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Collective Efforts
The New Pornographers' problem is that true euphoria is hard to achieve and nearly impossible to sustain.
Washington City Paper |
Michael Crowley |
10-14-2005 |
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Collective Efforts
Could it be that nobody in the realm of smarty-pants indie rock has heard the one about too many chefs spoiling the broth?
Washington City Paper |
Michael Crowley |
10-14-2005 |
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The Singing Defective
This is Hollywood's sorta-true version of Domino Harvey's story of a model turned bounty-hunter.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
10-14-2005 |
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Tags: Tony Scott, Domino
The Singing Defective
In this film, the ideal '50s housewife goes beyond rearing her children and keeping a spotless home. She instantly defuses her spouse's alcoholic rages, with a quip, a bright smile, or, when things got especially tense, maybe a flung bowl of Jell-O.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
10-14-2005 |
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Solitary Refinement
Amid a glut of onscreen romances that contain between 90 and 99 percent schtick, Cameron Crowe's Elizabethtown mercifully varies the boy-meets-girl formula. Yet Crowe's latest homage to Crowe is overstuffed and blunt.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
10-14-2005 |
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Waiting...
Let me tell you from experience: When restaurant workers struggle to find the humor in their soul-sucking jobs, they’re not thinking about genitals.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
10-07-2005 |
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Tags: Rob McKittrick, Waiting ...
In Her Shoes
If for no other reason, admire In Her Shoes for this: Perhaps for the first time in a gooey family film, the introduction of a grandma actually improves the story.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
10-07-2005 |
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The Cartoon Network
You'd think that receiving a seal of disapproval from BET would be the best possible plug for an album titled The Minstrel Show. Word on the street was that it was rejected for being "too intelligent."
Washington City Paper |
Sarah Godfrey |
10-07-2005 |
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Vegetable Matters
Lumpy and tuberish, the clay-on-wire creations of animator Nick Park sag with the weight of years. Yet who'd have guessed that clay could feel so light?
Washington City Paper |
Louis Bayard |
10-07-2005 |
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America the Abominable
Anyone who wants to feel better about this country can go see one of this week's cinematic strikes at the red, white, and blue, Good Night, and Good Luck, or Dear Wendy. Both are so uncompelling that they barely add a scratch to the United States' already-shredded reputation.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
10-07-2005 |
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For Those Who Dare
What would you do for a Nano? Probably not as much as these folks.
Washington City Paper |
Constantine Caloudas |
10-07-2005 |
Culture
Going Dark
Love Kraft could have been the band's undoing. Instead, it's a pretty good album.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
09-23-2005 |
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Principle Playa
Kanye West was just a kid with a relative wealth of opportunities who worked hard and became a superstar. But he's slowly opening his eyes to the woes of others.
Washington City Paper |
Sarah Godfrey |
09-16-2005 |
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