AltWeeklies Wire
John McCain's Integrity Lite
John McCain knows the difference between right and wrong. He just doesn't care.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
02-04-2008 |
Commentary
Laughing Abstract: Farrell and Gleeson Get Dark in Inky Black Comedy
“In Bruges” (pronounced ‘brooj’) is a highly unique and stylized black comedy that makes good on its ostensibly simple hitmen/boss narrative trope.
Tags: In Bruges, Martin McDonagh
Independents Hurt American Democracy
Open primaries are pushing the parties toward moderate candidates. Moderate candidates reduce voter interest. Could open primaries lead to the death of U.S. democracy?
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
01-29-2008 |
Commentary
How to Avoid Bad Movies
There are some clues you can look for to help limit your exposure to crappy films. While this condensed list won't insure that you never spend another two hours in a darkened cinema bored to tears, it does represent some shortcuts that I use as a critic in deciding which movies to avoid.
Who's Afraid of John Edwards?
Mainstream media is giving four to five times more coverage to Obama and Clinton than Edwards, far more than their share of popular support. Their corporate owners have reason to fear him.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
01-22-2008 |
Commentary
Public Culpability Gets Credit for Torture
2008 gets its first installment of torture porn with a predictable thriller that blames a bloodthirsty public and big media for fostering an atmosphere of retribution violence.
Tags: Gregory Hoblit, Untraceable
Barack Obama, Empty Suit
Barack Obama's supporters compare him to John F. Kennedy. A better comparison might be Ted Kennedy.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
01-14-2008 |
Commentary
Wedding Crapper: Rom Com Coffin Gets Another Nail
Agonizing, flaccid, and about as romantic as bottle of flat champagne “27 Dresses” is a perfect example of the stereotypical Hollywood romantic comedies that Judd Apatow’s “40 Year Old Virgin” and “Knocked Up” successfully disemboweled.
Tags: 27 Dresses, Anne Fletcher
Idiots Heart Huckabee
Why is the media giving a free pass to anti-intellectualism?
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
01-08-2008 |
Commentary
Hollywood Kicks Off 2008 With a Walloping Dud
Ed Burns entrenches himself as Hollywood's go-to-B-movie actor with an excruciatingly dull remake of a Japanese horror movie that, like every other American attempt at translating the genre, fails from the start.
Tags: Eric Valette, One Missed Call
The Iron Fist of Democracy
What would you do if you learned that Bush Administration officials wanted to round up thousands of Americans and throw them into concentration camps? Nothing.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
01-02-2008 |
Commentary
The Prosthetic Achievement: Oil is Sweeter Than Blood
Paul Thomas Anderson has grown immensely as a writer/director since his last picture (Punch Drunk Love), so much so that in a single film he has become America's most visionary and accomplished modern-day auteur.
The Unfunny Pages: Artsy Comics Are Alienating Readers
The New York Times' flirtation with art comix is dying with a whimper. Meanwhile, mainstream acceptance of the genre is more elusive than ever.
Tags: cartoons
Barren Sci-fi Horror Bites the Hand That Wrote it
Director Francis Lawrence was clearly not the best choice to helm the latest adaptation of Richard Matheson's 1954 classic sci-fi/horror blender that spawned The Last Man on Earth and The Omega Man.
Tags: Francis Lawrence, I Am Legend
A Bright Future for U.S. Newspapers, Not the U.S.
The internet isn't the future of newspapers. Print is.
