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Movie Review: The Hunger Games

Movie Review: The Hunger Games

Posted by: Mel Valentin on Mar 22, 2012 | Comments (0)

After the success of the Harry Potter and Twilight franchises, Hollywood studio executives have left no literary stone unturned, hoping to find the next great film franchise. Lionsgate hoped as much when it acquired the film rights to Suzanne Collins’ young adult novel, The Hunger Games three years ago.

The Creators Project Marries Art With Digital Technology

The Creators Project Marries Art With Digital Technology

Posted by: Zane Johnston on Mar 19, 2012 | Comments (0)

Design geeks, software engineers and digital artist-coders came together at Fort Mason Center for The Creators Project, a two-day showcase that honors cross-disciplinary pioneers who engage with digital technology in novel ways.

Movie Review: Casa de mi Padre

Movie Review: Casa de mi Padre

Posted by: Martin Malloy on Mar 17, 2012 | Comments (0)

Will Ferrell’s humor is intact but his English isn’t. His latest film finds him in similar comedy territory but this time speaking entirely in Spanish. It may not be his best or funniest film but it’s sure a lot of fun.

Movie Review: 21 Jump Street

Movie Review: 21 Jump Street

Posted by: Martin Malloy on Mar 17, 2012 | Comments (0)

The origins of 21 Jump Street may be lost on the younger generations Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum attract, yet they manage to pull it off anyway. The filmmakers create an understanding with the audience that they’re in on the joke but that they’re still going to deliver a thoughtful, fun film.

Movie Review: Being Flynn

Movie Review: Being Flynn

Posted by: Mel Valentin on Mar 9, 2012 | Comments (0)

Moments into Being Flynn, Paul Weitz’s adaptation of Nicholas Flynn’s 2004 memoir, Robert De Niro’s character, a mentally unstable, alcoholic and failed novelist, slips into voice-over narration mode, declaring himself the third greatest American writer and slipping into a racist, homophobic rant.

Movie Review: Silent House

Movie Review: Silent House

Posted by: Mel Valentin on Mar 9, 2012 | Comments (0)

Last January, Elizabeth Olsen, younger sister to Mary-Kate and Ashley (a.k.a., the Olsen Twins), appeared in two Sundance Film Festival premieres, Sean Durkin’s Martha Marcy May Marlene and Chris Kentis and Laura Lau’s Silent House, a loose remake of a Uruguayan film, La Casa Muda.

Movie Review: John Carter

Movie Review: John Carter

Posted by: Mel Valentin on Mar 8, 2012 | Comments (1)

Sci-fi fantasy spectacle on $250 million budget (and it shows).

Movie Review: Friends with Kids

Movie Review: Friends with Kids

Posted by: Mel Valentin on Mar 8, 2012 | Comments (0)

An indie romantic comedy by any other name is still a romantic comedy.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs Join The Creators Project in San Francisco

Yeah Yeah Yeahs Join The Creators Project in San Francisco

Posted by: Zane Johnston on Mar 6, 2012 | Comments (2)

A couple of weeks back we reported that VICE, in collaboration with Intel, would be kicking off a series of world events focused on technology, art and innovation in San Francisco at the Fort Mason Center from March 17 to 18.

Movie Review: Project X

Movie Review: Project X

Posted by: Martin Malloy on Mar 2, 2012 | Comments (0)

Project X is a film for the modern age. It’s basically one long YouTube video of the greatest high school party ever and is perhaps the first “found footage” film that is an outright comedy. What sounds like it could be, at the very least, an amusing premise ends up being a complete mess.

Opening Reception for ‘Walk Softly Stranger’

Opening Reception for ‘Walk Softly Stranger’

Posted by: Zane Johnston on Mar 1, 2012 | Comments (0)

Three local Bay Area artists will collaborate on a new exhibition aimed at transforming the Inclined Gallery space via a multidisciplinary defamiliarization effort that zeroes in on the unique architectural features of the gallery in the hopes of facilitating the creation of new meaning.