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Reel innovation
The inaugural Palo Alto International Film Festival runs Sept. 29 through Oct. 2. Feature films and shorts will be shown at the Palo Alto Square at 3000 El Camino Real and the... |
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on Oct 1, 2011 at 12:55 pm by Britt, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Tomorrow's events (Sept. 27)
[Web Link Author: William B. Gould IV]
William B. Gould IV, a professor emeritus at Stanford Law School, a leading labor lawyer in the country and a huge Red ... |
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on Sep 26, 2011 at 2:59 pm by Jenny, a resident of another community |
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Cowboys & Aliens
Tyler Hanley, we would have appreciated the words, "Awful. Do not see." We're huge sci-fi and action fans but that movie was dull and not even a good bad movie. |
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on Aug 6, 2011 at 11:41 pm by Sarah, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
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Review: 'Kung Fu Panda 2'
Though the proliferation of sequels has already gotten Summer 2011 off to a rocky start, there's no need to blame the latest CGI-animated 3D adventure from DreamWorks Animatio... |
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on May 27, 2011 at 1:30 pm by Jill Kennedy, a resident of another community |
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Review: 'Biutiful'
You know the old joke. Someone has hit what feels like rock bottom and asks, "How could things possibly be any worse?" Cue the driving rain. That's about how it goes in "Biuti... |
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on Mar 18, 2011 at 3:08 am by Anon., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Tomorrow's events (March 16)
[Web Link Lecture: African Wildlife]
Doug Cheeseman of Cheeseman Ecology Safaris presents on the behavior of African bir... |
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on Mar 15, 2011 at 3:20 pm by Teri , a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
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I AM opens in the Bay Area- Review/SF Premiere...
The documentary by Tom Shadyac premiered Tuesday in San Francisco. I loved the film and its message. It is a simple, heartfelt work, by a very talented filmmaker to describe... |
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on Mar 4, 2011 at 9:50 am by Carol Brouillet, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Tyler Hanley's top films
Palo Alto Weekly film critic Tyler Hanley's best (and worst) movies of 2010.
Read the full story here Web Link posted Frida... |
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on Feb 13, 2011 at 8:07 pm by bert klein, a resident of another community |
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Film Review- Black Wave - The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez
In the wake of the Deepwater Horizon Gulf oil disaster, this documentary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill takes on new meaning. The legal battle between the town of Cordova, Alas... |
Carol Brouillet |
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on Jan 29, 2011 at 7:04 am by Perspective, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood |
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Peter Canavese's top films
Palo Alto Weekly film critic Peter Canavese's best (and worst) movies of 2010.
Read the full story here Web Link posted Frid... |
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on Jan 9, 2011 at 9:39 pm by Norman, a resident of Menlo Park |
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Susan Tavernetti's top films
Palo Alto Weekly film critic Susan Tavernetti's best movies of 2010.
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, Januar... |
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on Jan 9, 2011 at 9:37 pm by Norman, a resident of Menlo Park |
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Review: 'Black Swan'
No one can be blamed for finding "Black Swan" overwrought or ridiculous: It's both. But those who meet director Darren Aronofsky halfway can get off on this exercise in dichot... |
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on Dec 16, 2010 at 9:53 pm by Movie goer, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
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Inside Job
I'm still so seething from the facts presented in this documentary on the financial crisis and the response ... or lack of response we have seen from the new administration ... |
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on Nov 23, 2010 at 1:03 pm by Anon., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Review: 'Fair Game'
Political junkies already know the tale of Valerie Plame and Joe Wilson. Those who don't know about the sordid affair are the target audience for Doug Liman's film "Fair Game,... |
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on Nov 13, 2010 at 12:21 pm by Older and Wiser, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
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Global focus
The phrases "reduce your carbon footprint" and "live green" can seem so vague that it's hard to find them personally meaningful. Sometimes it takes a filmmaker to illustrate a... |
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on Oct 21, 2010 at 10:48 am by Sherry, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Building the 'network'
From the campus of Harvard to the campus of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg has taken a wild ride. But for the co-founder and CEO of the Palo Alto-based Web giant Facebook, little c... |
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on Oct 15, 2010 at 6:49 pm by Fan, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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Review: 'The Social Network'
There's a lot to "Like" about "The Social Network." The riveting film about Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg defines a generation, a la "Easy Rider" and "The Breakfast Club." ... |
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on Oct 1, 2010 at 1:47 pm by Victor, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
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Old Movie Blog - want to help out?
I've started an old movie blog, with the goal of getting more people (ie current parenting generation and their kids!) into the Stanford Theatre - once you start to become fam... |
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on Sep 28, 2010 at 6:03 pm by Laura, a resident of Menlo Park |
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Devil
I loved "Devil." When I read the first reviews last night, they said "boring," so that was my cue, along with the PG13 rating, that this wasn't a gory movie. I can't handle ... |
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on Sep 18, 2010 at 3:52 pm by Sarah, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
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James Franco: A modern Renaissance man
Mark Twain once turned over Socrates' famous chestnut thusly: "The unexamined life may not be worth living, but the life too closely examined may not be lived at all." Local-b... |
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on Sep 13, 2010 at 5:32 pm by Sylvia, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Review- Hypothesis
The World Premiere of Hypothesis will be at the upcoming 6th Annual 9/11 Truth Film Festival to be held at the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland, the Viz Theater in San Francisco,... |
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on Sep 9, 2010 at 5:30 pm by Brian Good, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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"Truth" is scarier than fiction
I caught the documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth," about Al Gore and his ongoing crusade to raise awareness about the (horrifying) dangers of global warming. Although I've rev... |
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on Aug 8, 2010 at 10:27 pm by Sharon, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Review: 'Middle Men'
Oh, Hollywood. You're always messing with our heads. The opening titles to "Middle Men" say it's "Inspired by a True Story," but the end titles say, "This film is, in its enti... |
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on Aug 7, 2010 at 10:18 am by paypal, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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Tomorrow's events (Aug. 5)
[Web Link Lecture: Yoga and Ecology]
Speaker Radhanath Swami gives a lecture on how a spiritual perspective can have an impact on ecologica... |
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on Aug 4, 2010 at 12:55 pm by James Nixon, a member of the Palo Alto High School community |
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Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story
What do you think of that movie title? It's playing today only at the Palo Alto Square Cinearts theater. Web Link |
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on Jul 31, 2010 at 1:32 pm by movie watcher, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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