French filmmaker Alain Resnais Is Still Turning ’Em Out at 91 It’s difficult to imagine an American filmmaker making anything as abstruse as this latest film by Alain Resnais, the 91 year old French director who came to...
Gorgeous photography of stunning vistas (Monument Valley). Action-packed and well-executed stunts in and on fast-moving steam trains. Johnny Depp. That good enough for you? Then go and see Gore Verbinski’s The Lone...
The Magic is Missing in This Latest Neil Jordan Film Byzantium is a name that conjures up mystery and magic, but there’s little of either in this awkward vampire film, directed by Neil Jordan. The story of two females...
Gentle readers! This week’s theater review for the LA Weekly is of Watson and the Dark Art of Harry Houdini, the exciting sequel now playing at Sacred Fools Theater in Hollywood. We gave it a ‘go’ AND...
Ever roared, hooted and giggled so hard you actually became afraid you might not be able to stop? The Heat, starring two of Hollywood’s top comediennes—Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy—opens today and this is a...