The new Hunger Games won me over immediately, with an opening that not only sets the scene but addresses a problem I had with the previous film. We begin with Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence), survivor of the kill-or-be-killed “games,” hunting in the woods. She kills an animal with her bow and, for a moment, hallucinates that she’s killed a person instead. It’s a shocking moment, … [Read more...] about HUNGER GAMES CATCHING FIRE New Movie Review
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WS Merwin Film and Los Lobos and Makana CD Release Party and Artini Night
THURSDAY, NOV. 21 W.S. MERWIN FILM PREVIEW – Here's a special glimpse into the life and work of Pulitzer winning poet and environmental activist W.S. Merwin. The documentary Even Though the Whole World is Burning follows various events in Merwin’s life that lead him from one side of the country to the other. Before the film there will be a special reception that includes pupus, … [Read more...] about WS Merwin Film and Los Lobos and Makana CD Release Party and Artini Night
Maui Filmmaker Brian Kohne Talks Story About His New Suspense Thriller Kuleana
Standing in his living room, Brian Kohne has a view right out of a movie. The house–which Kohne calls “Malama Pono”–is in Wailuku Heights, and from there he can take in everything between Kahului Harbor, Kihei and Upcountry. At night, with all of Central Maui’s streetlights illuminated, the house must seem like one of those mansions perched in the hills above Hollywood. This … [Read more...] about Maui Filmmaker Brian Kohne Talks Story About His New Suspense Thriller Kuleana
ABOUT TIME New Movie Review
About Time has one of the most intriguing opening scenes of the year. A young man named Tim (played by Domhnall Gleeson) is single, looking for love and has just turned 21. His Dad (Bill Nihy) summons him to his office and sits him down for a serious father-son chat. But instead of offering advice on life, girls or a career, Dad reveals that all the men in the family can time … [Read more...] about ABOUT TIME New Movie Review
THE COUNSELOR New Movie Review
You know you're watching a film noir when the main character is presented with two choices and never picks the right one. Of course, if people in movies did the right thing, made the correct, morally responsible decisions and acted like good, upstanding citizens, we wouldn't have a movie. In Ridley Scott's The Counselor, Michael Fassbender stars in the title role of a … [Read more...] about THE COUNSELOR New Movie Review