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Jiro Dreams Of Sushi
Tasty Tidbit: Jiro Dreams of Sushi offers a mouthwatering documentary about a dedicated chef.
Every night, 85-year-old sushi chef Jiro Ono serves a menu of just sushi to only 10 lucky guests inside a tiny sushi bar located in a Tokyo subway station. Even though the restrooms are down ...
Big Sur Taphouse
Tapping Excitement: Big Sur Taphouse pours out great value and a surprising amount of character.
After the Big Sur Bazaar closed in 2008, the Mayer family, who owns the space as well as the adjoining Big Sur Deli next to the post office, put out a suggestion box asking what ...
Phoebe's Cafe
Hidden Heaven: Phoebe’s Café helps make picturesque Asilomar a nice getaway for everyone.
Even for locals, a trip to the new Phoebe’s Café at the Asilomar Conference Grounds can feel like a mini vacation. Tucked into a nook of the spacious Phoebe Hearst Social Hall – where visitors ...
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Following his breakthrough movie, 2008’s Let the Right One In, Swedish director Tomas Alfredson returns with his first film in English, the sprawling spy thriller Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, which opens this Friday at Century ...
I Melt With You
Starring Big Sur: The director of the new indie film I Melt With You talks about shooting in Monterey County.
Even though Rob Lowe, Jeremy Piven and Thomas Jane star in I Melt With You, director Mark Pellington believes that the film might not have gotten a theatrical release if it hadn’t been set in ...
Rock on Santa
A helpful 2011 music DVD shopping guide for the holidays.
This year, Santa Claus has delivered a full bag of music DVDs just in time to become stocking stuffers for your crusty rock-crazed uncle or your niece who is taking a college course on the ...
Melancholia
Heavenly Bodies: A new planet crashing to earth is not the only problem facing Kirsten Dunst in the striking
It’s unfortunate that Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier’s painful comments at a Cannes Film Festival press conference this past May almost overshadowed the reception to Melancholia, his fine new film about two sisters and the ...
Take Shelter
Stormy Situation: Academy Award nominee Michael Shannon stars as a man with apocalyptic visions in the chilling Take Shelter.
It all begins with a nightmare. Hard working family man Curtis (Michael Shannon) sees a massive storm cloud bulging with veins of lightening approaching his family home. It begins raining, but the raindrops are something ...
Miles Smiles
The Miles Davis Experience: 1949-1959 deserves a horny hello.
When trumpeter Miles Davis entered a New York City studio in 1959, he gave minimal directions to his sextet, which included saxophonists John Coltrane and “Cannonball” Adderley. But after the jazz greats left two recording ...
Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil
Backwoods Beauty: Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil is the best horror comedy in a decade.
Like Shaun of the Dead and Scream before it, director and co-writer Eli Craig’s Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil puts a clever new spin on the horror movie genre. The simple but effective setup finds ...
