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Review: 'John Carter'
In dire need of a cinematic sugar rush? Look no farther than Disney's blockbuster offering "John Carter," a fantasy extravaganza brimming with eye candy. Fortunately for viewe... |
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on Apr 12, 2012 at 1:49 am by Nike Zoom Kobe 7, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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Feature story: Festival 2.0
A wealth of stories will be told during this year's Palo Alto International Film Festival, Sept. 27 through Sept. 30. Documentaries and fictional films, features and shorts wi... |
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on Sep 27, 2012 at 12:01 pm by HaysMom, a member of the Walter Hays School community |
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Actress returns to Menlo to discuss her career
Fortune favors the prepared, but luck and connections also have plenty to do with success in Hollywood, actress Ahna O'Reilly told students at Menlo School Monday. O'Reilly, b... |
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on May 1, 2012 at 9:33 pm by Menlo Student, a resident of Atherton |
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Movie Review - I Am Fishead
80 minutes. Released originally in New York on September 11, 2011. Produced and directed by Misha Votruba and Vaclav Dejcmar
A highly produced, provocative film takes a loo... |
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on Sep 13, 2012 at 9:05 am by Susan, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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A final bow
The farewell tour of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, coming to Stanford University two years after the death of the troupe's innovative founder, is fitting as both a tribu... |
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on Jan 12, 2012 at 3:28 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
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Review: 'Hunger Games'
"The Hunger Games" is a little bit "The Most Dangerous Game," a little bit "Lord of the Flies," a little bit "The Truman Show," and a whole lot "Battle Royale," the Japanese n... |
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on Mar 31, 2012 at 11:28 pm by CrunchyCookie, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
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Sneak preview of water documentary offered Saturday
A sneak preview of a documentary film warning of a looming global water shortage will be open to the public in a free showing in Menlo Park Saturday, April 21. "Last Call at t... |
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on Apr 18, 2012 at 11:52 pm by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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Review: 'Dark Shadows'
The tried-and-true tandem of director Tim Burton and actor Johnny Depp is often a tantalizing proposition. But not every Burton/Depp offering is must-see cinema. "Dark Shadows... |
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on May 11, 2012 at 10:09 pm by Anon., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Review: 'The Avengers'
Adjectives used in some of Marvel Comics' iconic titles from the early 1960s through today -- amazing, fantastic, incredible -- also describe director Joss Whedon's superhero ... |
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on Nov 25, 2012 at 2:05 am by Anon., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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"Intouchables" is a terrific movie
Ignore the review in the Weekly (as well as the one in the Chronicle). "Intouchables" is clever, funny and touching. See it.
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on Jul 23, 2012 at 10:33 am by stephen levy, a resident of the University South neighborhood |
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Review: 'Brave'
There is something courageous about Pixar's latest animated offering. Of the 11 feature films Pixar has produced to date, 10 have focused on a male protagonist. "Brave" breaks... |
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on Jun 22, 2012 at 1:33 pm by Tyler Hanley, online editor of Palo Alto Online |
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Chasing Ice is a must see for anyone over 10.
Last night at the Aquarius, 3 of us were mesmorized by CHASING ICE, a documentary by James Balog on the disappearance and calfing of glaciers.
It is a photographic bloc... |
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on Dec 30, 2012 at 11:08 pm by thhatchert, a resident of the The Greenhouse neighborhood |
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Review: 'Frankenweenie'
By reaching back into his own past and movie history, the recently fumbly Tim Burton has gotten a grip with "Frankenweenie." -- PC
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on Oct 6, 2012 at 1:53 pm by JD, a member of the Nixon School community |
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VIDEO: VolunTEENS, Part 4
Filmmaker Carolina Moraes-Liu presents a monthly series of videos focusing on how teenagers in Palo Alto are finding ways to volunteer throughout the Bay Area. This fourth seg... |
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on Jul 19, 2012 at 3:17 pm by Monica Yeung Arima, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
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Packard Foundation opens new, eco-friendly HQ
New, eco-friendly headquarters for the David and Lucile Packard Foundation reflect environmental values of the Packard family going back decades, their daughter said. Susan Pa... |
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on Aug 21, 2012 at 8:18 am by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
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United Nations film festival comes to Palo Alto
In a film still from a documentary about his life, Gene Robinson stands in his elegant bishop's vestments, a pointed miter atop his head, as he holds the tall ceremonial staff... |
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on Oct 15, 2012 at 4:10 pm by Betty Meissner, a resident of Menlo Park |
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Calculating 'Pi'
Ang Lee has a great laugh. But it's a little nervous on this particular Monday afternoon, as the Oscar-winning director of "Brokeback Mountain" wonders aloud whether audiences... |
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on Nov 23, 2012 at 9:19 pm by Anon., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Review: 'Playing for Keeps'
"Playing for Keeps" is entirely undemanding, mostly unrealistic, not at all funny, and curiously disconnected, with supporting characters that are plot functions rather than p... |
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on Dec 13, 2012 at 6:35 pm by Anon., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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The year 2012 in film
From a pint-sized girl surviving storms on the wrong side of the levee to a CIA agent planning to rescue a band of hostages, the stories that played out on the silver screen i... |
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on Jan 11, 2013 at 3:33 pm by David Lieberman, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
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