Archive for December, 2024
Flicks
In advance of the DVD release of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2, which arrives in stores on Saturday, three cast members from the film sat down with us for a quick interview. Patrick Brennan, Marlane Barnes and Lisa Ho...
Movie
There’s nothing terribly wrong with Jack the Giant Slayer, director Bryan Singer’s (X-Men) film based on the popular children’s fairytale. Nicholas Hoult (Warm Bodies) stars as the likable title character whose life is forever ...
Q&A
In the early ’90s, when San Diego was sometimes called “the next Seattle,” the fiercely independent combo Trumans Water more than held its own in a scene overflowing with talent and promise. In 1994, that band...
Movie
Lacy (Keri Russell) and Daniel (Josh Hamilton) are an already stressed wife and husband trying to deal with some strange activity affecting their two children, Jesse (Dakota Goyo) and Sam (Kadan Rockett). With an emphasis on f...
Movie
It probably wasn’t the best decision to cast tough guy Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson at the lead in Snitch. Johnson plays John Matthews, a truck-driving father who tries to get his son out of prison by becoming an undercover inform...
Q&A
A band that’s on the verge of blowing up, Los Angeles-based Dead Sara got a break when Muse drummer Dominic Howard talked about how much he liked the band’s hard-driving single “The Weatherman” during a radio interview. Dead Sa...
Q&A
A few years back, a group of Nashville session players formed a band they called the SteelDrivers and started to play an inventive mix of bluegrass and soul. They began by playing a VFW Hall in Franklin, Tennessee, but as buzz ...
Art
Now in its second year, the Short.Sweet.Film Fest offers a mix of local and international short films, including documentaries and animated shorts. This year the intimate celebration of concise creativity takes place on Februar...
Movie
A little Charlie Sheen goes a long way. That much became apparent when he ended up on a strange bender a couple of years back. While he’s stabilized (somewhat) and now holds down a day job as the star of a cable sitcom, the guy...
Movie
The first 15 minutes of Beautiful Creatures are actually quite promising. Writer-director Richard LaGravenese (P.S. I Love You) shows some restraint as he introduces us to Ethan (Alden Ehrenreich), a young teenager who just can...