Email Author Jim Ridley

Awards

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published March 24, 2005

  "Blown Opportunity"

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 19, 2005

  "Lost in the Stars"

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published September 1, 2005

  "Pulling Punch Lines"

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2009 Stories by Jim Ridley

• Blood on the Tracks in The Taking of Pelham

  published June 11, 2009

  Want to know how a city works? Start by watching 1974's The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, a primer in which subway hijackers test how... More >>

• Vegas, Babies

  published June 4, 2009

  What Fletch was to plaid-checked water-cooler wits in the '80s, what National Lampoon's Van Wilder was to college-bound douches... More >>

• Crank: High Voltage

  published April 23, 2009

  A glue-huffing variant on the gimmick-noir D.O.A., 2006’s Crank was a riotous demonstration of the actionvore’s... More >>

• Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

  published January 29, 2009

  The original Underworld, released six years ago, introduced a high-concept/low-excitement war between vampires in fetish gear and... More >>

• My Bloody Valentine 3-D

  published January 22, 2009

  In theory, 3-D filmmaking should amplify the effect Roland Barthes foresaw in Cinemascope — that of the viewer becoming a "little god"... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  The Best Movies of 2008

  published January 1, 2009

  Is it a sign of the apocalypse? Something in the water? Or is it just the way the wind is blowing? Whatever the case, when our... More >>