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Today we’re launching a new version of Inlander.com, the Pacific Northwest Inlander’s home online since 2000. We think the new site is more robust, more dynamic and will better serve our u

Real-ish Emotions

Zac Efron's acting will have you on cloud six ... maybe even seven.

Zac Efron has It: that indefinable on-screen charisma, that presence you can’t look away from. So it makes Charlie St. Cloud somewhat less tedious than it might otherwise have been. Efron is an

Rizzoli and Isles

I know you are, but what am I?

I was 11 when Cagney and Lacey premiered, and yes, I watched it because we had one TV and no cable. Still, I knew a strong female buddy-cop dynamic when I saw it. In TNT’s new series Rizzoli and

The Losers

Cartoony and quick-paced, The Losers is for teens, but in the right mood, grownups might enjoy it too.

When a DVD begins with trailers for videogames and cartoons, the casual adult viewer can be sure of one thing: This movie is not intended for them.The Losers is such a film, though this adult wasn&rsq

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 is a clunky, fussy golf game that makes the swing all thumbs.

I’m not Mario. In Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11, I need to make my shots seriously stronger if I want to send the ball sailing over the sand dunes and water ponds that look like they were salvaged fro

Spy Swap

Salt trades coherence for wicked fun. A deal we endorse.

I had to snort with something like derision when I heard the premise: "Angelina Jolie is a Russian spy! Or maybe not!" Russian spies? What is this, 1982? Is this a missing James Bond movie? I know Hollywood is creatively bankrupt, but c'mon: dredging up 20-years-gone Cold War paranoia has gotta be a new low for the industry, hasn't it?.

Dream a Little Dream

If we had the power to alter people’s dreams, we’d find a way to corrupt it.

Nolan’s script offers up all sorts of psychobabble about our minds, our dreams, the uncontrollable subconscious. He has one of his characters explain that the concept of “dream sharing” was developed by the military so soldiers would know what war actually feels like.

Adorably Despicable

Steve Carrell shows off his vocal range in a cutesy, humor-filled animated villain-fest.

Alas, even with his laboratory run by the nefarious Dr. Nefario (Russell Brand, his voice dropped an octave) and his minions of minions (little yellow creatures in blue coveralls who bicker all the time), the only object of any merit that he’s swiped so far is the Times Square Jumbotron.

Meant for the Stage

He's made a name for himself, but Langhorne Slim still has a lot of growing up to do.

Haphazard folkie Langhorne Slim is surprisingly soft-spoken, especially considering his well-known live charisma and stage antics that are equal parts crazy and lucid. It’s that live presence th

'The Wonder Show of the World,' Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and the Cairo Gang

For an underground indie hero, we weren’t really all that blown away by Will Oldham’s latest.

Will Oldham (aka Bonnie “Prince” Billy) has a devoted underground following. And because of that, I thought I’d be floored by The Wonder Show of the World, seeing that it’s my

'Before Today,' Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti

A terribly named band heavily borrowing from disco and ’80s pop occasionally makes a good song.

Not trying to be a jerky judgey-McJudgerton here, but I absolutely hate the name of this band. It sounds like a joke. A not-funny joke. Hate it.With that out of the way, it’s important to see pa

'Scientific Vibes,' Nick

The Spokane equivalent of Beck makes a perfect homage to our strange town.

'EP,' Belt of Vapor

Belt of Vapor feels trapped. And on their new record, that's a very good thing.

Belt of Vapor's latest tome, EP.

Finding a Way

VIDEO: Check out Marshall McLean playing on the street outside our office.

On stage, McLean rarely moves further than an inch — maybe an inch and a half — away from the microphone. Shoulders hunched, he clutches his guitar. Occasionally, he speaks to the audience, delivering wit with the prophetic, weaving quirky mannerisms into eloquent sermons.

Old Soul

Sara Jackson-Holman is just learning as she goes.

Jackson-Holman, home on summer break from Whitworth University, is new to this press thing. New to playing shows. New to writing music, even..

It's Real Out Here

Real Life Rockaz are the Spokane reggae scene.

On a relatively rain-moistened Sunday night in Spokane, the Blue Spark is packed with a diverse array of people. A vague aroma of marijuana hangs in the air outside, though it is paid no mind by most. Inside, the stage overflows with equipment and the various local musicians who comprise Real Life Rockaz.

A Family Affair

With clown-painted faces, Juggalos are easy to write off. But maybe we should be paying a little closer attention to them.

He goes by Zilla here, but his name is really Gary. Before posing with a wrestling belt and hardening his clownpainted face for the camera, he hands off a half-eaten Popsicle to a woman standing nearby.

Strong Arm of the Law

What happens when someone complains a cop used excessive force? Usually, not much.

Kaitlyn Jellison barely reaches most people’s chins. At 19, she’s a slight 5-foot-2, wears glasses and is about as dainty as they come. So it’s unclear how she could pose much of a t

Reasonable Doubt

How spotty detective work and careless prosecution may have put the wrong men behind bars

The courtroom was full of tears. Tyler Gassman, a 22-year-old Spokane kid, had just learned his fate — 25 years in prison — and his sister, mother and friends wept. So did David Partovi, his lawyer. Partovi had lost cases before, but this felt different.

Mad as Hell

Why ex-Republicans, right-wing radicals and a few crazies love the Tea Party

Thomas Dixon is a red-blooded American, a military man and a citizen who absolutely despises his government. The Spokane Valley resident despises what he sees as a tyrannical president and a new healt

Paper Cuts

Why phone books are on the chopping block for greens, pols and pissed-off citizens

For Kitty Klitzke, it’s a one-woman war. Big stacks of shiny new phone books get dropped at her Spokane apartment building — and they just sit there, untouched by any of the tenants.“