He had no idea what he had walked into. To be fair, there was no way he could have. To him it was just an elevator, a means of getting from the lobby to the newborn in less time than it would take to scale the outside of the building. And he WOULD have scaled … Continue reading
If anyone knows me well, they know that I love to write (newsflash!) and that I love to play Scrabble, consuming 20 games at a time. I love words. Each new one you learn, you expand your ability to appreciate your world and to talk about it. I’m the proudest woman in town to have … Continue reading
This morning I cracked out a Rhino edition Wilson Pickett Greatest Hits and headed out onto the 110 Freeway with it cranked to full volume. It was quite a recognition of a summer that has, thankfully, been slow to get either warm or sunny here in South Bay Los Angeles. After spending much of the … Continue reading
For a long time, I just couldn’t buy the hype surrounding Starship Troopers. I couldn’t understand how an effects-heavy, hyper-masculine action flick about blowing up aliens could possibly be a work of brilliant sci-fi satire. Sometimes, it’s good to be proven wrong. Yes, most of the standard action movie cliches are in place. There are … Continue reading
Yes, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo only came to American shores five months ago (it’s still playing in some Portland theaters!) and the sequel is already here. Naturally, I had to go see it out of curiosity’s sake. What I got was basically more of the same, but presented in a much leaner and … Continue reading
My Father has always had an interest in WWII. I saw Castle Keep, Anzio, and Night Of The Generals at a very young age. Where Eagles Dare has always been one of my favorite movies period. Then there’s a movie another WWII movie with Clint Eastwood that I was introduced to in 3rd grade via … Continue reading
If enjoying a movie is just a matter of opinion, then what's the point of film reviews?
There are ways to objectively evaluate a film. You can judge how well composed the shots were; how well lit and staged the scenes were; the quality and believability of the acting; the pacing of the editing; the strength and originality of the script; the detail of the set and costume designs; the accents … Continue reading
If I see any more movies this year that I like as much as I liked Get Low, it will have been a pretty damn special year for movies. I don’t see a lot of movies like Get Low. There’s a soul in it. It’s a labor of love, and it shows. It’s … Continue reading
The very first person you hear from in the thorough and informative documentary Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist & Rebel is the gloriously creepy Gene Simmons of KISS. Gene kicks things off by maintaining that any American male alive “would give his left nut to be Hugh Hefner.” I object to this statement, if not … Continue reading