AltWeeklies Wire
Can We Trust These Infernal Voting Machines?new
The answer depends somewhat on how much you trust your government and the free-market democracy it leases. The truth is that the standards for accuracy and accountability have always been pretty low in American elections.
Miami New Times |
Rebecca Wakefield |
09-28-2004 |
Politics
Shooting Underlines Flaws in Assault Weapons Bannew
An AK-47 attack on police officer Keenya Hubert illustrated precisely why a national ban on certain assault weapons had been created in the first place. That it happened the day before the ban's expiration was a bloody coincidence.
Miami New Times |
Tristram Korten |
09-28-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Vile With a Smilenew
In this fairly faithful adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's trenchant novel Vile Bodies, our giddy hosts are the eponymous "bright young things," the glammy, restless, 24-hour party people of 1930s England, busily getting bombed before busily getting bombed.
Miami New Times |
Gregory Weinkauf |
09-14-2004 |
Reviews
His Guy Friday: Gay Movie Buff Takes Tips From Cary Grantnew
Even the sturdiest heterosexual will have trouble not grinning as Kyle MacLachlan glibly chirps lines like, "Your people do have a fondness for the brassy blondes, don't they?"
Miami New Times |
Gregory Weinkauf |
09-07-2004 |
Reviews
The Teele Conspiracy: Commissioner Claims He's a Victimnew
The arrest last week of Miami Commissioner Art Teele on assault charges following a wild car chase brought to a climactic close one more scene in the drama that has become his life.
Miami New Times |
Francisco Alvarado, Kirk Nielsen and Rebecca Wakefield |
09-07-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Patients at Miami-Dade County Jail Found to Be at Risknew
The leg of a Miami-Dade County jail inmate became so badly infected with virulent, drug-resistant bacteria that it may have to be amputated, and the infection has spread to other inmates.
Miami New Times |
Tristram Korten |
09-07-2004 |
Crime & Justice
A PG-13 Rating Suffocates the Funnew
As the title suggests, there are more snakes now than there were in 1997's Anaconda, but the filmmakers just don't seem to have the same deranged imagination as those who came before.
Miami New Times |
Luke Y. Thompson |
08-30-2004 |
Reviews
Usher No Longer Ignored at Video Music Awardsnew
Although the MTV Video Music Awards don't carry as much clout as the Grammys, they have become a cultural watermark. So maybe it makes sense that, when it comes to props, Usher Raymond cares as much about dominating these awards as he does about winning his platinum discs.
Miami New Times |
Mosi Reeves |
08-30-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Usher
An Imperfect Murder: Marielito to Face Trial for Killing Mobsternew
The man accused of murdering convicted Mob associate Charlie Moretto was a career criminal who had become an informant for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. In fact, Luis Martinez was on the government payroll the day Moretto was slain.
Miami New Times |
Trevor Aaronson |
08-23-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Thrice Shy: Romantic Triangle Develops Between Roommatesnew
Colin Farrell plays a charming ne'er-do-well who unwittingly manages to get damn near everyone to fall in love with him.
Miami New Times |
Luke Y. Thompson |
08-23-2004 |
Reviews
Banzai Beat: Kitano Masterfully Revives Legend of Zatôichinew
This new Japanese import opens with a massive thud not unlike Godzilla's footfall. The blind semihero can destroy just about anyone with his mighty sword, which is cleverly disguised as a cane.
Miami New Times |
Gregory Weinkauf |
08-23-2004 |
Reviews
Video Jockey Spreads Word About Fledgling Music Channelnew
Marianela Pereyra, host of the program Daily Download, came to South Beach to promote the fast-rising 24-hour music channel. Fuse TV competes with MTV by sticking to a strict diet of hip-hop, rock and Latin music video programming.
Miami New Times |
Mosi Reeves |
08-23-2004 |
TV
Nixon Rewound: RNC Brings to Mind Miami Beach, 1972new
Florida delegates headed to New York for the Republican National Convention don't know what might await them on the streets. But the group is a bit more diverse than the effete martini-sippers New York's anarchists apparently envision.
Miami New Times |
Brett Sokol |
08-23-2004 |
Politics
