By Marina Andalon
Daily Press Staff Writer
It has been seven years since a tragic injury took place on the Santa Monica High School football field.
On Sept. 11, 2009
By Cynthia Citron
They just don’t make 1940s musicals anymore. You know, the kind where all the kids get together after school in their local drugstore-hangout to slurp their
Rated PG-13
116 Minutes
Released December 21st
Passengers will immerse you in an exceptionally vivid world. Cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, the art directors, the production designers, special effects and visual effects
By Sarah A. Spitz
For the fifth time in just over a century, Christmas and Chanukah (my preferred spelling; start the debate now!) fall on the same day this year.
Rated PG-13
128 Minutes
Released December 16
Damien Chazelle’s La La Land is a story put to music rather than a “musical”. Don’t go into the film expecting
By Sarah A. Spitz
Mark Stewart (aka Stew), a black kid from the Fairfax neighborhood, formed an award-winning indie rock band in the 1990s ironically called Stew and The Negro
By Cynthia Citron
This past weekend I saw two intense biographical documentaries dealing with completely opposing viewpoints on the Holocaust.
The first, “Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe,” told of the
The holidays are here with places to go, people to see and events to enjoy.
If you are headed out of town for the holidays, BBB provides easy and inexpensive
Rated R
17 Minutes
Released December 9th
Nocturnal Animals is a dark psychological thriller – extremely dark in fact. On the surface the story is about an upscale art gallery curator,
By Cynthia Citron
Anyone who has ever experienced a Broadway musical performed in New York will recall the special excitement and energy that the audience brings to a really spectacular
By Sarah A. Spitz
If you’re anything like me, in these post-election weeks you’ve been bouncing between seeking ways to take positive action and hiding your head in
Rated R
99 Minutes
Released December 2nd
The filmmakers who created the movie Jackie took an unusual path in constructing the narrative for a difficult subject to cover in the
