AltWeeklies Wire
Atmospheric Thriller Loses Steamnew
The Machinist is the kind of story that probably sounded great on paper, with its mounting sense of dread and spooky flourishes like a refrigerator oozing some problematic fluid. But writer Scott Kosar's psychological thriller is relatively lifeless onscreen.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
11-26-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Brad Anderson, The Machinist
Alexander the Not So Greatnew
With Alexander, under the command of Oliver Stone, the resurgent genre marches to its Waterloo. At nearly three enervating hours, Stone's trudge through the life of Alexander the Great could put epic films in bad odor for years.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
11-26-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Oliver Stone, Alexander
Liam Neeson Gives Haunting Performance as Sex Expert in Kinseynew
The biopic Kinsey lays out just how much we didn't know before the Indiana professor began his explosive explorations. The film engrossingly shows how Kinsey's research resisted the forces of ignorance and moralism, breaking ground with the publication of Sexual Behavior in the Human Male in 1948 and its feminine follow-up in 1953.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
11-26-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Bill Condon, Kinsey
Lockheed Accuses Boeing of Racketeeringnew
In a Florida filing, Lockheed is seeking to discover expanded evidence of "overt acts" stemming principally from continuing U.S. investigations into the Boeing aerial-refueling-tanker lease deal. Lockheed maintains that incidents related to this and other cases show a 14-year "pattern" of illegal activity by Boeing.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
11-26-2004 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Taguba's Revenge?new
Sacramento Sgt. Marc Guzman accuses the Iraq-prison-scandal hero of threatening soldiers.
Sacramento News & Review |
Michael Pulley |
11-26-2004 |
War
Tags: war & peace
No Blood for Phony Foodnew
The breadbasket of the ancient world that holds all the essential seeds of our ancestors is now threatened by a genetic engineering invasion. The U.S. quietly ushers in genetically engineered food patent laws while banning ancient seed collecting in Iraq.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
11-25-2004 |
International
Tags: international
Williams Dissects Hip-Hop in Search of Its Heartnew
Saul Williams's witty, humorous, gut-wrenching rhymes cut straight to the heart, begging heads and artists alike to reconsider hip-hop culture--and re-envision both its direction and its place in the world.
The Georgia Straight |
Tara Henley |
11-24-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Saul Williams
Welcome to the Dollhousenew
Strung out on poppets, puppets, and Seed of Chucky. It's the perfect double-bill match for the equally unholy Team America: World Police.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
11-24-2004 |
Reviews
Shopping Like It's 1999new
The bubble has long since burst, but local e-tailers still make shopping in your skivvies a breeze.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Reet Rana |
11-24-2004 |
Recreation
All-Star Castingnew
How silicone and creativity can lead to some amazing handmade holiday gifts.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Justin Godar |
11-24-2004 |
Recreation
So Long, Mr. Jonesnew
When he emerged from prison last year, rapper Russell Jones was by most accounts a subdued shell of his former manic self. His insanity had been the root of his appeal.
The Pitch |
Nathan Dinsdale |
11-24-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Behind the Veil: What's Up With Gay Marriage?new
Aside from a few deluded lovebirds who were inexplicably driven to imitate the most overrated institution in heterosexual culture and the do-gooder attorneys who then felt compelled to represent them, no gay person I know well has ever wanted to get married.
The Pitch |
C.J. Janovy |
11-24-2004 |
Commentary
Missouri Declares Tourism a $7 Billion Industrynew
By imagining that most of the people who eat in the state's restaurants are from out of town, Missouri officials inflate the economic importance of tourism. The miscalculation can lead government to set the wrong priorities.
Deer, Guns & Violencenew
The thrill of the kill is the name of the game for the Drury brothers, stars of America's most breathless hunting videos.
Riverfront Times |
Randall Roberts |
11-24-2004 |
Recreation
Dead-Check in Fallujanew
The infamous video: A Marine stands over a wounded Arab sprawled on the floor of a mosque and shoots him in the head. What military officials are not saying is that the Marine's behavior conforms to training that is fairly standard in some units. It's called "dead-checking."
The Village Voice |
Evan Wright |
11-24-2004 |
War
Tags: war & peace
