AltWeeklies Wire
Become Your Own Saviornew
Johnston's life and body of work speak to the restorative power of hope. A 43-year-old with chronic manic depression, he lives with his parents in Waller, Texas. For the past 25 years, he's written hundreds of songs that plumb the darkest caverns of the soul and suffuse them with sunlight.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
11-18-2004 |
Reviews
Old Flame Still a Scorchernew
Part colorful noir, part scatterbrained comedy, Testosterone envisions the severed tether of a presumably functional relationship.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-18-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: David Moreton, Testosterone
Box Office Clamsnew
Nautical nonsense from a highly absorbent animated hero.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
11-18-2004 |
Reviews
Fun With Dolls and Jennifer Tillynew
Over-the-top gore is the rule when Chucky and Tiffany are resurrected by their anatomically incorrect offspring.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-18-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Don Mancini, Seed of Chucky
Paula Poundstone Has Put the Past Behind Hernew
If comedy comes from pain, then Paula Poundstone should be funnier than ever. And as she puts it, "the real joy of a sense of humor is that it gets you through things."
Seattle Weekly |
Steve Wiecking |
11-18-2004 |
Performance
Tags: performance
When Obsession Is the Family Businessnew
Odd casting and unimaginative, workmanlike direction make the painfully overlong National Treasure an exercise in mediocrity.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-18-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: National Treasure, Jon Turteltaub
Psyched Outnew
AltWeeklies Award - Editorial Layout
Seattle Weekly |
Karen Steichen |
11-18-2004 |
Media
Tags: media
Eminent Edwardiansnew
There's magic to the Peter Pan story, but precious little insight into its repressed magician.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
11-18-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Marc Forster, Finding Neverland
Love in Vainnew
Filmed in a rather minimalist style, this adaptation of the Ian McEwan novel tells an unsettling story about a stalker’s effect on a relationship.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
11-18-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Roger Michell, Enduring Love
Take It All Off, Alfrednew
Biopic tells us too much about America's sexual habits, too little about what motivated its erotic expert.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
11-18-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Bill Condon, Kinsey
A Restless Hellonew
Bob Dylan revisits the world that made him—in the world he remade.
Seattle Weekly |
Michaelangelo Matos |
11-18-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bob Dylan, Chronicles Volume 1
George's Justicesnew
Bush appointees to the Supreme Court are likely to be radical righties. But how many? And how far would they go?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Paul Reidinger |
11-18-2004 |
Commentary
Castrating Alfienew
The original is a classic, and for good reason. Michael Caine’s seduction artist was a heel and a creep -- one who finds no redemption in the end. Conversely, there is no darkness in this version that a few sessions with a decent therapist and the right woman couldn't fix.
Missoula Independent |
Nicole Panter |
11-18-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Alfie, Charles Shyer
Estronautsnew
None of the women in these pages are famous adventuresses. Among their number are a bookseller, a forest service employee, a human rights worker and a kindergarten teacher -- and all share a love of the outdoors and an appreciation of solitude.
Missoula Independent |
Nicole Panter |
11-18-2004 |
Nonfiction
Critical Conditionnew
Anyone who's read Dead Elvis and Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung has read way too much music journalism. Neal Pollack has read way too much music journalism.
Missoula Independent |
Brad Tyer |
11-18-2004 |
Fiction
