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Movie review: Post Grad

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  • Post published:August 25, 2009
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BY MAGGIE SCOTT Post Grad is a plodding puff piece euphemistically depicting the endeavors of a newly-minted college grad to “do something amazing” with her life---specifically as a shoe-in hire…

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Movie Review: Julie and Julia

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  • Post published:August 11, 2009
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BY MAGGIE SCOTT In the introduction to her 1999 cookbook collaboration with the celebrated French chef, Jacques Pepin---“Julia and Jacques:Cooking at Home”---the legendary American chef Julia Child wrote, “Food is…

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Movie review: Transformers:Revenge of the Fallen

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  • Post published:June 30, 2009
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BY MAGGIE SCOTT This time, their plans don’t just include wiping out the human race. This time, the evil Decepticons of director Michael Bay’sTransformers are back in Transformers: Revenge of…

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Movie review: Imagine That

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  • Post published:June 16, 2009
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BY MAGGIE SCOTT Forget Jim Cramer; forget Tim Geithner. All you really need to make a killing on the stock market today is a little girl with three imaginary friends…

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Movie review: “Angels and Demons”

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  • Post published:May 19, 2009
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BY MAGGIE SCOTT Embryonic stem cells; abused altar boys; women agitating for ordination; broken celibacy vows; right to life versus right to choose. Are these too hot to handle in…

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Movie review: Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

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BY MAGGIE SCOTT Photographer Connor Mead has been a swine to women ever since his teenage heart got broken by Jenny Perotti in seventh grade; and he’s going to have…

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Movie review: “The Soloist”

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BY MAGGIE SCOTT In the City of Angels, an L.A. Times feature columnist makes a valiant effort to become a guardian angel for a homeless, mentally-ill man; getting an eye-opening…

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Dining Divas: Herbie’s Vintage 72

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  • Post published:April 23, 2009
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The Dining Divas are not embarrassed to admit that our reasoning for the choice for this month’s restaurant may not have been about just the food and the friends. Yes,…

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Movie Review: “Hannah Montana”

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  • Post published:April 14, 2009
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BY MAGGIE SCOTT Tennessee’s favorite son is Al Gore. Can you guess its favorite daughter? No. Not Dolly Parton. It’s 16-year-old Miley Ray Cyrus, Nashville-born, L.A.-bred offspring of country music…

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Movie review: “Monsters vs. Aliens”

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BY MAGGIE SCOTT For years there was only one king of the hill in the animation world: Disney. There’s still one king of the hill in the animation world: Disney/Pixar,…

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