AltWeeklies Wire
Boise Weekly Loses Open Records Casenew
Potentially damning records of a psychiatric hospital's troubles will remain closed to the public, despite a court challenge by the Boise Weekly.
Boise Weekly |
Shea Andersen |
03-29-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Safe Crackingnew
Longtime screenwriter and first-time director Scott Frank talks about The Lookout.
Austin Chronicle |
Darcie Stevens |
03-29-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Lookout
Ice Capadesnew
This ice-skating comedy demonstrates that just because Will Ferrell is game for anything that might draw a laugh, it doesn't mean he should follow through with every idea that comes his way.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-29-2007 |
Reviews
Collateral Damagenew
Documentary from the filmmakers who made Gunner Palace details the story of Yunis Abbas, an Iraqi journalist falsely detained for nine months at Abu Ghraib.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
03-29-2007 |
Reviews
Oh! Calcutta!new
Mira Nair's complex meditation on family, relationships, and identity, traces the saga of two generations of an Indian-American family, as outlined in Jhumpa Lahiri's bestselling novel.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
03-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Mira Nair, The Namesake
Forgive Us Our Sinsnew
The Lookout, an odd caper story, marks Scott Frank's directorial debut after years of working as a screenwriter on movies like Get Shorty and Out of Sight.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
03-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Scott Frank, The Lookout
Call in the National Guardnew
This sequel to last year's remake is as witless and simpleminded as the irradiated humanoids that serve as the franchise's bad guys.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-29-2007 |
Reviews
The Cost of Happinessnew
French film wonders what it takes.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
03-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Avenue Montaigne, Daniele Thompson
Is Pervez Musharraf's Rule Near Its End?new
Pakistan's military dictator President-Gen. Pervez Musharraf is currently confronting the biggest crisis of his nearly eight-year rule -- all because he ticked off some lawyers.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
03-29-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
Creature Featurenew
This manic monster party from South Korea cleverly updates the Japanese monster-movie genre while offering a witty and sweet look at what's left of the nuclear family.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Bong Joon-ho, The Host
For the Sake of Othersnew
Sometimes you find bliss in unexpected places.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
03-29-2007 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire, moodswing
Mock Turtlesnew
Back on the screen for the first time since the early 90s, the Ninja Turtles are now animated via CGI, though their plot and character details got lost in the shuffle.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Kevin Munroe, TMNT
Mighty Smoothnew
Tiny new local brewery focused on sustainability
Eugene Weekly |
Nicole Fancher |
03-29-2007 |
Food+Drink
Hola Afghanistannew
Jesus Feliciano is a Mexican national who joins the Marines to gain U.S. citizenship and returns home from Iraq with a nasty case of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
03-29-2007 |
Reviews
It Came From the Rivernew
Somewhere between plainly campy horror flicks and the cheery spoof of Shawn of the Dead lies The Host.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
03-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Bong Joon-ho, The Host
