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ARTS & CULTURE

‘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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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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International Book Fair hosts renowned writer

John Balchak October 20, 2009

The San Diego City College International Book Fair returned to campus with a variety of events leading up to the full day of author readings and book signings on Oct. 3. A diverse selection of writers...

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Inglourious Basterds

Bri Heath October 20, 2009

Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds'" Colonel Hans Landa, should consider moving on to American films. He does an amazing job of portraying someone who is, on the one hand, a bad guy, and on the other,...

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Mothers and daughters; Fathers and sons

Tom Andrew October 20, 2009

Whip it, whip it good! Bliss Cavendar lives in small town Bodeen, Texas, where all she has to look forward to are beauty pageants her mother insists she partake in, working at the town diner The Oink...

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KSDS deejay resigns after 23 years

Donna P. Crilly October 20, 2009

It's 9:55 p.m. on Wednesday Sept. 30; Leo Cates arrives to San Diego City College in his 1964 Ford Mustang aka "The Jazz Mobile." The thin-framed seasoned senior citizen steps out of his car in sweats,...

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‘Fame’ fails to measure up

Tom Andrew October 6, 2009

In 1980 the original film of FAME came to the big screen. Since then, it has made a pop star out of Irene Cara, made Debbie Allen a household name, spawned a stage musical and national tour, and the title...

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Damon/Soderbergh’s kitschy ‘Informant’

Tom Andrew October 6, 2009

Matt Damon may have won an Oscar at a young age for his participation in Good Will Hunting, but here in Steven Soderbergh's "The Informant," someone should have told him that it takes a lot more than gaining...

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The curse of terrorism

Christine Klee October 6, 2009

The German movie ,The Baader Meinhof Complex," currently showing in the Hillcrest cinema, relives the crimes of a terrorist group called 'Red Army Fraction' (RAF), active in Germany between the 1960s and...

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