“Hotel Mumbai” is a powerful immersion into the terror attack in 2008 at the legendary Taj Hotel in Mumbai, the teeming city on the eastern coast of India formerly called Bombay. Watching this movie is […]
“The Mustang” is the first feature length film by writer/director, Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre. In 2014 she wrote and directed a short film called Rabbit, about a female prisoner who bonds with a rabbit as part […]
Rated PG-13 124 Minutes Released March 8 People were lined up last Friday to see this movie, the 21st film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The story follows a comic book storyline from 1971 about […]
“Birds of Passage” Not Rated 125 Minutes Released February 13 Directors Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra, a husband a wife team, had worked together on the movie Embrace of the Serpent in 2015, a story […]
Academy Awards, Sunday, February 24th I believe that giving a prize to a work of art is an absurdity. The appeal of any work of art is filtered through the life experience of the viewer. […]
Throughout February, I am sharing my own humble point of view (POV) on which films, filmmakers and actors should be honored with an Oscar. This week, it’s nominees for Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, […]
Rated PG-13 143 Minutes Released December 21 The character of Aquaman debuted in November 1941 in More Fun Comics #73. Over the years the sea-dwelling superhero has seen many different sides of his nature evolve. […]
“The Mule” Rated R 116 Minutes Released December 14th In “The Mule”, Clint Eastwood plays Earl Stone, a 90-year-old cultivator of prize day lilies, who becomes a mule for a notorious Mexican drug cartel, driving […]
“Roma” Rated R 135 Minutes Released December 14 “Roma” is a beautifully shot black and white film, which utilizes to the fullest the incredible qualities of light and shadow that only that particular medium can […]
FILM REVIEW “DESTROYER” Rated R 123 Minutes Released December 25th Get ready…”Destroyer” is like the lump of coal that Santa delivered if you were really, REALLY bad – or the what your worst enemy might […]
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Read moreBy Mayor Pro Tempore Caroline Torosis I entered public service because I love Santa Monica. I believe in its people,...
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