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  Empire asks: Can you identify all 50 movies hidden in this painting? Yesterday, I invited you to connect the dots on “The Best Movies of All Time Map.” Today, dear readers, I offer a greater challenge: “The Cryptic Canvas.” Created to celebrate Empire magazine’s 20th anniversary, this interactive painting by Amie Bolissian ...

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you’ll notice that I haven’t been posting much this week. That’s because I’ve been on vacation and spending much time surfing. But I wanted to remind everyone that tonight is the screening of “High Water,” the latest Dana Brown film, at the ...

Say what you will about the tenets of national socialism, but, ah . . . What was I saying? Forgot my train of thought there. Anyway, I was just looking up the next Lebowski Fest, and I learned that Lebowski fever has spread even more since the last time I looked. This ...

“Between the Lines” Chronicles Surfing in Vietnam Era From Two Sides If you lived along the coast during the Vietnam war and you didn’t want to get drafted, there was one possible way out: Surfing. More specifically, you had to surf a lot. And you had to knee paddle on a longboard. Because prolonged ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa7ck5mcd1o   Some of my surfing friends think I talk a little too much about sharks. But I say there’s good reason to be concerned. Because, apparently, sharks are big enough to eat the Golden Gate Bridge. And they can actually snatch planes out of the air. Okay, so maybe not. But that’s ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-fDMhCyiPw The guy who brought us “Step Into Liquid” has returned with another surf flick. Dana Brown, son of surf film pioneer Bruce Brown, directed “Highwater,” a documentary about the Vans Triple Crown contest on the North Shore of Oahu. While the film chronicles big wave surfing as performed by some of ...

“What shall we do tonight?” “I dunno. My parents are watching Sunny tonight.” “Oh, I know. Trust me.” “Wanna see a movie?” “Yeah?” “Doesn’t that sound fun?” “Yeah. Yeah, it does sound fun. It sounds awesome. I dare say, ‘Righteous.’” “Been a while.” “Oh, dude.  It’s been a long while. We could get popcorn and stuff!” “Of course! You can’t go ...

Okay, so maybe it wasn’t a good idea to rent “Marley & Me.” Because I knew it was about a dog and that it spanned several years. And, well — dogs don’t live forever. So, of course, it ends with — SPOILER ALERT — a dead dog. Now, ordinarilly, that would be ...

There was a pretty decent-sized crowd at the Fremont last night for Thomas Campbell’s “The Present,” a new surf film that affirms my belief that Campbell is the best active surf movie maker out there. Though not as mellow as his previous flicks, “Seedling” and “Sprout,” “The Present’s” variety and visual ...

I have to admit, when I asked Nat Young if he planned to surf while visiting San Luis Obispo, part of me hoped he might say something like, “Yeah, we’re surfing Morro Bay – you should join us!”  Because while my grossly inadequate skills would cause great embarrassment, I figure a ...