Before Jackie Chan came along, the notion of melding martial arts expertise with slapstick comedy seemed to make about as much sense as, well, laughter following a swift kick to
OPEN RANGE Boasts enough eye-popping scenery and well-choreographed gun battles to make it one of the better westerns in recent memory.
THE MAGDALENE SISTERS Powerful and thought-provoking
Kevin Costner directs and stars in this entertaining drama about a ragtag band of 19th-century “free-grazers” forced into a bloody showdown with a tyrannical rancher who rules a
It’s no secret Kevin Costner loves making movies about baseball, but his favorite genre — and the one for which he will best be remembered long after he’s rode
Ideally, recycling washed-up psychopathic killers from overextended slasher series will not become de rigueur in Hollywood, where original ideas are apparently harder to come by than Saddam Hussein.
But
If a more powerful, thought-provoking film has been released this year, I’ve yet to see it.
But be forewarned, “The Magdalene Sisters,” which is based on actual events,
More than anything, the choices we make — both the good and the bad, professional and personal — define who we are and determine the paths we travel. Tobey Maguire says the
AN OPEN LETTER TO HOWARD SCHULTZ, Chairman and Chief Global Strategist, Starbucks
AN OPEN LETTER TO HOWARD SCHULTZ, Chairman and Chief Global Strategist, Starbucks
Dear Howard:
I’d ask how
By Daily Press staff
Nomads from all over the country have taken to one of Santa Monica’s oldest homes and the results are expected to be uplifting.
The historic
(Editor’s Note: Memo from the Events Desk. Re: “Live Column” event at The Shack, Wilshire Boulevard.
Overall our experiment in “live” writing went pretty well and will no doubt
It doesn’t make sense.
Why in the world would Santa Monica officials want to ban sleeping on the streets in the downtown core when everybody knows that homeless people
As I discovered on a recent trip to Disneyland, it IS a small world after all … filled with huge lines, bratty kids, overpriced baubles, chocolate-covered frozen bananas and high-
