AltWeeklies Wire
His Take on Swing Is Contemporary and Retronew
Traditional covers from Ellington, Gershwin and "Fats" Waller swing freshly, and Ray Noble's "Cherokee" features a breakneck virtuosity.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mark Gresham |
11-10-2005 |
Reviews
The Corpse Isn't the Only Thing That's Stiffnew
Master filmmaker Atom Egoyan goes for the mainstream with this new murder mystery, but sadly his aim is way, way off.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
11-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Atom Egoyan, Where the Truth Lies
Band Discusses Image With Black Dialoguenew
Akrobatik says his band turned being from Boston to their benefit, taking the time to grow their sound rather than waiting to be discovered by Jay-Z or Russell Simmons.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris parker |
11-10-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Perceptionists
Bollywood Baublenew
In a country famous for its exhaustively over-the-top filmmaking, India's Shaadi No. 1 is an extreme case: a maddeningly manic comedy-romance painted in vibrant shades of neon pink and Day-Glo violet.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: David Dhawan, Shaadi No. 1
Austen Reduxnew
This fresh adaptation of Jane Austen's masterpiece starring Keira Knightley presents a witty and lovesick skirmish of the sexes that exceeds all expectations.
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
11-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Joe Wright, Pride & Prejudice
Deep Freeze Comedynew
A mockumentary about the members of a Frozen Food Enthusiasts Club is funny when it stays on topic but becomes scattered when it strays.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
11-10-2005 |
Reviews
50 Cent Short 2 Bitsnew
The film story of Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson's tough road to success is so melodramatic that if it weren't real it would be laughable.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-10-2005 |
Reviews
Dowsednew
Rick Moody has made an ambitious leap into a sprawling, overstuffed satiric novel centered on the efforts of various incompetents to create a television mini-series called The Diviners.
Boston Phoenix |
Richard C. Walls |
11-10-2005 |
Fiction
Tags: Rick Moody, The Diviners
Seaside Dalliancesnew
The French still like to get their sex on, a fact confirmed again and again in this breezy, featherweight sex farce.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-10-2005 |
Reviews
Stardust Memoriesnew
It seems strange that one of the most popular acts of the 60s would only now be out on CD. But Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass haven't just been out of print for the past 30 years: they've been wiped from the collective memory banks.
Boston Phoenix |
Brett Milano |
11-10-2005 |
Reviews
Fowl Playnew
Disney's first all-CGI, made-in-house, animated feature is painful for all ages, despite a voice-talent roster to make the angels weep.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
11-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Chicken Little, Mark Dindal
Starting From Somethingnew
After an eight-year break, screenwriter Shane Black is back with Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, which has taken him in a different direction.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
11-10-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Shane Black
Planet Rocknew
Upstate New York’s Coheed and Cambria refuse to come down to earth. Yet despite their lack of obvious hit-single material, they are inhabiting major-label arena-rock.
Boston Phoenix |
Mikael Wood |
11-10-2005 |
Reviews
L.A. Storynew
Shane Black's directorial debut is a suckerpunch-and-a-half, a trippy tribute to L.A. noir and a genre-busting blitzkrieg attack on Hollywood pretentions that’s just as full of them as the pulp it lampoons.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Shane Black
Fear of Godnew
Thou shalt not criticize President Bush! Or somebody's going to rat you out to the IRS.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
11-10-2005 |
Religion
Tags: religion
