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Oklahoma (In)Justicenew
Accused of killing a cop's son, one woman learns the hard way that in Oklahoma City justice isn't blind. It works for the prosecution.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
07-25-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Mayor Changes Story, Admits Leaknew
Soon after taking office, the new mayor of Jackson, Miss., changed sworn testimony, now admitting that he leaked a document to the city's Gannett-owned daily when he was head of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
07-24-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Hustled
All the grit but none of the realism of John Singleton's Boyz n the Hood is found in Brewer's split-personality portrait of the Memphis hood.
Missoula Independent |
Jason Wiener |
07-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Craig Brewer, Hustle & Flow
Celebrated AIDS Doctor Indictednew
A Southern California doctor and his nurse have been indicted for health-care fraud following reports in OC Weekly that the doctor shortchanged patients on the AIDS drugs they thought they were receiving.
Game Onnew
For sure, this is a movie about jocks, with all their ardor and devotion to the sport on full display, but the affecting Murderball also goes where no documentary about the physically impaired has gone before.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
07-22-2005 |
Reviews
No Signs of Lifenew
If you like Maxim, you'll love The Island -- it's glossy, expensive, full of slick ads and beautiful people reduced to posable action figures.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
07-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Bay, The Island
Rocky Meets the Mean Streets of Memphisnew
In a true starmaking turn, Terrence Howard commands the screen as a down-on-his-luck pimp and aspiring rapper.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
07-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Craig Brewer, Hustle & Flow
Hell-Boundnew
Rob Zombie's Super-16 death trip is the year's most viciously entertaining psycho road-movie, a heartfelt homage to '70s-era cinematic sleaze.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Rob Zombie, The Devil's Rejects
Base Hitnew
Kids and profanity will always be funny together, but this genial remake of the Walter Matthau hit has lost some of the edge.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Richard Linklater, Bad News Bears
A Brick of Crumb: A Handbook Collects the Cartoonistnew
The R. Crumb Handbook is a peculiar hybrid: part sampler of Crumb’s work, part autobiography, part festschrift, part documentation of his favorite things, part collection of photographs of the artist looking like one of his own caricatures.
Boston Phoenix |
Douglas Wolk |
07-22-2005 |
Nonfiction
Karl Rove and the Half-Wit Princenew
Minister of Magic Karl Rove meets Harry Potter in a spoof on the two biggest events of the week.
San Antonio Current |
Lisa Sorg |
07-22-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Born to Roll: Alamo City Rollergirls Are Tough on the Tracknew
Forget Raquel Welch in Kansas City Bomber. Today's roller derby is not your mother's beer-throwin' cat fight. It's a tough, competitive sport in which women can get their teeth knocked out.
San Antonio Current |
Susan Pagani |
07-22-2005 |
Recreation
Album is Nothing Too Fancynew
On his fourth release, Tin Lily, Kansas City singer/songwriter Jeff Black churns out a brand of Midwest farmland rock sometimes akin to that which made superstars out of Mellencamp and Springsteen 20 years ago.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mike Andrews |
07-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Jeff Black, Tin Lily
CDs Feel As Though They Exist Under Cloud Covernew
Balance 007 is no flatliner, but like an anesthetized patient's electrocardiogram, the pulse is perhaps too pain-free and steady.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
07-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Balance 007, Chris Fortier
Solo Release Shares Qualities With Filmnew
Tension and mystery lurk beneath this album's suspiciously calm surface. Alto-saxist David Sanborn adds a tough, slightly skewed quality to his musical love affairs, usually submerged under a lipstick-styled sheen.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
07-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Closer, David Sanborn
