Megan Walsh (Hailee Steinfeld) is a sixteen year-old high-schooler with a difference.  She may look like a normal teenager, and like most normal teenagers in public schools, she wants to fit in.  But there’s something that separates her from the others; she’s trained to kill. In the new teenage action-comedy Barely Lethal, Megan is an […]

Remember those L.A. buildings and historic landmarks that spectacularly crashed and burned when the world was coming to an end in 2012?  They crash and burn again.  Unlike that earlier disaster flick that presented its earthquakes globally, as the title of the new disaster suggests, San Andreas concentrates on California.  The rest of the country […]

It’s difficult not to mention a couple of things at the outset when reviewing Cameron Crowe’s romantic comedy-drama Aloha.  First, there’s the issue of native Hawaiians.  According to reports, many are insulted by the use of the film’s title.  Calling it Aloha has stirred resentment.  As reported by Access Hollywood, the use of the word […]

In a recent interview with Danette Wolpert , the founder and Executive Director of the four-day Illuminate Film Festival in Sedona, Danette described the opening night film on Thursday, May 28, as extraordinary.  (Click Here to read the full interview) Based on a well received novel by Patricia McCormick, Sold, directed by Jeffrey D. Brown, […]