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The Voice’s voices sing at Saint Rocke

The Voice’s voices sing at Saint Rocke

Two years ago, Justin Hopkins made a decision. After years on the road as a touring musician, he was calling it quits – not to music, but to the music industry as he’d thus far lived it. He’d just become [...]

The Nightlife: Cinco de Mayo at Hermosa Ink Tattoo

The Nightlife: Cinco de Mayo at Hermosa Ink Tattoo

Naja’s Place kicks off its 4th annual weeklong IPA Festival today at 2 p.m. Ends May 10. Over 40 IPA’s on tap. Some of the featured breweries include: Ballast Point, Firestone, Mikkeller, Flying Dog, Beachwood, Great Divide, and newcomer Strand [...]

“Best Exotic Marigold” – might be an exaggeration

“The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” is so very promising on paper with its exotic location, best cast imaginable and director of high pedigree. The characters are as disparate as their aspirations and reasons for ending up at the ramshackle “best [...]

Cinco de Drinko with Special C

Cinco de Drinko with Special C

Ring, ring… “Hello, can I take your order, amigo?” “Yeah, I’ll have a Special C with an Horchata, and can you make that with rice please?” This imaginary phone call with El B.J. is representative of two characteristics attributable to [...]

“Elles” – intellectualizing sex to death [MOVIE REVIEW]

“Elles” – intellectualizing sex to death [MOVIE REVIEW]

“Elles,” the provocative film by Malgoska Szumowska that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, borders on the pornographic as it explores the life of Anne (Juliette Binoche), an upper middle class journalist for “Elle” magazine, and the two student prostitutes [...]

“The Pruitt-Igoe Myth” – it hurts everyone [MOVIE REVIEW]

“The Pruitt-Igoe Myth” – it hurts everyone [MOVIE REVIEW]

“The Pruitt-Igoe Myth” is surely one of the best and most moving documentaries in recent years. Director Chad Freidrichs takes a long and necessary look at the modernist housing project designed to take residents out of rat-infested tenements and put [...]

“The Five-Year Engagement” is totally engaging [MOVIE REVIEW]

“The Five-Year Engagement” is totally engaging [MOVIE REVIEW]

“The Five-Year Engagement” is a pre-wedding present from Nicholas Stoller (director/co-writer) and Jason Segal (co-writer/star), the duo responsible for “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and the latest Muppet movie. Clever, sharp, warm-hearted without cloying sentimentality, “The Five-Year Engagement” plots the relationship of [...]

“Headhunters” really gets into your head [MOVIE REVIEW]

“Headhunters” really gets into your head [MOVIE REVIEW]

“Headhunters” is a rare combination of art, commerce and action that grabs hold of you until your head is spinning and your senses reeling. This Norwegian gem has surprises in store at every corner, and this is a place made [...]

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