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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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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: '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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Review: 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice'
Disney's "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" follows the Jerry Bruckheimer tradition of big stars and big special effects, often at the expense of truly compelling characters or a bel... |
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on Jul 16, 2010 at 11:47 am by Erin, a resident of another community |
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Review: 'Cop Out'
The latest R-rated comedy from director Kevin Smith ("Clerks") is immature and sloppy. The cinematography is often frenetic and disorienting. Slapdash editing can't mask occas... |
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on Jul 3, 2010 at 7:25 pm by No drama, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Review: 'Splice'
Playing God and playing house converge in the weird, wild new horror film "Splice." Co-writer/director Vincenzo Natali ("Cube") has in "Splice" a demented combination of "Fran... |
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on Jun 9, 2010 at 9:07 pm by Sarah, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
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Review: 'Green Zone'
Those naysayers who questioned the appropriation of the Iraq War for entertainment purposes in the newly minted Best Picture "The Hurt Locker" will have a cow over the latest ... |
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on Mar 16, 2010 at 10:18 am by Paul, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Review: 'The Ghost Writer'
Few filmmakers make a better case that the story is in the telling than Roman Polanski. The director's 18th feature, the conspiracy yarn "The Ghost Writer," exudes excellence ... |
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on Mar 6, 2010 at 4:21 pm by Sunil Singh, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
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Review: 'Alice in Wonderland'
It couldn't have been too hard a sell: mega-bucks to burn and choice, tailor-made parts for director Tim Burton's two most frequent screen partners, Johnny Depp and Helena Bon... |
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on Mar 6, 2010 at 9:25 am by Frances, a resident of the Ventura neighborhood |
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Movies in 2009: The year's notables and forgettables
It was an "Up" year for Pixar, an up-in-the-air year for George Clooney, and a time of particular praise for "The Hurt Locker" and "A Single Man." But 2009 was also the year t... |
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on Feb 12, 2010 at 11:20 am by anon, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Review: 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'
Early in "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus," the titular mystical showman advises an onlooker, "Don't worry if you don't understand it all immediately." Good advice for the pa... |
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on Jan 12, 2010 at 1:34 pm by Nicole, a resident of another community |
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Cinematic saints and sinners
The year in film offered moviegoers an array of characters to cheer for and cringe at. This year's list of notable heroes and villains includes a sadistic mutant, a selfless b... |
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on Jan 7, 2010 at 12:55 pm by Wm, a resident of the Monroe Park neighborhood |
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And the Oscar goes to...
LEGO characters were the stars when Brendan Bellomo made his first films as a kid growing up in Palo Alto.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
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on Dec 24, 2009 at 1:39 pm by Mark Weiss, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Jeanne Aufmuth's top films
1. Slumdog Millionaire: Danny Boyle directed with unwavering homage to India's teeming favelas and one young man's steadfast quest for the ubiquitous brass ring.
Read the ful... |
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on Aug 21, 2009 at 6:14 am by East Coast, a resident of another community |
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Patrick Swayze reportedly treated at Stanford for cancer
Actor Patrick Swayze, star of the movies "Ghost" and "Dirty Dancing," is being treated on an outpatient basis at Stanford Hospital for pancreatic cancer, several news outlets ... |
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on Jun 19, 2009 at 5:29 pm by alyssa Ibarra, a resident of Woodside |
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Do-gooders and evil-doers
The year-that-was offered film fans a plethora of noble protagonists and sinister miscreants to cheer and jeer.
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on Jan 13, 2009 at 10:53 am by Danny, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Tyler Hanley's top films
1. Milk: Thanks to a powerhouse performance by perennial Oscar magnet Sean Penn and considerate direction from an auteur (Gus Van Sant) who cares about the subject matter, "Mi... |
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on Jan 9, 2009 at 10:30 pm by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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The accidental tourist
Maria Vaccaro appears to have that enviable European ease with languages. Her dark eyes animated, she slips quickly from chatting with her husband in French to being interview... |
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on Nov 17, 2008 at 1:42 pm by Danielle Lapp, a resident of Stanford |
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Feature story: At home on stage
The itinerant theatre Q takes up residence in Palo Alto
"I've rehearsed in some really awful places," says Dale Albright, managing director of theatre Q. At the mo... |
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on Mar 14, 2008 at 10:46 pm by cora11, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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Stanford computer professor to win Academy Award
Computer-generated special effects in the movies "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" will earn a Stanford computer professor and two colleague... |
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on Feb 4, 2008 at 5:47 pm by Polly, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Best and worst movies of 2007
When assembling their annual top-ten lists, three out of three Weekly critics usually agree on at least a couple of the previous year's top films. Not so for 2007: No one movi... |
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on Jan 8, 2008 at 4:27 pm by Moviegoer, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Old-fashioned but not outdated
In 1925, guests at the Cardinal Hotel in downtown Palo Alto could wash up in a sturdy cast-iron tub, then stroll through the hotel's lavish lobby to the neighboring Cardinal B... |
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on Sep 6, 2007 at 12:35 am by Love It!, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
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