AltWeeklies Wire
Small-Screen Previews
We preview six TV shows, four DVDs, and one net video, for short attention spans.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
07-28-2006 |
TV
Tags: TV
The Death Penalty at 30new
Examine the facts and analyze the statistics, and ask, "Is the ultimate punishment is falling out of favor?"
Orlando Weekly |
Megan Schumacher |
07-27-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
East Meets Westnew
Ali dovetails her expressive, if ethnically vague, voice into gorgeously arranged, future-ready soundscapes that are as much Dead Can Dance as they are Enya.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
07-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Azam Ali, Elysium for the Brave
Taxing Authoritynew
Although grounded in Libertarian theory, this documentary presents provocative material about the perceived illegality of income taxes -- and various freedom-restricting consequences of the new world order.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
07-27-2006 |
Reviews
Yet Another Lost Funk Treasurenew
I honestly have no idea if KSB was a for-real group, but listen to the music and you'll know that it doesn’t really matter if they were.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
07-27-2006 |
Reviews
No Picnicnew
Childhood's fascination with all things small and squirmy makes this story of a boy who becomes an ant a pleasant, if undernourished, tale.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: John A. Davis, The Ant Bully
All Eyes on Brazilnew
This two-disc compilation from DJ Gilles Peterson highlights gems from the past and present.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
07-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Back in Brazil, Gilles Peterson
Fantastic?new
A cast of losers discusses the fate of a fish-girl out of water -- said discourse entails reciting ludicrous fairy-tale names in voices better suited to MAD TV's Mrs. Swan.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-27-2006 |
Reviews
Women on the Edge of Revoltnew
This Israeli film presents the region's conflict in terms of the world's most annoying, dysfunctional-family road trip, which renders the proceedings almost as exhausting as the real thing.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Amos Gitai, Free Zone
Homeroom Princesses Seek Revengenew
If Mean Girls was the high-school movie for college students, then Tucker is the high-school movie for middle schoolers.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Betty Thomas, John Tucker Must Die
Hard-Edged Violencenew
Michael Mann reprises characters Crockett and Tubbs, this time with them posing as dope couriers to bring down a megacartel.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Miami Vice, Michael Mann
Dressing Downnew
Perhaps vice isn't what it used to be, or maybe Crockett and Tubbs don't belong in this new time slot, but Michael Mann's movie turns out to be dreary and monochromatic.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Miami Vice, Michael Mann
Anger Managementnew
This high-concept farce crashes down pretty low: Think Fatal Attraction meets X-Men and you basically have the gist.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
07-27-2006 |
Reviews
Flighty Aphroditenew
Is it Woody Allen's taste in women that’s his undoing, or merely the untenable positions he puts them in?
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Scoop, Woody Allen
Yesterday's Newsnew
Woody Allen’s second British film with Scarlett Johansson finds the director falling back into the rut he carved for himself with every forgettable comedy since the underrated Deconstructing Harry.
Austin Chronicle |
Brian Clark |
07-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Scoop, Woody Allen
