AltWeeklies Wire
A Reality-Battered Psychenew
Forget that it's, like, the 1,264th documentary about the Iraq situation and you'll thank yourself at the end of Occupation: Dreamland.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
02-02-2006 |
Reviews
The Necessity of Violence?new
Paradise Now renders its twin protagonists' countdown to martyrdom as a suspense story that keeps reminding us of the parallels between terrorism and mass entertainment.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
02-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Hany Abu-Assad, Paradise Now
2 Fast 2 Fatuousnew
Sir Anthony Hopkins portrays Burt Munro, an aged New Zealander who traveled all the way to the Bonneville Salt Flats in the 1960s to see what kind of speeds his vintage Indian motorcycle could handle.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
02-02-2006 |
Reviews
More Than a 'Snap Music' Actnew
They may be gangsta, but Dem Franchize Boyz are still entertainers.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
02-02-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Show Businessnew
Mrs. Henderson Presents is a bit of theatrical history that relies on recurrent full-frontal nudity but which you can still take your mom and dad to.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
02-02-2006 |
Reviews
Minstrel With Mayhemnew
At the heart of the album is conflict -- the thin line between consumer and critic, hip-hop's soul vs. hip-hop sold -- and Little Brother isn't immune to the syndrome.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
02-02-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Little Brother, The Minstrel Show
The Big Book of Pornnew
Finally, a book about pornography that doesn't get buried in socio-scientific mumbo-jumbo about exploitation and instead focuses on the garish, classless fun of it all.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
02-02-2006 |
Nonfiction
Persistence is Her Fortenew
Although the Scottish virtuoso percussionist has possessed only limited hearing since age 12, she wants audiences to focus on her music rather than her deafness.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mark Gresham |
02-02-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Georgia Artists Represent at Grammysnew
We'll be rooting for Atlanta stars that are all up in this piece, like Jermaine Dupri and Ciara.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
02-02-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Solitary Successnew
The Canadian singer/songwriter has grown and evolved, much like the cover art for her album.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
02-02-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Leslie Feist, Let It Die
Almost Dreamlikenew
Populated with a congregation of one-dimensional characters and an amazingly predictable plot, this film fails to shed new light on the complexities of interracial romance.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Carlton Hargro |
02-02-2006 |
Reviews
Go, Speed Racernew
With a feisty codger taking an allegorical American journey on an unlikely vehicle, this film evokes the lawnmower road trip of David Lynch's The Straight Story.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-02-2006 |
Reviews
Anonymous Sex Leads to Alienationnew
If Middle America isn't yet ready for Brokeback Mountain's sensitive cowboys in love, then it probably won't take too kindly to this flagrant display of gay lust.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
02-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Garcon Stupide, Lionel Baier
Hot-Button Topicsnew
Amalia Amaki is an artist of remarkable complexity who bridges the gap between the worlds of high and popular art.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
02-02-2006 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Shredded Outnew
The age-old question that has haunted rock musicians since Jerry Lee Lewis busted vinyl arises again: Is the guitar solo dead?
Reno News & Review |
Chase Carpenter |
02-02-2006 |
Music
