AltWeeklies Wire
Both Lopez and Fonda Blow Comebacksnew
This banal and lukewarm slice of romantic comedy is as soft and ephemeral as any colorized Ted Turner outing.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
05-13-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Robert Luketic, Monster-in-Law
Final Grade Is Life or Deathnew
In this stale thriller, young FBI profilers have a hard time figuring out who is picking them off, one by one.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
05-13-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Renny Harlin, Mindhunters
Evidence Lostnew
Korean cop film is based on the country's first real serial-killer case in 1986, a case that flummoxed the police along with everyone else.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
05-13-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Joon-ho Bong, Memories of Murder
Daddy Dearestnew
An acute observation of the ways in which we fail to communicate marks this French film, which won the screenwriting award at last year's Cannes Film Festival.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
05-13-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Agnès Jaoui, Look at Me
Soccer Dads on Coffee Jagnew
Will Ferrell, Robert Duvall, and Mike Ditka all appear together in a film that sings the praises of kids' soccer and caffeine addiction.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
05-13-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Jesse Dylan, Kicking & Screaming
Stereophonics: Not Taming Any Unicorns Just Yetnew
The Stereophonics equally pride themselves on writing hits and hemorrhaging fans.
Dig Boston |
Luke O'Neil |
05-13-2005 |
Music
A Heavy Pournew
Unlike many of today’s crime writers, wedded to their research and well-documented auras of realism, James Crumley understands that a lot of exaggeration goes a long way when you want to capture the essence of a place.
Missoula Independent |
John Freeman |
05-13-2005 |
Fiction
Tags: James Crumley, The Right Madness
Rules of Green Thumbnew
Rules of thumb on when to plant crops contain crucial information about culture and place, and farmers and gardeners trade them like baseball cards. With a full set, you could plan your whole food year around these earthy cliches.
Missoula Independent |
Ari LeVaux |
05-13-2005 |
Gardening
Tags: gardening
DeLaying Judgmentnew
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay says the federal judiciary needs to be reined in. Montana District Judge Don Molloy isn't taking the bait.
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
05-13-2005 |
Politics
And the Nominees for Poet Laureate Are...new
The Independent goes hunting for Montana's first poet laureate at Harold's Club in Milltown.
Missoula Independent |
Robin Troy |
05-13-2005 |
Recreation
Tags: bars & clubs
Living with Falloutnew
Although a new study found that 15 Montana counties received some of the nation’s highest doses of fallout following Nevada’ nuclear tests in the 1950s, Montanans aren’t included in the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
05-13-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Three-Chord Sound of Homenew
Soldiers in Iraq find solace in punk music, but a band that played for them was met with angry anti-war protest.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jimmy Calanchini |
05-13-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Console Cowboynew
When clorox the g00n took down Indymedia websites all over the world, he thought was was a badass hacker. Turns out he wasn't badass enough.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Warner |
05-13-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Indie-Rock's Joyce Carol Oatesnew
The quality of Jill Johnson’s songwriting for South San Gabriel is so consistently excellent that it seems petty to carp about his prodigious output. Also reviewed is Nouvelle Vague's Nouvelle Vague.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
05-13-2005 |
Reviews
Paul Wolfowitz and the World Bank Are a Perfect Matchnew
The recent appointment of Paul Wolfowitz as head of the World Bank was viewed around the world as a scandalous example of the Bush administration's
arrogance. There's good reason.
Illinois Times |
Rod Helle |
05-13-2005 |
Commentary
