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‘Battle Studies’ leaves us blue

Vanessa Gomez December 8, 2009

American blues/rock musician John Mayer has the "swoon factor." With a raspy growl for a voice and a distressed, faraway glaze in his eyes, Mayer manages to attract love interests like Hollywood heavyweights...

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Gere and Swank light up the screen in ‘Amelia’

Donna Maranto December 8, 2009

Starring Hilary Swank and Richard Gere, "Amelia" is a highly romanticized depiction of Amelia Earhart -- the famous aviatrix who captivated the world in the 1930s with abilities to take to the skies in...

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Just your atypical ‘Law Abiding Citizen’

Bri Heath November 10, 2009

"And you better hurry, Nick, cause by anybody's watch but the warden's, you're already late," Clyde Shelton yells after attorney Nick Rice, as he runs off to save a colleague. In Law Abiding Citizen, Shelton...

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Matching outfits at the movies

Bri Heath November 10, 2009

This year, the San Diego Asian Film Festival featured "Make Yourself At Home," about an arranged marriage between a Korean and a Korean-American. The film centralized around the dark things from the...

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Not under the bed

Samir Roy November 10, 2009

Where the Wild things Are, a film adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's book of the same name, tells the story of Max, an incorrigible young man who just craves love and attention, like all...

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‘Bye Bye Birdie’ debuts at City

Brittany Johnson November 10, 2009

The orchestra serenaded the opening night audience with a little taste of what they were about to encounter. The sounds of the trumpets, horns, and piano offered an optimistic feeling and prepared the...

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‘Drag Me to Hell,’ a hell of a good movie

Donna P. Crilly November 10, 2009

"Drag Me to Hell," Sam Raimi's gorrific return to all things spooky, is a masterful blend of comedy and horror with a bloodbath of artsy cinematography and witty moral commentary. Christine Brown is a...

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Asian Films featured at festival

Evonne Ermey November 10, 2009

When former channel 10 news anchor, Lee Ann Kim, Executive Director and co-founder of the San Diego Asian Film Festival developed the concept of SDAFF in 1999, she did so with the goal of bringing a broad...

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Fashion-naughta

Michele Suthers November 10, 2009

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BurningEden expands the Grey’s universe

Christine Klee November 10, 2009

When their favorite TV-show does not fulfill their expectations, or their favorite TV-couple breaks up, many fans turn to fanfiction to experience what was not meant to be on television. Fanfiction describes...

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‘An Education,’ a lesson we need

Tom Andrew November 10, 2009

The world looks so inviting when we are 16, in high school and thinking about the wonders the world has to offer us. For Jenny, played by Carey Mulligan, those wonders take a path of their own when she...

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San Diego Asian film festival hits home

Christine Klee November 10, 2009

"Children of Invention," presented as the opening film of the San Diego Asian Film Festival, is writer and director Tze Chun's first feature film. This movie has so far won 13 well-deserved festival awards,...

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