AltWeeklies Wire
Extraordinarily Unintended Results
One would expect that the Catholic missionaries who once blanketed Latin America with their belief system returned to their European homes content that their converts would carry on the canonical traditions that define the Church.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Claudia Llosa, Madeinusa
Smart, Daring and Funny
Live Free or Die centers around the pathetic, fraudulent existence of John Rudgate, a jobless sad sack in a small New Hampshire town.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
I Seriously Doubted that 'Knee Deep' Was For-Real
One would think that a guy in small-town Maine who attempted to murder his mom after she sold the dairy farm he was set to inherit would turn up in a Google search or two -- but it didn't.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Knee Deep, Michael Chandler
Post-Katrina New Orleans Docs Aren't Too Hard to Find
With raw human drama inhabiting every corner of the city, only the most thick-skulled filmmaker could fail to produce a poignant portrait.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Stiff's Story
You have to love any movie that refers to Elvis Costello as "D.P. Costello: Pub Rocker."
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
The Blond and Cute Soccer Prodigy
Will homework or (gulp) boys keep her from her ball-playing dreams? One can only hope.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Her Best Move, Norm Hunter
A Winning Courtroom Drama
If you can ignore the outsized accents employed by the central characters and put aside the weariness you feel for period pieces that make this country's racist past seem quaintly historic, that is.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Heavens Fall, Terry Green
A Reminder of Why Americans Love Dick Wolf
This made-for-Australian-TV crime drama may have been exceptional Down Under, but it has claustrophobic production values, flat characters and a slow pace.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Greg Williams, The Glenmoore Job
Much to Chew On -- Perhaps Too Much
By piecing together professional, archival and home footage, Sex Pistols documentarian Julien Temple quilts this film about the world's largest music festival.
Orlando Weekly |
Bao Le-Huu |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Julien Temple, Glastonbury
Overdrawn and Unbelievable
Picking on those trapped in a stunted preadolescence -- toy collectors, train builders, comic-book nerds -- is as unfair as it is obvious.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: David Munro, Full Grown Men
They Deserve Betternew
Nearly two yeas have passed since the Louisiana Legislature created a taxpayer-supported fund for military families whose main breadwinner has been called up because of a disaster or war, the state is still dragging its feet on implementation.
Tags: war & peace
Disturbingly Hilarious
When Cindy married Frank in the early 1980s, she thought she was getting a sweet deal: He was cute, 17 years her junior and in a band whose single was climbing the charts.
Orlando Weekly |
Jessica Bryce Young |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Frank & Cindy, G.J. Echternkamp
Woods Worknew
Nature inspires new beginnings for displaced artists at an ecological retreat in New Orleans.
Tags: Economic Issues
Pumped Outnew
The Corps of Engineers is accused of buying and installing defective flood-protection pumps in New Orleans and changing the assessment criteria so the pumps could pass tests.
Gambit |
David Winkler-Schmit |
03-27-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Monks, Devils and Quakers in the 1800'snew
The lurid life and times of George Lippard, Philadelphia's original best-selling author.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Edward Pettit |
03-27-2007 |
History
Tags: history
