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Ad TVnew
Advertising has become the new Hydra.
New Haven Advocate |
Doron Monk Flake |
03-20-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
'Raines': The Case of the Missing Goldblumnew
Brilliant but slightly crazy, Raines fits nicely alongside other current nutty TV detectives from shows like Monk, Numbers and Psych.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
03-20-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
'Dancing With the Stars' Returns for Another Seasonnew
This time it's going to be a bona fide marijuana freakout!
Orlando Weekly |
Wm.™ Steven Humphrey |
03-19-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Staking Traditionnew
The Namesake takes an honest look at the complexities of immigration and family.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Matt Prigge |
03-19-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Mira Nair, The Namesake
A Gag-Comedy Remakenew
But the Eric Rohmer remake isn't the career milestone Rock wants it to be.
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
03-19-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Chris Rock, I Think I Love My Wife
Ghetto Theme Park: Terrence Howard Goes Off Track
Based on the true story of inspirational swim coach Jim Ellis, a black beacon of community renewal in 70s Philadelphia, Pride blends that era's racial and economic realities into a Hollywood smoothie of formulaic pablum.
Tags: Pride, Sunu Gonera
The First Last Standnew
Dude, where's my armor?
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
03-16-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: 300, Zack Snyder
Everything's Gone Greennew

From An Inconvenient Truth to The Host, filmmakers unleash a new kind of scary movie.
L.A. Weekly |
Judith Lewis |
03-16-2007 |
Movies
Dark Continentalsnew
Hollywood's Africa fetish continues with Beyond the Gates.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
03-16-2007 |
Reviews
Andy Richter Dicks Aroundnew
Andy Barker, P.I. takes unusual chances.
NOW Magazine |
Barrett Hooper |
03-16-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
The Cillian Fieldsnew
Cillian Murphy brings intensity to this Palme d'Or-winning flick.
NOW Magazine |
Barrett Hooper |
03-16-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Riches' Ain't Easynew
The Riches is wacky with a vengeance, with the basic premise that an on-the-lam Irish "traveler" family fraudulently assumes the identity of a comparable corporate McMansion brood in the post-Columbine suburbs.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
03-16-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Festival Frenzynew
The Austin Chronicle's guide to its coverage of this year's SXSW Film, Interactive, and Music Festivals -- including up-to-the-minute previews, reviews, interviews, blogs, picks, and dish.
Austin Chronicle |
Various Authors |
03-15-2007 |
Movies
Tags: SXSW Film Festival 2007
Spiritual Richesnew
In this inspirational film, a deceased tycoon's will decrees that his grandson perform a series of tasks to determine if the young man is worthy of inheriting the fortune.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
03-15-2007 |
Reviews
Plastic Demonsnew
A documentary about our credit-card mess and some of the casualties of debt.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
03-15-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: James D. Scurlock, Maxed Out