Hello, Dolly at the Hollywood Pantages - Theatre Review

Posted By Kathy Flynn

By Kathy Flynn Betty Buckley in Hello, Dolly! Photo by Julieta Cervantes The Hollywood Pantages' 2018-19 season is filled with iconic Broadway classics, and none are more enduring than Hello, Dolly. The 1964 musical, with lyrics and music by Jerry ...

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A Star Is Born - Film Review

Posted By Che Zuro

By Ché Zuro Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga in "A Star Is Born" This film was on the bottom of my "must watch" queue because I do not like remakes, regardless of whether the orignals were good or not. Generally, I wish the studios would just get ...

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Can You Ever Forgive Me? - Film Review

Posted By Che Zuro

By Ché Zuro Richard E. Grant and Melissa McCarthy in Can You Ever Forgive Me? Photo by Photo by Mary Cybulski - © 2018 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation All Rights Reserved Can You Ever Forgive Me? , based on the 2008 memoir of author Lee ...

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Bohemian Rhapsody - Film Review

Posted By Che Zuro

By Ché Zuro Joseph Mazzello, Rami Malek, and Gwilym Lee in Bohemian Rhapsody Based on the life of Freddie Mercury, lead singer of the rock band Queen, this film gave us more than we had hoped for! With a great cast of characters, superb actors, and a ...

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Last Call - Theatre Review

Posted By Kathy Flynn

by Kathy Flynn Art Hall and Laura Richardson Photo by Darrett Sanders Television writer Jill, on the run from a toxic work environment, returns home to try and move her elderly parents into a retirement home in Last Call, television writer Anne ...

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Green Book - Film Review

Posted By Che Zuro

By Ché Zuro Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali in Green Book From the get-go, the first screen shot you see, the music you hear, the feeling you get when you first start watching this comedy-drama, you know you are in for something special. This film ...

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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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Vice - Film Review

Posted By Che Zuro

By Che Zuro Christian Bale in "Vice" Being a history buff as well as seeing the transformation Christian Bale went through for this role, I was super excited to see this film. B u t i t w a s s o s l o w. It was so BORING. So disappointing. This ...

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Rockaway - Film Review

Posted By Valerie Milano

By Valerie Milano Keidrich Sellati and Maxwell Apple in "Rockaway." Rockaway, John J. Budion's directorial debut is set in East Rockway, NY with two brothers and four friends, fleshing out his life based coming-of-age story, which gives fans of Stand ...

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The Diary of Anne Frank - Theatre Review

Posted By Kathy Flynn

By Kathy Flynn David Gurrola and Genesis Ochoa in "The Diary of Anne Frank" Photo by Elvira Barjau Stan Zimmerman's production of The Diary of Anne Frank was embroiled in controversy before it even opened, due to outraged reporting on the casting of ...

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The Wife - Film Review

Posted By Che Zuro

By Che Zuro Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce in "The Wife" Having not heard much about this film, I was surprised when I saw Glenn Close win the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama, and then couldn't wait to watch it. I have ...

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They Shall Not Grow Old - Film Review

Posted By Kathy Flynn

By Kathy Flynn They Shall Not Grow Old is an extraordinary documentary on World War I created using original footage from the Imperial War Musuem's archives along with interviews of British servicemen who fought in the conflict. Director Peter ...

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Beautiful Boy - Film Review

Posted By Che Zuro

By Che Zuro Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carell in "Beautiful Boy" Beautiful Boy - such a difficult film to watch, not so much for the acting which was incredible, but for the story. This story was difficult to stomach as it shows what many people go ...

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Mary Poppins Returns - Film Review

Posted By Che Zuro

By Che Zuro Emily Blunt in "Mary Poppins Returns" As soon as I saw the previews of "Mary Poppins," I thought, "NO......!" Then I noticed "Returns" and thought, "Maybe......!" Being a non-fan of mostly everything that is a remake of something ...

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A Misunderstanding - Theatre Review

Posted By Kathy Flynn

By Kathy Flynn Matt Chait and Bruce Katzman in "A Misunderstanding" Photo by Ed Krieger The 1955 play Inherit the Wind is a fictionalized account of the 1925 Scopes "monkey" trial which resulted in a conviction for teaching Darwin's theory of ...

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