Eternal Code Storms Hollywood Boulevard

Posted By Valerie Milano

By Valerie Milano Hollywood, CA (The Hollywood Times) 9/5/19 - At first glance, Wednesday evening looked like a typical bustling premiere at Hollywood Boulevard's legendary Chinese Theater. 6 PM press check in. 6:30 red carpet. 7:30 screening and and ...

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Charlie Says - The Manson Murders Revisted

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by Valeria Milano IFC Films presents Mary Har ron's Charlie Says in the year that marks the 50 th Anniversary of the multiple Manson Murders. Leslie Van Houten, one of three women sent to prison for life for the horrific murders orchestrated by ...

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'63 Boycott - Documentary Film Review

Posted By Valerie Milano

By Valerie Milano/The Hollywood Times '63 Boycott still shot Photo Courtesy of: Kartemquin Films "Even as a young person, I could see a difference in the quality of the environment and the resources. The schools in the predominantly white areas of ...

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The Favourite - Film Review

Posted By Che Zuro

By Che Zuro Oliva Colman as Queen Anne in "The Favourite" Thinking The Favourite would be my favorite this season, I was sorely disappointed. With Olivia Colman playing Anne, Queen of Great Britain (circa 1702-1714), and the promotion of the film ...

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Two Strangers Who Meet Five Times - Short Film Review

Posted By Valerie Milano

By Valerie Milano Photo by Hermes Lucas Marcus Markou's Two Strangers Who Meet Five Times touches on the topical issues of racism and poverty. This must-see film has been selected for numerous high profile film festivals and won many awards. The ...

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Getting Started and One Way Street - Short Film Reviews

Posted By Valerie Milano

Getting Started and One Way Street are Andrea Meyerson's Funny, and Touching Views on Modern Romance by Valerie Milano Andrea Meyerson views the world a certain way; and it shows through in her films, and in her public demeanor. She seems to ...

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Colette - Film Review

Posted By Valerie Milano

By Valerie Milano Keira Knightly Photo by Robert Viglasky © 2018 BLEECKER STREET. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Colette, the story of celebrated French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, is a biopic of her life from the beginning of her marriage to the much ...

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The Secret Lives of Teachers - Short Film Review

Posted By Bill Garry

By Bill Garry Judith Eisenberg When Miss Faulker is patrolling the halls, students better watch out. In her sensible brown shoes and her prim brown pantsuit, Muriel Faulkner is the very model of a repressed high school Home Ec teacher. She does not ...

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Night of Shorts Night at The Parlor

Posted By Valerie Milano

By Valerie Milano A comic walks into a bar... In this case Eric Toms (a stay at home dad by day and warm up comic by night - typically for game shows) and his two friends, David and James Codeglia, (the brothers work for J.J. Abrams' production ...

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McQueen - Film Review

Posted By Valerie Milano

By Valerie Milano Even if you don't know Alexander McQueen from Steve McQueen... or that other Steve McQueen... you will still be captivated by this emotionally wrenching and visually stunning biography of the doomed fashion designer. Think of it as ...

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Bad Samaritan - Film Review

Posted By Kathy Flynn

By Kathy Flynn David Tennant as Cale Erendreich in Bad Samaritan Small-time thief Sean (Robert Sheehan) gets more than he bargains for when he breaks into Cale Erendreich's urban mansion in this taut, well-paced thriller from director Dean Devlin. ...

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Architects of Denial - West Coast Premiere

Posted By Harrison Held

By Harrison Held The premiere of the riveting new documentary "Architects of Denial" took place at the Tagylan Complex in Hollywood. The must-see film is executive produced by Dean Cain and Montel Williams as well as directed and produced by David ...

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The Queen of Spain - Film Review

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By Joshua Kahn Photo by Gyorgy Slater The time-tested genre of "movies about movies" has been around almost as long as movies themselves. They're usually joyous, energetic crowd-pleasers (think of recent Oscar winners "The Artist" and "La La Land") ...

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The Conway Curve - Film Review

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By Bill Garry The Conway Curve, an ambitious new indie from a Texas-based team, provides both the pleasures and the pitfalls of an independent film. Led by director, producer, and co-writer Marian Yeager, the film goes the way a lot of independent ...

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Odd Brodsky - Film Review

Posted By Bill Garry

By Bill Garry Odd Brodsky, an independent comedy from writer-director Cindy Baer (working with co-writer Matthew Irving), is a little movie overstuffed with big-hearted sitcom laughs. It's about quirky Audrey "Aud" Brodsky and a group of equally ...

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