Movie Reviews & Stories Glory Road is the sort of film that reminds viewers that there was once terrible racism in this country, but through the perseverance of brave white people—and black people with stiff upper lips ... More
Thank Heavens Racism's Over
But, gee, it sure was ugly in the 1960s of Glory Road.
Movie Reviews & Stories Glory Road is the sort of film that reminds viewers that there was once terrible racism in this country, but through the perseverance of brave white people—and black people with stiff upper lips ... More
Sight And Sound
Reel Music really does have something for everyone.
Movie Reviews & Stories Let's be honest. There's not much I can say about the Northwest Film Center's 23rd Reel Music series that is going to give anyone a boner. Sure, I could spew a bunch of hyperbolic nonsense about how g ... More
Nowhere Man: The Complete Series
DVD & TV Honestly, back in 1995 when I first tuned in to watch the pilot episode of the UPN series Nowhere Man, I wasn't expecting much. The main reason I was watching the show was that it was filmed here in P ... More
The Best (and Worst) of 2005
Movie Reviews & Stories Perhaps the biggest buzz of 2005 in the world of film was the sad state of affairs at the box office. Revenues were down all year, and pretty much everyone had a theory as to why fewer folks went to t ... More
The Shield Season Four
DVD & TV If, for some strange reason, you have yet to watch the FX series The Shield, then you haven't seen one of the best television shows of all time (which you should know by now, 'cause I keep saying it). ... More
A Dish Served Cold
Steven Spielberg's Munich examines the high cost of revenge on the human soul.
Movie Reviews & Stories "Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster," wrote Friedrich Nietzsche. "And when you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you."Within this aby ... More
Holiday Movie Madness
DVD & TV Looking for the last-minute holiday gift ideas or just something to watch over the long weekend? Here are a few suggestions that might work for you.Serenity—The big-screen conclusion to the ill- ... More
Love As Revolution
One of the best films of the year, Brokeback Mountain redefines queer cinema as a tool for civil rights.
Movie Reviews & Stories Sidney Poitier slapped a white man. Or, more specifically, actor Sidney Poitier, portraying black Philadelphia police officer Virgil Tibbs, slapped a white man—and in one of the most revolutiona ... More
Caged Beast
King Kong is a great movie trapped inside a merely good movie.
Movie Reviews & Stories Contrary to popular belief, there can be "too much of a good thing." Case in point: director Peter Jackson's remake of King Kong. Clocking in at three hours, there is one full hour too much of this go ... More
Richard Pryor—R.I.P.
DVD & TV There's not enough space in this puny column to fit all the things I have to say about Richard Pryor. In fact, there's probably not enough space in this whole newspaper to fit all the things I have to ... More
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The documentary Grizzly Man seems a bit too strange to be true. REQUIEM FOR THE LOVECHILD
Malfunkshun: The Andrew Wood Story paints a portrait of Seattle's fallen legend. Remembering Ron O'Neal: 1937-2004
The Hustler In The Penthouse
Local film critic falls under the spell of The Last Playboy. Caged Fury
Local fighters like Eddie Dahlen duke it out in the growing world of mixed martial arts. HEAVY METAL Half-Life
Local legends Black 'N Blue return to prove that even 20 years later, rock and roll never dies. The Curse of Homer & Eddie
Bandits, the latest film release shot in Oregon, falls victim to a legendary curse. Written on the Wall
Local filmmaker Jimmy Bolton creates a moving portrait of urban isolation in The Graffiti Artist. Like a Rock
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson talks about race, rasslin' and his new movie, Walking Tall. Lackawanna Blues
The documentary Grizzly Man seems a bit too strange to be true. REQUIEM FOR THE LOVECHILD
Malfunkshun: The Andrew Wood Story paints a portrait of Seattle's fallen legend. Remembering Ron O'Neal: 1937-2004
The Hustler In The Penthouse
Local film critic falls under the spell of The Last Playboy. Caged Fury
Local fighters like Eddie Dahlen duke it out in the growing world of mixed martial arts. HEAVY METAL Half-Life
Local legends Black 'N Blue return to prove that even 20 years later, rock and roll never dies. The Curse of Homer & Eddie
Bandits, the latest film release shot in Oregon, falls victim to a legendary curse. Written on the Wall
Local filmmaker Jimmy Bolton creates a moving portrait of urban isolation in The Graffiti Artist. Like a Rock
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson talks about race, rasslin' and his new movie, Walking Tall. Lackawanna Blues
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