• January 23, 2014
• At Home, Documentary, Music

It takes a certain type of personality to be on stage, but not demand the limelight. Ever since I was a teen, I’d joke that if I were reincarnated,...

• December 19, 2013
• At Home, Drama, Music

Inside Llewyn Davis is undeniably a gorgeous looking film, capturing a moment in the 1961 when the folk movement was finding its groove. Joel and Ethan Coen, along with...

• October 13, 2013
• At Home, Documentary, Music

In the 80s as a suburban kid, my impression of hip-hop and rap came from early hits by Run-DMC and the seminal stinky (but hilarious) breakdancing films Breakin‘, Beatstreet,...

• March 6, 2013
• At Home, Documentary, Music

Regardless of your interest in Journey’s music or their existence as a band, chances are good that you’ve heard about their new lead singer Arnel Pineda, remarkable for his...

• February 21, 2013
• At Home, Drama, Music

A Star Is Born has been adapted multiple times, and surely will be adapted again. It is a great showcase for a talented young(ish) thing to strut her stuff...

• February 18, 2013
• At Home, Drama

There’s nothing especially unusual about working with the same three people for twenty-five years, but it’s not often that one’s work, life, and self-esteem hinge as profoundly on colleagues...

• July 11, 2010
• At Home, Comedy, Drama, Music

Unlike the sweet confectionary pop of the High School Musical films (which I kinda like), Bandslam one-ups Disney by making a totally accessible teen film which still has some...

• March 19, 2010
• At Home, Drama, Music

The Runaways were formed in Los Angeles when punky Joan Jett (Kristen Stewart) approached producer svengali Kim Fowley (Michael Shannon) at a nightclub and sold herself as a female...

• November 12, 2009
• At Home, Comedy, Drama

Adam Goldberg plays Adrian, an Adam Goldberg-type… you know, he is scowly, moody, full of disdain for humanity in general, and explodes with rat-tat-tat verbosity about how he is...

• October 28, 2009
• At Home

There is something ironic about a full-spectacle production with no audience – just a smattering of stage hands and dancers clapping enthusiastically from the empty stadium floor. Was that...

• October 24, 2009
• At Home, Documentary

I’m sure we all have an idea of what it would mean to be a rock star – to work in our chosen field, make lots of money, become...

• March 5, 2009
• At Home, Documentary

I enjoy a good documentary as much as the next girl, but somehow I just wasn’t feeling Air Guitar Nation. I blame myself. It’s a noisy, cheerful look into...