AltWeeklies Wire
A Very Long Engagement: The Cannes Film Festival Turns 60
Round-the-clock screenings, celebrity interviews, crowded press conferences, elite parties, luxurious lunches, word-of-mouth buzz and chance encounters with icons of cinema fly by in a dizzying blur.
LA People: Bob Barkernew
Come June 6, the 17-time Emmy winner will remind viewers to help control the pet population for the final time.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
05-11-2007 |
TV
Extreme Closeupnew
Portrait of a Times Square suicide bomber.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
05-11-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Day Night Day Night, Julia Loktev
Don't Kiss the Undeadnew
No matter how you count it, 28 Weeks Later is a great zombie flick.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
05-10-2007 |
Reviews
After the Gold Rushnew
This amazing-looking Mexican epic is a work of historic fiction by a first-time filmmaker, and focuses on the aftermath of the takeover in 1519 of the Aztec empire by Spanish conqueror Hernando Cortes.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
05-10-2007 |
Reviews
The Popular Vote: 'American Idol' Puts a New Spin on Democracy
American Idol has done what political campaigns have been unable to do in a while: made people feel like they have both an important role in the process and an effect on the outcome.
Tags: TV
Flick Off!new
Twenty summer movies, ruthlessly assessed before we've even seen them.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer and Matt Coker |
05-09-2007 |
Movies
Ian Rans' Message in a Bottlenew
For the host and namesake of the cable-access show Drinking with Ian, there's no such thing as an unhappy hour.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Peter S. Scholtes |
05-09-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
A Movie-Lover's Guide to Cheatingnew
To cheat, or not to cheat, on your film-going companion.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
05-09-2007 |
Movies
Spring(er) Cleaningnew
Jerry Springer captures the Christmas spirit -- in April.
Chicago Newcity |
Keralee Froebel |
05-09-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
The Last of the Strongmennew
Gordon Scott was a hero wherever he went -- from Hollywood to Italy to South Baltimore.
Baltimore City Paper |
Chris Landers |
05-08-2007 |
Movies
Sequel Dud: The Plague is the Movie Itself
It's a cut-and-paste example of how movie sequels are predictably inferior to their ancestors.
The Definitive Summer Movie Previewnew
Spider-Man is just the beginning; get ready for Dane Cook, surfing penguins and even Andy Griffith!
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna and Zachary Woodruff |
05-03-2007 |
Movies
Harder, Better, Faster, Longernew
Daft Punk's Electroma is a gorgeous, glacially-paced film about heartbroken robots.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
05-03-2007 |
Reviews
Nobody Likes a Fat Spidernew
I'd wager more Americans have a passionate opinion about the worth of the Spider-Man series than Bush or Obama -- which makes it that much more difficult for me to tell you that your precious Spider-Man movie just flat-out sucks.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
05-02-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Sam Raimi, Spider-Man 3
