AltWeeklies Wire
From Predator to Preacher Mannew
After serving eight years in prison for sexually assualting a nine-year old, Preacher Phillip Gladden claims to hear the voice of God and have miraculous healing powers.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Sarah Hammill |
06-07-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
'Jindabyne': The Men From Snowy Rivernew
Disintegration in a small Australian town.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
06-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Jindabyne, Ray Lawrence
Wolfmother: Ahead of the Packnew
Andrew Sockdale, front man of Australian rockers Wolfmother, talks about how his band eschews 70s-era stadium-rock decadence in favor of high-profile anti-global-warming benefits.
Mountain Xpress |
Alli Marshall |
06-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ahead of the pack, Wolfmother
'The TV Set': Pilot Seasonnew
Television is no place for a writer.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
06-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Jake Kasdan, The TV Set
'Waitress': Bittersweet Triumphnew
Serving a slice of sweet sorrow.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
06-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Adrienne Shelly, waitress
'Severance': Not Just Another Day at the Officenew
This British horror comedy ricochets from violence to vengeance to outright survivalism, with comedy -- some brilliant, some less so -- underlying it all.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Christopher Smith, Severance
A Golden Girl Just Entering Her Primenew
In her tell-all memoir, McClanahan proves she's so much more than sex-pot Southern belle Blanche Devereaux from TV's The Golden Girls.
Mountain Xpress |
Alli Marshall |
06-07-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'Provoked': The Burning Bednew
What should have turned out as a terrific movie about the crime of spousal abuse has instead received the equivalent of a ham-handed molestation by director Jag Mundhra.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Jag Mundhra, Provoked
Laura Viers: No Rockstar Anticsnew
A refreshingly stable musician navigates her highs and lows.
Mountain Xpress |
Alli Marshall |
06-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: laura veirs
Rodney Atkins: Unapologetic Everymannew
By simply being himself, Atkins has won industry acclaim with his recent win for Best New Male Vocalist from the Academy of Country Music.
Mountain Xpress |
Alli Marshall |
06-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rodney Atkins
'Offside': Girls, Goals, and Ballsnew
Deeply immersive, thought-provoking, and quite often funny, this film depicts the resourcefulness women in Iran must rely on in order to enter a stadium to watch, no less play, soccer.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
06-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Jafar Panahi, Offside
'I'm Reed Fish': Advertisements for Myselfnew
The ultimate indie self-indulgence, this film (with a script by Reed Fish) is weighed down in its own coming-of-age angst.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
06-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: I'm Reed Fish, Zackary Adler
Ukulele Ace Wants Everyone to Start Strummingnew
Are you experienced? (You don't have to be.)
Mountain Xpress |
Alli Marshall |
06-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jake Shimabukuro
'Hostel: Part II': Where It's Always Check-Out TImenew
Roth has accomplished the near impossible: He's crafted a vastly superior sequel to Hostel, one that supersedes the original's sadistic quotient, gore effects, and narrative subversiveness.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Eli Roth, Hostel: Part II
Holy Warnew
There's no doubt about it: right now, God is on the side of the atheists.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
06-07-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
