Entertainment

Argo F#*K Yourself

In the wake of Agro winning best drama flick at the Golden Globes last week, and in my quest of seeing Oscar nominated movies, I found it still playing at a local theater. The audience was quite large for a movie that was released October 12, over 3 months ago. Although the synopsis reads A

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Cheryl Strayed

I had the fortune to hear Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild, through UCSB Arts and Lectures. I enjoyed the book and was excited when I saw her in the Winter line up of speakers. Guess I’m a fan girl. Campbell Hall was filled: 80:20 ratio of female to male audience members. Young, pony-tailed, blonde women

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Very Dark Thirty

Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty chronicles the hunt for Osama Bin Laden from 9/11 until his death in May 2011. With the upcoming Golden Globe and Oscar awards coming up, I decided I’d like to see at least one of the films that was up for best picture. The story focuses on Maya, the CIA

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Hobbit Uno

Peter Jackson knows Middle Earth. Or at least he’s created a world where we believe it’s Middle Earth. I was relieved when Guillermo del Toro dropped out of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey so Jackson could do the film his way. Part 1 of this adventure covers a mere 6 chapters of the book but

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