// Things We Like

Things We Like: “King Creole,” “Mister Skylight” and E.S. Posthumus
By Staff
[13 Mar 2010|No Comment]

Ed Skoog fashions some exploding moments; Elvis Presley tries to stay one step ahead of the mob and the critics; E.S. Posthumus plays music to fight a zombie Napoleon by.

// Lies and Entertainment

If I Had a Time Machine…
By Geoff Carter
[12 Mar 2010|One Comment]

There’s just too much money to be made plundering the past for the technology not to be invented and deployed to shopping malls across America, where it can take up space between the water-massage tables and the abandoned oxygen bar.

// Seattle

It Never Rains
By Geoff Carter
[9 Mar 2010|No Comment]

You’re talking about water falling from the sky in great cascades; fat raindrops smacking against windshields and rooftops. We rarely get to see anything like that up here in Seattle.

// Stories and Appreciations

Sex, Drugs and Jiffy-Pop: Rockers on the Silver Screen
By Sheri Quirt
[11 Mar 2010|No Comment]

When rock stars make movies, they make the hearts of cynics and masochists alike beat faster. But potshots aside, the quality continuum between “A Hard Day’s Night” and “Shanghai Surprise” is dotted with titles deserving of rediscovery.