I mean I knew about Eddie Murphy, but I didn’t know my Eddie Murphy…. Murphy came onto the scene a month and 48 Hrs. after I did back in 1982, you see, so it wasn’t until 1996, the year that also gave us his Nutty Professor remake, that I like, hopped onto the Eddie Murphy […]
We get knocked down, but we get up again. The last four years have been tough. And, yeah, by that I mean 2020. It has been a moment, and methinks it’s worth acknowledging it. So drop a pin: We are here. I am here. You’re never gonna keep me down; I’m a survivor. And if […]
Watching movies at home, to pass the time and learn more, something new…something we didn’t know, about the human experience, that is how we managed some of our season of self-isolation this most revelatory of years. I know you know. This summer’s been a moment – and it ain’t done yet. This…is 2020, and 2020 […]
Time. We used to bitch and moan about not having enough of it. Now some of us are complainin’ that we have too much of it on our hands. Humanity is never happy. Good thing we have this thing called The Criterion Channel, f.n.a. FilmStruck, to keep us busy and stimulated and enchanted by the […]
The struggle was real in 2019, yet courage and determination and agency (and a good bit o’ faith) defined the entertainment we could consider and enjoy at the movies or in the stream this year – and, I know…matters will continue to be and, even, get only ever more pressing in 2020. I can either […]
It must be the Sigourney Weaver-ness of it all. Galaxy Quest, which featured the actress, came out 20 years ago this Christmas. Took me two decades to check it out. SF Sketchfest is celebrating another of the cult laugher’s stars, Tony Shalhoub, in conversation with Kevin Pollak early in the new year, on Jan. 11 […]
Madonna is in town. Between shows. Pass the popcorn. Truth or Dare > I’m Going to Tell You a Secret
When I was very young (OK…younger), I traveled a bit between Lima, my hometown in Peru, and Miami, the tropical gateway to everything USA for someone like me. It was during one of those early trips that I picked up an issue of Teen People in which the Donna Karan fashions Gwyneth Paltrow wore in […]
Madame X is coming soon. Madonna is due to kick off her 11th concert tour, an all-theatre trek, next week, on Sept. 17 in New York City, before hitting Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles (LA❌!), Boston, Philadelphia, Miami Beach, pausing for the holidays, then resuming in the new year in Lisbon, before taking residency in […]
When I was very young (OK…younger), I heard the siren song of Miami. Miami. You know, where the heat is on. I started to visit the Magic City as a child, but I started to get to know it as a teen through the magic of the movies. Movies, Miami movies, back when movies where […]
King of Cups 