Movies & TV

OPENING BAIT BOOK WARS BUTTERFLY DUETS GIMME SHELTER MY AMERICAN GRANDMOTHER TERROR FIRMER ZORBA THE GREEK MOVIES & EVENTS The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle Once upon a time, a badly-drawn cartoon dependent upon pained sarcasm was shown on national television. This was clearly a horrible idea, appealing only to the least ambitious adults and […]

SURFERS, a surprisingly existential lot, often describe their moments inside the ocean’s thundering curl as being suspended somewhere outside of ordinary time and space–like, sayMalibu, 1962: When for one brief, shining moment (as mythical as Camelot), half-naked teenagers could frolic around by the flickering glow of tiki torches without being crippled by troublesome self-awareness. Then […]

Gevurtz Room at Embassy Suites, 319 SW Pine Ona Gallery at Everett Station Lofts, 625 NW Everett The Thieves’ Guild at Everett Station Lofts, 625 NW Everett Program One Screens Wed, Sept 20, 7:30 pm, at The Thieves’ Guild, and Fri Sept 22, 7:30 pm, at Ona Gallery Asian Pride Porn (dir. Pak) Tai Chi […]

Another summer vacation is mercifully defunct–the stridulating small fry now swimming in their schools of lower learning, leaving our streets safe for adults. Still, one pities them their thankless plight. The “innocence” of adolescence is a lie: A Wasteland populated equally by testosterone-poisoned, pint-sized pervs and their hapless, victim-peers. Let us celebrate its horrors with […]

OPENING BAIT BOOK WARS BUTTERFLY DUETS GIMME SHELTER MY AMERICAN GRANDMOTHER TERROR FIRMER ZORBA THE GREEK MOVIES & EVENTS The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle Once upon a time, a badly-drawn cartoon dependent upon pained sarcasm was shown on national television. This was clearly a horrible idea, appealing only to the least ambitious adults and […]

TROMA FILMS–for those whose cultural knowledge stops at the borders of, well, culture–makes gory, sophomoric, and generally tasteless entertainments like The Toxic Avenger and A Nymphoid Barbarian in Dinosaur Hell. And they do it on the cheap. In this age of so-called “independents” that are actually the red-headed stepchildren of corporate content-providing juggernauts, Troma is […]

THE HUGHES BROTHERS‘ latest documentary, American Pimp, introduces the men who sell women on the street with a series of quick clips that show your average middle Americans saying things like, “Pimps? Aren’t they those horrible junkies who disrespect women?” It’s a cheap trick, really–but one that sets the stage for the rest of the […]

How much of your identity is formed by the routines and details of your life? What is essentially you? When you’re done mulling over the implications of Jodie Foster switching bodies with her mom and George Burns stubbornly wedged into a teen, here are a few more leads to help you explore the idea of […]

Thursday, Sept. 14 8:00 WB CHARMED A mad scientist swaps the brains of a monkey with the Charmed girls–and no one can tell the difference. 8:00 CBS BIG BROTHER The cast continues to do their best to make their show as boring as possible. Tonight: They refuse to play checkers because “it’s too competitive.” Friday, […]

Thursday, Sep. 7 8:00 TOON POWERPUFF GIRLS The city of Townsville panics when the evil monkey megalomaniac, Mojo Jojo, steals the girls’ baseball! 8:00 FOX DEAD PRESIDENTS–Movie (1995) A brother returns from ‘Nam and is lured into an armored-truck heist. Directed by the Hughes brothers. Friday, Sep. 8 9:00 WB POPULAR The kids stand up […]

OPENING CHARM BRACELET ELECTRA IPHIGENIA LOVE AND SEX NURSE BETTY ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER SEX: THE ANNABEL CHONG STORY TROJAN WOMEN TURN IT UP UP, DOWN AND SIDEWAYS WOMAN CHASER MOVIES & EVENTS The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle Once upon a time, a badly-drawn cartoon dependent upon pained sarcasm was shown on national television. […]