
"The Quiet Ones" is drama dressed up as horror
Though perhaps arbitrarily unique among its peers, "The Quiet Ones" will likely still get lumped in with the other PG-13 contemporaries and forgotten soon enough.

March movies that came in like a lamb, went out like a lamb
I was eager to see "The Grand Budapest Hotel" because its creator has done such fine whimsical works before. Both of them raised whimsy to an art form, and so does this latest work.

“Harmony”: A band in Nazi Germany, a powerful, Broadway-ready musical
Besides the theme of harmony itself, another theme of Manilow and Sussman's show is regret: both living with it, and living so as not having to regret.

“Stand-Off at HWY #37”: Mixed loyalties, motives in great Native drama
Ramirez courageously unleashes the dogs of war and sets her characters on a collision course. And as they head for the brink, she struggles to rein them in.

Unique and inspiring: “Al Helm: Martin Luther King in Palestine”
"Al helm," which means "the dream" in Arabic, and Martin Luther King Jr.'s well known "dream" come together in a unique and profound manner.

Not all “peace and love”: Bill, Joan and the Beat Generation
The latest addition to the Beatnik canon is on the stage, in the form of Bill & Joan, world premiering at the Sacred Fools Theater in Los Angeles.

“Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit”: propaganda dressed as entertainment
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of Ruskies? The Shadow Recruit knows!

"American Hustle" is not a masterpiece, it's just a lot of fun
"American Hustle" isn't an art experience; it isn't a universal story and it won't change your life or your attitude. It's only what movies are made to be: fun.

Top 10 worst sequels and remakes of 2013
Here are ten films that make a compelling case for why Hollywood has come down not only with severe sequelitis, but remake-itis as well.

American Latino Museum could be “beacon for the planet”
The Smithsonian National American Latino Museum, already 20 years in the planning, will be a reality some day, but no one can say when.

