Patrick Wright

February 7, 2002

Half-Assed Attempt

By Patrick Wright

Trying to prove that their finger is perpetually on the pulse of the young adult populous, 30-something marketing spin doctors give you yet another college flick.

January 31, 2002

Cornelius | Point | Matador

By Patrick Wright

Cornelius, AKA Keigo Oyamada has been hailed a Phil Spector for the post-rave era, and appropriately so.

January 24, 2002

Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down: Against All Odds

By Patrick Wright

A modern war-film, "Black Hawk Down" neither glorifies, nor denounces war. As the light fades on Mogadishu, the futility and desperation of the situation is pulled into sharp focus.

January 17, 2002

The Many Faces of Popular Music

By Patrick Wright

Dishwalla was formed in Santa Barbara in 1992 by original members, frontman J.R. Richards, bassist Scot Alexander, guitarist Rodney Browning Cravens and drummer George Pendergast.

January 10, 2002

Movie Review: A Beautiful Mind: A Terrible Thing To Lose

By Patrick Wright

Spanning some 40 years, from post-World War II through the early '90s, "A Beautiful Mind" is a sugar-coated bio-pic/period piece about the mental anguish of theoretical mathematician John Nash (Russell Crowe).

November 29, 2001

Digital Masterplan

By Patrick Wright

In 1995, when Brent Meeske decided to make a feature-length documentary, he really had only one format option within his price range: a small, first-generation, digital-eight camera.

November 29, 2001

John Mayer | Room for Squares | Sony

By Patrick Wright

If this were a hard and fast rule Room for Squares would probably be pulled over for reckless endangerment. The album rides the line between following the caravan and diverging into John Mayer's own aesthetic road.

November 15, 2001

Out of Many, One

By Patrick Wright

Jude Narita, actress, producer and playwright, brings her own one-woman show to Campbell Hall this Friday night. Critically acclaimed, "Stories Waiting to be Told" is a performance that celebrates the lives of Asian and ...

November 15, 2001

Heist: Dishonor Among Thieves

By Patrick Wright

Mamet's newest modern noir, "Heist," has the muted monochromatic color scheme of its timeless predecessors. More crime than con game, an abundance of double-crossings and plot twists are still intact.

November 13, 2001

Growing Old Together

By Patrick Wright

We might not walk, talk or look the the same, but I still love you baby. Artsweek celebrates a two-decade long relationship with animation.

November 1, 2001

‘Mulholland Drive’: The Long and Winding Road

By Patrick Wright

After his Oscar-winning Disney departure from new noir, "The Straight Story," director David Lynch returns to the off-kilter, double fantasies that made "Lost Highway" so maddeningly enthralling.

October 25, 2001

“From Hell”: Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter…

By Patrick Wright

There is more pathology and suspense in an episode of "Blue's Clues" than in the contrived "From Hell."

October 18, 2001

Tangled Up in Blue and Gold

By Patrick Wright

I love seeing a live music performance, but I hate concerts. There are always too many damn people to ruin the whole experience.

October 18, 2001

Opera: the Best Russian Export Since Vodka

By Patrick Wright

Some stories are universal: love, death, betrayal, murder. They speak to the human condition now as they have for centuries. But we do not often get the opportunity to see how these themes are interpreted through the eye...

October 18, 2001

“Lumumba”: A Light in the Heart of Darkness

By Patrick Wright

Sometimes, in spite of all your attempts to change the world for the better, the world is not ready to change and irresistible forces silence you.

October 11, 2001

Menage a Trois

By Patrick Wright

Maybe it's the obsessive-compulsive disorder in me, but I am a sucker for the heist film. The idea of a perfect plan gets me every time - the way it is conceived and executed, the attention to detail, the precision timin...