Great Arizona Puppet TheaterLooking for some political party favors? Get your hands on the “Axis of Evil II” finger puppet set, packing tiny versions of Bush, Ashcroft, Cheney and Rumsfeld. The first “Axis of Evil” set — more global, just as terrifying — partners Dubya with Saddam, Kim Jong-il and Khamenei. Shopping for kids? More inspiring (and less […]
Great Arizona Puppet TheaterLooking for some political party favors? Get your hands on the “Axis of Evil II” finger puppet set, packing tiny versions of Bush, Ashcroft, Cheney and Rumsfeld. The first “Axis of Evil” set — more global, just as terrifying — partners Dubya with Saddam, Kim Jong-il and Khamenei. Shopping for kids? More inspiring (and less […]
Rosie McCaffrey's Irish PubNot only is Rosie McCaffrey’s the coolest Irish pub in P-town, it makes a smashing plate of Harp-battered Gadus morhua and thick frittered sticks of pommes de terre. Confused? Well, let us get down off our high horse for a moment to let you know that this august establishment crafts the best fish and chips […]
Rosie McCaffrey's Irish PubNot only is Rosie McCaffrey’s the coolest Irish pub in P-town, it makes a smashing plate of Harp-battered Gadus morhua and thick frittered sticks of pommes de terre. Confused? Well, let us get down off our high horse for a moment to let you know that this august establishment crafts the best fish and chips […]
There is a phrase bandied about that other film industry -- "gay for pay" -- that means exactly what it says. The queer thing is, this switch-hitting work ethic obviously applies to the "straight" industry as well, since actors not infrequently launch their careers, or rev 'em up, by playing...
"No foolin', he got Jay-Z?" Jarrett Maupin II is hollering into his cell phone, pacing the hallway of the downtown office suite where the St. Mary's senior spends most of his time after school. "Lord have mercy! That Rev is something else!" It's the day before Maupin's big trip to...
Rick Schroder's character takes a hell of a pounding in his new movie. In his role as the film's writer, director and producer, Schroder had to roll with the punches as well. Black Cloud started to form four years ago when Schroder -- the kid from Silver Spoons, and now...
Life Goes On Editor's note: More than 1,500 letters and phone calls came in on New Times' recent article about Preserve A Life Inc. ("Forever Yours," Esteban Sauer, October 28). First Bush wins the election, now this!: I just finished reading "Forever Yours," and I can only imagine the mountain...
Randall Wallace is a curious guy. Raised in Tennessee and schooled at Duke, he put himself through a year of divinity school by teaching karate, wrote songs for a while in Nashville, and managed shows at Opryland. Then he kicked into high gear by writing the script for Mel Gibson's...
A few steps from the metal turnstile gates that spin you from one country to another, the banter begins. The narrow calle that visitors are funneled into as they make their way into Mexico is lined with farmacias. Men in white coats stand outside and shout over one another to...
8/12-8/31 Jen and Scott Sanders, owners of the Paper Heart, 750 Grand Avenue, pride themselves on providing something for everyone. So any pop-cultural pimp worth his or her weight in Hot Topic gear will find something of interest at the joint, be it Argentinean tango lessons or alt-rock shows. Similar...
THU 9 Sure, the Bard charmed our pants off (along with fair Gwyneth's) when he was Shakespeare in Love, but -- let's face it -- most of the time, he was Shakespeare in a Homicidal Mindset. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern -- just two of the casualties in the blood bath that...
You know how fear is scary? Well, director E. Elias Merhige is into that, especially in his new serial-killer thriller Suspect Zero. Absent, however, is the dark-comic malevolence the director smartly cultivated in his successful and disquieting Shadow of the Vampire a few years ago, bullied and bulldozed out of...
THU 12 The Invincible Czars -- an Austin quartet with a thing for mixing buzzing guitars with accordions and horns -- buzz into town Thursday, August 12, for a show at the Emerald Lounge, 1514 North Seventh Avenue. The Czars play a mean set of "indie-riffic-mathrockery to Eastern-European folk idioms,"...
". . . Welcome back to Entertainment Tonight, I'm Mary Hart! It's been an up-and-down year for Hollywood's famed Coppola family, and no one knows that better than Robert Carmine, actor and lead singer of the alternative-pop group Rooney, and son of Rocky co-star Talia Shire, whose brother, of course,...
Deep in the dangerous wasteland of America, far removed from civilization, there exists a community driven by fear, sworn to isolationism. They loathe outsiders, whom they regard as terrifying monsters. They make up strange rituals to guard themselves against the vast world beyond their borders. And while they may feast...
America's Heart & Soul, the debut feature from commercial director Louis Schwartzberg, is being depicted in some quarters as the antidote to Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11, mostly because it's a documentary, being released around the same time, about the USA. For more simplistic minds who equate anti-Bush sentiment with hatred...
All you need to know about Spider-Man 2 is revealed in the opening credits, in which comic-book artist Alex Ross recaps the 2002 original in lovingly, lavishly painted panels. Spidey and Mary Jane Watson are once again entangled in that now-iconic upside-down kiss; nutty Norman Osborn, out of Green Goblin...
So let's get this straight: You're a much-loved comedian who just did a low-budget, multi-award-winning film with an acclaimed up-and-coming director. In recent years, thanks in part to your work with the younger, edgier filmmaking set, you're starting to be taken seriously as an actor. You even managed to score...
Sat 5/22 Carlos Urtubey, a baritone of Colombian descent, tells the story of one of the zarzuela duets (lyric Spanish theater) he'll perform -- "Canta Mendigo Errante" -- on Saturday, May 22, at the Phoenix Center for the Arts. "That song is about a Gypsy who sings to try to...
Sun 5/9 Despite their five-game win streak, as well as a likely berth in the Arena Football League playoffs, the Arizona Rattlers will play what may be their final home game of the season at America West Arena on Sunday, May 9, against their Western Division rivals, the San Jose...
As a proud sponsor of the Colin Farrell media blitz, Intermission opens on the lad's salable mug, basically sporting the same buzz-cut 'n' tats look from his punky cameo in Veronica Guerin. It's a cunning editorial move, pushing the product from the get-go, yet it gets interesting as Farrell's dumb...
