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Film Review: “Hereafter”

Cardinal Newman High's Elliott Miller reviews the new film directed by Clint Eastwood. He writes that the film is "slow, thoughtful, and profound, replacing violence and gore with good old-fashioned dialogue and character development. It’s also all the better for that."

By | November 3rd, 2010|2 Comments

Remembering Giants’ Fans Past and Present

I'm an occasional Giants' fan, but I'm grateful that my Dad and my friend Luke have allowed me to enjoy what the game does for them.

By | November 2nd, 2010|0 Comments

“The Soloist:” What I Watched This Weekend

The Soloist, starring Jamie Foxxs and Robert Downey Jr., shows both the overwhelming problem of homelessness and the power of friendship to connect people from two different worlds.

By | October 31st, 2010|0 Comments

Puppy Love, A High-Tech Exec., A Bridegroom With So Many Choices.

This Week on Digitale Stories. Analy Math teacher Walt Hays, the film "Marley And Me," and the American Risotto vignette, "So Many Women."

By | October 25th, 2010|0 Comments

“The Time Traveler’s Wife”: What I Watched Last Weekend

It’s bad enough for a time traveler not to know where he or she is going. It’s even worse for a viewer to start worrying that a movie is going nowhere fast. Here is a film with a cool concept: time travel. And it’s the special kind where the traveler [...]

By | October 24th, 2010|1 Comment

A Girl Growing Up, A Socially Conscious Entrepreneur, a Killing and a Drunken Mob

This week on Digitale Stories: a classic book series, an Ivy League grad wants to assist the Developing World, a tale of lawlessness in the California Gold Rush.

By | October 18th, 2010|0 Comments

Author Angie Chau’s Homecoming

It seemed a celebratory moment Saturday night for author and former Santa Rosan Angie Chau. Friends, parents and at least one former teacher gathered with others at Copperfield’s Books in Montgomery Village to hear her read one of her short stories and to applaud her first book: “Quiet As They [...]

By | October 18th, 2010|1 Comment

“Catfish,” What I watched This Weekend

"Catfish" is all about chasing a story, and that means lots of hand-held camera scenes in cars and hotel rooms and kitchens and the front porches of homes that we're waiting to enter and get someone to finally tell us the truth. The shots will be incredibly familiar to any [...]

By | October 17th, 2010|0 Comments

“Much Ado” — What I Watched This Weekend

Don't run. It's just a sweet morsel from the Bard. "MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.” DIRECTED BY KENNETH BRANAGH c. 1993

By | October 10th, 2010|0 Comments

A bully, an organic farmer, a doomsday fantasy, a world turning upside down.

A post on the Japanese film, “All About Lily Chou-Chou;” a review of Suzanne Collins’ book, "The Hunger Games;” a video on a woman pursuing her dreams of being an organic dairy farmer; and a vignette of a teenage girl whose world is turning upside down.

By | October 4th, 2010|0 Comments