Aug 30 – Sep 5, 2006
Clark Derbes Brings a Baton Rouge Vibe to Burlington; Exposing the Naked Truth Behind America’s Wars on Indecency; What’s Vermont Law on Baring All? Inconsistent
Dining Out
It’s been great to cook so much this month, but it’s also been strange to not eat at restaurants more often: Gahlord and I usually tend to go out a few times a week, for either breakfast or dinner. We did hit the town twice, though, since several area businesses stepped up to the Eat…
News Quirks 08.30.06
Curses, Foiled Again After a clerk reported a robbery at a 7-Eleven in Royal Oak, Mich., police spotted a man matching the robber’s description sitting in a pickup truck parked on the side of the road about a mile from the convenience store. The getaway vehicle had run out of gas. Suspect David K. Booth,…
WATER****
From writer-director Deepa Mehta comes this drama, which is set in 1930s India and takes a critical look at the Hindu custom dictating that widows must be shut away in holy ashrams. Starring Lisa Ray and Seema Biswas. (114 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox_searchlight/water/
AKEELAH AND THE BEE***1/2
Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne team up for the tale of an 11-year-old girl who overcomes the odds — and her mother’s objections — to get a spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. With Keke Palmer and Curtis Armstrong. Written and directed by Doug Atchison. (112 min, PG) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/akeelahandthebee/hd/
SKETCHES OF FRANK GEHRY***1/2
Legendary filmmaker Sydney Pollack directs this documentary look at the life and career of the legendary architect. Julian Schnabel, Ed Ruscha, Philip Johnson and Robert Rauschenberg weigh in. (90 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony/sketchesoffrankgehry/
SILENT HILL*1/2
Based on the popular Konami videogame series, Christophe Gans’ supernatural thriller concerns a mother who sets out to take her young, dying daughter to a faith healer, and finds herself stranded in a haunted town. Starring Deborah Unger, Radha Mitchell and Sean Bean. (163 min, R) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/silenthill/hd/
POSEIDON***
Wolfgang Petersen helms this big-budget remake of the 1972 disaster smash about a luxury liner that overturns in the north Atlantic on New Year’s Eve. Starring Kurt Russell, Josh Lucas and Emmy Rossum. (98 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/poseidon/hd/
PHAT GIRLZ**
Mo’ Nique and Eric Roberts are paired in this comedy about a plus-sized fashion designer with big plans to change the way the world sees female beauty. Nnegest Likke directs. (99 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox_searchlight/phatgirlz/hd/
JUST MY LUCK*1/2
In this romantic comedy from Donald Petrie, Lindsay Lohan plays a young woman with unusually good luck who meets a young man whose luck is unusually bad — until they share their first kiss and their fortunes reverse. Or something like that. With Chris Pine. (102 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/justmyluck/
James Kolchalka Superstar, Spread Your Evil Wings And Fly
(Rykodisc, CD) Two years in the making and nearly as long in limbo, James Kochalka Superstar’s Spread Your Evil Wings and Fly is finally here. Rykodisc is responsible for much of the delay; seems they wanted to give his “best of,” Our Most Beloved, a chance to find an audience before offering more product. After…
Atlantic Crossing, Turning The Compass
(Self-released, CD) Vermont’s acoustic quartet Atlantic Crossing have just released their fourth CD in eight years, Turning the Compass. In between records, the group has played numerous contra dances and concerts throughout the Northeast, even touring Great Britain a few times. The band’s latest proves their longevity is paying off musically. Turning was recorded at…
Honey Caramel Corn
Popcorn is one snack I’ve had ready access to all month, because we bought a gallon jug of locally grown popping corn at the Intervale “eat local” kickoff party in late July. I’m glad we did: it cooks quickly, so if you arrive home ravenous, hunger can be staved off long enough to come up…
