AltWeeklies Wire
Pandora's Bossnew
Pandora.com could be the MySpace of music.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
04-10-2006 |
Music
Pretty Girls Make Savesnew
Indie rock teams up with a baseball videogame -- really.
Dallas Observer |
Sam Machkovech |
04-10-2006 |
Music
Technology Disassemblednew
New York Times columnist David Pogue defends himself, blames his bosses and steps deeper into the ethical morass of accepting gifts.
Tags: media
The Sweetest Dealnew
Mayor Mike White's friends made millions on a convention center, but Cleveland got screwed for years to come.
Cleveland Scene |
Lisa Rab |
04-10-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
'66 Pickup
Like so much of Hill's early stuff, this disc is distinguished by its dualism -- the tension between its avant-gardist and populist impulses.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
04-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Andrew Hill, Time Lines
Slugs From Outer Spacenew
Writer-director James Gunn knows what makes horror fans howl, and he's one heck of a writer to boot.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
04-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: James Gunn, Slither
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Anyone who's expecting a solid telling of a talented man's self-destruction should stay away.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
04-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Stephen Woolley, Stoned
Dead Can Dance
If you can't guess exactly what's coming, you've obviously never seen a dancing movie before -- or any movie, really.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
04-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Liz Friedlander, Take The Lead
Escape Artistnew
Room wears the skin of a psychological thriller, but plays out as something far darker, weirder and more distancing.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
04-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Kyle Henry, Room
Boy, Can She Pick 'Em
Seduction doesn't look all that seductive in Basic Instinct 2.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
04-07-2006 |
Reviews
Throws in Everything -- and the Towelnew
This fun but ultimately disappointing mistaken-identity thriller has style galore, which may actually be the crux of its problem.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
04-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Lucky Number Slevin, Paul McGuigan
DeLillo Strikes Outnew
Novelist Don DeLillo's first foray as a screenwriter uses the legendary sixth game of the 1986 World Series as the central metaphor in this film starring Michael Keaton and Robert Downey Jr.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
04-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Game 6, Michael Hoffman
Noir School Confidential
Evoking John Huston, Jean-Luc Godard and John Hughes without resorting to slavish imitation, Brick doesn't come out of nowhere, but it does end up in a class of its own.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
04-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Brick, Rian Johnson
War and Peacenew
This scathingly satirical, often horrific mockumentary examines what America might look like if the South had won the Civil War.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
04-07-2006 |
Reviews
Miasma Vice
This is a carefree exercise in murder and retribution, more concerned with style than the moral implications of its protagonist's crusade.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
04-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Lucky Number Slevin, Paul McGuigan
