Jan 12-18, 2005
Thousands of Returning Iraq War Vets Will Face Serious Psychological Problems – And a System That May Not Be Ready to Help Them
Gregory Douglass
Genre: Singer/Songwriter Acoustic pop/rock with an ethereal edge, evoking traces of Peter Gabriel, Patty Griffin and Tori Amos. His voice is haunted by the ghost of Jeff Buckley. “Douglass possesses the voice of an angel – an angel in league with a devil, who conspires to seduce you with beauty.” – Pamela Polston, Seven Days …
No Stranger in the Kingdom
Winston Dowland: native Vermonter, Navy vet… and new Progressive Party star
Soldier’s Heart
Thousands of returning Iraq War vets will face serious psychological problems — and a system that may not be ready to help them
Astrology 01.12.05
ARIES (March 21-Apr. 19): You’re like grass sprouting up through a crevice in a boulder, Aries; like a hawk that has built a nest on the roof of a swank penthouse. You even remind me of an indie-rock band that has somehow cracked the Billboard charts without selling out. I don’t know how you’ve managed…
Age of Reason
What’s the best way to fight teen apathy and make politicians pay attention to young people’s concerns? Lower Vermont’s voting age from 18 to 16. That’s the view of a group of youth who last weekend launched a Vermont chapter of the National Youth Right Association. NYRA-Vermont also supports changing the state’s drinking age from…
News Quirks 01.12.05
Curses, Foiled Again Investigators in Clark County, Indiana, linked James M. Haycraft, 19, to a series of robberies after surveillance cameras at one of the stores robbed showed a man wearing a sweatshirt with the name and number of former Dubuque, Iowa, high school soccer player Adam Schmerbach. When Dubuque authorities contacted Schmerbach, he remembered…
RAISING HELEN**
Kate Hudson stars in the new film from Garry (Pretty Woman) Marshall, the story of a Manhattan party girl who has to change her ways in a hurry when a twist of fate hands her the responsibility of raising her sister’s three kids. With John Corbett and Joan Cusack. (117 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/touchstone/raising_helen/
SLEEPOVER*1/2
Joe (George Lucas in Love) Nussbaum brings us this laugh-a-thon about a gaggle of teenaged girls whose pajama party morphs into a wild-though-PG-rated night on the town. Alexa Vega and Jane Lynch star. (82 min, PG) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/mgm/sleepover/
HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN**1/2
In the series’ third installment, everybody’s favorite boy wizard – now a teenager – is pursued by a dastardly character who just escaped from prison and may have played a role in the death of Harry’s parents. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Gary Oldman, Emma Thompson and David Thewlis. Directed by Alfonso (Y Tu Mama También) Cuaron.…
GARFIELD THE MOVIE*1/2
He was the cat’s pajamas in Lost in Translation; now he’s the cat. Bill Murray stars in this animated feature that brings America’s favorite feline to the big screen. With Liz Wilson and Breckin Meyer. (80 min, PG)
I’M NOT SCARED***1/2
Gabriele (Mediterraneo) Salvatores’ new thriller is set in the south of Italy and told through the eyes of a 10-year-old boy who discovers a kidnapped child who’s being kept in a pit behind a run-down house. Based on a true story. Starring Giuseppe Cristiano and Mattia Di Pierro. (110 min, R) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/im_not_scared.html
FAHRENHEIT 9/11***1/2
The new documentary from Academy Award-winning director Michael Moore is sure to rank among the year’s most controversial and provocative. The filmmaker offers a searing examination of the Bush administration’s actions in the wake of the 2001 terrorist attacks. (110 min, R) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/fahrenheit_911
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND***
Michel Gondry directs the latest from Charlie (Adaptation) Kaufman, the world’s wackiest screenwriter. Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet play a couple who try to save their relationship by having their bad memories erased. (110 min, R) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/eternal_sunshine.html
ELF***
Will Ferrell makes the switch from Old School to Old Saint Nick with his latest laugher, the story of a boy raised in Santa’s Workshop who grows (and grows) up to realize he’s not really one of the pint-sized, pointy-hatted gang. With James Caan, Mary Steenburgen and Bob Newhart. Directed by Jon Favreau. (90 min,…
BEFORE SUNSET****1/2
Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke re-team for Richard Linklater’s Before Sunrise follow-up, in which the characters bump into one another again nine years later in Paris and reconsider the possibilities for romance. (80 min, R) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/warner_independent_pictures/before_sunset.html
DAWN OF THE DEAD***
Director Zack Snyder makes his feature debut with this 28 Days Later-reminiscent “re-imagining” of the 1979 George Romero classic in which zombies overrun a mall. With Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames and Jake Weber. (100 min, R) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/dawnofthedead
BREAKIN’ ALL THE RULES**1/2
Jaimie Foxx stars in the new comedy from Daniel (Commandments) Taplitz, the story of a guy who gets dumped by his fiancée and gets even by writing a bestselling “how-to” book on the finer points of breaking up. Morris Chestnut and Gabrielle Union costar. (100 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/breakingalltherules/
ENVY***
Jack Black and Ben Stiller are teamed in Barry Levinson’s new comedy, the saga of two lifelong pals whose friendship is jeopardized when one of them strikes it rich. Rachel Weisz, Christopher Walken and Ving Rhames costar. (99 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.envy-themovie.com/trailer.html
COFFEE AND CIGARETTES***
Jim Jarmusch shot this collection of offbeat vignettes over a period of 17 years. The offbeat cast includes Iggy Pop, Tom Waits, Taylor Mead, Jack White and Bill Murray. (96 min, R) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/mgm/coffee_and_cigarettes
A HOME AT THE END OF THE WORLD***
Michael Mayer makes his feature debut with this adaptation of Michael Cunningham’s Pulitzer-winning novel about a one-of-a-kind love triangle. Starring Colin Farrell, Dallas Roberts and Robin Wright Penn. (120 min, R) Web: http://www.com/trailers/warners_independent_pictures/ahomeattheendoftheworld/
SURVIVING CHRISTMAS*1/2
Ben Affleck presides over this laugh-a-thon about a sentimental fool who longs to spend the holidays with family in his childhood home and doesn’t let the fact that his family no longer lives there get in his way. With James Gandolfini, Christina Applegate and Catherine O’Hara. (91 min, PG-13)
