Feb 1-7, 2006
The Sex Issue: Vt. Stores Ask Customers to Pass on Plastic Bags; A Barre “Life Coach” Helps Men Break Out of Their Sex Addiction; Drawing the Bikini Line at . . . Brazil
Astrology 02.01.06
ARIES (March 21-April 19): My friend Rose comes from a large extended family that does not include a single millionaire. There’s no chance she will inherit a windfall from a dead relative. On the other hand, many religious devotees, humanitarians, and do-gooders have graced both sides of her family line. She regards her own idealistic…
News Quirks 02.01.06
Revisionist Thinking Three of the four members of the Provincetown, Mass., Board of Selectmen voted to remove an oil painting depicting the Pilgrims voting on the Mayflower Compact, even though the painting had hung in the board’s hearing room for many years. The Boston Globe reported that Selectwoman Sarah Peake proposed getting rid of the…
The Chad Hollister Band, Spirits
(Self-released, CD) Chad Hollister will be familiar to folks who’ve kept a steady eye on the Burlington music scene. Back in the ’90s, Hollister went by his first name only, building a reputation with earnest, good-natured pop tunes and dogged work ethic. Along the way, he enjoyed the company of jam-gods Phish, with whom he…
THUMBSUCKER***1/2
First-time director Mike Mills is behind this indie ensemble piece in which a group of quirky young people and adults attempt to work out their respective and various identity crises. The cast includes Lou Taylor Pucci, Vincent D’Onofrio, Tilda Swinton, Keanu Reeves and Vince Vaughn. (94 min, R) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony/thumbsucker.html
THE FOG**
Rupert (Stigmata) Wainwright directs this remake of the 1980 John Carpenter film. This time around, an old shipwreck causes a mysterious mist of evil to enshroud a small, unsuspecting town. With Tom Welling, Maggie Grace and Selma Blair. (100 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/the_fog/ Related Stories
THE ARISTOCRATS***1/2
Jason Alexander, Lewis Black, Eric Idle, Phyllis Diller and Bob Saget are just a few of the comedians who tell variations on the same joke — purportedly the dirtiest in history — in this one-of-a-kind documentary from directors Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza. (86 min, NR) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/the_aristocrats.html
FLIGHTPLAN**
Robert Schwentke directs this thriller in which Jodie Foster plays an airline passenger who is horrified when her daughter disappears in mid-flight. Peter Sarsgaard and Sean Bean costar. (93 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/touchstone/flightplan/
