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Seven to See at Hopscotch 2011new

To put it simply, Budos Band is unstoppable.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
08-31-2011 |
Concerts
Saldana in Colombiana, Gleeson & Cheadle on Guardnew

Tthis hackneyed and wearisome melodrama that wastes a star turn from its lithe, lethal leading lady. She deserves better, and she’s not alone. It goes without saying that the viewer deserves better, too.
YES! Weekly |
Mark Burger |
08-31-2011 |
Reviews
Ballot count: ‘Ugly People’ at Overtimenew

How has politics responded to the 24-hour news cycle? By running election campaigns non-stop, of course.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
08-31-2011 |
Performance
UC Berkeley Student Wastenew
The annual cycle of buying stuff and throwing it away has begun.
East Bay Express |
Peter Lollo |
08-31-2011 |
Environment
San Antonio Dissident Plays Advisor to the Libyan rebelsnew

Before he fled Libya 30 years ago, Mansour El-Kikhia remembers driving past bodies strung up in town squares across Benghazi.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
08-31-2011 |
International
I can haz No Kill?new

No-kill by 2012? No way.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
08-31-2011 |
Animal Issues
Another Stoner Movienew

Thanks to Paul Rudd and T.J. Miller, 'Our Idiot Brother' is worth watching.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
08-31-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul Rudd, Our Idiot Brother
Rene Lopez: E.L.S.new

The pretensions of Rene Lopez's E.L.S. are hard to swallow.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
08-31-2011 |
Reviews
Paper Lossesnew

The Colorado Springs Gazette sees continuing decline, with paid home delivery now below 50,000.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
08-31-2011 |
Media
Hunting Nazis in The Debtnew

The Debt is an American remake of the 2007 Israeli drama-thriller HaHov, which concerns the particularly fraught world of Nazi hunting.
Hip-Hop and Comics Collidenew

For years now, comics and hip-hop culture have been on something of a collision course.
Charleston City Paper |
Corey Hutchins |
08-31-2011 |
Recreation
Sonic Adulthoodnew

When Sonic Youth welcomed indie filmmaker Dave Markey and his 8mm camera during a European tour in 1991, the resulting document was a snarky rockumentary titled 1991: The Year Punk Broke. Released in 1992, it marked a turning point in rock.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
08-31-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Man With the $16 Housenew

Squatter Ken Robinson's living the American dream.
Dallas Observer |
Leslie Minora |
08-31-2011 |
Housing & Development
Red Hot Chili Peppers: I'm With Younew

Who's the most important Chili Pepper?
San Antonio Current |
Chuck Kerr |
08-31-2011 |
Reviews
A Rogue Irish Cop in The Guardnew

Despite his proclivities for booze, hookers and the occasional tab of acid, you would want this cop on your side.