Kubo and the Two Strings – A Movie Review
Is “mind blown” passé? I’m too old to know or to care. As the credits rolled, the patient wife and I simultaneously turned to…
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Our Little Sister: A Film Review
What do you think of if I mention Japan? Big cities like Tokyo? Sushi? Geishas? “Our Little Sister” takes us to a modern Japan…
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Phantom Boy – A Film Review
Chances are you haven’t seen “A Cat in Paris”, the animated movie directed by Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli. Released in the United States in 2012, it…
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Cinema Review – Star Trek: Beyond
“Star Trek: Beyond” is the third installment in the series. As someone who is admittedly biased towards Star Wars, I found myself skeptical of…
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Cinema Review: The Great Gatsby (2013)
The Great Gatsby” (2013) is the second attempt by Hollywood to recreate the magic of the novel. As a general rule of thumb, people…
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Go Ask Alice – The Enduring Impact of Alice in Wonderland
What is it about Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland that has made it so endearing to fans throughout the decades since first being published…
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Alice Through the Looking Glass – Film Review
This last Friday, Alice Through the Looking Glass came to theaters. I hadn’t been the biggest fan of this movie’s predecessor, directed by Tim Burton, but…
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Cinema Review: The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book is a remake of the Disney cartoon made in 1967. Normally, I cringe at the thought of rebooting a classic movie,…
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Cinema Review – Captain America: Civil War
Captain America: Civil War is the third installment in the Captain America series. While not as strong as The Winter Soldier, this film proves…
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Pasadena Film Flash! Florence & The Uffizi Gallery, 4.25 & 4.26, at the Laemmle
This next week on Monday night at 7:30pm and Tuesday at 1pm, there is to be a special showing of a new film, “Florence…
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Cinema Review: The Good Lie
The Good Lie is a film about the Sudanese refugees that came to America in the early 2000’s. Although this is a work of…
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April and the Extraordinary World – A Film Review
Do you remember the first time you rode Space Mountain at Disneyland? If you haven’t ridden, it’s a roller coaster enclosed in a dimly-lit…
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