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David Simmons, Through the Looking Glassnew
The Nashville filmmaker offers a peek at Prism.
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley |
08-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: David Simmons, Prism
'Guitar Hero' Nerds Leave the Basement for the Barnew
The trend was entirely accidental: the game's creators never envisioned bars as training grounds, says designer Greg LoPiccolo.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
08-17-2007 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Greg Mottola's Geek Lovenew
The Superbad director puts his own spin on the Judd Apatow school of emo-raunch filmmaking.
L.A. Weekly |
Joshuah Bearman |
08-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Greg Mottola, Superbad
A Sneaky Move Aims to Stop Calif. Charter Schoolsnew
The proposed law would prohibit the California State Board of Education from allowing statewide charter schools to operate longer than three years -- a limitation that would discourage schools from opening.
L.A. Weekly |
Patrick Range McDonald |
08-17-2007 |
Education
God, Country, and Branson!new
Join us on a guided tour of emigre comedian Yakov Smirnoff's adopted home, a veritable geezer's Shangri-La.
Riverfront Times |
Chad Garrison |
08-17-2007 |
Culture
GOP Straw Mennew
Republican presidential candidates pander to baseless base in Iowa.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
08-17-2007 |
Politics
'Superbad': It Happened One Nightnew
What earns the film a place alongside American Graffiti, Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Dazed and Confused in the pantheon of evergreen high school movies is its sweet, soulful vulnerability.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
08-17-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Greg Mottola, Superbad
'The 11th Hour': Countdown to Extinctionnew
Despite its shortcomings, the film is ultimately a triumph of redemptive ideas that Leonardo DiCaprio -- God bless his celebrity -- may finally succeed in transporting from the environmental fringe to the mainstream moviegoing audience.
L.A. Weekly |
Judith Lewis |
08-17-2007 |
Reviews
'The Invasion': Live Pod Castingnew
Is there a Razzie Award for worst casting? If so, it's one of several that can be reserved early for this fourth, spectacularly lousy screen version of Jack Finney's 1954 novella The Body Snatchers.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
08-17-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: The Invasion, Oliver Hirschbieger
'The Ten': Thou Shall Notnew
Quirky comedy sketches illustrate each of the Ten Commandments.
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
08-17-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: David Wain, The Ten
Ask Mr. Gold: Pig Lovenew
Where to go for the whole hog in L.A.
L.A. Weekly |
Jonathan Gold |
08-17-2007 |
Food+Drink
'Superbad': Arrested Development Forevernew
Lately, Judd Apatow and his buddies have been making comedies for a certain age group, not ones for the ages -- luckily, this one comes a little closer.
Austin Chronicle |
Shawn Badgley |
08-17-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Greg Mottola, Superbad
'Lights in the Dusk': Lonely Guynew
How does one say "cherchez la femme" in Finnish?
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-17-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Aki Kaurismaki, Lights in the Dusk
'The Invasion': Spore Warsnew
Whether or not any new interpretation of this old story could capture anxieties and unconscious fears in our era the way at least two of the previous versions did, this movie isn't up to that challenge.
Tags: The Invasion, Oliver Hirschbieger
'The King of Kong': Dueling Joysticksnew
This is a winning, sweet, and occasionally disturbing documentary about otherwise sensible adults who vie for the title of World's Best Donkey Kong Player.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-17-2007 |
Reviews
