We had heard a lot of good buzz going into Sunshine Cleaning, starring the perpetually lovable and talented Amy Adams and the nearly as up-and-coming Emily Blunt as sisters who break into the lucrative niche growth industry of crime scene cleanup. Dealing with the literal blood, guts, and body fluids of the recently departed forces the ladies to examine some of the biohazards in their own lives. Wackiness and personal growth ensues. Unfortunately, the movie is good but not great, and the rest of the audience seemed to like it a lot more than we did. With a cute kid and Alan Arkin in tow as the sisters' crotchety dad, director Christine Jeffs is totally aiming for Little Miss Sunshine Cleaning, but with a wisp of a script and a couple overwrought scenes, this film ain't making it to the pageant. more ›

Courtney Love) and we more or less recall the political foment of The Evergreen State College, the lo-pro, no-letter-grades hothouse that produced Rachel Corrie, the student-activist who was killed when she was struck by bulldozer in Gaza three years ago today. more ›

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Guru of Gang Starr fame is dropping by Chop Suey this evening. If there was any justice in this world Guru would be selling out the Key Arena (admittedly awkward if the Sonics happened to be playing there at the same time). Gang Starr had some of the most thoughtful lyrics around and they really did a lot to redefine the limits to hip-hop. Since he's not selling out Key Arena, we can at least enjoy him within the intimate confines of Chop Suey. more ›