Time To Grow Up

May 11, 2006 by

It was a couple of French guys who invented modern movies, and the French have been making films ever since. In fact, Frenchmen have been making films for so long that they give out the most important...
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“Party Over Here, Fuck Y’all Over There”

May 4, 2006 by

At a quarter till eleven, Chief Xcel and The Gift of Gab, the duo responsible for Blackalicious, took the stage to the howling relief of the two thousand or so people lurking in the darkened food cour...
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Slither | It’s Still Considered Passing

April 13, 2006 by

Do the names Roger Corman, John Carpenter and Wes Craven ring any of your bells like they ring mine? These master "horror" filmmakers revel in a trough of second-rate films which, due to their low pro...
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“A” for Amen

April 7, 2006 by

While we fight a war with an increasing death toll, attempt to repair the damage of a hurricane disaster which is slipping further and further out of public view, and try to make sense of the announce...
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Stop Hatin’

April 7, 2006 by

Documentaries are all the rage nowadays. All it takes is a few key items and you’re set. First, you need a camera, hopefully a nice one, none of that skate video looking stuff. Second, you will ...
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Ghetto Musik

March 9, 2006 by

If the "Girl from Ipanema" were alive today, she would certainly be homeless, addicted to drugs or dead. Today's Rio de Janeiro is much different than the Rio that inspired Stan Getz to write that fam...
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Oscar Egos Crash In Flames

March 7, 2006 by

If you even give a shit about this year's Academy Awards then the following should be worthwhile. Last Sunday night, I sat hooked to the TV like the other millions of people that watch the awards ever...
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Transamerica | Road Less Traveled

February 23, 2006 by

What exactly constitutes a recipient of an Oscar for Best Actress? This question brings us to this year's favorite for the Oscar for Best Actress in the form of the film "Transamerica."
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Globalization of Animation

February 16, 2006 by

It's ba-ack. That's right, "The Animation Show" has survived its second year and is coming to an end right back where it started: Santa Barbara. "The Animation Show" is the brain child of Mike Judge, ...
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Wonda’ From Down Unda’

February 9, 2006 by

If George Clooney were the matador of this year's film festival, then Naomi Watts was certainly the picador or possibly the banderillero. Naomi Watts graced our humble town on Saturday as the recipien...
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The Nature of the Business

February 9, 2006 by

What do you think the most successful filmmaker of all time is doing these days? For one, he was here at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) to receive the Attenborough Award for Exc...
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Artist in Profile: RZA: The Abbot of Wu-Tang

February 1, 2006 by

When you think Wu-Tang, images of hip-hop artists and big leather jackets with the letter "W" on it come to mind. The truth is that whatever form Wu-Tang may come in, you should be thinking about how ...
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Last Holiday | Holiday Fit For a Queen

January 19, 2006 by

When playing chess, if you have lost your queen, you can change a pawn that moves all the way across the board back into that queen. This allegory obviously brings us to singer/actress Queen Latifah. ...
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Old MacDonald Had a Script

January 12, 2006 by

Have you ever been sitting in a movie and thought to yourself, "I could write something better than this trash"? Well, here is your chance.
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Eternal Debate, Round 15

January 12, 2006 by

There are many choices we meager human beings must deal with. Difficult choices such as sweet and sour or barbeque, Backstreet Boys or *NSYNC and whether happiness is defined by love or money.
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