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MOVIE REVIEW: AMERICAN FABLE
A film eloquently crafted and visualized. A unique story structure. A visual style best described as painterly beauty with strong framing and use of color. A story seen through the eyes of an 11-year...
MOVIE REVIEW: SING
As if the world isn't already drinking in enough Technicolored musical cheer with "La La Land", hot on its heels is an animated musical treat to make your Christmas or Hanukkah brighter than bright -...
MOVIE REVIEW: MOANA
Disney’s heading back to the sea this Thanksgiving weekend with the beauteous animated feature, MOANA. Inspired by culture, legends and folklore of the Polynesians and Pacific Islanders and the m...
MOVIE REVIEW: The Space Between Us
Mars. Long a dream of mankind (and especially Buzz Aldrin) is for man to go to Mars. Not just with land rovers and satellites sending images back to Earth, but to walk upon and colonize. NASA and othe...
MOVIE REVIEW: HACKSAW RIDGE
It's a box office bonanza at the movies this weekend with not just an eclectic slate of new releases, but award-worthy films, among them the film is without a doubt the best picture of the year....
MOVIE REVIEW: The Founder
Super-sized ideas! Super-sized dreams! Ray Kroc was the epitome of both. Always a hard-working man of vision, nothing topped his greatest vision when he met with brothers Dick and Mac McDonald in San...
MOVIE REVIEW: A KIND OF MURDER
Long a fan of Patricia Highsmith's novels, it is always with much trepidation that I approach cinematic adaptations. Known for complexity, psychological intrigue, depth and richness to her works, tran...
DISNEY ON ICE To Present WORLDS OF ENCHANTMENT
Rev up for non-stop family fun with four of your favorite Disney stories when Disney On Ice presents Worlds of Enchantment in Southern California. This action-packed ice spectacular showcases beloved...
Affair Of The Arts Is Coming This Month
The 7th AFFAIR OF THE ARTS in Downtown Culver City will be held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday, November 18 to 20, and will feature fine and functional art, music, activities for kids and an interactive art project titled “Sacred Water” which is in sup...
MOVIE REVIEW: BLEED FOR THIS
A big year for boxing movies with Jonathan Jakubowicz's "Hands of Stone" with Edgar Ramirez as Roberto Duran and now writer/director Ben Younger's BLEED FOR THIS with Miles Teller handily playing the...
MOVIE REVIEW: Arrival
Perhaps more appropriate for opening this week than was ever thought when planning film release schedules is Denis Villeneuve’s ARRIVAL. Written by Eric Heisserer based on the award-winning sci-fi novella “Story of Your Life” by Ted Chiang, ARRIV...
MOVIE REVIEW: MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN
It is rare to find a perfect match between filmmaker and material; rarer still to see that match made in heaven come to fruition with glorious result. But that is exactly what we have with Tim Burton...
Affair Of The Arts Is Coming Culver City
The 7th AFFAIR OF THE ARTS in Downtown Culver City will be held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday, November 18 – 20, and will feature fine and functional art, music, activities for kids and an interactive art project titled “Sacred Water” which is in su...
MOVIE REVIEW: AMERICAN PASTORAL
It has long been a running banter between myself and Ewan McGregor as to when he would move from in front of the camera to behind the lens. His response has consistently been, "When I find the right...
MOVIE REVIEW: SULLY
Nice to know that should Clint Eastwood choose to continue directing, he has a future career with Lifetime movies as that is exactly what his latest big screen foray with SULLY is. That's not to say...
Vicuña Opens Sunday at Kirk Douglas Theatre
The world premiere of Jon Robin Baitz's "Vicuña," directed by Robert Egan, opens this Sunday, October 30, at 6:30 p.m. at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatr in Culver Citye. Performances for...
MOVIE REVIEW: IN A VALLEY OF VIOLENCE
As if David MacKenzie's award-worthy "Hell or High Water" wasn't enough of a reason to celebrate cinema, and particularly the American western, Antoine Fuqua brings us the high octane stunning...
Culver City Art Group Sets 21st Annual Holiday Exhibit
The Culver City Art group will present a multi-media art exhibition of original artwork by its members at their 21st annual holiday show. This exhibition will be presented at the Playa Vista CenterPointe Club, 6200 Playa Vista Drive on Saturday,...
MOVIE REVIEW DOUBLE FEATURE: PRICELESS ● DESIERTO
There has been little attention in movies paid to the issue of sex trafficking, particularly the "human" aspect of it; 2007 gave us Kevin Kline in "Trade"; in 2008 we saw "Taken" where a father saves...
MOVIE REVIEW:THE SIEGE OF JADOTVILLE ● NO ASYLUM: THE UNTOLD CHAPTER OF ANNE FRANK'S STORY
It's a look into history this week with the narrative feature THE SIEGE OF JADOTVILLE available on Netflix and, NO ASYLUM: THE UNTOLD CHAPTER OF ANNE FRANK'S STORY, now on various digital and VOD...
Artwalk 2016 Offers Community A Chance To Explore Culver Arts District
The Culver City Arts District, a unique collection of art galleries, creative businesses, specialty retail and restaurants, will present Culver City Art Walk 2016 on October 8 from 2 pm to 6. The Art Walk event will be centered on Washington...
MOVIE REVIEW: SNOWDEN
We all know the name Edward Snowden. A former CIA employee and contractor to various U.S. government agencies and its sub-contractors, Snowden turned the world upside down in May 2013 when he leaked...
MOVIE REVIEW: STORKS
In a day and age where kids are losing the innocence of childhood and the idea of myth, fantasy, Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, Mother Goose and storks at frighteningly early ages, it's refreshing to...
MOVIE REVIEW: The Light Between Oceans
There is more than light between oceans in this latest film from writer/director Derek Cianfrance. There are tears, lots and lots of tears, and the tidal swirling of emotions both on screen and in...
MOVIE REVIEW: BAD MOMS
Holy mother of God! You won't believe your eyes and ears when you watch BAD MOMS! It's moms-behaving-badly in this raunchy, riotous ridiculum of side-splitting hilarity. And although not a perfect...