AltWeeklies Wire
'The Great Debaters': Oprah-ticnew
This Oprah-produced and Denzel-directed historical tale is powerful, but over-polished.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Emiliano Garcia-Sarnoff |
01-03-2008 |
Reviews
If Not Bill, Then Who?new
Bill Richardson is still polling in the single digits in Iowa, and as the days count down to hours, he may have to consider nudging his supporters to back the candidate with the closest platform.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Dave Maass |
01-03-2008 |
Commentary
The Year's Best in Hip-Hopnew
In 2007, hip-hop was on everyone's minds, thanks to Don Imus and Al Sharpton, but in nobody's shopping bags. Despite low sales, however, the year produced some great recordings.
Jackson Free Press |
David Dennis Jr. |
01-03-2008 |
Music
Digging Through the Ruinsnew
It can be a depressing task to sort through the last year that was pop. Digging through the ruins, though, we do find a few songs that were willing to fight the banality of what radio offered us.
Jackson Free Press |
Rob Hamilton |
01-03-2008 |
Music
Dark Prince Goes Down in Plamesnew
In his memoir, Novak attempts to justify outing Valerie Plame and other moral lapses, but his explanations are self-serving, to say the least, and not very convincing.
Jackson Free Press |
James L. Dickerson |
01-03-2008 |
Nonfiction
Costly and Confusing Techno Worldnew
In today's digital divide, you got corporations selling to the masses who can afford gadgets like computers, iPods and Wiis. Then you got the financially challenged who can barely pay their cell-phone bills.
Jackson Free Press |
Sue Doh Nem |
01-03-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Perfect Nonsensenew
Dan Deacon transposes his Ultimate Reality.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Ben Westhoff |
01-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dan Deacon, Spiderman of the Rings
Hollywood Productnew
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-03-2008 |
Reviews
'The Wire' Stops the Presses With Final Seasonnew
For 13 years a reporter for the Baltimore Sun, Simon returns to the newspaper for The Wire's final season, folding journalism into the show's omnibus of city problems
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-03-2008 |
TV
'The Orphanage': The Parent Trapnew
The Orphanage's scares aren't cheap, and with an exception or two, you probably won't even jump at its twists. Instead, its capacity to frighten lurks in its atmosphere.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
01-03-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Juan Antonio Bayona, The Orphanage
E-Film: Watching Movies on the Dowloadnew
When I waited four hours to download a feature film from iTunes and then watched it while holding a speaker to my ear because the sound levels were so low, I started to question whether online movie delivery is the wave of the future.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-03-2008 |
Movies
2009's Mayoral Candidates Will Face a Changed Atlantanew
It's quite likely that, for most Atlanta residents, the name of Sidney Marcus rings a bell only as a cut-through street linking Piedmont Road and Ga. 400.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
01-03-2008 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
The New Breadwinnersnew
Women are doing it for themselves ... and their husbands.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
01-03-2008 |
Culture
Karma Cleansernew
Loving mom from a distance is OK.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tray Butler |
01-03-2008 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Have There Been Any Major Developments in Thailand Since 2006's Military Coup?new
Well, the junta held elections, and the People Power Party, a political party that loudly and proudly allied itself with the guy the military overthrew, Thaksin Shinawatra, won.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
01-03-2008 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
