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Magic Lantern Screens Alum’s Latest Masterpiece

October 2, 2008 by

Animation extraordinaire and UCSB film & media studies alum Don Hertzfeldt returned to Isla Vista on Friday night to kick off Magic Lantern's fall line up.
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Bird-Brained

October 2, 2008 by

"Eagle Eye" is nothing short of predictable.
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Palahniuk-Lite

October 2, 2008 by

Chuck Palahniuk should be handed some kind of award for being arguably the most darkly creative author of his generation (not to mention one of its most popular).
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Getting Animated

September 25, 2008 by

I was about to get off a local bus in Emeryville to arrive at a very special destination, when all of a sudden, five giant letters stopped all my thoughts.
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Portraits of the Artist

September 25, 2008 by

He's one of the most popular and important artists of the 20th century, the rare figure whose name and work are recognizable to millions of people across the globe. No, I'm not talking about Walt Disn...
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Masters of ‘Science’

September 25, 2008 by

Few bands have achieved the level of critical praise and rabid fanaticism that TV on the Radio has garnered over its three-album career, rendering the band a pioneer of the art-house canon.
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She’s An Airhead

September 25, 2008 by

Dane Cook is not -- and probably never will be -- a movie star. While his standup has proven to be immensely popular, it translates poorly to the big screen, and Cook's army of presumably adolescent f...
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Action Jackson

September 25, 2008 by

If anything, "Lakeview Terrace" reminds us yet again: Samuel L. Jackson is one scary motherfucker.
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Ghost Town

September 25, 2008 by

In David Koepp's "Ghost Town," at least five characters look into the distance and try, unsuccessfully, to hold back tears.
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Current Arts Events for 9.25.08

September 25, 2008 by

The Line-up (9.25) ONE Replacements Re-issues (ALBUM REISSUES) Yes, it’s a great time to be a fan of the Replacements, one of the most terminally underappreciated bands… well, ever. Not on...
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Surfing the Channel

September 18, 2008 by

To paraphrase TV lawyer Alan Shore of "Boston Legal," the best work on television today is being done on cable.
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Arts in the Autumn

September 18, 2008 by

A sea of students canvassed a packed Harder Stadium one pleasantly breezy evening in late August, singing along to the summery songs of UCSB alumnus Jack Johnson's catalogue as the sun sank behind the...
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Chick-Lite

September 18, 2008 by

Diane English's "The Women," a less catty, more sappy remake of the 1939 George Cukor classic, plays out like a "Sex and the City" episode that got watered-down with excessive life lessons. There is n...
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Funny Games

September 18, 2008 by

Not only are the Coen brothers masters of modern dark comedy: They are masters of film period, having proved themselves across a wide range of genres, from "No Country for Old Men" to "The Big Lebowsk...
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Monopolizing Your Free Time

August 30, 2008 by

After a couple of fun, but little-remembered, Friday nights spent hovering over the beer pong tables (and, on the flipside, some Saturday mornings hovering over the communal dorm toilet bowls), you mi...
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