AltWeeklies Wire
Down With Elizabethtownnew
Bad plot, bad dialogue, bad acting: It's Cameron Crowe's magnum opus!
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Cameron Crowe, Elizabethtown
Heart Murmur
If Strange Geometry is any indication, the long-standing hipster backlash against R.E.M. appears, finally, to have ended.
Washington City Paper |
Shannon Zimmerman |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Reality Bites
Cynics have suggested that Hollywood loves no subject more than itself. And Reel Paradise proves that you don't need a big studio--or even the pretense of fiction--to make a self-important movie about movies.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Sugarcoated Tale
This DreamWorks production about a little girl and a special horse is slow-moving and treacly, and--unless you actually buy that bit of marketing flimflam about being "inspired by a true story"--it yields no surprises.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Character Deferences
Set in Minnesota's Iron Range as Anita Hill testifies against Clarence Thomas on TV, North Country is a new Warner Bros. movie in the spirit of the old. It's based on one woman miner's crusade to be treated with decency.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
A Reporter in Search of a Novel
Given a lurid case, a reporter becomes a film-noir character, stalking dark alleys in search of light. This setup works even if the reporter is a squeaky-voiced gay narcissist who combines the mannerisms of the Deep South with those of the Manhattan intellectual.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Indian-Style Hot Pretzels: Bikram Yoganew
Except for the usual, mildly over-reaching claims of curative power that affect all styles of yoga, Bikram and other types might actually understate their benefits.
Boise Weekly |
Dr. Ed Rabin |
10-20-2005 |
Science
Fitness in Ten Thousand Easy Steps: Pedometersnew
A vacuum cleaner or liposuction might have been a more insulting birthday gift than a pedometer, but at least they cost more than 20 bucks.
Boise Weekly |
Dr. Ed Rabin |
10-20-2005 |
Science
The Night Before Pill: Hangover Pillsnew
Hangovers, it seems, are nature's way to find an audience for The Price is Right.
Boise Weekly |
Dr. Ed Rabin |
10-20-2005 |
Science
Tags: alcohol, alternative medicine, Supplements, drinking, Herbal, Chaser, hangovers, Morning After
Get out the Bloat Campaign: Eight Glasses of Water?new
When figuring the total water you have in a day, don't forget to include the amount you chew. For example, a medium apple is about 86 percent water.
Boise Weekly |
Dr. Ed Rabin |
10-20-2005 |
Science
Just Nuke It: Microwave Ovensnew
The first microwave the columnist can remember his family having was among the first ever made. It was probably a walk-in model, and weighed slightly more than both his parents put together.
Boise Weekly |
Dr. Ed Rabin |
10-20-2005 |
Science
Fire One Up: Ear Candles
From its mysterious, ancient roots, ear candling (or coning) probably inspired the very first people on earth to remark: “Your village called; they’re missing their idiot.”
Boise Weekly |
Dr. Ed Rabin |
10-20-2005 |
Science
Popeye’s New Can Isn’t Spinach: Energy Drinks
The only drawback this caffeine-addicted health advice columnist sees to his daily pot of espresso is having to erase all the exclamation points after every first draft.
Boise Weekly |
Dr. Ed Rabin |
10-20-2005 |
Science
Play Hide the Vitamin: Sublingual B12
Contrary to the anti-psychiatric screed on daytime television by a hyperactive movie star and his couch-jumping passion shtick, all mental illness is not caused by vitamin deficiency (Exhibit A: Tom Cruise himself).
Boise Weekly |
Dr. Ed Rabin |
10-20-2005 |
Science
Everlasting Tarnish: Colloidal Silver
A lifetime of blending into the asphalt is a high price to pay for the Best Costume Award.
Boise Weekly |
Dr. Ed Rabin |
10-20-2005 |
Science
