Movie Going

HOLLYWOOD—Well after more than a month dominating theaters, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” has been dethroned. The buddy cop sequel “Ride Along 2” claimed the top spot over the weekend taking in over $41.5 million during the holiday weekend. The sequel starring Kevin Hart and Ice Cube added more star power with Olivia Munn and Ken Jeong. While an...

HOLLYWOOD—Good performances happen all the time, fantastic performances come a dime dozen. Rarely will I ever tell someone to run out and see a movie, but run-out and see “Room” right now! This drama which feels like a piece of art taken right from the headlines involving that crazed man who kept three women captive in his Ohio home...

BEVERLY HILLS—For all those movie lovers out there, it is the moment we have all been waiting for. The contenders for the 88th Annual Academy Awards were announced on Thursday, January 14. The nominations were read by directors Ang Lee, Guillermo del Toro, actor John Krasinski and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs from the famed Samuel Goldwyn Theatre. Leading the...

HOLLYWOOD—What a lot of people may not know about awards season is there are nominations that take place from the Writers Guild of America, Producers Guild of America and Directors Guild of America in addition to the Screen Actors Guild of America. Those respective groups tend to have a big impact on predicting possible nominees for Oscar as well...

BEVERLY HILLS—Now the awards season has officially kicked off! The 73rd Annual Golden Globes ceremony was held at the famed Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday, January 10. The stars were out in full-force of the first possible predictor of how things could possibly turn out for the rest of the awards season. This year’s ceremony was hosted by Ricky...

HOLLYWOOD—It seems every time director David O. Russell and actress Jennifer Lawrence team up the duo create magic. They first worked together in the dramedy “Silver Linings Playbook” and in 2013 worked on “American Hustle.” Lawrence was sensational in “Silver Linings Playbook,” and I thought she was the best thing in the drama “American Hustle.” Sorry, I was not...

HOLLYWOOD—The awards season has officially kicked off, the first of 2016 being the People Choice Awards which were held on Wednesday, January 6. This is the one ceremony that allows the public to vote on the winners, so things are not likely to align with those esteemed groups like the Hollywood Foreign Press, Recording Academy and the Academy of...

HOLLYWOOD—Portraying dual roles in a movie is no easy feat for an actor or actress in Hollywood. It can be done, but it requires the smallest nuances of characteristics to convey to the viewer that two independent characters exist even though doubles are being seen on the screen. Tom Hardy takes on that role to portray real-life gangsters Ronald...

HOLLYWOOD—While the New Year holiday at the box-office tends to be slow, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” is proving to be a flick of grand scale. “The Force Awakens” dominated the box-office for the third consecutive weekend taking in over $88.3 million. The flick which has already grossed over $700 million at the domestic box-office, is certain to overtake...

HOLLYWOOD—Quentin Tarantino, what can I say about this man. He doesn’t make movies that often, but when he does they are always the buzz of the town. I loved “Kill Bill Volume 1” and I thought “Kill Bill Volume 2” was even better. “Inglorious Basterds” was a revelation and frankly “Django Unchained” was unlike anything audiences ever saw on...