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Metro Silicon Valley
12.31.08

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News

The Year in Reviews

News

The Year in Fly
Silicon Valley News Notes

Columns

Silicon Alleys
Brush With Greatness

Style
Brides Go Green

Sports
Year of the Shark

Kids
The time is right to get advance tickets for 'Playhouse Disney Live!' which comes to the San Jose Civic Auditorium Jan. 10–11, with favorite characters from 'Winnie the Pooh' and more. Tickets are available by calling 408.998.TIXS.

Movies


Movies: A Year With The Dark Knight
Richard von Busack looks back on cinema's best and worst in 2008

DVD Review: 'The Duchess'
Keira Knightley looks better than the script sounds

DVD Review: 'Reaper'
Ray Wise plays the devil in a slacker comedy

DVD Review: 'The Commander'
The British prove again that they do TV crime better than American networks

DVD Review: 'The Day the Earth Stood Still'
Not Keanu, but an extras-packed rerelease of the 1951 original

MORE MOVIE REVIEWS    MOVIE TIMES

Music & Clubs

Popular Music: The Good, the Bad and Real Ugly
Gabe Meline picks through the rubble of 2008

MORE MUSIC AND NIGHTLIFE    MUSIC AND CLUBS LISTINGS    MUSIC AND NIGHTLIFE CALENDAR PICKS

Restaurants

Sake Country
Hollister's Ozeki celebrates its run as America's first sake brewery

Live Feed
2008: The Year in Food

The Wine Column
Gourmet Tastes

BOOK A RESTAURANT RESERVATION    FIND A RESTAURANT REVIEW

The Arts

Visual Art: The Year of the Jellyfish
The best art shows of 2008 in Silicon Valley

The Arts

Letters to the Editor
December 31, 2008 - January 6, 2009