AltWeeklies Wire
Holiday on Icenew
Instead of an action comedy that’s as slick as ice, Harold Ramis’ sardonic new comedy is more like an uncongealed river of slush.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
11-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Harold Ramis, The Ice Harvest
Enlightened Turkey Leftoversnew
Instead of cream sauce or reheated gravy, consider waking up that fat-laden palate with a much-needed punch of lime, ginger and chiles.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Kim O'Donnel |
11-23-2005 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Kitchen Witch
For Small Wineries, Passion is Just as Key as Profitnew
Corporate wineries often focus on the profit machine, with enough resources to compete on price and volume. Smaller, family-owned wineries don't have deep pockets, so they create demand by producing craft-made, quality-driven wines.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
11-23-2005 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Corkscrew
Author Finds the Tension Between Irony and Sinceritynew
Losers and loners populate the pages of an Atlantan's collection of short stories and a novella.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
11-23-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Rent: We're Gonna Live Forevernew
Despite the grating, workmanlike direction of Chris Columbus, this boisterous film is a vivacious, wiseacre musical and an inarguable morality lesson: Love is all you need.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Chris Columbus, Rent
Some Homeless Women Still Can't Find Shelternew
In two weeks, the federal government stops paying to help the Katrina evacuees in our midst. Many of them will be on the streets, too.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
11-23-2005 |
Commentary
Cheaper by the Grossnew
This supersized family comedy makes The Brady Bunch look like an example of prudent family planning and sophisticated humor.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
11-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Raja Gosnell, Yours, Mine & Ours
So Long, It's Been Good to Know Younew
A tepid romantic comedy with a side order of vitriol.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Just Friends, Roger Kumble
The Secret Lives of Screenwritersnew
Playwright and screenwriter Craig Lucas debuts as a director of his own material with this nasty little story about interpersonal deceptions and Hollywood ethics.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
11-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Craig Lucas, The Dying Gaul
Take Me to Your Ashramnew
This documentary follows a group of spiritual voyagers through a series of pilgrimages and trips to Indian ashrams and holy festivals in order to create a portrait of the yogi life.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
11-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Naked in Ashes, Paula Fouce
Ambassador From Poetry Landnew
The Silver Jews' music has never sounded more essential than it does on their new album.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
11-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Silver Jews, Tanglewood Numbers
Girls Gone Wildnew
Shrinking violets, step aside: the Red Hat ladies have arrived.
Illinois Times |
Celeste Huttes |
11-23-2005 |
Culture
View to a Killnew
Buffalo Field Campaigners take aim at hunters in West Yellowstone during Montana's first bison hunt in 15 years.
Missoula Independent |
Brooke Hewes |
11-23-2005 |
Animal Issues
Enlarging Providencenew
An under-the-radar merger with Seattle's Providence Health System could impact Montana's medical landscape.
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
11-23-2005 |
Science
Pattern of Violencenew
One thing connects the otherwise unrelated young men charged in a recent spate of violent assaults -- more than half of them hold boxing licenses and are trained as amateur boxers.
Missoula Independent |
Caitlin Copple |
11-23-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
