AltWeeklies Wire
Not for Beginnersnew
If you don't get Aqua Teen Hunger Force the movie, it's because you don't watch Aqua Teen Hunger Force the TV show.
Chicago Reader |
Brian Nemtusak |
04-30-2007 |
Reviews
Why Moscow's Not Cryingnew
Boris Yeltsin, the charming bruiser with no ideas of his own, leaves a lasting mark.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
04-30-2007 |
Commentary
Teach the Children to Shootnew
Chicago photographer Matt Cassel gives Palestinian kids the tools to tell their stories.
Chicago Reader |
Stacey Dugan |
04-30-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Energy Elites Are Fueling the New Right-Wing Eco Revolutionnew
From now on, those who deny the need to go green will be seen as wingnuts -- and mainstream right-wingers will embrace a right-wing view, rather than a right-wing denial of green causes.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
04-30-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Resourceful Renters: Eight Chicagoans Who've Transformed Their Apartmentsnew
Making someone else's space your own takes a particular kind of ingenuity.
Chicago Reader |
Martha Bayne and Heather Kenny |
04-30-2007 |
Culture
Spider-Man Franchise Loses Steam
After bucking the pitfalls of creating a sassy big screen superhero based on a popular comic book, and following it up with an even better sequel, Sam Raimi's Spider-Man film series has fizzled into a flagging mix of confused passion and diluted villainy.
Tags: Sam Raimi, Spider-Man 3
Web Slight
Spider-Man 3 only matches some of what made its predecessors great.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
04-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Sam Raimi, Spider-Man 3
Long Story Short: Bongos Are Best Left to Hippiesnew
Like many landmark hard-rock groups, nu-metal godfathers Korn will never earn mainstream respect as serious musicians -- and MTV Unplugged, a disc baffling in its utter badness, won't help.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
04-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Korn, MTV Unplugged
What Do Your Presets Say About You?new
Spazzzzdancefaggggrock!
L.A. Weekly |
Tom Christie |
04-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Presets
Death, Landscape and Raymond Carvernew
Ray Lawrence maps the human heart.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
04-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jindabyne, Ray Lawrence
Running Out of Timenew
The governor refuses to extend the moratorium on the death penalty, despite evidence suggesting the system is flawed -- meanwhile, the execution of Philip Workman approaches.
Nashville Scene |
Sarah Kelley |
04-27-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Indian Gaming Lines Up Powerful Alliesnew
A conglomerate of wealthy Indian gambling tribes spent $1.6 million on recent campaign contributions to key members of the state Democratic leadership, and it garnered an almost instant return last week.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
04-27-2007 |
Commentary
Hitting Taggers Where It Hurtsnew
While L.A. peddles a hollow victory, Pico Rivera actually cleans up the town.
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
04-27-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Lauren Weedman's Search for Homenew
Lauren Weedman's not a big star; she may be someday, or she may not, but when she's onstage I'd advise that you duck -- painful truths go whizzing by like bullets, send-ups rain down like bombs, and uncensored id explodes like shrapnel out of some internal minefield.
L.A. Weekly |
Joe Donnelly |
04-27-2007 |
Performance
Tags: performance
Marijuana Martyrnew
Bernie Ellis gave comfort to the sick and dying -- for that crime, the government means to take everything he's got.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
04-27-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
