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Candy Cainenew
Writer-director Charles Shyer's Alfie is less a remake of the 1966 film that made Michael Caine a star than it is a retooling that softens the horrific blows struck by the original.
Cleveland Scene |
Robert Wilonsky |
11-08-2004 |
Reviews
Heroes Welcomenew
The main influence on The Incredibles would appear to be Watchmen, which was among the first comics to wonder about the private and often troubled lives of heroes, once they shed their Spandex skins and resume their secret identities.
Cleveland Scene |
Robert Wilonsky |
11-08-2004 |
Reviews
Thieves Pillage HUD-Owned Homesnew
By putting the same lock on every home it repossesses in Ohio, the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development seems to invite break-ins. In Cleveland, every house owned by HUD gets looted.
Cleveland Scene |
Chris Maag |
11-08-2004 |
Policy Issues
Flush With Government Cash, the Virgin Movement Goes Pronew
At 28, Susannah Petrie is a professional virgin, promoting abstinence before marriage to schoolchildren for the nonprofit Operation Keepsake. Detractors complain that the state is using tax money to promote a religious tenet under the guise of public health.
Cleveland Scene |
Kevin Hoffman |
11-08-2004 |
Sex
What Went Wrong with Fable?new
Fable took four years, a huge cast and, as reported in the credits, several thousand take-out dinners to make. But the plot sounds like it took three guys, one night and a batch of “special” brownies.
Jackson Free Press |
Nick Judin |
11-07-2004 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Just the Flunew
John M. Barry's exhaustive history of the the 1918 influenza epidemic provides a very timely context.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
11-05-2004 |
Nonfiction
No Ray of Hopenew
The Genius of Soul allowed wine, women and song to cloud his political judgment
NOW Magazine |
Norman (Otis) Richmond |
11-05-2004 |
Music
Tags: Ray Charles
Will This Gizmo Heal You?new
Ex-members of the controversial Maine-based Gentle Wind Project are panning the group's big-buck healing instruments
NOW Magazine |
Steve Jones |
11-05-2004 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Control This Substancenew
Schools in North America are banning junk food machines in schools but this is just the start — it's time we started regulating fast food as we do tobacco and other addictive drugs
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
11-05-2004 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
The Horror of Four More Yearsnew
George W. Bush assumes the mantle of leadership in his own right with the nation divided as it hasn't been since the Civil War.
Boston Phoenix |
The Editors |
11-05-2004 |
Commentary
Nashville Royaltynew
Tim McGraw and Alan Jackson, vying to be kings of country, gear up for the Country Music Awards.
Boston Phoenix |
Sean Richardson |
11-05-2004 |
Music
Come to Look for Americanew
Although Oh, Play That Thing flows along nicely, it lacks the urgency of its predecessor and at times comes close to unraveling.
Boston Phoenix |
Clea Simon |
11-05-2004 |
Fiction
Virgin Votersnew
A first-time voter heads behind the curtain.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
11-05-2004 |
Politics
Ain't That Americanew
If John Kerry and George W. Bush were running for prime minister in the United Kingdom right now, Bush would be ridiculed, and Kerry would be looked upon as a stiff, upper-class twit, says a Scottish nationalist.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
11-05-2004 |
Politics
Blue in a Red Americanew
For those who live in Blue America, Election Day's crimson tide was a terrible blow not just to their hopes for a Kerry victory, but to their very idea of what it means to be an American.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
11-05-2004 |
Politics
