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'Salt': FlatBy Frederik Sisa @ 4:00 PM July 30, 2010Found in: Film What ever happened to the humble vial of truth serum? A few drops of the stuff and suspects were chirpier than a colony of birds on a telephone wire. It was the epitome of spy movie interrogation technology. The real drama, of course, came from the pitting of mind vs. mind, spy vs. counterspy, in tense, unaided confrontations across a table. Now we get neural imaging devices that scan a suspect’s brain in real-time to root out deception, which is convenient as it illustrates how much technology — both real and speculative — has infiltrated our spy movies. Like the dilemma facing the intelligence services, people have given way to machines.read |
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‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’: Welcome Back, MagicBy Frederik Sisa @ 1:00 PM July 23, 2010Found in: Film Dismissed by many among the film cognoscenti as shallow spectacle and proclaimed a flop by the media for raking in a mere $24 million on its five-day opening weekend — Disney’s second misfire after “Prince of Persia” — “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” seems positioned for box office oblivion. read |
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Inception: Into the Maze We GoBy Frederik Sisa @ 1:00 PM July 16, 2010Found in: Film Handling dreams like Russian nested dolls is perhaps not, in itself, the most innovative concept given movies like “The Matrix,” “Nightmare on Elm Street” and “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.” read |
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Tonight in the Courtyard: New Orleans Sounds Meet TexasBy Garth Sanders @ 11:00 AM July 15, 2010Found in: A & E Week Two of the Culver City Summer Music Festival tonight at 7 in the Courtyard of City Hall will not resemble Opening Night in any manner. read |
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The Butcher’s Thumb: Both Up and DownBy Frederik Sisa @ 10:00 AM July 14, 2010Found in: A & E Here’s the foremost question underlying Greg Haas’ “The Butcher’s Thumb”: Does it work to excavate or exploit a wound still receptive to salt? Ten years after the 2000 elections, the country is still stuffed with Democrats and their supporters smarting, mutely, over Gore’s loss to Bush. Or, to put it bluntly, Bush’s theft of the election and the aftermath of his assuming the Presidency. read |
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Public Theatre Plays Return to Carlson Park on SaturdayBy My Opinion @ 4:00 PM July 13, 2010Found in: A & E From Sharon Savene On Saturday afternoon, Culver City Public Theatre unveils its 12th season of free theater in Carlson Park for families and theatre fans of all ages. read |
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Gary Cooper, Ida Lupino and Raoul Walsh — Star Players from a Wonderful Year, 1941By Ross Hawkins @ 2:00 PM July 09, 2010Found in: A & E Third of four parts Re “ ‘Sullivan’s Travels’ Helped to Make 1941 the Best Ever Year” read |
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The Little Foxes’ Is Next on the Best of ’41 ListBy Ross Hawkins @ 1:00 PM July 07, 2010Found in: A & E Third of four parts Re “ ‘Sullivan’s Travels’ Helped to Make 1941 the Best Ever Year” read |
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‘Sullivan’s Travels’ Helped to Make 1941 the Best Ever YearBy Ross Hawkins @ 12:00 PM July 06, 2010Found in: A & E Second of four parts Re “Was 1939 Really Hollywood’s Golden Year?” read |
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Was 1939 Really Hollywood's Golden Year?By Ross Hawkins @ 7:00 AM July 05, 2010Found in: A & E First in a four-part series read |










