Sweet, sweet Magnolia. It seems we hardly knew ye. You were the origin of Magnolia Audio Video, whose stores now will live mostly inside Best Buy, after they close seven Magnolia stores. When we think Magnolia, we think Tom Cruise movie or Discovery Park, but thanks to the Magnolia Voice we will start thinking of the Seattle Storm, who are leasing at 12,000 square foot space in Interbay, not far from the forthcoming, right-sized Whole Foods. Now we know where to go if we want to spot Lauren Jackson picking up lunch. Magnolia, you lovely flower, my how you've bloomed! more ›

We're sure you've seen the non-stop TV ads and heard all the terrible buzz on Valkyrie. The film, based on a true story about one of several assassination attempts on Hitler by German officers, was pushed back from a summer 2008 release date to the February 2009 dumping ground before getting moved to a Christmas debut. But it's not as bad as what you've heard. The script (written by Usual Suspects Oscar winner Christopher McQuarrie) is fine, Bryan Singer's direction is capable, and the cast features a bevy of talented British actors (including Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, and pretty much everyone in Black Book). In fact, there's really only one problem with the film, but it's a big 'un: more ›

There's just a little bit of time left before SIFF 2008's opening night, and in between now and then, SIFF Cinema is hosting the United Artists 90th Anniversary film series. To celebrate the studio's 90th birthday next year, the touring tribute covers films from the mid-'50s to 1980, the decades when UA was at the height of its powers. Not like right now, when the relaunched studio's attempt at a comeback (Tom Cruise's Hitler-killing Nazi drama Valkyrie) has just been delayed for the second time, which has everyone in the industry proclaiming UA 2.0, the film, and the couch-jumper himself all but dead. more ›

Kurt Cobain’s widow and his hometown have a lot in common. Both Courtney Love and Aberdeen have battled substance abuse. Both are scorned for their blighted appearance. And both had a lot of wood running through them in their heyday. more ›

Answers will be forthcoming this afternoon, along with final standings and any other information we feel like we can cram into a post. In the meantime, entertain yourself with the questions from last night's quiz at the Old Pequliar: more ›

Seattlest is horribly distracted right now. Not only is our site acting a wee bit like Tom Cruise on Oprah’s couch (sorry about the paucity of posts, and comments may be down for a little while), but we’re getting married in a few weeks. OK, not all of Seattlest is, just this contributor and well, our esteemed editor Dan (huzzah!). But not to each other. Really. But we digress. more ›

If you are afraid of fast cars (Tracy Chapman) or of movie characters existing in reality (Tom Cruise), then don't go downtown today. Because two characters from the upcoming Pixar film Cars---sotto voce: in theaters everywhere June 9th---are making an appearance at Westlake, as real-life cars. more ›

It's rained--hard--five out of the last six weekends. And after a week of beautiful weather, it's supposed to cloud over Saturday and rain Sunday. Along with the byplay of their weekend, the Seattlests answer the question "Why does God hate Seattle?" more ›

-The Seattle Times finally deigned to soil its dainty hands with The Stranger's FSU story. more ›

The eyes of the internet were on Seattle for three days over the weekend as the "unconference" Seattle’s tech elite cooked up raged on the waterfront. At Technorati the current number one search is for "Gnomedex." That in itself is a noteworthy event and we’ll be slightly saddened when "Tom Cruise" returns to the top slot sometime soon. Flickr has over 2000 images tagged with “gnomedex” and that number will probably get a lot larger as the slow and lazy get their pictures loaded and tagged (ours aren't up yet). more ›

You've got all kinds of options for films this week rather than going to see The Amityville Horror---and please people, for the love of God, do not pay to see movies like that...it only encourages Hollywood to trot out yet another completely unnecessary horror flick remake. more ›