The hype and awards-show buzz for this film started long ago for this quirky flick. Thought to be this year’s “Little Miss Sunshine,” I and many others have
By KEN TARR is a student at Santa Monica College, an actor and writer and is also taller than 99 percent of the population. He telepathically or at
Part “Sky
It may seem appealing and even necessary to see a Christmas film this winter. That is apparently what studios enjoy banking on every holiday season. This year’s dredge stars
One of the more abstract works of modern times, this semi-autobiographic Bob Dylan bio-pic is a tang-ient-filled batch of melancholy and mythology. Director Todd Haynes uses
By Kenn Tarr Notes from the film scoundrel
AS TH E FI LM MAESTRO I HAVE projections and predictions, and as the new year comes around, I promise to have
By Quotations captured and compiled with care by CYNTHIA VAZQUEZ.
A CENTER-CUT, NO-FAT REVIEW OF WHAT WAS SAID THIS PAST WEEK BY FOLKS THE WORLD OVER AND RIGHT
UNLESS YOU’VE BEEN LIVING IN A cave, you know that Oprah Winfrey campaigned for Barack Obama last week. Because of her, tens of thousands of people heard the candidate
By John Miehle SMPD Capt. retired Cape Coral, FL
I was a Santa Monica police officer for a little over 28 years. I have been retired for six years now.
By Mark Paredes Santa Monica
I appreciate Jack Neworth’s call for tolerance and respect for different religious expression during this election season (“Huck & Willard show religion gone too
By MICHAEL J. TITTINGER Daily Press Editor
CIVIC CENTER Dogtown is dead.
The spirit that made Santa Monica famous is silenced a little more every first Friday of the month
‘The Simpsons Movie’ ‘Braveheart’ — Special Collector’s Edition 2 Disc Set
Yes, TV’s long-running twisted animated family gets the silver screen treatment here with its creators continuing to
