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Bush: 'I'm Not Making This Up'new

Our plaintive president pleads case for war, wiretapping.

The Village Voice | James Ridgeway | 01-05-2006 | Civil Liberties

Tags: war in iraq, Bush administration, George W. Bush, domesticspying, national security administration, NSA, domestic spying, wiretapping

Power Pointnew

Woody Allen's location switch from New York to London has yielded his most bracing, sure-handed, satisfying film in at least a decade.

Boston Phoenix | Gary Susman | 01-05-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Woody Allen, Match Point

Scarlett's Lettersnew

Match Point co-stars Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers lob a few in this interview.

Boston Phoenix | Gary Susman | 01-05-2006 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Woody Allen, Match Point

Anything Left To Say?new

On First Impressions of Earth, the Strokes sound like a band determined to shed the one-trick-pony tag.

Boston Phoenix | Will Spitz | 01-05-2006 | Reviews

Tags: First Impressions of Earth, The Strokes

Grave Diggin'new

By the time most rappers drop their fourth album, either everybody’s paying attention or nobody is, but for Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace, the truth may be somewhere in between.

Boston Phoenix | Chris Nelson | 01-05-2006 | Reviews

Tags: B.I.G., biggie smalls, Duets: The Final Chapter, Notorious

Solitary Man?new

It's easy to forget just how hard it’s been to pin down Neil Diamond over the years.

Boston Phoenix | Matt Ashare | 01-05-2006 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Neil Diamond

Tasteless, Yet Inspirationalnew

Since the romantic subplot and slapstick stumble so often, a film that focused on the complex dynamics among the disabled should have been more special.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Curt Holman | 01-05-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Hollywood, Product, Barry W. Blaustein, The Ringer

Politics of Painnew

When it comes to the legalization of medical marijuana in Rhode Island, the question has generally been when -- not if -- it would happen.

Boston Phoenix | Ian Donnis | 01-05-2006 | Science

Tags: Health & Science

Behind the Musicnew

Despite being frustratingly too abstract at times, this film can be revelatory.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Curt Holman | 01-05-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Daniel Anker, Music from the Inside Out

Luscious Lists, Part Twonew

In the exciting conclusion of a two-part series, our critics recap 2005 faves -- just because they can.

Tucson Weekly | Curtis McCrary, Linda Ray and Stephen Seigel | 01-05-2006 | Reviews

Tags: yearinreview2005

Happy Hookernew

Memoirs of a Geisha inappropriately tells the clean, beautiful story of a girl sold into sex slavery.

Tucson Weekly | Bob Grimm | 01-05-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Memoirs of a Geisha, Rob Marshall

Man Troublenew

Despite toying with the dark American fantasy of living off the grid and putting a bullet in the head of corporate America, the film ultimately reminds us that we're all just working for the man.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Felicia Feaster | 01-05-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Richard Shepard, The Matador