AltWeeklies Wire
The Way to Play a Gangsternew
In a nutshell, The Godfather is a rare gangster game that lets you do something other than just shoot people.
Dig Boston |
Seth MCM. Donlin |
04-06-2006 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
The World's Greatest Fighter Chokesnew
You might not be able to judge a book by its cover, but you can sure as hell judge the author who wrote it.
Dig Boston |
Aaron Lecklider |
03-15-2006 |
Nonfiction
Just a Homoerotic Crime Capernew
Many French caper films are as much essays as they are films -- case studies arguing for the artistic relevance of Hitchcock and film noir -- but this one isn't.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
03-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Classe Tous Risques, Claude Sautet
Revolution for Fun and Profitnew
V for Vendetta is set in a bleak near-future dystopia, where everything is very familiar -- people even drive the same cars we do now -- but it soon becomes clear that the world has been rocked by catastrophe.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
03-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: James McTeigue, V for Vendetta
David Berman's Second Comingnew
In 1989, David Berman started the Silver Jews in NYC, when he and a couple of dudes from college decided they wanted to have a "silver" band -- so begins the story of the silver semites.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
03-15-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Silver Jews
Lacking in Depthnew
Yes, you should buy MVP 06 NCAA Baseball, but be prepared to be slightly more impressed by its competitors.
Dig Boston |
Adam Diamond |
03-15-2006 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Monkeyshines for Soul Powernew
This provocateur documentary is a wonderful showcase for Chappelle's ability to be bitingly funny, but still personable, while remaining free of the perfunctory conceits of sketch writers.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
03-01-2006 |
Movies
Filmmakers Learn to Fear-Mongernew
Whether you like it or not, the country's political climate is driving this year's Oscars.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
03-01-2006 |
Movies
Tags: The Oscars
Music News In Briefnew
The RIAA further screws music fans by "prohibiting" the ripping of CDs to iPods. Also: Killa Cam's pedophiles, Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy, and the Kid Rock/Scott Stapp sex tape.
Dig Boston |
David Thorpe |
03-01-2006 |
Music
Tags: The Burn Unit
Oates & Hall?new
The world has relegated Oates to the position of Hall's sideman -- but next time you hear some meathead tearing down Oates, ask him why Hall's solo albums never set the charts ablaze.
Dig Boston |
Jed Gottlieb |
03-01-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hall & Oates
Converting the Worldnew
Metric took the usual indie path and released their own records, but now they get to deal with a trickier situation -- getting too big.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
03-01-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Metric
Hoop Dreamsnew
NCAA March Madness 06 has arrived to make our dreams come true, no matter what happens off-console in the Men's National Collegiate Basketball Championships.
Dig Boston |
Adam Diamond |
03-01-2006 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Too Dumb to Chargenew
Lionel Baier offers a slightly uncomfortable glimpse into a young gigolo's irredeemably twisted logic.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
02-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Garcon Stupide, Lionel Baier
Redneck Racists Take Overnew
This faux documentary about what might have happened if the South had won the Civil War falls somewhere between Ken Burns on Haterade and a joke that goes on far too long.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
02-22-2006 |
Reviews
'A Society of Hoaxes'new
Originally slated as only a short interview, this exchange with comedian/actor/maniac Richard Lewis spun so far out of control that it deserved the full feature treatment.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
02-22-2006 |
Performance
Tags: Richard Lewis
