AltWeeklies Wire
Blood Sportnew
The world is watching Montana's first bison hunt in 15 years, and the world isn't going to like what it sees.
Missoula Independent |
George Ochenski |
11-17-2005 |
Animal Issues
Flying The Skull And Funnybones
Gideon Defoe's "Pirates!" adventure books are a blast, and if you're not careful, you just may learn something -- nothing of any value, of course, but something.
Columbus Alive |
Bob Starker |
11-17-2005 |
Fiction
Cost-Benefit Analysisnew
With city government secretly competing to attract an 800-employee DirecTV call center with freebies and tax incentives, who's asking the root question: Does Missoula really need these jobs?
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
11-17-2005 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Bombs Awaynew
Inside the mind of a Palestinian suicide bomber: That's the guarded territory broached in Paradise Now, a film fashioned as a thriller rather than a psychological study.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
11-17-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Hany Abu-Assad, Paradise Now
N.H. Metal Heroes Not To Be Taken for Granitenew
Scissorfight guitarist Jay Fortin confirms his band's credibility, as well as his hatred for "mall-ified" commodity emo.
Dig Boston |
Luke O'Neil |
11-17-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Scissorfight
Garbage Gourmetsnew
In today's mass-consumption culture, just about everything you need can be found in the trash for free, provided you know how to look for it.
Columbus Alive |
Bret Liebendorfer |
11-17-2005 |
Culture
Potter Tots Grow Up Lotsnew
This fourth Potter film is qualitatively different from the first three: It doesn't linger on gothic curlicues, and it emphasizes the emotional development of its characters with dramatic interplay rather than expressionistic, atmospheric gloom.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
11-17-2005 |
Reviews
Portrait of the Artist as a Gay Ladnew
Dorian Blues has wit, humor, good performances, and clever technique, which catapult the film into the front ranks of coming-out movies.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
11-17-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Dorian Blues, Tennyson Bardwell
All-American Swede Heartnew
Amandine are Swedish Americana rockers who speak in one accent, yet sing in another.
Dig Boston |
Jedd Gottlieb |
11-17-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Amandine
Off the Tracksnew
The first release from the new Weinstein Co. is a thriller starring Jennifer Aniston and Clive Owen that never fully engages the viewer's sympathies.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-17-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Mikael Hafstrom, Derailed
All Spelled Outnew
Myla Goldberg's novel about spelling-bee fever, a family in chaos and religious/mystic exploration arrives on the screen with all its faults intact but few of its charms.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
11-17-2005 |
Reviews
The Greatest Drug Rock Band in the History of Forevernew
So yeah, the guy from Earth did give Kurt Cobain the shotgun with which he killed himself. But besides that, Earth is an awesome band.
Dig Boston |
J. Bennett |
11-17-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Earth
Perhaps the Band Should Find Some New Hobbiesnew
U2 may not have the power to change the world with its music, but it still has the power of its celebrity.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Nikhil Swaminathan |
11-17-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: U2
She Makes Dreams Come Truenew
Fantasia's strings of life weren't always so sweet as her gorgeous high notes.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tamara Palmer |
11-17-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Fantasia, Free Yourself
Genre-Bending Film Surprises at Every Turnnew
Nifty, surprising and outrageously overplotted, The Dying Gaul changes its genre stripes so frequently, viewers may feel they've left a film fundamentally different than the one they entered.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
11-17-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Craig Lucas, The Dying Gaul
