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Have you ever wondered how much or how little we can see with our own eyes?  Well, there are countless phenomena in everyday life that we can’t perceive simply because they are too small, too fast, too slow, or simply invisible!  “Mysteries of the Unseen World” delves into the world of the unseen: invisible light, […]

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“Cloudy With an Chance of Meatballs 2″ is a sequel to the first “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”, and takes place directly after the first film ends. This film does a decent job of telling the story of the first film in about a minute, but I didn’t like the fact that the films were linked […]

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It’s been a while since I started reviewing restaurants, and I have to say that The French Gourmet, my first review, is still one of my favorite restaurants.  So, when they invited me back to write another review for restaurant week, I was very excited to return for the review.  Not much had changed in […]

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Have you ever craved traditional Japanese sushi and seafood, Western grill, and creative new dishes? Well, you can experience all of these tastes in a fusion of the senses at Zip Fusion: Japanese sushi and grill in Carmel Valley. Zip Fusion’s ambiance is like a combination of Japanese designs and new architecture. They have an open […]

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Gru, a former super-villain, has turned to the good side after adopting three orphan girls from the original “Despicable Me.” His former partner, Dr. Nefario, quit after getting tired of Gru’s new profession: producing flavors of jams and jellies. One day, however, Gru is caught and taken to a top secret organization that is responsible […]

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Kid Critic Reviews – Monsters University

As a kid, have you ever thought that there were monsters lurking in your closet, or under your bed?  What if you knew that those monsters are real, and live in a separate world powered by the screams of children?  In this strange and colorful world much like our own, monsters are highly trained to […]

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Have you ever paid much attention to the little things in nature?  What if you knew that there was a constant battle waged between the forces of life and death, and the future of the forest depended on it? In the new animated film “Epic,” from Blue Sky Studios, the war is waged between the […]

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(4 out of 5 Starfish) When you ride a train, do you ever wonder how much people have toiled and worked to create the tracks that you ride across?  Rocky Mountain Express is a stunning IMAX film about how a man named William Cornelius Van Horne, the President of Canadian Pacific Railway, began an ambitious […]

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 (4 out of 5 Starfish) In the DreamWorks new animation “The Croods” co-written and co-directed by Chris Sanders and Kirk De Micco, Eep, a teenage cave-woman, has been told all her life to always be afraid, and that curiosity can be dangerous.  Her father, Grug, is overprotective and stubborn, always putting safety first.  Along with […]

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Have you ever seen a monarch butterfly flying in the sky and wonder where they all fly off to? Dr. Fred Urquhart, a researcher, spend decades trying to figure out the mystery of the most incredible migration on earth: the flight of the butterflies.  The new IMAX film “Flight of the Butterflies” tells the compelling […]

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We arrived at the bustling restaurant of Jake’s Del Mar in the pouring rain. Yet, even in such bad weather, business was booming. We were seated at two of the best seats in the house, with a beautiful view of the stormy ocean.  Our waiter, Andrea, was very nice and knowledgeable on all of the […]

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San Diego Restaurant Week Review: Top of the Market – A Top Seafood Destination Every year, I look forward to the biannual San Diego Restaurant Week, when I get to taste and experience new culinary delights. Top of the Market is the first restaurant that specialized in fresh seafood that I tried ahead of the […]

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