AltWeeklies Wire
Rich and Fatuous
Coke hasn't ruined Mike Skinner's career, but it's blown his latest album.
Washington City Paper |
Andrew Beaujon |
05-19-2006 |
Reviews
Luck Be a Lohan Tonight
Luck is brainlessly fun.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
05-19-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Donald Petrie, Just My Luck
The Buena Vista Socialist Club
Garcia's zeal for the project doesn't translate to passion on the screen.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
05-19-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Andy Garcia, The Lost City
War and Misremembrance
Rambo was wrong.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
05-19-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: David Zeiger, Sir! No Sir!
Cracking Up the Code
Howard's film is a soft mush of the book's ideas.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
05-19-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Ron Howard, The Da Vinci Code
Keeping the Faithnew
A Memphis group arises from a failing National Conference for Community and Justice to deal with diversity issues.
The Memphis Flyer |
Mary Cashiola |
05-19-2006 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Just Do Itnew
One man's ailing boot factory and a transvestite's need for extra-large thigh-highs become a perfect match in this British comedy about tolerance.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
05-19-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Julian Jarrold, Kinky Boots
Over the Topnew
Canny casting and a sly anti-consumerist message give this animated feature extra adult appeal, but like a lot of animated fare it's overly busy and splashy.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
05-19-2006 |
Reviews
Breaking Ranksnew
The GI anti-war movement during the Vietnam war is recounted in this revelatory documentary whose current implications cannot be underestimated.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
05-19-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: David Zeiger, Sir! No Sir!
Unmoored Beautynew
This Aussie coming-of-age film features a mesmerizing performance by stateside newcomer Abbie Cornish as the 16-year-old lead.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
05-19-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Cate Shortland, Somersault
Ghosts of Protests Pastnew
This Oscar nominee from Germany chronicles the last desperate hours of Sophie Scholl, a real-life German university student who, in 1943 Munich, ran afoul of the gestapo.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
05-19-2006 |
Reviews
Advocacy Journalism
We're encouraged to see journalism as dispassionate -- but passive acceptance of murderous priorities in our midst is a form of de facto advocacy.
Random Lengths News |
Norman Solomon |
05-19-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
What Makes the Media Tic?
When media outlets provide a daily focus
on repetitive events and chronic situations, the results are often
journalistic grooves that turn into ruts.
Random Lengths News |
Norman Solomon |
05-19-2006 |
Commentary
Motion in the Oceannew
With the Unicorns put out to pasture, Nick Diamonds and J’aime Tambeur chart a new course with Islands.
Montreal Mirror |
Lorraine Carpenter |
05-19-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Islands
Empty Gesturesnew
As shown by his announcement to send National Guard troops to the border, the president remains forever willing to use his citizen soldiers for his own political purposes.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Editorial |
05-19-2006 |
Commentary
