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Director Danny Boyle Gets Lost in the Plot of Millionsnew
Millions starts off with a bushel of important ideas. But by the end, there's just the hero battling a stock baddie as all directorial attention turns to foiling the crook a la Home Alone.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
03-31-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Danny Boyle, Millions
Sin City Beats Noir Genre to a Pulpnew
Sin City's lurid, brutal stories unfold in a black-and-white world with rare intrusions of color -- but no sunlight, no superfluous people and scarcely any props beyond weapons, muscle and skin.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
03-31-2005 |
Reviews
Actor/Director Ray McKinnon Revels in the Real Southnew
In 2002, Ray McKinnon won an Oscar for writing, directing and playing the title character in The Accountant, a short film that is one of the best -- and funniest -- movies ever made about the realities of Dixie.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
03-31-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ray McKinnon, Chrystal
How America Almost Destroyed the Vineyards of Europenew
The Americans (probably) didn't do it on purpose, though you hardly could have blamed them given all the nasty things the Europeans were saying about New World wines and the American palate.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
03-31-2005 |
Nonfiction
Secret Index Gives Peek at Fonda Memoirnew
Review copies of Fonda's book have not been made available to the press, but Creative Loafing's Bureau of Imaginary Journalism has uncovered this facsimile of the book's index, which provides intriguing hints of its contents.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
03-31-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Jane Fonda, My Life So Far
Wines With Funny Names Good For More Than a Laughnew
The idea is to kick wine snobs in their proverbial stuck-up butts, generate a few giggles, and create a name that will keep the winemakers laughing all the way to the bank. It works.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
03-31-2005 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Corkscrew
Can 'Borrowing' Pencil Sharpener Create Bad Karma?new
A reader wonders if it's ethical to "long-term borrow" certain items from the office as retribution for lost wages.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tray Butler |
03-31-2005 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns, Karma Cleanser
How is U.S. Public Diplomacy Going?new
Charlotte Beers' most touted contribution to public diplomacy was a series of videotaped messages featuring American Muslims telling their co-religionists in the Middle East how totally awesome life in the U.S. is. It didn't work.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
03-31-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
Austell Legislator Shakes Up Dying Democratic Partynew
If the Georgia Democratic Party ever awakens from its persistent vegetative state, it may be because a 26-year-old black woman from a former white-flight suburb inserted the feeding tube.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
03-31-2005 |
Politics
TV Reporter Wins Discrimination Suitnew
On March 11, a federal jury awarded $2.1 million to a TV reporter who claimed the CBS affiliate for which she worked discriminated against her as a result of her pregnancy.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Steve Fennessy |
03-31-2005 |
The War on Women
Tags: women's issues
Aquarium Could Drain Visitors From Zoonew
Almost everyone agrees the new Georgia Aquarium will do wonders for Atlanta tourism. But will the $200 million facility be a setback for Zoo Atlanta, the city's other wildlife attraction?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Coley Ward |
03-31-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Spam Spam Spam Spam Spamnew
A marketing association steps in to help protect consumers from unwanted e-mail -- sort of.
Tags: Health & Science
The People v. Televisionnew
In addition to bad customer service and high rates, Comcast is using cable to strangle democracy. Are they the Wal-Mart of telecom?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Camille T. Taiara |
03-30-2005 |
Media
'The Land of Orange Groves and Jails'new
San Francisco Bay Guardian publisher Bruce Brugmann talks with Lauren Coodley about Upton Sinclair and her anthology of his extraordinary life and times in California.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Bruce B. Brugmann |
03-30-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Take It Sleazynew
Visually arresting Sin City wallows in guns, gore, and girls.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
03-30-2005 |
Reviews
