Feature-debuting director Colin Trevorrow’s Safety Not Guaranteed marks the rarest of indie comedies — the speculative kind — as Jeff, a cocky magazine writer (Jake Johnson, TV’s New Girl) in Seattle, relies on his intern, Darius (Aubrey Plaza, TV’s Parks and Recreation), to use her feminine wiles to get close to the lonely grocery clerk/would-be […]
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Looper
But then something remarkable happens: Looper plays fair with its own mind-bending construct. Balancing muscular action with the intellectual approximation of an M.C. Escher drawing, Johnson delivers on the considerable promise of his previous films, Brick and The Brothers Bloom. We start in 2044, where time travel is about 30 years away, but still figures […]
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Get outta town!
<span style=" Times New Roman” ,”serif”;mso-fareast-times=”” new=”” roman”;=”” mso-font-kerning:18.0pt;mso-fareast-language:es”=””><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US” lang=”EN-US”> Isobel Zweifel and Traver Hulse at Travel Agents Incorporated By: Shannon Cornman Wouldn’t it be nice if someone else could take care of all the details for your big getaway and you could actually enjoy that lunch break instead of using it to […]
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Exotic city
I’m talking a full-blown holiday to someplace very far away from reality. As a sufferer of chronic wanderlust, I’ve coped by tricking myself into feeling as if I’ve vacationed by daydreaming. I’ve tried weekend mini-getaways, but at some point, the quick jaunts stopped satisfying the urge to experiences new cultures, taste new flavors and see […]
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Travelin’ man
Don’t let Rick Steves fool you. The man whose name is nearly synonymous with travel might have an amiable demeanor familiar to anyone who knows his PBS series or many guidebooks, but beneath that slightly nerdy exterior beats the fiery heart of a provocateur traveler. And he has a message: Travel isn’t just about collecting […]
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Shortt stuff
When he was a child, Carl Shortt Jr. remembers taking long trips with his family. His father would hand the camera off to him and his siblings, Mark and Linda, giving each a roll of film. Ever since, he has made it a point to snag photographs while traveling. “There’s always something to take a […]
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Take a near-cation
A full quarter of travelers plan to take a “near-cation” — that is, to stay close to home. The Cambria Suites survey found that 93 percent of those travelers cited money-related reasons for doing so. Not surprisingly, prices at the pump remain a key element in determining vacation plans, with 56 percent citing rising fuel […]
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Over the river and through the woods
“Memorial Day travel experienced a gain of more than 14 percent in 2010, and this year we expect to add slightly to that gain due to an increase in air travel and an improvement in the overall domestic economic picture,” said Brad Roeber, AAA regional president. “Some travelers will compensate for the higher fuel costs […]