Tag: movies
Vidiots is back and better than ever
Following a long wait and troubles with supply chains, permits and zoning administrators, Vidiots finally opened June 1 on Eagle Rock Boulevard to fill...
Opinion: ‘Everything Everywhere’ has its own universe in China
Imagine a parallel universe: Where most of the dialogue in "Everything Everywhere All at Once" sounds like gibberish; where the film was never streamed in...
Opinion: Binging junk food romance is healthier than you think
If you’re anything like me, your love for reading books started at your elementary school’s annual Scholastic Book Fair. All of my classmates, including myself,...
Nostalgia and uncertainty abound as Highland Theatre’s 99-year lease comes to...
The Highland Theatre building, a Historical-Cultural Monument and home to a discount cinema since 1925, has been listed on the market. Located at 5604...
“Shang-Chi” shines as an authentic, cross-cultural success
As a kid in China I went through childhood with Cinderella schoolbags, James P. Sullivan stickers and Mickey and Minnie Mouse pencil cases. I...
Opinion: I’d like to thank the Academy for the new Best...
The Oscars are finally requiring nominees for the Best Picture award to have inclusive and diverse casts and crew, but these standards don't go...
“The Invisible Man” reveals the horror of hidden enemies
What you can’t see can hurt you. The movie catchphrase from Blumhouse’s recent hit “The Invisible Man,” directed by Leigh Whannell, seems coincidentally relevant...
We need more representations of affirmative consent in media
By age 14, I had pieced together my sexual knowledge using a heavy-handed Catholic lecture on abstinence in Sunday school, a year-long “health” class...
“The Traitor” is a different kind of Mafia movie
In Martin Scorsese’s gangster film “Goodfellas,” Robert De Niro famously delivers the line “You learned the two greatest things in life: never rat on...
Take a chance on Netflix’s romantic comedies this Valentine’s Day
This Valentine’s Day, while other people buy dozens of flowers for their crush or make elaborate brunch plans, I will be in my room...