Harrison Coltun

May 5, 2005

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy | Don’t Forget to Bring a Towel

By Harrison Coltun

You know when a film opens with dolphins singing about the end of the world in a song called "So Long, and Thanks For All The Fish" you are in for something... special. This weekend was not the official beginning of summ...

April 28, 2005

Big Hands You Know You’re The One

By Harrison Coltun

Even the glaring afternoon sunlight and perpetual dust cloud couldn't keep fans from rushing the stage just to grab a glimpse or even a high-five from their favorite rock bands at this, the first year of the Spring Addic...

April 21, 2005

Dust to Glory | A Surf Movie about Off-Road Racing

By Harrison Coltun

Imagine yourself sitting atop a motorcycle, senses fried over the past 14 hours of straight racing. You are burning down some unnamed Mexican beach at 110 miles per hour when your vision focuses on a rock that seems to b...

April 14, 2005

Are You My Daddy?

By Harrison Coltun

Since the days of the Babylonian empire there have been whores. The "whores" in question are not your smelly roommates who ate your leftover Domino's pizza, but the traditional "ladies of the night" who deal in sex.

March 31, 2005

Bear Puddin

By Harrison Coltun, Aly Comingore

What do you get when you compile eight of the top art students at a university and give them the chance to create and organize their own show? The answer is part classical and part modernist, a little culinary, a lot exh...

March 31, 2005

First Sick? Twisted? Hilarious? You Bet Your Ass!

By Harrison Coltun

Are you one of those people who thinks cartoons are dumb? When someone says animation, do you think singing crabs and midgets with pickaxes? Well, prepare to have all your preconceived notions about animation drawn and q...

March 3, 2005

Slighty Off-Key

By Harrison Coltun

There was a time before "Chicago" and "Moulin Rouge" when the movie musical was an endangered species in Hollywood. Musicals are expensive and risky sells to American audiences.

February 17, 2005

Denial Should Be a River in France

By Harrison Coltun

Early Monday morning, the media world converged on the otherwise normal town of Santa Maria for the jury selection for the Michael Jackson child molestation trial. Among the impersonators, fans and sleepy Artsweek corres...

February 10, 2005

Scoring a Perfect 10

By Harrison Coltun

The harsh reality of competition is that there will inevitably be winners and losers. Last Saturday, as directors and patrons alike paid 10 entrance fee, everyone knew that by the end of the night there were going to be ...

January 27, 2005

Your Mission, If You Choose To Accept It…

By Harrison Coltun

10-10-10 sounds like a perfect score in an ice skating competition, but don't look for any whiney Canadians or Russians here. Formally called Project Rosebud, the new and proper name is the Sotheby's International Realty...

January 27, 2005

Hotel Rwanda | Check-out Time

By Harrison Coltun

Movies about real events are always a tough sell to an escapist public. Part of the enjoyment of movies is the break they provide from the mundane, and, unless the story is overly dramatic, people aren't always intereste...

January 20, 2005

Bringing the Office Home

By Harrison Coltun

"In Good Company" is mediocrity at best. The comedy is too "PG," the acting is lukewarm and the story is too frivolous to really get the audience involved. Writer and director Paul Weitz does a fine job at the helm.

January 6, 2005

Fighting Like a Girl

By Harrison Coltun

Adapted from a series of fictional short stories by former boxer Jerry Boyd, "Million Dollar Baby," has successfully inked an overwhelmingly potent script that will have you reflecting on it long after you peel your feet...

December 2, 2004

Second Time Not a Charm

By Harrison Coltun

"Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" was like having two hours of acid reflux where you get those burps with the little bit of vomit which you're forced to just chew back down.

November 4, 2004

Slow and Steady Wins the Race

By Harrison Coltun

When was the last time you saw a good movie? When was the last time you saw a movie from Korea? If you said "I don't know" to either of these questions, this movie is right up your alley.

October 27, 2004

Hey, Ho, Let’s VOTE!!

By Harrison Coltun

Artsweek correspondent Harrison Coltun got the chance to ask the "Activote!" moderators some of the tough questions about next week's elections and politics today. Artsweek: Is the student vote as big as a factor as peop...