Goal Orientation
Whatever happened to the teen film? [01-19-99]
James DiGiovanna, TUCSON WEEKLY
Titanic Sex Tale
JJ Bigas Lunas, director of "Chambermaid on the Titanic," has one-upped the standard French flick by making a movie about that movie. [01-11-99]
James DiGiovanna, TUCSON WEEKLY
Apocalyptic Visions
What's more fun than the end of the world? [01-04-99]
James DiGiovanna, TUCSON WEEKLY
Fool's Gold
If you've ever seen a Hal Hartley movie, you must have wondered how different it would have been if Arnold Schwarzenegger had been involved. [12-27-98]
James DiGiovanna, TUCSON WEEKLY
Intergalactic Makeover
"Star Trek 9: Insurrection" acknowledges what Trekkies have suspected all alongthat sex appeal is what makes the United Federation of Planets so much better than their enemies. [12-20-98]
James DiGiovanna, TUCSON WEEKLY
Sex, Lies And Gasoline
Where does Cher end and Marilyn Manson begin? Their new tell-all books may offer us mere mortals some clues. [12-14-98]
James DiGiovanna, TUCSON WEEKLY
Seeing The Enemy
Will Smith's new blockbuster updates "The Conversation" with lots of exploding fireballs. [11-30-98]
James DiGiovanna, TUCSON WEEKLY
Tongue Twisting
In "The Word on the Street," John McWhorter sets about freeing us from the impression that language is a set system, like good posture, that we aspire to with varying degrees of success. [11-23-98]
James DiGiovanna, TUCSON WEEKLY
Screening Process
Pete Tombs' surprisingly intelligent and incredibly well-researched new book, Mondo Macabro, does an amusing job detailing the best in B-cinema worldwide. [07-27-98]
James DiGiovanna, TUCSON WEEKLY
Virgin Territory
A Heavenly Place, by Christian rocker Jaci Velasquez, is your basic teen confessional, with the usual sexual longing and an unusual amount of cutesy religious sentiment. [07-06-98]
James DiGiovanna, TUCSON WEEKLY
Korine Out Of Control?
Harmony Korine has churned out A Crackup at the Race Riots , which reads like the unexpurgated private notebook of a smart, nerdy high school boy who envies the bad kids. [06-29-98]
James DiGiovanna, TUCSON WEEKLY
Earth-Shattering News
Leave it to Hollywood to make the end of the world seem rather a bland and boring affair. [05-18-98]
James DiGiovanna, TUCSON WEEKLY
Rock & A Hard Place
Jim Morrison, fallen rock god. Wow. [04-27-98]
James DiGiovanna, TUCSON WEEKLY
High Hopes
"Empire of the Ants" has been lauded everywhere -- and somewhat undeservedly. [04-27-98]
James DiGiovanna, TUCSON WEEKLY
Mod, Mod World
Toby Miller's deceptive study of "The Avengers" is one of the best and clearest books on the confluence of postmodern academic theorizing and popular culture. [04-13-98]
James DiGiovanna, TUCSON WEEKLY
Jam Session
Self-important and shallow, "Rolling Stone" magazine has redefined politics for a generation of morons. [03-30-98]
James DiGiovanna, TUCSON WEEKLY
Naughty Fun
Two new books point out the differences in sexual attitudes then and now. [03-02-98]
James DiGiovanna, TUCSON WEEKLY
Hitting Below the Belt
"Will the Real John Callahan Please Stand Up" is a tour-de-force of sick cartooning from a quadriplegic with attitude. [03-02-98]
James DiGiovanna, TUCSON WEEKLY
Paperback Tiger
"Eastern Standard Time" is a thoughtful and cohesive look at how cultures borrow from each other. [02-02-98]
James DiGiovanna, TUCSON WEEKLY
Look Who's Talking
When it comes to the current literary crop, screwed-up childhoods and wretched parents are out, and talking animals are in. [01-26-98]
James DiGiovanna, TUCSON WEEKLY
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