Arrival - Film Review

Posted By Joan Alperin

Unfortunately, no one speaks their language. Arrival is based on Ted Chiang's Story of Your Life but I wouldn't read his short story until you see the film. When the movie begins, it is already established that aliens have landed on 12 different ...

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The Super Variety Match Bonus Round! - Theatre Review

Posted By Joshua Kahn

There are times when a piece of art so perfectly captures the national zeitgeist that it's hard to imagine it having nearly as strong an impact at any other point in time. Unfortunately, Rogue Machine's production of Deb Hiett's The Super Variety ...

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Siamese Sex Show: A Wild Wonderful Ride into a Dystopian Future

Posted By Joan Alperin

Siamese Sex Show, the musical is so good that I didn't want it to end. From the moment the show started, I knew I was about to experience something very original and extremely fun. I was not disappointed. The show starts with the very funny M.C. ...

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Indie Films November 18 - 24

Posted By Phil Sokoloff

ASPERGER'S ARE US, GOLDBRICKS IN BLOOM, ESTEROS BEGIN EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENTS AT ARENA CINELOUNGE HOLLYWOOD STARTING NOVEMBER 18 Arena Cinema Hollywood on Las Palmas Blvd. has changed its name to Arena Cinelounge Hollywood. Asperger's Are Us. ...

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Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Theatre Review 11/04/2016

Posted By Suzanne Birrell

A review by Suzanne Birrell. Photos by Joan Marcus. Hedwig and the Angry Inch opened at the Pantages Theatre and the crowd went wild- I m really wild. For those who haven't seen the show, Hedwig explains the his/her/his story in a mixture of personal ...

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Doctor Strange - Film Review 11/02/16

Posted By Joan Alperin

A film review by Joan Alperin. 'Doctor Strange' is absolutely wonderful and I loved every single second of it. The Doctor, played impeccable by Benedict Cumberbatch (who knew the dude could be so sexy?) is a different kind of superhero. Yes, he can ...

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Out & About with Susan Hornik 11/04/16

Posted By Susan Hornik

It's Fall and all the new hot TV series have premiered. Here's a look at what the broadcast network shows have a ton of buzz around them: CBS has ordered more episodes of Bull, Kevin Can Wait and MacGyver with each series having a very good chance of ...

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Unbound - Theatre Review - 11/02/16

Posted By Suzanne Birrell

A review by Suzanne Birrell. Chris Gardner and Laila Ayad in Unbound at Hudson Theatre The World Premiere of Unbound opened this week at the Hudson Theater in Hollywood. As the plot thickened and drama intensified and the audience progressively ...

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Oscar's Hollywood

Posted By Oscar Arslanian

Print Magazines. Are people still reading print magazines? A fact that is not bandied about in the exhilaration of the Internet is that magazine readership has actually risen during the past five years and over the past 15 years, almost corresponding ...

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Catbaret - Review

Posted By Rachel Flanagan

A review by Rachel Flanagan. By now the world has noticed that when you open up any of your social media accounts or browse almost any part of the Internet, you will likely come across news, photos and memes about cats. Cats have been an influential ...

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Indie Films November 11-17

Posted By Phil Sokoloff

DON'T LOOK DOWN, THE DRAMA CLUB, RAINBOW TIME, HARA KIRI BEGIN EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENTS AT ARENA CINELOUNGE HOLLYWOOD ON NOVEMBER 11 We're back on Las Palmas Blvd., and we've changed our name. We're officially and permanently Arena Cinelounge Hollywood. ...

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Jack Reacher - Film Review

Posted By Joan Alperin

A review by Joan Alperin. I have read every single book that Lee Child's has written and to say I am a huge fan is an understatement. What makes Child so unique is that he only writes about one character - Jack Reacher. When I first heard that Cruise ...

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LA Filmforum - Billy Woodberry - Nov 10

Posted By Adam Hyman

Los Angeles Filmforum at MOCA Billy Woodberry: And When I Die I Won't Stay Dead In Person: Billy Woodberry Thursday, November 10, 2016, 7:00 pm LOS ANGELES, October 18, 2016 - In his "Theses on the Philosophy of History," Walter Benjamin essays the ...

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Indie Films November 4-10

Posted By Phil Sokoloff

ARMY OF ONE; MY DEAD BOYFRIEND; FELL, JUMPED OR PUSHED BEGIN EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENTS AT ARENA CINEMA HOLLYWOOD ON NOVEMBER 4\ Army of One. Comedy. Directed by Larry Charles. Written by Rajiv Joseph and Scott Rothman. Produced by Emile Gladstone, Jeremy ...

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Passing SOLO - Theatre Review

Posted By Suzanne Birrell

Review by Suzanne Birrell. Photos by Kristina Roth. October 18, 2016. The Towne Street Theatre Of Passing SOLO now in the middle of a short run before heading off to Germany is not to missed by anyone who struggles with the status quo of current ...

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L.A. Filmforum - Mysteries Inside Facts - Nov 6

Posted By Adam Hyman

Los Angeles Filmforum presents Mysteries Inside Facts A Selection of International Contemporary Short Films Programmed by David Dinnell Sunday, November 6, 2016 LOS ANGELES, October 17, 2016 - The remnants of a prehistoric ocean,volcanic tunnels, and ...

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The Accountant - Film Review

Posted By Joan Alperin

Film Review by Joan Aplerin. (L-r) RON PRATHER as Frank Rice, SUSAN WILLIAMS as Dolores Rice and BEN AFFLECK as Christian Wolff in Warner Bros. Pictures' "THE ACCOUNTANT," a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo by Chuck Zlotnick I have one word for ...

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SURREAL / UNREAL

Posted By Jack Rutberg

Contact: Jack Rutberg, Tel. (323) 938-5222 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Email: jrutberg@jackrutbergfinearts.com November 5 - December 24, 2016 SURREAL / UNREAL Over 100 Works from the 1930s to the Present Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Sculpture Alexander ...

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Los Angeles theater's 99-Seat Plan Dispute

Posted By Suzanne

October 17, 2016...Los Angeles...The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle (LADCC) has issued the following statement on behalf of the current situation regarding the current proposed changes by Actors Equity Association (AEA) to the Los Angeles intimate ...

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Vonnegut, USA - Theatre Review

Posted By Joshua Kahn

A review by Joshua Kahn. Rob Smith as Lou Sterling, Carryl Lynn as Nancy Daily, and Matt Taylor as Bud Carmody. Photo credits: Maia Peters Kurt Vonnegut is a difficult author to adapt to the stage. Much of the success of his writing relies upon the ...

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