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Kickin' at the Quick Stop
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Interview with Brian O'Halloran and Jeff Anderson
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Stanford Film Society Student Film Festival
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Rachel Torres: It’s that time of year again. Not just for your yearly woman’s exam (Josh, take note), but also for the Stanford Student Film Festival.
Not THAT bad
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The very first scene in the innocuous family comedy “R.V.,” in which Robin Williams performing a typically inane puppet show for his baby daughter, proved recent IMDb.
Like Lohan with less crack
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Is Robin Williams the only actor you know in upcoming family comedy “R.V.”?
WonderCon: Better Than Getting Shot In the Face Pt.II
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I don’t know a damn thing about comic books.
In fact, my knowledge on the subject is similar to my dear “Friend” Phoebe when she, in her wonderfully understated intelligence, wonders aloud why the last syllable of Superman and Batman isn’t pronounced the same way as that of Daily columnist David Blackman’s.
'Night Watch" review and Ads
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At WonderCon on Saturday, the all-smiles publicity man from Fox Searchlight announced that we in the audience had the great (mis?
The Barrett and Josh Guide to Sundance
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Thursday, Jan. 19
6:30 p.m. Arriving at the house in Park City, the first group realizes the garage door code doesn’t work and they can’t get into the house.
Sundance Movie Reviews!
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“The World According to Sesame Street”
Dir. JLinda Goldstein Knowlton
I remember turning five or six and deciding that I had become too old and mature for Big Bird and Snuffleupagus.
Josh and Barrett do Sundance
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The Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah is a lot of things. Perhaps first and foremost, it’s a delightful ego boost for Robert Redford.
'The New World' offers nothing new
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In the midst of the dopey love story between Pocahontas and John Smith in writer/director Terrence Malick’s “The New World,” Smith’s voice-over narration tells us that “there is only this — all else is unreal.
Get your wands and Sharpies ready
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If you’re reading this while already in line for “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” at the AMC Mercado, that temple and crypt of our society, I have one thing to say to you: don’t you dare wipe that Sharpied lightening bolt scar off your forehead and turn back.
Why, oh why, 'Zorro,' was one not enough?
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One of the few redeeming qualities of “The Legend of Zorro,” an altogether unnecessary and obnoxious sequel to 1998’s thoroughly enjoyable “The Mask of Zorro” is the supporting role played by Catherine Zeta-Jones’ cleavage.
Because McCarthy was a dick
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Shot in black, white and cigarette smoke, George Clooney’s “Good Night, and Good Luck” gives vivid life to a newsman’s fight against Senator Joseph McCarthy’s witch-hunt tactics in what must be the smartest movie in this pre-Oscar Season year.
Welcome to Nerd-vana
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I am no “Star Wars” dork. Sure, I used to have a “Star Wars” sleeping bag I would take with me to swim meets as a 6 and under, have seen the Holy Trilogy an uncontainable number of times and almost share the view of an anonymous PostSecret writer who “cried for Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars Episode III but not for the tsunami victims,” but I am no “Star Wars” dork.
Oliver? I Barely Knew Her!
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The esteemed director / statutory rapist Roman Polanski returns to the theme of desperate isolation that garnered him an Academy Award for the devastatingly beautiful “The Pianist” with a new film adaptation of the Dickens classic “Oliver Twist.”
A Deadly Delight
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“Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride” — the director’s latest foray into the stop-motion animation technique he pioneered in the Hot Topic staple “The Nightmare Before Christmas” — is a whimsically creepy piece of visual art crying out for an inevitable necrophilia joke.
Are you (too) cool?
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Want to support Stanford artists but just can’t get over your dual phobias of Shakespeare and a cappella?
Rob Schneider: Gettin' jiggy in Europe
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Rob Schneider is reprising his role of from 1999’s dumb/funny comedy “Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo.” Intermission caught up with Schneider pimping the new film, “Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo,” in theaters August 12.
'Kingdom' falls short of higher purpose
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After a green lighting process for his Crusades-era epic “Kingdom of Heaven” that must have required a Higher Power, director Ridley Scott likely then wrestled with an even greater challenge: In an era of ongoing military conflict between the West an the Arab world, how should one approach a story about European Christians invading the Holy Land and slaughtering Muslims?
Jaume Serra’s ‘House of Wax’ a house of camp
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Ah . . . camp. Dictionary.com defines “camp” as “banality, vulgarity, or artificiality when deliberately affected or when appreciated for its humor.
Stick to rapping, Ice Cube, cuz you ain’t no ‘XXX’
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There was one particular image that simply could not escape my mind’s eye while viewing the profoundly stupid “XXX: State of the Union”: that of a “Family Guy” aside involving a high-speed covered wagon chase that inexplicably ends in a horse exploding.
'The Day After Tomorrow:' Not worth the effort
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Okay, kids. I’m gonna skip the “clever,” needlessly verbose intro on this one, my last movie review of Volume Über. So this one here’s for “The Day After Tomorrow,” a film (nay, a movie) that, indicative of its utter lack of intelligence, has nothing at all to do with its title.
'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban': Deliciously Demented
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“Something wicked this way comes.” If that’s the official tagline for the third installment of the Harry Potter septology, “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” (and it is), and if the film is directed by Alfonso Cuarón of “Y Tu Mamá También” fame (and it is), you’d probably expect some seriously sinister sex and nudity to go along with the enchanting Hogwarts scenery.
Brad Pitt's Brazilian wax makes its debut in 'Troy'
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Why must characters in big-screen epics set in ancient times speak with a British accent?
'Mean Girls': Tina Fey and attractive teenagers. What could go wrong?
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The jocks. The math geeks. The burnouts. The lame-o teachers. The nerdy Asians. The cool rice-rocket Asians. The plastics.
'I'm Not Scared'
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Sure, the massive expanse of golden wheat stalks blanketing the rolling hills of southern Italy may be beautiful to look at.
'13 Going on 30'
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So what all did the 1988 now-classic film “Big” do for America?
Uma’s out to ‘Kill Bill’
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For the college crowd, waiting in acute anticipation for a sequel has become analogous to an eight-year-old thirsting for a quickly approaching Christmas morning; although he’s excited to play with his new toys, the real fun is the ridding of the mystery that's been vexing him for weeks: what the hell is under all that ugly wrapping paper?
Don't worry - J. Lo dies
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It’s common knowledge: Jersey sucks. I mean, honestly!
Jesus: Messiah, Savior, movie star
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More blood than “Kill Bill.” As unwatchable as “Requiem for a Dream.” Nope, not some new slasher flick, but “The Passion of the Christ,” Mel Gibson’s already controversial account of the final day in the life of Jesus Christ (played by Jim Caviezel).
Intermission goes to Sundance
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Reviews of the best films from Sundance, including Primer, Dig! and more.
Elliott Smith: 1969-2003
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A tribute to the talented singer-songwriter who recently committed suicide.
Saves The Day can't save itself
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The songs are more grown-up, involving characters who can actually hang on to girlfriends. For Saves the Day, hanging on to its traditional fan base will prove more of a challenge.