Outtakes
8 MILE (R) This much-anticipated portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-dawg stars white-boy rapper/pop sensation Eminem as a barely disguised version of himself in younger days. Directed by Curtis Hanson (L.A. Confidential, Wonder Boys), the movie is set in Detroit's mid-'90s hip-hop scene, where aspiring rapper Jimmy "Rabbit" Smith (Eminem) lives in a trailer with his trashy mom (Kim Basinger),…
Scott’s Sonic Superlatives
Harrell’s Top 10 of the year
Screen Gems
Top 10 Films of 2002
Breaking the American Trance
Americans hypnotized by mass media and billionaire takeover artists need to snap out of it.
New Year’s Resolutions We’d Like to See
Admit it, it's way easier — and more fun — to tell other people what they should be doing than to take a long, hard look within and resolve to be a better person. That's why we've come up with resolutions for others this year. That's not to say we're completely without conscience. We figure…
Snider’s Shout-Out
Editor Eric gives props to his faves of ’02.
Curtain Call ’02
The best plays of the year
The Rebels vs. the Traditionalists
Consumers win in the battle of Old vs. New World wines
Freebie
Going, Conscientiously, to the Dogs
Letters
When Local Ain’t Yokel Many thanks for the review of local bands. I hope to see more such articles in the Planet in the near future. I do buy local music and attend shows. —Tom Slaughter, Via e-mail News That’s Not Fit to Print When will African Americans be free to take a stand against…
Books
Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick
Orbitals
News, events and weird stuff happening around Tampa Bay
Web Site Of The Week
VoyCabulary http://www.voycabulary.com/
Ovo Rated
Ovo Cafe still manages to please. But it could do better. Much better.
