The Darjeeling What? by Jane McCurley The Darjeeling Limited — dar-g-ling…. Come on people, how hard is it really? It’s amazing how many different mispronunciations of darjeeling I heard while standing in line for a free screening on October 4. The seats were very limited for this funny, zany movie. There were only 200 seats available […]
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With super strength, invulnerability, and brutal intelligence, these are not classic Hollywood vampires . . . The few human survivors are forced to hide in attics and under houses, fighting the bitter cold and starvation as well as the monsters that patrol the streets like Nazi regiments.
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Harry Goes to Art School by James Roland In the middle of the summer, when Sony is vomiting Spider-Man 3 and Disney is sucker punching audiences with Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, Warner Brothers not only had the guts to release a fifth installment of a franchise, but they also had the decency […]
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The Myths That Make Us by Brian Fox The film Lady in the Water tells the story of a myth. A girl named Story (Bryce Dallas Howard) comes from the blue world of water to bring a message to mankind. She must deliver it to a writer living in an apartment in the middle of […]
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Danny, Bring the Noise! by Titus Gee Having conquered the lands of the undead with their debut feature Shaun of the Dead, Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and their cohort of talent have turned their sights on the genre of police action/buddy movies. Hot Fuzz (directed by Wright) borrows a trick from Shaun by taking a […]
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If I Go Emo, Then Will You Still Call me Spiderman? by James Roland No wonder Spider-Man spends so much time off the ground fighting villains; they are always more interesting than the good guys. Below the fight a million citizens scurry between cabs and curbs, from shops to restaurants in an endless pattern of […]
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Millennial Love by James Roland A friend said something interesting to me the other day; he said, “Twenty is the new twelve.” His comment won him a distracted smile, but while I waited for a showing of Four Eyed Monsters in downtown Los Angeles, I actually did the math and realized he was right. I […]
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Most Men Lead Lives of Quiet Desperation: The Movie by James Roland The average working stiff spends most of his life at a boring, dead-end job making just enough money to pay the bills and rent a video on Friday night. Steven Soderbergh decided that would make a great movie. Soderbergh helmed the fan favorite […]
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