All posts tagged "entertainment"
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‘Chicago’ jazzes up the audience
“Chicago,” the second longest-running show in Broadway history after Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Phantom of the Opera,” holds the record for the longest-running musical revival and...
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2024 Oscars honor some of the right films
By some miracle the Academy has managed to have two good Oscar years in a row. If you ignore Jimmy Kimmel’s grating commentary and allow...
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‘Dune: Part Two’ has dune it again
It wasn’t too long ago that Frank Herbert’s sci-fi novel epic, “Dune” was considered unfilmable. Most people figured it was too weird and slow for...
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Declan McKenna’s third album contemplates modern society
On Feb. 9, English indie songwriter Declan McKenna–best known for his track titled “Brazil,” a commentary on the costs of the 2014 FIFA World Cup...
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‘Griselda’ delivers criminally good drama
Griselda is one of Netflix’s newest drama six-episode limited series telling the story of a real Colombian drug lord Griselda Blanco.The show is set primarily...
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‘Madame Web’ swings into disaster
Sony’s “Madame Web” is a fresh take on the popular Marvel universe franchise “Spider Man”, and might be the worst movie I’ve ever seen. The...
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Matthew Bourne’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is hauntingly beautiful
First premiering in 2019, the touring company of Matthew Bourne’s modern ballet, “Romeo and Juliet,” came to the Ahmanson Theater on Jan. 28, and ran...
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‘The Monk and the Gun’ meditates on democracy
When “The Monk and the Gun” caught my eye on a list of newly released films I had no idea what I was in for....
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‘Bob Marley: One Love’ fails to inspire
Whether you just heard him playing at a restaurant on vacation one day or your favorite type of music has been reggae since you were...
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Music Corner
Within the first two weeks of 2024, Kali Uchis warmed up January’s chill beginning with her fifth studio album, and sophomore-spanish album, Orquídeas (Orchids). The...