AltWeeklies Wire
Fishing for a Good Read?new
The annual winter reading issue: novels, nonfiction, graphic novels and more, from Richard Ford to Alan Moore.
Eugene Weekly |
Eugene Weekly Staff and Freelancers |
12-15-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Fiction Reviews
Worry, Avoid 'Happy'new
Uplifting in the blandest possible way.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
12-15-2006 |
Reviews
Dreck the Hallsnew
Big names can’t help the waaay contrived story.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
12-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Nancy Meyers, The Holiday
Piggy Blanknew
Wilbur’s relationship with Charlotte fails to stir emotions.
Washington City Paper |
Justin Moyer |
12-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Charlotte's Web, Gary Winick
Become What You Aren'tnew
A moving drama that delivers.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
12-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Live and Become, Radu Mihaileanu
Decline and Fallnew
As long as Gibson's film runs, it can't get out from under the director's continued fascination with the indignities man visits on man.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
12-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Apocalypto, Mel Gibson
Food for Thoughtnew
Linklater's new film is a dull compromise between a soap opera and Upton Sinclair's The Jungle.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
12-15-2006 |
Reviews
Black, White and Always Greennew
Exploring the color of New York's racially fractured real estate market.
New York Press |
Brian Carter |
12-15-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Indiana's Welfare Recipients Worrynew
Governor Mitch Daniels plans to privatize services.
NUVO |
Michael Dabney |
12-15-2006 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Reform After the Stormnew
Campaign finance rules will change, conveniently, just after New York's major elections.
New York Press |
John DeSio |
12-15-2006 |
Politics
Lust Life: The Power of Fantasynew
A sexual fantasy is laden with psychological implications, especially if it involves taboo.
New York Press |
Stephanie Sellars |
12-15-2006 |
Commentary
Walk on the Weird Sidenew
Lou Reed's 1973 concept album, Berlin, finally comes to life.
New York Press |
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni |
12-15-2006 |
Music
'One Last Chance'new
The Iraq Study Group's Leon Panetta sees a slim possibility for peace in Iraq.
Monterey County Weekly |
Eric Johnson |
12-15-2006 |
International
Tags: war in iraq, iraq study group
Media Threatnew
Social media, user-generated content, digital egalitarianism -- big media has a big problem.
New York Press |
Adario Strange |
12-15-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Third Degree: Ken Burnsnew
The documentary filmmaker discusses the FCC, creeping fundamentalism, The War, and why soldiers should curse on TV.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
David Davin |
12-15-2006 |
TV
Tags: TV
