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RoadTrip Walk the Planks in Ocean City
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TITLE BASIC STORY SAMPLE GRAB GRADEWHAT YOU’LL LOVE
SPOON BY AUTUM DEWILDE — MERGE; EXTRAS BY RAY BURMISTON — HBO
“Nobody likes rich guys
who cheat on their wives
and lie to the cops, he
might say, if he were ever
candid.”
— Our “hero” reads his lawyer’s mind
Despite the movie-of-the-week premise,
this debut thriller from a retired Goldman
Sachs partner delivers in ways both
predictable (fast pacing) and pleasantly
surprising (complex character
development).
The Arizona journalist expands upon an
award-winning essay, examining how what
we’ve built on Earth would mutate over time
if human beings were to vanish.
The band is tightrope taut but still evokes
a loose moodiness to complement Daniel’s
unruffl ed ruminations.
“You got no time for the
messenger / Got no regard
for the thing that you don’t
understand / You got no fear of
the underdog / That’s why you
will not survive”
— “The Underdog”
The Pumpkins pick up where they
left off in 2000, favoring the
downcast drivel that put them out
of business. Bring back the band in
the ice cream truck!— C.R.
The hokum measurements on
this fl ight reach “stratospheric.”
And the fi lm would have you believe that you can
build a perfectly functioning rocket from spare
parts.— Greg Zinman
It’s a good thing you’ve got those evil beasts to
defend you, because the average mob goon can
apparently take 20 bullets and keep on coming.— Christopher Healy
RE4 is the bloodiest, most mature title on
the system, drowning Nintendo’s would-be
cutesy console in a puddle of gore — and
some profanity.— Evan Narcisse
Despite the game’s roots in two-year-old
technology, the gesture-based shooting
and slashing controls of the Wii make for a
much-improved experience.
Terrifi c voice acting and
sharply realistic graph-
ics — not to mention
the startling violence
— give the game a
very cinematic feel.
Seeing Daniel Radcliffe,
right, demolish his
boy-wizard persona is
priceless, and a bushel
of outtakes demonstrates
how much fun the cast has
making fun of stars.
Being threatened by the Man
and the impending foreclo-
sure of his ranch don’t stop
Charlie Farmer (Billy Bob
Thornton) from attempting
to launch a rocket ship from
his barn.
Billy Corgan tried to get
the band back together, but
drummer Jimmy Chamberlin was the only other
ex-Pumpkin who showed up for
this gloomy reunion disc.
It’s “Goodfellas” meets
“Aliens”: A mafi a hit man
who’s about to get whacked
suddenly learns to control a
horde of vicious monsters.
Singer-songwriter Britt
Daniel forks over his latest
set of knife-sharp tunes
and positions himself as
the Elvis Costello of his
generation.
Ga Ga Ga Ga GaSpoon
Merge
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The World Without Us By Alan Weisman
Thomas Dunne
$24.95
A high-powered Wall Street executive’s life
spirals out of control when his estranged wife is
found murdered and he becomes — you guessed
it — the prime suspect.
Restitution By Lee Vance
Knopf
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You get to see a man in a spacesuit ride a horse.
“Please don’t stop / It’s lonely
at the top / These lonely
days / Will they ever stop? / This doomsday
clock / Tickin’ in my heart, not broken”
— “Doomsday Clock”
New-agey power ballad
“Pomp and Circumstances”
is oddly compelling. Think
Enya meets Thin Lizzy but,
you know, in a good way.
“ ‘Chubby little loser / national joke.’ . . . No,
that’s not it. ‘Pathetic little fat man / no one’s
bloody laughing / The clown that no one laughs
at / they all just wish he’d die.’ ”
— David Bowie works out a tune about Andy
Razor-fanged demons shred wiseguys limb
from limb and then eat their hearts to gain
more energy. Nice.
The book boasts an
amazingly imaginative
conceit that manages to tap
into underlying fears and subtly inspire
us to consider our interaction with the
planet. (Hint: Your house wouldn’t last
nearly as long as you might think.)
When perpetually
underemployed actor
Andy Millman (Ricky
Gervais) gets the chance to star in his own
lame sitcom, he rankles at his minor
celebrity. Cameos abound.
The new edition
includes side
missions focusing on
femme fatale Ada Wong that
previously were available only
on the PlayStation 2 version.
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Haters will continue comparing this to Gervais’s
previous triumph, “The Offi ce,” but he’s not
resting on any laurels: The show improves on its
fi rst season.— G.Z.
The science-speak gets very
technical at times, so some
readers may fi nd their eyes
glazing over.— Sara Cardace
This album’s a grower. You
might not realize its genius
until you notice that you’ve
listened to it 14 times in a row.— Chris Richards
The pull-it-all-together denouement is something
of a wobbly high-wire act: Vance makes it
across, but just barely.— Reviewed by Adriana Leshko
“Your house, your city. The
surrounding land, the pavement
underneath, and the soil hidden
below that. Leave it all in place, but extract the
human beings. Wipe us out, and see what’s left.”
— Weisman sets up his investigation
“I see how the girls look at you. They adore you.
They adore their daddy who wants to go into
space.”
— Audie (Virginia Madsen) says these words to her husband (Thornton) with a straight face
Special Agent Leon Kennedy
encounters a strange plague of
zombie-like villagers while on a
mission to track down the president’s
missing daughter in Europe.
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The Astronaut Farmer Rated PG
Warner Bros.
$27.95
Extras: The Complete Second Season Unrated
HBO
$29.98
ZeitgeistSmashing Pumpkins
Martha’s Music/
Reprise
$18.98
The Darkness PlayStation 3,
Xbox 360
Rated Mature
2K Games
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It’s “Baywatch,” the early years, at the Ocean City Life-Saving Station
Museum, where the history of swimwear gets the scholarly treatment.
Ocean City goes ’round and ’round on the carousel at Trimper’s Rides and Amusements.
Pop go the cheddar and caramel flavors at
Fisher’s Popcorn, home to one of O.C.’s
favorite snacks for 70 years.
The Ocean Gallery is crammed
with original paintings from the
Kitsch Period (picture beer cans
and crabs). Owner Joe Kroart
is on a crusade to create a
beach version of Stonehenge
made entirely of boats.
Learn to ride the waves atMalibu’s Surf Shop, oradd the perfect Australianlongboard to your collection.
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Get the scoop from Dumser’s Dairyland,purveyors of locally made ice cream.
Hold the ketchup: The fries at Thrasher’s can bedrenched only in vinegar. Avoid the lines at the mainshop and order instead at this smaller outpost.
The 118-foot-tall Ferris wheel provides the bestviews of the boardwalk, high above the carnivalscene at Jolly Roger at the Pier.
At Shenanigan’s Irish Pub and Grille,Celtophiles groove to performers whosesurnames start with “Mc” and “O.”
Fill summer skies with colorful fliers from theKite Loft, whose models range from basic deltadesigns to 250-square-foot custom-made kites.
Every night, Harrison’s HarborWatch Restaurant and Raw Bar mixes its signature Rhinestone Lagoon — a boozy concoction of coconut rum and vanilla vodka with mango, orange and pineapple juices.
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WHERE: The boardwalk in Ocean City.
WHY: Sand-and-shell art, retro carousel rides and grandma’s bikini.
HOW FAR: About 1 mile, or 30 minutes on foot.
S ummer’s lovin’ the boardwalk in Ocean City. The three-mile wood walkway has anold-timey beach vibe, like Beaver Cleaver on summer vacation, thanks to such in-nocent pleasures as popcorn stands, a kite shop and a family-run amusement park.
Ocean City’s affair with boardwalks began in the late 1880s, when beachsidehotel owners laid out planks for guests who wanted to avoid walking on the sand.
The temporary “boardwalks” were removed at night and replaced each morning. In 1892,the city finally got a clue and built its first permanent path. The first boardwalk was eightblocks long and 12 feet above the sand; today’s is much longer and lower.
In the 115 years since its debut, the boardwalk has been slammed by hurricanes and con-sumed by fire, yet many of the original stores remain. “We still have the same families, thesame traditions and the same feelings,” says Sandy Hurley, an assistant curator at the OceanCity Life-Saving Station Museum, which is housed in the relocated Life-Saving Station (builtin 1891).
The boardwalk’s institutions are mostly concentrated on the southern half, which is foot-ed by Trimper’s Rides and Amusements, a family business that dates to the boardwalk’sbirth. The northern part is mostly hotels and rental properties. And closer to the middle isThrasher’s, where beachgoers have been stuffing their faces with greasy french fries fornearly 80 years.
— Ben Chapman
Road Trip maps are available at www.washingtonpost.com/roadtrip, as areaddresses and hours of operation (be sure to check before you go). Have an
idea for a trip? E-mail [email protected].
WEDNESDAY IN STYLE Escapes explores Kent Island in the Chesapeake.
MAP BY JEROME COOKSON FOR THE WASHINGTON POST; PHOTOS BY BEN CHAPMAN FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
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