AltWeeklies Wire
Corkscrew: Add Some Sparkle to Your Season (And Your Wine)new
Thanks to the growing popularity of bubblies in other countries, decent deals are more available now. But finding them, besides relying on the stereotypical bottle shape, can be a little more difficult because of naming rights.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
12-16-2004 |
Food+Drink
Unforgettable Tale Celebrates 50th Anniversarynew
Few films have punched as wide a hole through America’s self-image of incorruptibility as On the Waterfront.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
12-16-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Elia Kazan, On the Waterfront
Little Sugar but Lots of Ham in Lemony Snicket new
The film adaptation puts director Brad Silberling in a position as precarious as any the Baudelaires ever face. Silberling struggles to resist Hollywood's knee-jerk love of happy endings while staying faithful to Snicket's cheerful contempt for upbeat material.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
12-16-2004 |
Reviews
Patronizing Spanglish Requires Suspension of Beliefnew
This film is pure pidgin entertainment. Communicating badly in either tongue, Spanglish is a mutation of comedy and drama that makes you want to cringe and laugh in all the wrong places.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
12-16-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Spanglish, James L. Brooks
A Very Long Engagement is no Amelienew
A Very Long Engagement sports a benign, romantic-sounding title, but arrives with the shocking force of a mail bomb, not a love note.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
12-16-2004 |
Reviews
Karma Cleanser: Should I Try to Find Lost Friend?new
Not keeping in touch with her is the only regret I have in my past. I'm one paycheck away from hiring someone to search for her. I'd really like her friendship back, or should I just stop wondering and forever let it go?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tray Butler |
12-16-2004 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Don't Panic: Is Pakistan Still an Ally in the War on Terror?new
"Friend." That's what President Bush called Pakistan's military dictator, President Pervez "the Perv" Musharraf during the lovey-dovey, grip-and-grin mini-press conference the two held in the White House earlier this month.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
12-16-2004 |
Commentary
Tags: terror
Student Rebels Against GOP Instructor's Conflictnew
A student accuses a high school teacher of using her school post to funnel students into gigs as Republican foot soldiers.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
12-16-2004 |
Politics
Georgia Still Behind in Implementing Olmstead Rulingnew
Advocates thought Georgia -- the birthplace of the case -- would be among the first to implement the monumental change.
But it hasn't been. Today it ranks among the slowest states to de-institutionalize those capable of living outside institutions.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
12-16-2004 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
The Agony of Immortalitynew
Ambrosia, literally translated, means “immortal,” which is appropriate because it takes forever to make. Here's how, if you have the fortitude.
Jackson Free Press |
Jesse Yancy |
12-15-2004 |
Food+Drink
With OCD, the Devil Is in the Detailsnew
There are many artistic depictions of obsessive-compulsive disorder -- including a fine one in the recent release The Aviator, about pilot and magnate Howard Hughes. Psychologists recommend various approaches to treating the misunderstood affliction.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Timothy C. Davis |
12-15-2004 |
Science
Soldier's Heartnew
Thousands of Iraq War veterans will come home to face serious psychological problems and a system that may not be ready to help them.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Dan Frosch |
12-15-2004 |
War
Nightmares of Warnew
Eric Huth, 23, faces an ordinary predicament: He's been looking for steady work since he was fired from the Post Office three months ago for being late to work. What sets him apart is that the disabled Army vet has such bad nightmares from his tour of duty in Iraq that it's difficult for Huth to wake up.
Cincinnati CityBeat |
Stephanie Dunlap |
12-15-2004 |
War
National Guardsmen Returning from Iraq Bring the War Homenew
Maj. Steven Shugart, a United Methodist minister and chaplain with the South Carolina National Guard, has served two tours of duty in Iraq since the war began. He knows the toll -- physical and psychic -- paid by a soldier in combat.
Flight or Frightnew
Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio capture the conflicted prime of Howard Hughes.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
12-15-2004 |
Reviews
