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The Long and (Oscar-) Worthy Road to Redemption of 'The Reader'new
Like Doubt, Stephen Daldry's The Reader is low-budget, high-profile and beamed straight at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Category of High Moral Tone.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
12-12-2008 |
Reviews
Gift Books for Every (Perverse) Tastenew
Who knew? We asked for holiday gift books and got Japanese bondage photos, a photo-documentary about phone-sex workers, The Best of Sexology, The Annotated Dracula, a collection of Patricia Highsmith's macabre Ripley novels, and a book about "the best restaurant in the world" that is, let's face it, food porn.
Boston Phoenix |
Staff & Contributors |
12-12-2008 |
Books
You're Suddenly Poor: Suck it Up and Be Cheapnew
When dealing with money, it's best to crouch in a permanent mental fetal position and brace for the end of the world.
Boston Phoenix |
Kara Baskin |
12-12-2008 |
Comedy
Geeky Xmas Gifts 101new
A beginners' guide to buying things you don't completely understand.
Boston Phoenix |
Georgiana Cohen |
12-12-2008 |
Shopping
High-tech High Jinx Under the Treenew
Anybody can give electronics that do something useful, it takes imagination to air-condition a dog.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
12-12-2008 |
Shopping
CDs for Christmas -- One Last Timenew
The major record labels are pulling out all the stops to release a plethora of new and reissue albums in the hopes that they can pump some blood back into what is increasingly looking like a moribund business model.
Boston Phoenix |
Daniel Brockman |
12-12-2008 |
Music
The 2008 Heroic Holiday DVD and Blu-ray Gift Guidenew
At the end of this year, when you're deciding between making December's mortgage payment or spending just a little bit more for little (or big) Billy's holiday gift, keep in mind that dear, cute Billy will always fondly remember 2008 as the year that his beloved superheroes whammed!
Boston Phoenix |
Brett Michel |
12-12-2008 |
Movies
Funds Cut for Campus Assault Preventionnew
Combating sexual assault is especially tough if your workspace is the size of a professional basketball player's shoebox.
Boston Phoenix |
Sara Faith Alterman |
12-12-2008 |
Education
The Nutcracker + Burlesque = The Slutcrackernew
"Later, Drosselmeyer returns with the vibrator. Lo and behold, it grows bigger and becomes the Slutcracker Prince. The Slutcracker courts Clara and convinces her with his wily ways to come to the land of sexual fantasy." Slideshow attached.
Boston Phoenix |
Jim Sullivan |
12-12-2008 |
Performance
Shutting Down Public-Access TV in L.A.new
If everything unfolds as planned, Time Warner will walk away from operating 12 public-access studios in L.A, which help everyday people to create hundreds of hours of content on 11 freewheeling, neighborhood-based public channels.
L.A. Weekly |
Patrick Range McDonald |
12-12-2008 |
Media
Militaries Map Out Scenarious for the Coming Climate Change Conflictsnew
I realized two years ago that the military in various countries were starting to run climate change scenarios in-house. So I started interviewing everybody I could get access to: not only senior military people, but scientists, diplomats and politicians.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
12-12-2008 |
Environment
Clever Invention by Kodak Takes Aim at Fraudulent Goodsnew
Traceless uses a colorless, odorless powder infused in an ink. A covert security marker is deposited on each item through thermal transfer, a process commonly used to print barcode labels. Kodak's proprietary reader can then scan a product and determine if the ink has been applied, letting the retailer know if the product is authentic.
NOW Magazine |
David Silverberg |
12-12-2008 |
Tech
Clint Eastwood Finds Salvation in 'Gran Torino'new
Above all, Gran Torino feels like a summation of everything he represents as a filmmaker and a movie star, and perhaps also a farewell.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
12-12-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino
'Doubt' Wags the Finger of Moral Relativismnew
With its bristling topicality, ritzy cast and the added bonus of Roger Deakins' gracefully bleak cinematography, Doubt is being squired around town as prime Oscar bait. But in Shanley’s hands, it only looks deep.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
12-12-2008 |
Reviews
A Handful of Designers Ignite Nashville's Underground Fashion Scenenew
A city where trends arrive two years too late and stick around for three years too long doesn't make anyone's short list of scenes to watch. But Nashville's underground designers are thriving despite that, mainly because they've managed to tap into a niche audience.
Nashville Scene |
Tracy Moore |
12-12-2008 |
Fashion
