AltWeeklies Wire
Aliens, Beware!new
At NASA Space Camp for kids, an adult infiltrator despairs over kids' preparedness to go into space.
Tags: aliens, extraterrestrial
The Identity Makersnew
In the age of terror, are the people who make fake identification documents for the Hispanic community noble public servants -- or national security risks?
SF Weekly |
Cristi Hegranes |
07-26-2005 |
Immigration
War of the Energy Worldsnew
A coalition of Nevadans say wind and geothermal power could achieve the same goals as a coal-burning plant proposed for the Nevada desert without environmental devastation.
Reno News & Review |
Deidre Pike |
07-26-2005 |
Environment
Tags: Sierra Club, San Diego, acid-rain-causing nitrogen oxide (NOx) and sulfur dioxide (SOx), cartographer, Friends of Nevada Wilderness, Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, Public Resource Associates, Sempra Energy compressed coal-burning plant, Smoke Creek Desert, supply power to California. David Rumsey, the Gerlach General Improvement District and the Pyramid Lake Tribe, toxic emissions, Washoe County, Western Resource Advocates, Wildlife
Karl Rove: The Early Yearsnew
The Bush aide’'s Nevada years are already starting to develop their own mythology.
Reno News & Review |
Dennis Myers |
07-26-2005 |
Politics
He's Only the Piano Playernew
Ben Folds' second solo full-length studio album resembles a series of snapshots of everyday life. Sonically it's the quietest album he's ever released.
Riverfront Times |
Annie Zaleski |
07-26-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ben Folds, Songs for Silverman
Ask a Negro Leaguernew
An all-star infielder for Negro League baseball teams in the 1950s names the pitcher he'd like to see start Game Seven of the World Series.
Riverfront Times |
Prince Joe Henry |
07-26-2005 |
Sports
Bears Are Usnew
This baseball film is both a spot-on 1970s period piece and a spectacularly irreverent movie for kids whose parents let them curse at will.
Riverfront Times |
Blind Phyllis |
07-26-2005 |
Reviews
Mission Impossiblenew
The ensemble improvises live soundtracks alongside screenings of films by experimental pioneer Stan Brakhage.
The Pitch |
Jason Harper |
07-26-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Overkillnew
Critics are wetting themselves in praise of this documentary depicting the world of quadripilegic rugby. But it's easy to recognize the ways in which the film is manipulative and predictable.
Phoenix New Times |
Robrt L. Pela |
07-26-2005 |
Reviews
Grand Jury Indicts Divorce 'Mediator'new
A grand jury in Arizona's Maricopa County indicted mediator Gary Karpin, known as "Dr. Gary," of 14 counts of theft and two counts of defrauding clients.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
07-26-2005 |
Children & Families
Who's Afraid of Façade?new
Virginia Woolf Meets Grand Theft Auto.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Dahlen |
07-26-2005 |
Video Games
Feeling Hustled
Resist the Rocky redemption references -- strong performances aside, Hustle & Flow is a lazy and somewhat ignorant empty gesture.
Columbus Alive |
Nikki Davis |
07-25-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Craig Brewer, Hustle & Flow
Tortured Horror
Rob Zombie's lovingly-made latest will leave genre fans squirming in their seats by the finale, but maybe not for the right reasons.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
07-25-2005 |
Reviews
More Bad News
Richard Linklater and the Bad Santa boys' remake is amusing, but also completely superfluous.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
07-25-2005 |
Reviews
Sci-fi Twist on Action Film Flops
Michael Bay's The Island rapidly devolves into a brainless mess of chases and badly choreographed action movie clichés, all told in Bay’s signature choppy, brutal, throbbing style.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
07-25-2005 |
Reviews
