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Show Thursday, March 27, 2008 The Daily Utah Chronicle is hiring page designers. For more information, contact Kelli at k.tompkins@chronicle.utah.edu Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th (1-4pm) 1397 E. Laird 166 S. 1200 E. Classic Harvard/Yale Tudor with 4 beds/2 baths w/ updated kitchen and baths. Hardwoods, coved ceiling and formal dining room. Covered patio w/ hot tub. New Roof. Turn of the century bungalow in University Historic district. 4 bed/2 bath home w/high ceilings, leaded glass and large kitchen. Home is extremely well cared for* Tracy "Burt" Burton - 414-4663 www.tburton.com Tracy "Burt" Burton -414-4663 www.tburton.com MLS # 772295 MLS # 779990 All I wanted was a popcorn t was the first time I had sat in the press section of a movie preview. I arrived early enough to get a good seat. It was a section reserved especially for people reviewing the movie, and I was one of them. I was now officially a film critic. One of my favorite parts of going to the movies is sitting back and enjoying a film while ruining my appetite with soda and popcorn—but TREVOR I was too nervous to get any HALE of it that night. I took a look around, and not a single person in the press section had what would even remotely resemble a snack. They just sat there in silence, stone-faced, staring at the blank screen with a notepad and pen in hand, waiting for the lights to dim to officially kick off the countdown to when they were allowed to leave. It depressed me to no end—these (mostly) men looked as if they were chained to the seat and about to be shown an orientation film on how to correctly slaughter a horse. And this was before a movie that was supposed to be funny. As I looked around, I remembered why I had avoided becoming a film critic for so long: reviewing movies sucks all the fun out of them. Years of film school have already desensitized me to a lot of things about movies. I don't get scared because I know ah1 the tricks. I can't watch a huge action scene without wondering how many cameras and extra days they needed to film it. I can't watch a comedy without wondering how much of the dialogue is ad-libbed and how many times the actors ran the scene before they got it right. Those were the things that caught my attention in the first place. Now, sitting in this theater, I actually had to start picking these movies apart from the opening credits to the end titles. I was forced to start looking for specific reasons on why it was good or why it was terrible. I TAKE FIVE FOR THE ARTS continued from Page 4 1421 Federal Way 1355EButlerAve(55So) 5 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom on a quiet one way, tree lined street. Newer 2 story addition with family room, mudroom and master suite. Spacious enclosed yard with patio. Tired of Commuting? Walk to the U from Beautiful, 3,400 SF, 5 Bdrm, 4 Bath, Brick Home in Prestigious Fed Heights! $50K Below Appraisal/Low Pmt Possible! 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If you haven't experienced "Duel," well, you haven't experienced the finest piece of possessed semi-truck vs. crazed motorist action/suspense/horror/thriller cinema ever created. Helmed by a young Stephen Spielberg and penned by acclaimed horror novelist Richard Matheson ("I GET A SUMMER JOB THIS WEEK! g| CAMP VEGA FOR GIRLS! Tues., April i SLCC Community Writing Center Presents: "Memor" Salt Lake City Public Library, Suite 8 (210 E. 400 South) 6 p.m. $30 No, that's not a typo, "Memor" is the newest, hottest trend in memoir writing. Take out the "I" and journey into the lives of others as only a personal memor can do. The SLCC Community Writing Center at the Salt Lake City Public Library will provide instruction on mastering this new style April 1,8 and 15, so get BURGER KING BAN continued from Page 6 Visit www.campvega.com for a complete list of jobs and to fill out our online application. Basketball, track, silver jewelry, water-skiing, swim, sailing, gymnastics, rowing, equestrian, ropes course/climbing, theatre, piano/outdoor adventure and more. Also great opportunities for nurses/secretaries. We will train you! People were actually going to take my word on whether or not to see a movie. That's a lot of pressure. I always told myself I never wanted to be a film critic because I have a hard enough time simply sitting back and enjoying anything already. Reviewing films was always a last resort, Hail Mary, nothing-elsehas-panned-out direction. It was something to fall back on when every other possible choice was gone, and I was going to stick by it. Then my editor dangled a paycheck and a press pass in front of me, and I snatched it up without thinking twice. I had begun my ascent up the ladder that every other Harry Knowles wannabe has climbed at one point or another—but at least I had a legitimate outlet for my reviews in The Daily Utah Chronicle. I was one better than the millions of anonymous bloggers on the Internet, and that was going to have to do. The more I started thinking about it, though, the more I started enjoying what being a film critic for a newspaper entails. I got to see movies before they were released for free, and I got to combine two of my favorite things in the world—writing and film. I decided to enjoy being a newspaper film critic while I had the chance. Enjoy it because in this new Internet age, newspapers are laying off film critics left and right, and I might not have the opportunity to journey down that nothing-else-has-panned-out direction in the future. It's only a matter of time before print journalism cedes to the Internet and anyone can claim critic status. So I'll take the opportunity while I can, and next time, I'll even get some popcorn, t.hale@ chronicle.utah.edu Adelson, have vowed to challenge the amendment as long as needed. 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