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IFFF Movie Review: ‘Ridge Runners’ – Sex Trafficking in a Small Town
There are many more talented actors, writers and directors than Hollywood has room for. Ridge Runners is proof of that. The first feature film for screenwriter Austin Lott and director Hunter West is an indie crime drama which is a standout on multiple levels.
Read More »IFFF Movie Review: Not Just ‘Another Day in Paradise’ for Jeffery Patterson and Frankie Muniz
'Another Day in Paradise' takes us into the world of a recent widower who is trying to reinvent his life.
Read More »Filmmaker Interview: Gillian Armstrong, Director of ‘Women He’s Undressed’
Director Gillian Armstrong discusses her new documentary about the legendary Hollywood costume designer and gives her opinion about the state of the film industry today.
Read More »Hollywood Fringe Preview: An Interview with Cathy Schenkelberg, Writer/Star of ‘Squeeze My Cans’
The writer/performer talks about the new solo show that chronicles her time as a member of the Church of Scientology.
Read More »Hollywood Fringe Fest Preview: Robot Teammate and the Accidental Party’s ‘Thug Tunnel’
The Los Angeles-based improv troupe returns to the Fringe Fest this year with a promising new musical.
Read More »‘A Vampire in Hollywood’ Graphic Novel Kickstart by Batton Lash
More tales of the critical take of monsters in 'Supernatural Law'
Read More »Book Review: ‘All The Stars In The Heavens’, A Novel by Adriana Trigiani, Author of the Shoemaker’s Wife
If only one could make a movie of All The Stars In The Heavens by Adriana Trigiani, we could watch this tale of romance and secrets that grace this work, a story of pain and grief, but riddled with beauty, friendships, family and fun.
Read More »Interdrone: Smile for the Drone – Trends in Aerial Cinematography
In Sunset Boulevard, Gloria Swanson’s character Norma Desmond says, “Just us, the cameras, and those wonderful people out there in the dark!... All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.” Now, there is one more element to that mix: drones. And that close-up can pull back, rise up into the air, and in one continuous shot show you all of Beverly Hills as if you're looking down from heaven. Drones' potential has not been lost on Hollywood.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye: The Barbara Payton story’
O'Dowd maintains a passionate tone, almost febrile in some passages, throughout this extensive and methodical biography of an underrated performer whose career was truncated by her terrible death at only 39.
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