By: debbie lynn elias The time – March 1991. The event, the Rodney King beating by LAPD. The fallout – amateur video becomes a goldmine for television networks (and the videographers), LAPD Officers Stacey Koon and Lawrence Powell are acquitted in April 1992 of any wrongdoing in the arrest and
By: debbie lynn elias It should come as no surprise to anyone who knows me or regularly reads my columns, that any movie with Sandra Bullock is one that I will review. (And I think she knows that, too!) While best known for her comedic talents and epitomized the romantic
By: debbie lynn elias Forget about Harry Houdini. Forget about Harry Potter. A new magician has taken center stage. A master of escape. A magician with extraordinary mystical powers. A magician who has been to the beyond and back. A magician who has seen the “dark side.” Ladies and gentlemen,
By: debbie lynn elias After attending a packed screening filled with my colleagues and their children, and after being relayed messages of elation, exuberance and awe from my princely nephews Eddie and Tommy, there was absolutely no doubt in my mind (or that of my nephews) as to which movie
By: debbie lynn elias Anyone familiar with Anton Corbijn’s photography recognizes and appreciates his austere, simple, yet powerful, elegance – particularly with his black & white or tint works. He has a very metaphoric eye which enables him to tell an entire story with one frame, evoking and provoking introspective
By: debbie lynn elias According to Emily Mortimer, not a day goes by that you don’t “turn on the telly” or pick up a newspaper and “there’s always another story day after day of someone being stabbed and this gang violence” taking place not only in London’s East End, but
By: debbie lynn elias “Jeepers, creepers, where’d ya get those peepers? Jeepers, creepers, where’d ya get those eyes?” And so our story begins. “Every 23rd spring, for 23 days, it gets to eat…” Oh yeah….he’s back – The Creeper, that is – and just in time for the back-to-school
By: debbie lynn elias I know, I know. After my take on “Gigli”, you’re all experiencing shock and awe that I am actually reviewing this latest piece (and hopefully the last) of the ongoing Bennifer saga, but I just couldn’t help myself. Nowhere near the disaster of that pathetic piece
By: debbie lynn elias I used to be a Martin Short fan. He was always entertaining, cutting edge, funny to the point of tears-streaming-down-your-face-rolling-in-the aisles (as the inimitable Franck in the “Father of the Bride” films) and sincerely likeable, especially in two of my favorite performances – as Frick in
By: debbie lynn elias Currently screening at the Method Fest Film Festival in Calabasas, California is one of the most endearing and touching films I have seen in some time. For whatever reason, it seems that creative independent filmmakers like Morgan J. Freeman have a knack for turning out films
