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There's a reason Mindhunters sat on a studio shelf for three years.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
05-09-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Renny Harlin, Mindhunters
Afraid of the Darth
Revenge of the Sith sucks less than Episodes I and II, but is that enough?
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
05-09-2005 |
Reviews
Beyond Good and Diva
Monster-in-Law tries to earn comic mileage out of women behaving badly.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
05-09-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Robert Luketic, Monster-in-Law
Crash Coursenew
Director Paul Haggis and an ensemble of talent -- including actor Matt Dillon -- tackle issues of diversity in a post-9/11 world in their new film. The Phoenix interviews Haggis and Dillon about Crash.
Boston Phoenix |
Tamara Wieder |
05-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Time It Takes to Let Gonew
Looking for something other than "Happy Birthday" to sing while blowing out the candles? Try these tunes from Ben Folds, Blink-182 and Thursday.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
05-09-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: High Decibel, Vince Darcangelo
Float Like the Fatmannew
If you're looking for an immersive boxing game that allows you to be as anal as your little heart desires, get EA Sports Fight Night Round 2.
Boulder Weekly |
Todd Michael Shaffer |
05-09-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Bolton Nomination Whistleblower Learns Power of Blogsnew
Melody Townsel's letter alleging that John Bolton behaved unprofessionally in 1994 brought her fame and infamy after it was posted to the left-leaning Web site Daily Kos.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
05-09-2005 |
Politics
The Keebler Popenew
Pop cultural advice columnist Dexter waxes eloquent on kitsch and the Catholic Church.
Valley Advocate |
Dexter |
05-09-2005 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Songwriting Geniusnew
Although John Darnielle, who records as the Mountain Goats, once disdained the reductive narcissism of confessional singer/songwriters, he has come to embrace the creative possibilities in his own life story.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
05-09-2005 |
Reviews
Tribute to a Mother Who Gave Birth in a Barracknew
A Japanese-American daughter wonders about her birth in a U.S. concentration camp during World War II.
Illinois Times |
Yoshimi Yoshimura Golden |
05-09-2005 |
Children & Families
Tags: childbirth
Illinois Residents Want Seized Land Backnew
City of Springfield officials have revived a controversial project to create a lake, which pushed dozens of families from their land. Environmentalists want the land to be used as a preserve; former landowners want their property returned.
Illinois Times |
Todd Spivak |
05-09-2005 |
Politics
Delivery of Poinsettia to Priest Got Him Framed, Man Saysnew
Parolee Tommy Munoz says his arrest for attempted burglary after he tried to deliver a Christmas flower to a church rectory was the result of police misconduct.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
05-09-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Blind Sheik's Attorney Speaks of Her Convictionnew
Lynne Stewart, who represented Egyptian sheik Omar Abdel al-Rahman, claims a jury convicted her of "conspiring to conspire" because it was inflamed by the prosecution's focus on the sheik's hatred for Israel.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
05-09-2005 |
Commentary
Everything But the Girl Vet Goes Deepnew
Ben Watt -- the "everything but" half of Everything But the Girl -- goes house on the Dig.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
05-06-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ben Watt, Buzzin' Fly, Volume 2
Post-Commie Fun With Hungarian Subway Employeesnew
With tight cinematography and black humor, this Hungarian film reveals the secret lives of subway hall monitors.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
05-06-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Nimród Antal, Kontroll
