by January 2, 2012 5:03 pm
-Big Screen Peter: The Magnificent Seven of Twenty Eleven
Now playing is this short list of the best of the 46 new movies reviewed for The City Wire.
by January 2, 2012 5:03 pm
-Now playing is this short list of the best of the 46 new movies reviewed for The City Wire.
by January 1, 2012 7:07 pm
-Editor’s note: This essay first appeared Dec. 28, 2008, on The City Wire. It continues to be an appropriate note to begin a new year. Riff Raff, by Michael Tilley…
by December 29, 2011 5:27 pm
-One of the best things they offer has got to be the fried lobster. Imagine if you will a fried pastry with bits of minced lobster strewn throughout.
by December 28, 2011 11:14 am
-From the trippy, special effect laden opening title sequence — think a weird S&M porno mixed with a 1980s metal music video — the movie never pauses for breath.
by December 27, 2011 10:51 am
-While 2011 may have been a dream or left you screaming in your dreams, there is plenty to reflect on and give thanks to before 2012 opens the door.
by December 26, 2011 3:27 pm
-Riff Raff, by Michael Tilley [email protected] A college friend recently inquired on his facebook page, “Hey, has anyone seen 2011? I must of missed it …” His obvious point is…
by December 21, 2011 5:38 pm
-While the scale and setting are certainly a boon, the movie’s greatest asset is the much stronger writing.
by December 20, 2011 7:30 am
-We learn through the students’ lessons that capitalism takes no prisoners: when the timing is right, the market is ripe and the idea is hot anyone can rocket to the top.
by December 19, 2011 1:31 pm
-Keeping our retirement goals in front of us and mapping out the correct plan of action is like establishing goals for being fit and healthy.
by December 18, 2011 9:23 pm
-Riff Raff, by Michael Tilley [email protected] My closet hero has died. He called Bill Clinton a rapist. He wrote frequently of his distaste for George W. Bush. He was one…
by December 15, 2011 5:51 pm
-The restaurant is an oasis in the barren wasteland of Wal-Mart Supercenter upgrades.
by December 14, 2011 7:39 pm
-From start to finish, there is no coherency. The only thread holding the movie together is the mere fact the same people keep popping up throughout the movie.
by December 13, 2011 8:28 pm
-Amongst the laughter and shopping, baking and giving, decorating and partying lie reflective thoughts of one’s life dancing around in many people’s minds.
by December 11, 2011 2:14 pm
-Editor’s note: Following is a repeat of an essay first published Dec. 13, 2009. The essay is republished here as a reminder of the 2011 Christmas Honors effort. Link here…
by December 8, 2011 3:36 pm
-The shop is about what you’d expect from a bakery. It’s brightly lit, clean, and has a great big display case brimming with sexy little cakes, cookies, and pastries.
by December 7, 2011 9:07 pm
-The Muppets movie, in many ways, sets up as a self-conscious plug for societal holes.
by December 5, 2011 6:37 pm
-One well known example of diversification can be found in the historical account of Christopher Columbus sailing to a new trade route to Asia.
by December 4, 2011 10:00 pm
-Riff Raff, by Michael Tilley [email protected] It’s been a struggle to come up with a more precise or acceptable or enlightened descriptor than what first appeared in my farm-boy brain…
by December 1, 2011 8:31 pm
-This is a place where meat fantasies come to life, and the he décor looks as if the restaurant’s namesake, the Duke, had decorated it himself.
by November 30, 2011 3:13 pm
-The movie, though slow to begin, is an illustration of the gratitude director Martin Scorsese feels for cinema.