By Charly SHELTON Musicals use song and dance as an outlet for emotion when the feelings are too strong. Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) uses comic book effects and video game fighting. When Scott’s dream girl Ramona (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) becomes a reality, he vows to do anything in his power to be with her. Little […]
By Brian ROXAS I spent my Sunday evening among thousands of people cheering wildly for a group of AIDS sufferers, drug addicts, rioters and starving artists. No, I was not at a rehab center or caught up in some rave. I was at the Hollywood Bowl, where the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning musical “Rent,” […]
By Charly SHELTON An array of characters can be found in “Dinner for Schmucks” including Madame Nora the pet psychic, Vincenzo the Vulture lover, Tim, Barry, Chuck the beard champion, and Lewis the Ventriloquist. Photo by Merie Weismiller Wallace This week, we review two movies: “Dinner for Schmucks,” and “Charlie St. Cloud.” First up is […]
By Susan JAMES San Diego’s Comic-Con is not just about comic books anymore. Hollywood has arrived in force bringing major movie trailers and television sneak peeks, together with their actors, producers and directors. Did these non-comic book heroes find an audience? Ask the 126,000 excited fans who flooded the convention halls and waited hours in […]
By Susan JAMES Science fiction meets dream theory in writer-director Christopher Nolan’s exciting new film, ‘Inception.’ Throw in a dash of Jason Bourne and James Bond and a sprinkling of ‘The Matrix’ and all systems are go. Nolan’s space travelers, led by Leonardo DiCaprio’s Cobb, explore strange new worlds but they are the interior worlds […]
By Susan JAMES Nicholas Cage returns to the realm of symbols and sorcery in director Jon Turteltaub’s new film, ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’ co-starring Jay Baruchel as his geek-chic student. Cage plays Balthazar, himself a former apprentice of the legendary Merlin, trying for millennia to contain and control another of Merlin’s pupils, rogue killer Horvath, played […]
By Charly SHELTON Attack of the Movies 3D is a three-dimensional arcade game by Majesco for the Xbox 360 and the Wii. It is an arcade-style shooter, but on a console. This reviewer anticipated the arrival of this game with the utmost glee. My favorite arcade game ever was Terminator 2. The robots would pop […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Who needs Central Park? Crescenta Valley has Two Strike and its own version of Shakespeare in the Park. Friday’s cool summer night was perfect for an audience of over 100 people to bring a light picnic snack, sit back and watch the Bard at his comic best in “Twelfth Night.” The production […]
By Charly SHELTON Two years ago, the Universal Studios suffered a fire that devastated the New York Street area of their backlot. The three alarm fire of June 1st, 2008 damaged or destroyed Brownstone Street, New York Street, the King Kong Encounter, some structures that make up Courthouse Square, and the Video Vault, housing copies […]
By Charly SHELTON Let’s put this out there right at the start: I am a 20-year-old boy. I have seen all of the “Twilight” movies, but with an added commentary track from Rifftrax.com making jokes at the long pauses and lingering gazes. The only part that I really liked about the first two movies was […]