‘Wrath of the Titans’ Fails to Ignite

By Susan JAMES If you liked the 2010 movie, “Clash of the Titans,” you’re going to love “Wrath of the Titans.” The general storyline for the new Warner Bros. film simply substitutes the monstrous Kronos, a gigantic Titan built of fire and lava rising out of the earth, for the monstrous Kraken thrashing up out […]

Looking Ahead to the Movies of 2012 : Part II – Spring

By Charly SHELTON In January, the CVWeekly started a four part series to showcase some upcoming movies over the coming year, broken down by season, every three months. This is part two of that series, featuring the biggest and best in upcoming movies of April, May and June. “The Raven,” director James McTeigue, starring John […]

Taking Back Earth in “Mass Effect 3”

By Michael WORKMAN For some fans, it’s a bittersweet moment in 2012. There are those who began an immersive and breathtaking experience with the  first “Mass Effect” seeing a long, exciting journey come to a close. BioWare’s epic space opera series about the heroic protagonist Commander Shepard takes to the stars one last time in […]

Director Misses with ‘Games’

By Charly SHELTON Set in a dystopian future of America, 12 districts comprise the nation and, along with the Capitol, the seat of government. Every year each district must offer up one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 to compete in a gladiatorial game, The Hunger Games, to earn food […]

Three-Day Cello Music Smorgasbord at Disney Hall

By Ted AYALA For lovers of cello music, Los Angeles spread out a musical banquet unlike any other last week. Leading in to the finale of the Piatigorsky Festival, a week-long celebration of the life and work of cellist Gregor Piatigorsky, were three days of cello concertos, backed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic and led […]