AltWeeklies Wire
Living Forever?new
Can technology and science add to our human existence? Transhumanists think so.
Tucson Weekly |
Irene Messina |
08-15-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Is Vermont's Anti-Sex-Offender Hysteria Really Helping Kids?new
Pretty soon, no penalty of a sex offender is considered cruel and unusual enough. When the Supreme Court ruled that capital punishment for the rape of a child is unconstitutional, both presidential candidates expressed disappointment in the decision.
Seven Days |
Judith Levine |
08-15-2008 |
Crime & Justice
'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' is an Invigorating Trip Abroadnew
The fourth (and apparently final) film in what might be called Woody Allen's European period, this is the closest to what fans of his classic relationship comedies keep hoping the writer-director will produce again. It's a light, entertaining and romantic movie without the strained zaniness of 2006's Scoop, filled with mild humor, some wonderfully drawn characters and a lovely Spanish setting.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Josh Bell |
08-15-2008 |
Reviews
Gil Rhodes, the Junkyard Dognew
The ABC Metals owner has been flouting the law for years. Why has no one shut him down?
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
08-15-2008 |
Environment
Shot Puts and Handjobs: It's the Olympics!new
Isn't it long past due that the Olympics included a Shark Jumping event? The whole sweaty spectacle vaulted into inconsequence years ago.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Jim Washburn |
08-15-2008 |
Sports
Will WIC For Foodnew
Honestly, I've never thought of myself as someone who would need help feeding my family. Ann-Elise and I are both college graduates. We own our house. We have good credit. We make more money now than we ever have. But none of that changes the fact that we're trying to feed, clothe and house a family of four on less than $60,000 a year -- something that's getting harder and harder to do.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
08-15-2008 |
Children & Families
'Henry Poole' is Too Uninspired to be Inspirationalnew
Hollywood doesn't often deal directly with issues of faith and spirituality, mainly because it wants to appeal to as many people as humanly possible. So it's too bad that when a movie like Henry Poole Is Here finally steps up to the pulpit, director Mark Pellington phones it in.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Jeffrey M. Anderson |
08-15-2008 |
Reviews
Nukes in Wisconsin Still Not Likelynew
Nuclear supporters claimed that Gov. Jim Doyle, who's seeking to become a green governor, wants to end the 25-year-old moratorium on building nuclear power plants in Wisconsin. The problem, though, is that this simply isn't true.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
08-15-2008 |
Environment
David Carr Asks Himself the Toughest Questions in 'The Night of The Gun'new
Before it delivers the inevitable jolt of redemption, The Night of The Gun is a maddening book, dangerous in large doses to anyone who has ever romanticized the outlaw appeal of the addict, frequently absurd and offensive to those drunks and dope fiends who have somehow managed to ask for help and get on with their lives.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Steve Friedman |
08-15-2008 |
Nonfiction
Revenge of the Outcastsnew
In the Internet Age, when everything is democratized, the Fringe Festival is the performance equivalent of blogs: anyone can put up something, leaving it to the audience to be final editor.
Boulder Weekly |
Dylan Otto Krider |
08-14-2008 |
Performance
'Bottle Shock': Stick a Cork in Itnew
French oenological hauteur is shattered in this true but dully told story about the international debut of Napa Valley's wines.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-14-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Randall Miller, Bottle Shock
Putting the Buzz in Buzz Aldrennew
The animated Fly Me to the Moon is a simple parable of spirited can-do-ism, in which a trio of young houseflies semiaccidentally tags along on the Apollo 11 moonshot.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-14-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Ben Stassen, Fly Me to the Moon
'Henry Poole': Finding God in the Cracksnew
Director Mark Pellington has turned soft with this corny, redemptive, and/or inspirational tale that stars Luke Wilson.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
08-14-2008 |
Reviews
'The Last Mistress': Controversy Becomes Hernew
The latest titillation from French provocatrice Catherine Breillat is a period piece starring the ever-alluring Asia Argento.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-14-2008 |
Reviews
'Clone Wars' Introduces Girl Powernew
The only important things in this new animated epic are that viewers be blown away by the endless and pointless laser battles and that girl power comes into its own.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
08-14-2008 |
Reviews
