Archive Search Results

41. Cafe

    Tasty Morsels

    Published: April 10, 2008

    If you feel funny about plunking down big bucks for oxtail and plantains gussied up in the guise of Nuevo Latino, here are a couple of viejo Latino spots to consider: Islas...

42. Film

    Ordinary People

    Intelligence goes soft in this more obvious than smart rom-com.

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: April 10, 2008

    Smart people got no reason to live — and, sure, that's not quite how Randy Newman sang it, but the point still stands. Because in Noam Murro's directorial bow — one...

43. Film

    Cop Out

    Boys will be boys in Street Kings' shallow look at dirty police.

    By Tim Grierson

    Published: April 10, 2008

    For a movie built around questions of failed ethics and duplicitous behavior, Street Kings is just as dishonest as its characters. Though conceived as yet another sobering...

44. Film

    Now Playing

    The Ruins

    By Jim Ridley

    Published: April 10, 2008

    If you turn the first page of Scott Smith's The Ruins, a friend said astutely, you won't put it down — but if you know what it's about beforehand, you won't pick it up....

45. Art

    Toy Story

    Religion and war might seem a strange mix, but ...

    By Carlos Suarez De Jesus

    Published: April 10, 2008

    For his current project at Hardcore Contemporary Art Space, Juan-Si Gonzales literally put his balls on the line. A gallery catalogue essay informs that the 47-year-old Cuban...

46. Stage

    Great Light Way

    Subtle it's not, but Forbidden Broadway offers its own brand of brash fun.

    By Brandon K. Thorp

    Published: April 10, 2008

    Dear God, what can be said about Forbidden Broadway? Even the most overwhelmingly devoted theatergoers who see the thing can't think of much to say on the ride home. Mostly,...

47. Game On

    Just Shy of Seaworthy

    Viking: Battle for Asgard shows promise, but not much more.

    By Gary Hodges

    Published: April 10, 2008

    It's nice when a game comes along that pleasantly surprises you. I admit, I judged Viking: Battle for Asgard by the screenshots, writing it off as yet another one of those...