It turns out that filmmaker Steven Soderbergh’s decision to retire from movies was as final as Jay-Z’s much-publicized retirement from rapping. It’s been four years since Side Effects graced cinema screens, but … Read More
Movie Review: Jackals
A disturbing vision of a fractured family that will do anything to get their estranged son back from a murderous cult, only to find themselves under siege when the … Read More
Theatre Review: The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Now through September 10, 2017 Ahmanson Theatre 135 N Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Tuesday – Friday 8PM Saturday 2 … Read More
Movie Review: The Dark Tower Misfires On All Cylinders
After decades of waiting, The Dark Tower has finally hit the big screen, for better or worse. Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey take on the iconic roles of Roland, The … Read More
Movie Review: “Person to Person” is a low-key charmer
The new ensemble comedy Person to Person initially seems like yet another character-driven film that adores and idolizes New York City all out of proportion. Thankfully the flick offers much more to jaded viewers beyond that … Read More
Film Review: WITH GREAT POWER: THE STAN LEE STORY
Stan Lee is an ubiquitous public figure, having done the near impossible: creating an empire that transcends cultural, racial, and religious barriers. I don’t intend to sycophantically praise the man … Read More
Movie Review: Spider-Man: Homecoming
At last, the wait is over! Spider-Man is back on the big screen and he has come home to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with the release of Spider-Man: Homecoming. So … Read More
Movie Review: Offbeat photographer Elsa Dorfman comes into focus in “The B-Side”
The new film, The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography, finds documentary filmmaker Errol Morris in a lower-key mode than normal. The Oscar-winning director behind The Fog of War, The Thin … Read More
Blu-Ray Review: Arrow Video’s The Bird With The Crystal Plumage
In 1970, young first-time director Dario Argento (Deep Red, Suspiria) made his indelible mark on Italian cinema with The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, a film which redefined the ‘giallo’ … Read More
Movie Review: Sofia Coppola’s “The Beguiled” is an atmospheric masterpiece
The line separating passionate desire from roiling hatred is so thin that it becomes nonexistent in Sofia Coppola’s The Beguiled, the intoxicating new remake of a Civil War-set oddity from 1971, which starred Clint … Read More
Review: Punts by Sarah Page, showing at Theatre 503 ****
Jack is 25 and about to lose his virginity. He’s showered, spritzed with cologne and picked up some tips from a female-friendly porno. All that remains is for his … Read More
Movie Review: “The Big Sick” is a big-hearted true-life romance
The Big Sick was one of my most anticipated movies of the summer, as featured in my Best of the Beast picks a few weeks ago, and I’m happy to … Read More
Blu-Ray Review: Bambi Signature Collection
In grand Disney tradition, it’s another trip to the well for an all time classic animated film, Bambi, which gets its third release on blu-ray June 6. This time in … Read More
Review: “Horror” Will Scare Your Dance Off
Review: “Horror” , at The Peacock Theatre You might not be into dance performances, I’m guessing? But what if you went to a creepy, compelling theatre performance and left thrilled, … Read More