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'Bee Movie': Jerry Seinfeld Gets Cutenew
In the animated film, some salt and some sting go down easy.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
11-01-2007 |
Reviews
Mason Jennings Treads the Awkward Spiritual Pathnew
For his new album, which should come out next spring or early summer, Jennings is trying to figure out whether he should split it in two, with "one that's more spiritual based and one that's more, you know, not."
Metro Silicon Valley |
Mike Connor |
11-01-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mason Jennings
'The Sabotage Cafe': A Falling-Down Lifenew
This debut novel by New York's Joshua Furst, which is insider enough to name-check Cometbus, is probably the best book about the agony of being a gutter punk.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
11-01-2007 |
Fiction
Standing Against Google's Book Projectnew
In his short polemic, Jeanneney, president of France's Bibliotheque nationale, expresses a wide range of European concerns about Google's initiative to digitize the world's printed heritage.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Michael S. Gant |
11-01-2007 |
Nonfiction
Silicon Valley's New Power Generationnew
Behind the fight over San Jose's Little Saigon is the story of the Vietnamese-American community's newfound influence in area politics.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Erin Sherbert |
11-01-2007 |
Politics
'Reservation Road' Cries a River of Tearsnew
Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Ruffalo and Jennifer Connolly teach that weeping willow how to cry, cry, cry.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
10-25-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Reservation Road, Terry George
Signs of Life for Health-Care Reformnew
Business has finally signed on to help solve California's health care problem -- will it be radical enough for Silicon Valley?
Metro Silicon Valley |
Paul Wagner |
10-25-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Tech Giants Spur an Agricultural Rebirthnew
Companies like Google, Yahoo and eBay, committed to providing local produce to their employees, have helped Silicon Valley farmers make a comeback.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Stett Holbrook |
10-25-2007 |
Food+Drink
'My Brother's Madness' is a Heart's-Blood Memoirnew
Pines is a good writer, a dedicated brother and a Brooklyn-bred humorist.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
10-18-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Sleuth' Remakes 'Sleuth'new
Kenneth Branagh updates, and downgrades, the film, even with Michael Caine for a second go-round.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
10-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Kenneth Branagh, Sleuth
'Things We Lost in the Fire' Survives Thanks to Benicionew
Things We Lost in the Fire (too bad the title wasn't one of those things) evinces an open naivete that survives the calculation of the plot -- and in the lead, Benicio Del Toro transforms himself from reliable character actor to serious leading man.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
10-18-2007 |
Reviews
'Rendition': Swept Awaynew
The real novelty in Gavin Hood's off-again, on-again Rendition isn't the plot -- rather, it is scriptwriter Kelley Sane's unique curveball at the end.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
10-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Gavin Hood, rendition
Musicians Play it Again at Live Looping Festivalnew
Musicians schlepping guitars, horns, cellos, high-hats, pedals and racks of electronics from Turkey, Singapore, Norway, Italy, Germany and Brazil, will all converge for the Y2K7 International Live Looping Festival.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Paul Wagner |
10-18-2007 |
Music
Cornell Woolrich's 'Fright' Reissuednew
Hard Case Crime specializes in vintage pulp and new thrillers in the pulp mode, including the some of hte works by pulp legend Woolrich.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Michael S. Gant |
10-11-2007 |
Fiction
'Making It New' Revisits the Heart of 1920s Artnew
This illustrated tribute to Sara and Gerald Murphy evokes the lost fizz of the 1920s, although at times the cavorting can seem precious and shallow. The Murphys anchored an artistic circle that encompassed Picasso, Cocteau, Hemingway, Dos Passos and more.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Michael S. Gant |
10-11-2007 |
Nonfiction
