AltWeeklies Wire
Hazarding a Guess as to Why They Remade Thisnew
Watching trailers for the new Dukes of Hazzard movie -- and hearing its soundtrack -- is like watching the second-rate 1982-83 season in which the actors playing Bo and Luke Duke walked off the set: It's working like a $2 watch.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
08-04-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Was Arson Eco-Terror?new
As many as 16 nearly complete houses have been torched in or near a posh golf-course development in Coweta County, according to the state Insurance and Safety Fire Commission. At least one of them was destroyed by fire three times.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
08-04-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Losing Hanna: Lost in a Bureaucratic Mazenew
In spite of her family's pleas, 15-year-old Hanna Montessori never had her profile entered in the national missing children's database. When her photo finally appeared on the Internet, it was marked "Deceased." Second of two parts; see Part 1.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mara Shalhoup |
08-04-2005 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Book Written as Letter to Bin Ladennew
The novel is written as a letter to Osama bin Laden from a distraught unnamed woman whose husband and son were killed in an al-Qaeda bombing of a London football stadium. It was released in Britain on the same day as the real-life bombings of the London mass transit system.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
08-04-2005 |
Fiction
Busted in Boomtownnew
Once a desperately poor region populated by hardscrabble mountain-dwellers, Northwest Arkansas is now one of the fastest-growing areas in the country, fueled by a hub of home-grown Fortune 500 companies.
Arkansas Times |
Warwick Sabin |
08-04-2005 |
Economy
Keeping it Coolnew
In 100-degree heat, taste buds crave a generous pour of a crisp, acidic, well-chilled white wine.
Jackson Free Press |
Lesley Tolar McHardy |
08-04-2005 |
Food+Drink
Poor Kids' Hoop Dreamsnew
Underfunded schools in poor communities anticipate the elimination of athletic programs, which could disable a student’s ability to advance in today’s society.
Jackson Free Press |
Ken Stiggers |
08-04-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Vote for Depedronew
Kid 606 -- aka Miguel Depedro -- continues to push the envelope both conceptually and sonically.
Missoula Independent |
Adam Fangsrud |
08-04-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kid 606, Resilience
Let Your Monkey Do It!new
What's so scary about natural childbirth? The author and his wife found the answer -- not much -- and discovered much more by experiencing it firsthand.
Missoula Independent |
Skylar Browning |
08-04-2005 |
Science
A Joyful Noisenew
Characters bleed, have sex, hang out in scuzzy rock clubs and grapple with ugly problems in this film with a Christian message.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
08-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Denise Coates, Our Burden is Light
Backwoods Throwbacknew
The remake is about as deep as Jessica Simpson's cleavage.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
08-04-2005 |
Reviews
Traveling Manchildnew
A grueling journey is undertaken by a Vietnamese teen to find his absent mother in Ho Chi Minh City, and then his father, a former G.I., in Texas.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-04-2005 |
Reviews
Not Another (Troubled) Teen Movienew
Suburban drug-addled teens with dysfunctional parents take a stab at profundity, but Chumscrubber, a soft satire at best, is dogged by a feeling of been-there, done-that.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
08-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Arie Posin, The Chumscrubber
Bilingual Scandal-Mongeringnew
John Leguizamo plays a TV reporter in Ecuador in a film that examines the ethics of tabloid journalism.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Crónicas, Sebastián Cordero
Bollywood Film Honors The Godfathernew
Although Sarkar is an original story, its saga of a boss of the people who dispenses justice that might otherwise be denied has many similarities to the Coppola masterpiece.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Ram Gopal Varma, Sarkar
