Jan 17-23, 2007
Health & Fitness Issue: Vermont’s New Health Plan; Sanders Misses Roll-Call Vote; Being a Blood Donor; a Mind-Body Approach to Managing Pain
News Quirks 01.17.07
Curses, Foiled Again Police in Edmonton, Alberta, reported that a man ordered a convenience-store clerk to open the cash register, then slammed it with a baseball bat before the clerk could open it, jamming the cash drawer shut. While the robber tried to open the register, the clerk escaped and enlisted help from others to…
Sanders Plays Offense
Sanders introduces Jeffords global-warming bill and misses his first roll-call vote — a resolution remembering Gerald Ford.
All in the Delivery
How Vermont’s Black River Produce pioneered the local-food movement
Deep Soda, Pose Dead: Collected & Destroyed Vol. 2
(Self-released, CD) In another dimension, Burlington’s Deep Soda are legendary, spoken of with the same fervor as Frank Zappa, Oingo Boingo and Ween. In such a rarified realm, major labels still take chances on music that isn’t funneled directly from American Idol. Our current levels of technology don’t give us full access to this domain,…
THE NIGHT LISTENER**1/2
Robin Williams stars in this psychological thriller about a celebrated writer whose life is turned upside down when he receives a manuscript from a troubled young fan. Based on the novel by Armistead Maupin. Toni Collette costars. Patrick Stettner directs. (91 min, R) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/thenightlistener/
THE ILLUSIONIST****
Edward Norton and Paul Giamatti star in Neil Burger’s period piece about the battle of wills between a master magician and the police inspector desperate to prove him a fraud. With Jessica Biel. (111 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/theillusionist/trailer/
QUINCEANERA***1/2
From writer-directors Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland comes this Sundance-award winner, which explores the racial, class and sexual tensions in the Latino L.A. neighborhood of Echo Park. Emily Rios and Jesse Garcia star. (90 min, R) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony/quinceanera/
CRANK***
Jason Statham, Amy Smart and Dwight Yoakam star in this race-against-the-clock-athon about an L.A. hit man who awakens to learn he’s been poisoned in his sleep and has little time in which to locate the antidote. Reno Wilson costars. Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor direct. (83 min, R) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/crank/
