AltWeeklies Wire
Philly's Other Bike Racenew
The North American Cycle Courier Championships are coming to Philadelphia -- are we ready? Are they?
Philadelphia City Paper |
Brian Howard |
08-29-2006 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Police Strip Homeless of Comfortnew
Critics of the LAPD say milk crate recovery is a new harassment.
L.A. Alternative |
Evan George |
08-29-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Without Bordersnew
Don't confuse this Sundance charmer with My Big Fat Mexican Debut, for its farcical scenes of high hair and waltzes form a light-comic prism for watching race, age, class, and sexuality collide.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
08-28-2006 |
Reviews
The Fruits of Democracynew
Using the Iraqi democratic elections in early 2005 as its focal point, this powerful documentary is the sad lament of Iraqis who truly want the best for their homeland, despite seemingly overwhelming odds.
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
08-28-2006 |
Reviews
True Gritnew
Mark Wahlberg plays footballer Vincent Papale in this story about how he captured a spot on the Philadelphia Eagles team in an open tryout.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Ericson Core, Invincible
Sleight of Hand, Slight Movienew
Surprisingly, this atmospheric movie starring some of the greatest actors of our time is a dull and enervating bore.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Neil Burger, The Illusionist
Thirties-Era Gangster Rapnew
OutKast has been operating as two separate and distinct musical personas for at least three years now, and Idlewild unwisely continues this trend into the cinematic realm.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Bryan Barber, Idlewild
Worms on a Playgroundnew
This kids movie is not as wormy as it sounds.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
08-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Bob Dolman, How to Eat Fried Worms
Flatter Than Stale Beernew
The jokes in this latest film from the Broken Lizard comedy troupe are about as potent as near-beer.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
08-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Beerfest, Jay Chandrasekhar
The New Web Geniusesnew
In the first wave of blather and hype about the Internet, what was totally missed was that the Internet would create its own needs, its own kind of desirable goods that were completely unpredictable -- today, creative slackers are becoming online millionaires.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
08-28-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The JonBenet Factornew
The shame of monopoly media continues with the latest Big Story to push the war and just about everything else off the air.
Boston Phoenix |
Editorial |
08-28-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Mississippi Bluesnew
Ever wonder what became of all the tax dollars and personal donations you sent to the Gulf Coast over the past year in the wake of Hurricane Katrina?
Boston Phoenix |
Nina MacLaughlin |
08-28-2006 |
Disasters
Hunting the Wild Deaniacnew
Former Virginia governor Mark Warner is making the switch from right-winger to insurgent outsider -- but will the grossroots buy it?
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
08-28-2006 |
Politics
In Search of 'Sexy'new
Early word from those that've heard an advanced copy of FutureSex: Timberlake no longer sounds like Michael Jackson -- now he sounds like Prince.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Brian McManus |
08-28-2006 |
Music
Gimme Shelternew
How well did Birmingham's Katrina relief efforts measure up?
Birmingham Weekly |
Kyle Whitmire |
08-28-2006 |
Disasters
