AltWeeklies Wire
Verve Jazz for the Youngnew
Hip international beatmakers are invited to have their way with material from the jazz giant’s vault.
Boston Phoenix |
Mikael Wood |
12-27-2005 |
Reviews
The Year in Gamingnew
There was a lot of talk about a lack of good ideas, games becoming too expensive, studios getting too bloated, games being too violent and Nintendo losing their minds. But 2005 proved that even a down year can still provide a lot of excitement.
Montreal Mirror |
Erik Leijon |
12-27-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: yearinreview2005
Good, Bad and Bigfoot Autobiographiesnew
The Montreal Mirror reviews the year in books, including categories like Best Anti-diet Book and Trend That Must End: The Pornoir.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
12-27-2005 |
Books
Tags: yearinreview2005
Holiday Round-Upnew
Aussie slasher Wolf Creek and sexless period piece Casanova are among the many holiday releases to read about before seeing.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays, Sarah Rowland and Mark Slutsky |
12-27-2005 |
Movies
Hanukkah Outrocks Christmasnew
This year's Hanukkah could beat out the Christmas competition in New York, thanks to a burgeoning wave of musicians recording and performing individual takes on Jewish identity.
The Village Voice |
Elena Oumano |
12-27-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
A New York Porn Empirenew
Joanna Angel, poster child for alt-porn, is building a mountain of fame directing one sex comedy at a time.
The Village Voice |
Tristan Taormino |
12-27-2005 |
Sex
The Life of Grime
Two recent compilations offer not only snapshots of the dark-horse scenes of U.K. grime and the Southern rap that's more old-school funk than crunk, but also rare examples of the cash-strapped hiphop lyricist.
Washington City Paper |
David Dunlap Jr. |
12-23-2005 |
Reviews
Race to the Finish
The book provides a useful catalog of American ingenuity in the cause of ethnic purity.
Washington City Paper |
Bell Clement |
12-23-2005 |
Nonfiction
Non-Special K
Johnny Knoxville made a name for himself by acting like a retard on Jackass, so consider The Ringer his comeuppance.
Washington City Paper |
Jason Powell |
12-23-2005 |
Reviews
Undercover Dick
Nobody should be surprised to see Jim Carrey and Tea Leoni get all manic on the big screen. So why doesn't Dean Parisot let his two leads have more fun with Fun With Dick & Jane?
Washington City Paper |
Josh Levin |
12-23-2005 |
Reviews
The Schlong Goodbye
Easy to like, especially for its non-fairy-tale-ish take on achieving contentment.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
12-23-2005 |
Reviews
Sparkling Twit
Relentlessly loopy, the film aims to prove that, aside from the love of a wee lost boy for his mam, sass and sparkle conquer all.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
12-23-2005 |
Reviews
Mission Unconscionable
Of the directors who transformed Hollywood in the '70s, Steven Spielberg has made both the most successful and the most simplistic movies. At this point, the last thing anyone could have reasonably expected from him is a film that's not only serious but also complex.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
12-23-2005 |
Reviews
Annus Horribilisnew
The past 360-some days have been marked by epic natural disaster, interminable war, terrorist bombs, perfidious politics, and pop-culture inanity.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
12-23-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: yearinreview2005
Jocks in Cuffsnew
Sluggish performances by Mike Tyson and the Portland Trailblazers seemingly skewed the number of athlete arrests downward in 2005, but the sports-crime industry remained vital thanks to Lawrence Phillips and a little stylistic marketing kitsch.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Taibbi |
12-23-2005 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
