AltWeeklies Wire
'Into the Wid,' Out with the Feelingnew
Sean Penn's overwrought direction elbows the feeling right out of adventure story Into the Wild.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
09-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Into the Wild, Sean Penn
'Trade' Has Vague Basis at Bestnew
There are more than 300 million sex slaves in the United States, and this number is all the more alarming because I just made it up. Kinda like the "1,000,000" being trafficked across borders (ours? all international borders?) cited at the end of the film Trade.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
09-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: trade, Marco Kreuzpaintner
PS3 Games Finally Take Advantage of Controllernew
In last year's lead-up to the release of the PlayStation 3, Sony unexpectedly announced that their new console's SixAxis controller would feature motion-sensor capability, just like Nintendo's wacky Wiimote. Some programmers get it, and some just don;t.
Charleston City Paper |
Aaron R. Conklin |
09-27-2007 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
'The Kingdom' Offers a Smackdownnew
It seems like a Hollywood blockbuster, but Peter Berg's latest induces a bit of shaming about cycles of hate and violence that we must be fully cognizant of if we're ever to break them.
Charleston City Paper |
Maryann Johanson |
09-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Peter Berg, The Kingdom
Strange Jena Fruitnew
The Ghetto Science Team's Visual Arts Collective presents a creative form of protest in an art exhibit titled "Art, Politics and Protest: Trees, Intolerance and Ropes Don’t Mix."
Jackson Free Press |
Ken Stiggers |
09-27-2007 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
We Are Awake Nownew
Black America is awake now, and they are mad as hell.
Jackson Free Press |
Kamikaze |
09-27-2007 |
Commentary
Report from Jena: 'No Justice, No Peace'new
Young people were the majority on Sept. 20 in Jena, La., showing their disapproval of the treatment of six black teenagers.
Jackson Free Press |
Maggie Burks |
09-27-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Cowby Jack Clement's Pre-YouTube Clipsnew
Like your crazy uncle with the Super-8 camera, Cowboy Jack Clement's "home movies" capture decades of himself and his crew in all their goofy glory that the undocumented life is just not worth living.
Charleston City Paper |
Jon Santiago |
09-27-2007 |
Reviews
Unearthed Gemnew
This newly discovered recording of a 1964 concert is an exhilarating piece of history -- especially due to the appearance of Eric Dolphy, who would die just months afterward.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
09-27-2007 |
Reviews
Labor of Lovenew
Josh Rouse isn't afraid to embrace the term "craftsman."
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
09-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Good Woman Lives Herenew
Domestic abuse is about control and power. Don't be another good, dead woman, or the man that kills her.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
09-27-2007 |
Commentary
The Next Alison Krauss?new
Shannon Whitworth may have a harder time shaking that moniker off than "formerly of the Biscuit Burners." But the Brevard, N.C.,-based songwriter and banjo player's music is as strong in her newly blossomed solo career as ever.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
09-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: No Expectations, Shannon Whitworth
Yuckiest Film Evernew
After getting off to an entertaining start, Good Luck Chuck enters gross-out hell.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
09-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Good Luck Chuck, Mark Helfrich
Sugarland Launches CMT's Change for Change Tournew
The Georgia-based country/pop band is touring to raise money for Shalom Foundation, which helps fund school houses and infrastructure development in rural Guatemala.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
09-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sugarland
Nipples and Ass-Kickingnew
Hot chicks and Sony products dominate the post-apocalyptic world in Resident Evil: Extinction.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
09-27-2007 |
Reviews
