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The Maid: From Chile, One of the Year’s Best Movies

Not many films, or actresses, would let the central female role of a movie be underestimated for so…

The Fussy Eye: Na, Meet Xe

Arts & Culture

The Fussy Eye: Na, Meet Xe

Hard science, soft art.

Harris moves from zombie killin' to ninja battlin'.

Film

Ninja Assassin: Behold My Silent Abs of Death!

Isn’t that a tautology—both ninja and assassin? Redundancy aside, having braved zombies in 28 Days Later, Naomie Harris…

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Arts & Culture

The Fussy Eye: Riot Lite

Ten years later, what exactly did the WTO protests accomplish? Paul Schell and Norm Stamper lost their jobs…

News

The Jonas Brothers want…more brains!You know what? Let Apple have its annoying

The Jonas Brothers want…more brains!You know what? Let Apple have its annoying Justin Long and nerdy John Hodgman…

News

As previously mentioned, our state contributed accident data to a recent federal

As previously mentioned, our state contributed accident data to a recent federal traffic safety report that concluded that…

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“Bono, could I interest you in some Via?”You damn doves get off

“Bono, could I interest you in some Via?” You damn doves get off my computer screen! Banner ads…

The Fussy Eye: Cruel Harvest

Arts & Culture

The Fussy Eye: Cruel Harvest

A gallery turned greenhouse.

Long's alien is relieved that Johnson's astronaut doesn't want to eat his brains.

Film

Planet 51: Justin Long as Green Space Salamander

Like E.T. in reverse, this pleasantly mediocre CG animation tale lands an astronaut on a distant planet whose…

News

“First we cut ze duck very fine with ze laser beam.”Former Microsoft

“First we cut ze duck very fine with ze laser beam.”Former Microsoft executive Nathan Myhrvold granted The New…

News

“Man, how are we ever gonna get to the next Dead show

“Man, how are we ever gonna get to the next Dead show without our favorite bus?”Not cool, man.…

The Fussy Eye: Buildings Without Badges

Arts & Culture

The Fussy Eye: Buildings Without Badges

Empty and unfinished buildings often look more interesting before they achieve their final form. Without signage or tenants,…

Is this drain cute enough to compel you to adopt it? The city hopes so.

News

Ask Not What the Sewer Can Do for You

Ask what you should do with this shovel.

The Fussy Eye: Instant Gratification

Arts & Culture

The Fussy Eye: Instant Gratification

Exploring early Mapplethorpe at the Henry.

News

As reported, Elliott Bay Book Co. may be moving from Pioneer Square.

As reported, Elliott Bay Book Co. may be moving from Pioneer Square. One possible new location is Capitol…

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Guess who’s about to wake up next to a horse’s severed head?

Guess who’s about to wake up next to a horse’s severed head? Newsweek technology writer Daniel Lyons. In…

News

The state, country, and city are all cutting services, and if Initiative

The state, country, and city are all cutting services, and if Initiative 1033 passes, we citizens may be…

Music

Will his recent death help Michael Jackson’s This Is It? The movie

Will his recent death help Michael Jackson’s This Is It? The movie opens today at the Meridian and…

Auster insists lightning isn’t divine.

Film

Act of God: Death From the Skies!

With her 2007 SIFF-favorite documentary Manufactured Landscapes, Canadian director Jennifer Baichwal proved she had an eye for the…

Charm doesn’t pay the bills.

News

Hard Times at Elliott Bay Bookstore

Unlike thriving Amazon, Seattle's favorite wood-floored temple of books faces some possibly unsurmountable challenges.