SPOILER ALERT: This article includes specific details about the film Digger. When we first see Tom Cruise as Digger Rockwell in his slovenly glory, he is in his bed next to a zombie cat that is lying in its own puddle of piss. The thing is, this cat, along with the...
SPOILER ALERT: This article includes specific details about revival of A Different World. The other day I made it my responsibility to teach a young Gen Z’er about the original A Different World and how it was a spin-off of The Cosby Show. I went into a full-on...
If it’s Filipino, it’s in Forgotten Island. An unspeakable joy radiated from the audience at the screening I attended at the Pacific Design Center whenever any Filipino totem, gesture, or figure graced the screen. The audience was mostly, if not all, Filipino....
FILM Teen Witch – 4 PM, October 10: Top That! Behold the magic, the music, the hairspray, the tutus, and the rap battles of this camptastic spectacle of 80s awesomeness! Louise is a teenage nerd with dreams of popularity, romance, and style that always seem to...
FILM The Bodyguard – 7 PM, October 4: Iconic diva Whitney Houston delivers an electric performance in this glamorous and show-stopping romance. Kevin Costner plays former Secret Service agent who grudgingly takes an assignment to protect a pop idol who has been...
MUSEUMS AND ART The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art – September 22: The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opens on September 22! It’ll be crowded for a while, but I’m sure it’s amazing! The new museum in L.A. celebrates the power of visual storytelling....
FILM Selena – 7:30 PM, September 18-19: The true story of Selena Quintanilla-Perez, a Texas-born Tejano singer who rose from cult status to performing at the Astrodome, as well as having chart topping albums on the Latin music charts. Gardena Cinema, 14948 Crenshaw...
A moral audit (of sorts): How AAPI advocacy organizations use resources, money, and power to give back to the communities they claim to serve. Around 2018, when I was an editor at Deadline Hollywood, I had a lunch meeting at what was then known as the H Club in...
FILM The Monster Squad in 35mm – 11 AM, September 12: Sean Crenshaw (Andre Gower) is the leader of his school’s monster club, a group of monster- and horror film-loving pre-teens who get the thrill of their lives when their favorite on-screen creatures show...
