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Off the Menu took to the Santa Barbara International Film Festival for its world premiere. Directed by Jay Silverman and starring Dania Ramirez (Once Upon a Time, Devious Maids) and Santino Fontana (Frozen, Crazy-Ex Girlfriend), this indie romantic comedy brings a delightful mix of comedy, romance and food to the screen. Oh and did I […]
The 33rd Santa Barbara International Film Festival kicked off with a bang as Emilio Estevez’s film The Public opened to a large crowd at the Arlington Theater. There to celebrate the opening was Emilio Estevez and fellow cast members Alec Baldwin, Michael K. Williams, Jena Malone, Che Smith, Spencer Garrett and Jacob Vargas; festival jurors […]
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) is known for making a positive impact utilizing the power of film. This year, the organization’s 33rd annual festival is going to be held JAN. 31 – FEB. 10, 2018. The confirmation of the festival comes in the wake of the terrible Thomas Fire which was quickly followed by deadly […]
Ever since New York Comic Con 2017, Alex Roe has been on my radar. Not only does his new show, Siren, come to Freeform in March 2018, but fortunately for me, Roe will be hitting the silver screen in with his new movie, Forever My Girl, on January 19th, 2018. Forever My Girl follows country music super-star Liam Page (played by Roe) after […]
The 23rd Annual Critics’ Choice Awards nominees were revealed yesterday, and this year it seems like it’s going to be a tough race. With Guillermo del Toro’s eccentric The Shape of Water leading all films this year with 14 nominations including Best Picture, and with 8 nominations for Call Me By Your Name, Dunkirk, Lady Bird, and The Post. It’s already looking to […]
The Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society was founded by Krisily Kennedy, Scott Mantz, and Scott Menzel in late 2016. The goal was to create a critics group that appropriately reflected a varied history and perspective of people from various races and genders, one that was as diverse as the city in which it is based. The society […]
Two of the most insanely talented directors took to the stage at this year’s Vulture Festival in Los Angeles. As the room filled, anticipation grew stronger by the minute waiting for Ava DuVernay, best known for directing Selma, Queen Sugar, and the upcoming A Wrinkle in Time, and Ryan Coogler, best known for directing, Fruitvale Station, Creed, and the upcoming Black Panther, to […]
2018 marks the 33rd year of the Spirit Awards, which takes place each year in a beachfront tent next to the world famous Santa Monica Pier. The awards each year are dedicated to independent film makers and the nominations for this year’s awards have just dropped. Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name leads the pack […]
Magic Funhouse is a webseries produced by Fullscreen (the web video provider) that takes a look behind the scenes of a fictitious show made for children. The inevitable irony comes in the star of the show, Brandon Rogers, who also created the web series. Him and the rest of the cast and crew are anything […]
This weekend at Stan Lee’s LA Comic Con, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson took the stage to talk all things Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, and he was welcomed to the stage by none other than Stan Lee himself. During this panel we got the chance to see a look at the upcoming movie. Starring Dwayne […]
