Kathy Whitney Boole, Author at Santa Monica News, Events & Local Politics

News April 1, 2019

“The Mustang” is Epic in Style

“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 […]

News March 20, 2019

“Captain Marvel” – Another Success in the Marvel Universe

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 […]

Life and Arts March 13, 2019

“Birds of Passage” is a Must See

“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 […]

Life and Arts February 24, 2019

Oscars 2019 POV – Best Picture

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. […]

Life and Arts February 21, 2019

Oscars 2019 POV: Best Actors

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, […]

News January 27, 2019

“Aquaman”: Worth the Big Screen

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. […]

News January 18, 2019

Film Review: “The Mule”

“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 […]

Life and Arts January 5, 2019

“Roma”: Beautifully Made from Beginning to End

“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 […]

News January 2, 2019

Film Review: “Destroyer”

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 […]

Life and Arts December 31, 2018

Film Review: Giving “Vice” a Try

Adam McKay’s gripping political “dramedy” “The Big Short”, won the 2016 Oscar for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay in and was nominated for several other categories. His latest film, “Vice,” is an in-depth study of Dick […]