Film

HOLLYWOOD─I truly wanted to wait for 2019 to end before I highlighted some of the best flicks of the year. I am not about to go about the approach that everyone else does and talk about their top 5 or top 10 movies of the year. I actually have three, which are all different in their own respective right....

HOLLYWOOD─I was so giddy to see the rebirth of a horror classic based on the iconic novel by H.G. Wells. Of course, we have the 1930s entry known as “The Invisible Man.” While not true horror, back then it was something unknown so it frightened the audience. If we’re talking about the most recent taken on the invisible man,...

SAN FRANCISCO—After 10 years of bringing environmental films to San Franciscans, the San Francisco Green Film Festival will close for good due to financial losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision by the Festival's Board of Directors comes following their cancellation of the 10th Anniversary Festival scheduled for September 2020. "This was a difficult, heartbreaking decision.” says Rachel Caplan, the...

HOLLYWOOD—It is amazing how certain films appear timeless or happen to get released at a time when the world is in utter chaos. The social relevance of “Judas and the Black Messiah” with the Black Lives Matter movement, racial injustice, police brutality and so many other social issues in America seem like a premonition you’d never imagine. This movie directed...

HOLLYWOOD—It is hard to believe in 20 years we have had 9, yes count’em people, nine entries into “The Fast and the Furious” franchise. Well it could be worse; it could be like a horror franchise from the 80s that clocks out 8 to 9 sequels in a 10 year period. The first flick is a classic, the fourth...

HOLLYWOOD—Movies have come and gone in 2021, it actually has been a blur for me to say the least because of the pandemic causing a major ripple in the release of many movies and the notion of seeing movies at home the same day as they are released in theaters has shifted things. The buzz behind the latest outing...

HOLLYWOOD—The nominees for the 2022 MTV Movie and TV Awards were announced on Wednesday, May 11, and it will be “Spider-Man: No Way Home” vs. “The Batman” as each flick picked up multiple nominations including Best Movie. On the TV side, HBO’s “Euphoria” earned multiple nominations including Best Show. I love that the network has combined the categories and not...

HOLLYWOOD—Some might be asking how much weight the Critic’s Choice Awards which were held on Sunday, January 15, have on awards season. In all honesty, not much as there is no overlap with the critics and members of the Academy Awards. I mean when the CCA ceremony is as long as the Golden Globes that is already a question...

HOLLYWOOD—I was actually a fan of the superhero flick “Shazam” starring Zachary Levi, as a kid who is gifted with superhero powers and forced to embrace those powers to defeat evil. This sequel, which of course is to be bigger and bolder than its predecessor is just not clicking on all cylinders. Bigger does not always mean better people....

HOLLYWOOD—I thought “The Conjuring 2” was a stellar sequel. The scares were intense, the story was captivating and the villain, The Nun aka the demon Valak (Bonnie Aarons) sent chills down the spine. That film led to a spinoff “The Nun” which was quite entertaining. The success of that flick, leads us to our sequel, “The Nun II” which...