Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Review: Good, but not as Tarantino was, once upon a time It is inspired by the murders of actress Sharon Tate and her friends at the hands of a hippy cult in 1969, only the film re-writes this historical fact. It is inspired by the super-hit spaghetti Westerns of the mid to late 60s, led by Italian director Sergio Leone, only he is never mentioned in the film. It is a satirical take on martial arts’ ‘God’ Bruce Lee, but takes an amazingly unfla...

Of the many questions Alexander Payne's Nebraska raises about American individualism, the most urgent is, How to rein in Bruce Dern's unruly grey hair? On deeper reflection, the answer has to be: you don't. That wiry growth is his mane. Dern plays Woody Grant, a grizzled Midwesterner whose driving privileges and lucidity have gone the way of the mustang. Woody has been bucking for the cause of freedom as far back as the Korean War. Now freedom's frontier cuts through Linco...

By Maria Esteves - May 26, 2013 The 66th Festival de Cannes Closing Night Awards Ceremony was held in Cannes, France, Sunday, May 26, 2013. The Closing Night Premiere of ZULU, directed by Jérôme Salle immediately followed the awards. This year's jury president and members were Steven Spielberg, Ang Lee, Cristian Mungiu,Nicole Kidman, Naomi Kawase, Daniel Auteuil, Lynne Ramsay, Vidya Balan and Christoph Waltz. The winners of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival by category are: Palme ...

Joe Dante, Marc Halperin and Marla Lewin at Dante's Inferno Festival at New Beverly Cinema  Wednesday night at the New Beverly Theatre in Hollywood, there were brand new seats, and a packed theatre for a screening of Joe Dante’s 1989 film THE ‘BURBS.  Director Joe Dante was there along with Bruce Dern, to introduce the film.  Joe is programing a week of films at the New Beverly called DANTE’S INFERNO film series! with special guests and a 5+ hour version of his cul...