Artsweek

May 24, 2001

Ocean Colour Scene | Mechanical Wonder | Ark21

By Richard Block

When I first heard Moseley Shoals, Ocean Colour Scene's last American release, I was amazed that a band from Manchester (home of The Smiths) could play with such soul.

May 24, 2001

Useless I.D. | Bad Story, Happy Ending | Kung Fu

By DJ FatKid

It is rare that a dime-a-dozen review jobber for a somewhat progressive news rag gets to indulge in rampant, drooling nationalistic condescension.

May 24, 2001

Velvet Sun | Dreamhome | Flotation

By Collin Mitchell

Essentially a one-man band, Scott Weinkle uses simplistic rock formulas and basic sonic tricks to expand conventional rock in a fashion where the rock of the past can still hold relevance in the present.

May 17, 2001

Film Review: “A Knight’s Tale”

By Andy Sywak

After watching the first couple of minutes unfold in "A Knight's Tale," one quickly figures out that they're going to have to get into a different frame of mind in order to enjoy the film.

May 17, 2001

Electronic Summer Listening Guide

By Jenne Raub

Spring, as I'm sure you've garnered from the warm weather and flower-powered Ross commercials, has sprung, and a new crop of CDs have landed on the Artsweek desk in ripe abundance.

May 17, 2001

Straight-To-Video Classics: “Left Behind”

By Trey Clark

Instead of a specific film, there is a whole genre of films that is blowing up that you need to know about if you consider yourself a true film connoisseur. That genre is Christian home video.

May 17, 2001

Film Review: “The Center of the World”

By Patrick Wright

This is a love story. Boy meets girl in the non-threatening coffee shop. Boy finds out girl is a rock drummer by day and stripper by night.

May 17, 2001

Film Review: “Boesman and Lena”

By Patrick Wright

Set against the backdrop of the desolate mud flats outside Cape Town, South Africa, it is a tale of loss and survival during that nation's period of apartheid.

May 17, 2001

Interview: Judith Olauson

By Jenne Raub

Judith Olauson, director of "A Raisin in the Sun", shared a few insights about this compelling drama.

May 17, 2001

Alien Ant Farm | ANThology | New Noize

By Collin Mitchell

Despite the apparently political connotations of this record, Alien Ant Farm truly relies on the interesting and conflicting relationship between contemporary alternative metal and sentiments of life and fantasy.

May 17, 2001

The Rapture | Out of the Races and On To the Tracks | Sub Pop

By DJ FatKid

Now that the founder of Up Records is dead, and Matador Records' taste is nearly as moribund, Sub Pop is left as one of the last high-profile indie rock labels in the biz.

May 17, 2001

Soft Boys | Underwater Moonlight | Matador

By Joseph Martinez

Two discs of reissue bliss, Soft Boys' Underwater Moonlight kicks out the jams.

May 10, 2001

Artsweek Recognition of Excellence Award: Shy Pilgreen, Miss Isla Vista 2001

By Trey Clark

Talent, personality and how hot the girls looked in "Friday Night Fun Wear" were all taken into consideration as 16 of I.V.'s loveliest ladies duked it out for the Miss Isla Vista crown.

May 10, 2001

Weekend on Dreamworks

By Andy Sywak

The press notice made it sound too good to be true. Hallowed Hollywood studio DreamWorks was going to put me and a bunch of other college journalists up at the Brentwood Holiday Inn and pamper us with movie screenings, c...

May 10, 2001

Film Review: “The Mummy Returns”

By Andy Sywak

While Brendon Fraser, Rachel Weisz and the WWF's The Rock may be the flesh stars of the movie, whatever entertainment the film provides comes from visual effects maestro John Berton.

May 10, 2001

Straight to Video Classics: “Cutaway”

By Trey Clark

They knew how to bait me. The good people at Artisan Entertainment assembled a cast bigger than life for "Cutaway," and as soon as I laid eyes on that beautiful poster I was hooked and ready to be reeled in.