2008 |
Environment
The Cowboy Way: Horse Training Goes Naturalnew
Move over Monty Roberts, Oregon has its own "horse whisperer."
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
01-09-2008 |
Animal Issues
A Guide to the Season's Best Box Setsnew
A roundup of the season's highly anticipated box sets for music and TV (with authorial "I" used liberally throughout).
Eugene Weekly |
Chuck Adams |
12-17-2007 |
Shopping
How to Build a Luxury Snowcavenew
Instructions on building a pimped-out cave for a warm winter's night. Some degree of snark implied.
Eugene Weekly |
Chuck Adams |
12-13-2007 |
Sports
More Freewaysnew
Oregon's local response to climate change.
Eugene Weekly |
Alan Pittman |
12-06-2007 |
Environment
Tags: Kyoto, environment
The Weapon of Satire: ¡Ask a Mexican! Weighs Innew
Columnist and OC Weekly staff writer Gustavo Arellano has caused much controversy since the Eugene (Ore.) Weekly began running the column in early November. We ask him about charges that he's a racist -- and whether satire can work when immigrants are under serious attack.
Eugene Weekly |
Suzi Steffen |
11-30-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: interview, Mexican, Gustavo Arellano, racism, race, Latino, Ask a Mexican, race relations, Latina
Thou Shalt Not Walk Away Hungrynew
David Wain and Ken Marino's humor is the kind that almost always goes a step too far before pulling back to find the very sharpest bit.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
09-24-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: David Wain, The Ten
The Strangernew
Nothing says danger like a moment of perfect bliss.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
09-24-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Neil Jordan, The Brave One
'The Nanny Diaries': Lifestyles of the Rich and Thoughtlessnew
The film takes an easy, bland path to Annie's unsurprising self-discovery, peeking at but quickly dropping some complex ideas along the way.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
09-04-2007 |
Reviews
'Talk to Me': Ladies' Mannew
A tonal shift from gentle biopic to record of social upheaval unmoors Talk to Me.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
09-04-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Kasi Lemmons, Talk to Me
'Becoming Jane': Literary Lovenew
Not quite Austen, but not bad.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
08-17-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Becoming Jane, Julian Jarrold
'Hot Rod': Crash, Burnnew
This stuntman comedy is a total wreck.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
08-17-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Akiva Schaffer, Hot Rod
'The Bourne Ultimatum': Total Recallnew
The world needs a Jason Bourne right now, or at least the movies do.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
08-17-2007 |
Reviews
