AltWeeklies Wire
Big Studios to Oscar: 'Love Me'new
It's getting to be that time of year again, when vast amounts of magazine space and precious internet bandwidth are consumed by laughably early Oscar picks and predictions.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Sean Burns |
11-19-2007 |
Movies
Getting Medieval on Your Grassnew
Philadelphia kids discover the joys of mock combat.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Alicia Puglionesi |
11-19-2007 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
Recipe: Orzo with Roasted Fall Vegetablesnew
Make with assorted fall vegetables.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Staff |
11-12-2007 |
Food+Drink
Aqueduct Shuns Pretensionnew
"People are always making comments at shows that we’re a very approachable band and we look like regular people and we’re nice like regular people," says David Terry.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Michael Alan Goldberg |
11-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Aqueduct, Or Give Me Death
Deborah Harry on New Album, Biopicnew
A Jersey girl in a folk band doesn't become canonized as "the Marilyn Monroe of punk" without more than a little moxie.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
11-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Deborah Harry, Necessary Evil
This Just In: Gun Violence in Philly is Out of Controlnew
Apparently the siege started last week when gun violence escaped from its normal black-on-black, not-in-my-neighborhood, why-should-I-give-a-damn isolation into something unimaginable, something that gets cops shot and endangers the sanctity of the island of Center City.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kia Gregory |
11-12-2007 |
Commentary
A State of Emergency in Philadelphianew
City residents speak out soberly about the city's spreading crime epidemic.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Staff |
11-12-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Vanessa Carlton Makes Music for the Well-adjustednew
Heroes & Thieves is a totally suburban white chick record, and I mean "suburban" more geopolitically than as a judgment of gracelessness.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Caralyn Green |
11-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Heroes & Theives, Vanessa Carlton
Jilted Jillnew
Tyler Perry's new flick shows a different side of soul singer Jill Scott.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Craig D. Lindsey |
11-05-2007 |
Reviews
'30 Rock' Fills the Gap Left By 'Arrested Development'new
Tina Fey's 30 Rock has gladly filled the huge, gaping void that too-brilliant-to-last show left behind.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Craig D. Lindsey |
11-05-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Great Scottnew
Ridley's latest is rote and derivative -- and one of his best films in years.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Sean Burns |
11-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: American Gangster, Ridley Scott
A Man's Castle is His Cavenew
DIY Network's Man Caves encourages men not only to have their own tricked-out rooms, but to acquire them in the manliest way possible -- by building with their own two hands.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Alli Katz |
11-05-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Sarah Silverman: Pretty Vacantnew
Silverman says she might float a sex tape with Jimmy Kimmel.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murphy |
11-05-2007 |
Performance
Tags: performance
'The Oprah Phenomenon': Winfrey or Losersnew
The academic critics in this collection accuse Oprah of not only being a self-help snake oil peddler, but also chief salesman for an unrelentingly conservative view of the American dream.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Staff |
10-29-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Dan in Real Life' is a Bit Too Rosy for the Real Worldnew
It isn't crap, but it's about as pleasant as a movie can get without actually being any good.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Sean Burns |
10-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Dan in Real Life, Peter Hedges
