Groundhog Day for teens Before I Fall tumbles badly
I don’t pretend to be an expert on millennial or even post-millennial angst, but I do know a bad teen movie when I see one, and Before... Continue Reading
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Tale as old as time is new again in Beauty and the Beast
When it comes to mining their past glories for future profits, no one does it better than the House of Mouse. And though Disney has pretty m... Continue Reading
20th Century Women lingers like a dreamy, SoCal sunset
Although the term gets bandied about more often than it probably should in kombucha-swilling hipster circles these days, writer-director Mik... Continue Reading
Special Sauce missing from undercooked The Founder
Writer-director John Lee Hancock has been cranking out hugely-entertaining, big studio fare like The Blind Side, The Alamo, and The Rookie f... Continue Reading
Sundance stunner Sami Blood is a revelation
If you’re anything like me, the only thing you know about Swedish Lappland and the indigenous people who live there, known as the Sami... Continue Reading
Shyamalan returns to form with scary-good Split
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s memorable quote about there being “no second acts in American lives” usually goes double in Hollywoo... Continue Reading
Passengers should steer clear of Passengers
All I can say is that Passengers must have looked like a sure thing on paper. Jennifer Lawrence. Chris Pratt. The Oscar-winning badass from ... Continue Reading
Fantastic Beasts is start of something truly magical
Cinematic prequels have had a bad rap ever since George Lucas decided to hang the eagerly awaited, but much-maligned, Star Wars prequels on ... Continue Reading
Fiercely feminist Moana sets sail to uncharted waters
While the character of Moana would probably be loath to refer to herself as a Disney Princess, or any other kind of princess for that matter... Continue Reading
Soulful sci-fi drama Arrival reinvents alien invasion epic
La La Land and Moonlight may have dominated most of the pre-Oscar chatter – and thanks to last week’s bizarro Best Picture envel... Continue Reading
#PaxEx Podcast: Entertaining passengers in face of changing landscape
Welcome to Episode 43 of the #PaxEx Podcast. Our guest for this episode is Tomás Romero, an award-winning writer/producer from Los Angeles w... Continue Reading
American champions women film directors with $50K Bonnie Award
When it comes to championing women directors and diversity during Hollywood awards season, nobody beats the Film Independent Spirit Awards. ... Continue Reading
Provocative Jackie is not your grandparent’s biopic
Former First Lady Jackie Kennedy has been portrayed onscreen over the years by everyone from a young Sarah Michelle Gellar and Jaclyn Smith ... Continue Reading
Post-Arab Spring drama Hedi will rip your heart out
Even if you know next to nothing about Tunisia’s long, complicated history of colonization and dictatorial rule leading up to the game... Continue Reading
Trippy Doctor Strange will blow your mind
Benedict Cumberbatch has played everything from enigmatic Enigma codebreaker Alan Turing (The Imitation Game) to Sherlock Holmes (TV’s... Continue Reading
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