Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Scare Tactics

    By on October 27, 2004

    There's no denying The Grudge is, at moments, a very scary movie. It uses every trick to startle you, tingle your spine, and occasionally gross...

  • Visual Aid

    By on October 20, 2004

    One hundred thousand dollars. That's the goal attempting to be met at this year's Art for Life Auction. The eleventh annual function, which benefits the...

  • Blowing Smoke

    By on October 20, 2004

    Watching Nilo Cruz's illustrious Anna in the Tropics as a born and bred native of the Tampa Bay area is brutal. But to anyone who...

  • Puppet State

    By on October 20, 2004

    Team America: World Police is screamingly, achingly funny. It's the kind of movie that repeatedly hits a comic high note and holds it for a...

  • Soundwaves

    By on October 13, 2004

    KYLIE'S SLOW BLOW… Kylie Minogue never toured with her most recent album, Body Language. Was she just too lazy, or too aloof, or too uninspired...

  • Strike Zone

    By on October 13, 2004

    Richard Morel partners in a local legendary dance music producing/songwriting duo, records with his five-piece band for a highly regarded dance music label, and creates...

  • Smooth Moves

    By on October 13, 2004

    Drinking a delicious, slushy smoothie is a delightful thing. Marketing it to the masses is a whole other bowl of fruit. And that's just what...

  • Perfect Match

    By on October 13, 2004

    Andrea Martin has never seen Hello, Dolly! ''I guess I'm the only person in the world who has never seen that musical,'' says the actress...

  • Soundwaves

    By on October 6, 2004

    VOTE NOW FOR FAVORITE DJ… One is focused on America, the other worldwide, though with a clear European bias. But no matter: Tiesto is likely...

  • Red-Letter Day

    By on October 6, 2004

    Green Day drops the faggot word bomb -- ''Maybe I am the faggot America, I'm not a part of a redneck agenda '' -- early...

  • Star Wars

    By on October 6, 2004

    ''I am her father, '' booms the familiar sub-bass voice that immediately conjures up sci-fi scenes teeming with Jedi fighters. ''Ethel's her mummy, and I'm...

  • Hello, Gorgeous!

    By on October 6, 2004

    Back when Steven Brinberg was in high school, his father confronted him with something he'd found in the boy's bedroom. ''This tape of Barbra Streisand...

  • Fin Rot

    By on October 6, 2004

    ''Is Shark Tale a sequel to Finding Nemo?'' a friend inquired after learning I'd seen the movie. ''No,'' I replied, ''it's a rip-off.'' At least...

  • Dead Heads

    By on September 29, 2004

    It's not every day you get a zombie film crossed with a romantic British comedy. And that's probably a good thing. Because in the wrong...

  • Soundwaves

    By on September 29, 2004

    EVERYBODY DANCE NOW… Martha Wash, the Two Tons of Fun/Weather Girls woman (and Sylvester's “Mighty Real” backup singer) with certainly one of the most booming...