Screenings
Brice de Nice (98 mins.; R: language, sexual content) Magic Lantern Films presents this French film about a surfer searching
Month: February 2006
A Charmingly Missed Opportunity
Besides the fact that the star-crossed lovers in Imagine Me &You are two uncommonly pretty women (instead of one uncommonly pretty woman and one uncommonly charming man), this British film is just like every other romantic comedy: well-meaning characters blindsided by love, a “destined” romance escalating at a breakneck pace, and dramatic music at all the appropriate moments. And as such, it’s pretty good.
Now Showing
Big Momma’s House 2 (99 mins.; PG-13: sexual humor, drug reference) In this comedic sequel, Martin Lawrence jumps back into
Driving Forces
Over the course of Rear View Mirror, a dance performance the subtitle of which states that “objects may be closer
Three Q’s with Paul Brady
If you were sitting in a pub somewhere in Ireland and the conversation turned to music, Paul Brady’s name would be first to surface. But it’s not just in his homeland where his music is passionately embraced.
Lavender Cocktails
Ogden Nash once wrote, “Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker.” Chocolate may be a time-tested route to Valentine’s Day hijinks, but it won’t score you any points for originality. (Not that I’d turn it down, mind you.)
Art Gets Serious
Art and its role in education often take a backseat to fields like science and ecology, but this spring, art will get a little more academic.
The Beats Go On
For any professionally driven and/or neurotically habitual visitor to the NAMM show at the Anaheim Convention Center each January, the
Hang Up
When a Stranger Calls. Camilla Belle, Tessa Thompson, and Tommy Flanagan star in a film written by Jake Wade Wall and directed by Simon West.
Irish in America
Maura Conlon-McIvor will read from her best-selling memoir, She’s All Eyes: Memoirs of an Irish-American Daughter on Wednesday, February 15, at 7:30 p.m., at the Santa Barbara Club, 1105 Chapala Street.
