By: debbie lynn elias I’ll say it up front so get all your eyeball rolling and laughter out now – – I like Hannah Montana. I watch the tv series. It’s fun. It’s enjoyable and it helps me to keep being a kid at heart. But, HAN NAH MONTANA THE
By: debbie lynn elias William Shakespeare. We have all either endured or embraced his works through our formative educational years. And while more often than not, the most that many of us can recall are titles of the most famous works or a signature line or two, but for the
By: debbie lynn elias In the immortal words of Gene Kelly, “GOTTA DANCE!” And this holiday season nothing will make you want to click up your heels and tap your own happy feet more than director George Miller’s HAPPY FEET. The man from Down Under that brought us Mel in
By: debbie lynn elias Possibly even more anticipated than the release of each book by J.K. Rowling (as if that’s even possible), “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” opens worldwide on November 18. With a $140,000,000.00 budget at his disposal, British director Mike Newell (who only walked away with
By: debbie lynn elias With all the anticipation, pomp and circumstance surrounding the release of one of the J.K. Rowling novels, “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” hits theaters this Friday and not a moment too soon. With director Alfonso Cuaron taking the reins from Chris Columbus (who is
By: debbie lynn elias School is back in session at Hogwarts and not a moment too soon. A dark cloud looms over Hogwarts and the entire world – magical and muggle alike. Lord Voldemort is back and is now evil incarnate having mixed his blood with that of Harry Potter
By: debbie lynn elias There is nothing I love better than a good (and I mean good) slasher-bloody-gory horror movie. Cool ghouls and maniacs running amok. Madness and mayhem at the ready. Exemplary make-up effects. The mere thought makes my spine tingle with excitement. How joyous! And for me, horror
By: debbie lynn elias In its third attempt to bring a theme park attraction to the big screen, those magicians at Disney find another winner with “The Haunted Mansion.” Although not in the same league as this year’s blockbuster “The Pirates of the Caribbean”, “Mansion” is far superior to the
By: debbie lynn elias Making its world premiere at the 2008 Los Angeles Film Festival is a hellacious little look at everyone’s favorite Hollywood Madam – Heidi Fleiss. Best known as the Hollywood Madam, thanks to her little black book, her no naming names policy and a little bit of
By: debbie lynn elias There’s nothing quite like a closing gala at the Los Angeles Film Festival. Always a guaranteed great time, festival goers are also guaranteed an exclusive sneak preview of what is often one of the hottest tickets of the upcoming summer releases. And this year was no
