Tag: Alice
Famously chained
Wednesday, Memorial Auditorium will host Alice in Chains, one of the foremost bands from the Seattle scene that brought grunge rock into the mainstream in the early ’90s. As of press time, tickets were still available. To help kill time between now and when opening act Shooter Jennings strikes the first chords, here are some other figures who were famously chained up. * Kratos: The star of the “God of War” video games isn’t imprisoned, per se, but the wicked chained blades he uses in combat were grafted to his skin by the Grecian gods. * Fortunato: this unassuming noble
OFFBEAT: 'Clash of the Titans' a blend of the best of old and new
When the original “Clash of the Titans” arrivedin movie theaters in the summer of 1981, I was 10 years old. So as a young fan of Greek mythology, it was the promise ofseeing all of the most frightening and fascinating creatures fromthe pages of World Book Encyclopedias brought to life on the bigscreen, that had me bugging my parents to take me to see it. Even back then, just as epic films like “StarWars” were really taking off, I also remember amerchandising bonanza of toys and action figures associated with”Clash of the Titans,” another reason that kept me wide-eyed withanticipation.
Sci Fi Bytes: Dr. Horrible Sequel; Star Wars Live Action Series …
a byte of sci fi: Bringing you the world of Science Fiction and Fantasy one byte at a time. Following are some of our latest bytes: Movie Bytes: Dr. Horrible Sequel to the big Screen; Human Torch Will be Captain America TV Bytes: Star Wars Live Action TV Series Getting Closer First Glimpse of Futurama’s Return Trailer for Doctor Who Season 5 Comic Book Bytes: Dynamite Entertainment Sinks their Teeth into Vampirella New in Comics: Nemesis Box Office Results: Alice Still no. 1; Repo Men Flops New on DVD: The Prisoner (2009) A look at Thomas Edison’s Frankenstein (1910) Sci
Fiction Chronicle
TOO MUCH MONEYBy Dominick Dunne.Crown, $26. Skip to next paragraph I LEGO N.Y.By Christoph Niemann Unpaged. Abrams Image. $14.95. This board book by Niemann, whose illustrations frequently appear in the Book Review, offers a playful minimalist homage to New York City through the medium of Lego blocks. A celebrity journalist whose divining rod tilted toward the criminally rich and the notoriously criminal, Dunne (who died last summer) went out with this Bronx cheer for the Madoff era: Any prominent male character of unparalleled wealth is either dead or in prison. Keeping their assets in showy circulation is a cluster of
An Alice in Wonderland trip turns into a Disney adventure
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