Ever notice how most people with laptops in the movies and TV happen to be using a Mac? That’s because Apple products made cameo appearances in almost one out of every three top films in 2010. Still, that is a decline from 2008, when they featured in almost half of all top rated films.
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A boy playing with matches and a gas leak are behind a three-alarm fire that damaged several units in a condominium fire. One person was also injured in the blaze, which gutted several units.
Santa Clara City Council voted on Tuesday night to appoint a new stadium authority, even though the Governor wants to take the city’s redevelopment money to cover the state’s budget deficit. The decision was contested by Santa Clara Plays Fair, which hopes to prevent the city from building the stadium. If the Governor does take the funding, Santa Clara will have to find another source for $42 million.
Do you dread receiving a jury summons? More and more attorneys are turning to Facebook to see which prospective jurors to exempt. Among the reasons cited to exempt people from jury duty are a particular fondness for crime-based TV shows, since they indicate a skewed view of the legal system, and a tendency to rant, since that indicates that the juror is too opinionated. Twitterers who tweet too much are also finding themselves exempted.
The Phenomenauts touch down at the Blank Club on Saturday with their one-of-a-kind stage gadgets and futuristic instruments.
(Norway; 80 min.) The mountains have historically been a place of refuge for hermits, rebels and philosophers looking to live apart from the modern world below.
(Canada; 108 min.) After surviving a tsunami in her homeland of Sri Lanka—a tragic act of nature that took the lives of her parents and her sister—Parvati (Kalista Zackhariyas) finds herself living with distant relatives in Canada.
Los Idolos Del Pueble (the Idols of the Town) play a benefit concert for the Mexican Heritage Corporation at the Rep on Feb. 24.
(Spain; 105 min.) After an initial shock, this powerful Spanish film unfolds gently and organically, but it’s full of surprises. 80 Days follows 80 days in the life of Axun (Itziar Aizpuru), a 70-year-old matronly type who angers her family by insisting on visiting the hospital to watch over her estranged son-in-law, who’s in a coma
(U.S.; 88 min.) ILM alum Scott Leberecht’s relentlessly original film succeeds against all odds in putting a fresh spin on three of Hollywood’s fetishes: movies about L.A., movies about art and movies about vampires.
