AltWeeklies Wire
'Sleuth' Remakes 'Sleuth'new
Kenneth Branagh updates, and downgrades, the film, even with Michael Caine for a second go-round.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
10-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Kenneth Branagh, Sleuth
'Things We Lost in the Fire' Survives Thanks to Benicionew
Things We Lost in the Fire (too bad the title wasn't one of those things) evinces an open naivete that survives the calculation of the plot -- and in the lead, Benicio Del Toro transforms himself from reliable character actor to serious leading man.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
10-18-2007 |
Reviews
'Rendition': Swept Awaynew
The real novelty in Gavin Hood's off-again, on-again Rendition isn't the plot -- rather, it is scriptwriter Kelley Sane's unique curveball at the end.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
10-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Gavin Hood, rendition
Musicians Play it Again at Live Looping Festivalnew
Musicians schlepping guitars, horns, cellos, high-hats, pedals and racks of electronics from Turkey, Singapore, Norway, Italy, Germany and Brazil, will all converge for the Y2K7 International Live Looping Festival.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Paul Wagner |
10-18-2007 |
Music
If Michael Bloomberg Ran for Presidentnew
Don't buy the denials -- we deconstruct the mayor's secret plan to run for (and win) the presidency.
New York Press |
Edward-Isaac Dovere |
10-18-2007 |
Politics
Get It Togethernew
Squirrel Nut Zippers reunite for series of shows.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jeff Hahne |
10-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hot, Squirrel Nut Zippers
Comic Proportionsnew
Robert Kirkman showcases his ability to balance humor with horror in Marvel Zombies while Geoff Johns gives his audience a great bunch of villains in Green Lantern.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Carlton Hargro |
10-17-2007 |
Fiction
Behind the Cameranew
Ben Affleck and Sean Penn score with their directorial efforts.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
10-17-2007 |
Reviews
How SMC Recordings Built an Indie Rap Empirenew
In the past five years, Will Bronson, 25, and his partners Ralph Tashjian, 59, and George Nauful, 56, have built an impressive roster of hip-hop talent, hosting regional sensations looking to make a wider impact and major-label castaways no longer deemed profitable by the suits.
Sick of Sarah Take on the Music Machinenew
The quartet, all in their mid-twenties, play a catchy, jumpy sort of pop rock, as if Tegan and Sara were reinvented as emo beginners.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
10-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bittersweet, Sick of Sarah
Gluten Gives Many Americans Crippling Stomach Painnew
So why don't they know it?
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
10-17-2007 |
Food+Drink
Del the Older, Wiser Homosapiennew
The task for Del's upcoming fifth solo disc The 11th Hour wasn't to cage the beast, but to channel his abundant energy into stronger focus and broader appeal, made possible by a rigorous study of music theory and composition.
Dig Boston |
Martin Caballero |
10-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Cashing in on AuctionPalnew
Selling your shit online just got a little easier.
Dig Boston |
Christine Liu |
10-17-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Ben Affeck, Natural Director?new
It's easy to forget that Affleck won an Oscar for the Good Will Hunting screenplay. With his latest release he's rediscovered the perfect role for himself, one that he probably should have been playing all along: the guy behind the camera.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
10-17-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Ben Affleck, Gone Baby Gone
Kathleen Grace, a Late Bloomer, Blossomsnew
She is in the vanguard of a small but exciting movement of young jazz singers who are, in her words, stepping "outside the box of the American Songbook into the world of original music."
Port Folio Weekly |
Jim Newsom |
10-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kathleen Grace, Songbird
