2008 Woodie Awards
Review Articles
Theater Review: 'No, No, Nanette'
'20s spectacle almost roars
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4.5 out of 5 stars The 1920s is a great backdrop for a musical. The fashions were daring, the dance moves were kicky and the lingo was absolutely the bee's knees. Despite its draws, shows set in this era risk being too sugary sweet if they falsely present the '20s as a time of moral purity.
'Raw Shark' tastes good, reads well
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Sparkling with ingenuity, bold with its breadth and innovative in its approach, Steven Hall's first novel "The Raw Shark Texts" is one of the great reads of 2007. Reminiscent in many ways to Mark Z. Danielewski's cult novel "House of Leaves," Hall uses experimental techniques combined with strange storytelling elements to make "The Raw Shark Texts" compulsively mind-blowing.
'Showgirls' director returns with style
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In what could be the revitalization of his career, Paul Verhoven's "Black Book" sizzles with extraordinary action, passion, and grade A filmmaking, at least for its first two hours. Running a lightning fast 145-minutes, "Black Book" consists of all of the explosions and nudity you would find in a Hollywood blockbuster, but carries a sense of moral duty and brutal honesty that reaches beyond almost any action movie made in America.