The Netflix mini-series Tales of the City had its world premiere at the San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM). Armistead Maupin’s Tales began in 1976 as a popular serialized column in the San Francisco Chronicle. The story began with the newly arrived Mary Ann, naive, and wide-eyed as she meets her eccentric fellow tenants on…
Have you noticed it’s getting harder to look chic whilst pretending that giant expandable shoulder boulder is petit and light? Here’s a list of travel-worthy toothbrushes to lighten your load. There’s a surprise category… wireless! ELECTRIC OralB: Pro-8000 Everything you need, the case, brush, charger, and Bluetooth. SonicCare: Diamond Clean – an elegantly designed case…
The Quest for Fitness Everyone these days is talking about how many steps they got. Checking our fitness trackers and steps, and striving to meet our wellness goals, has many of us obsessed with our stats – and our health, which is a very good thing. Fitness trackers, like exercise groups and other friendly competitive fitness…
French films are master classes in ambiguity. They fearlessly take on deep issues and situations where nothing explodes or hilarity ensues with a laugh track. Like life, French films refuse to wrap up with a tidy bow. *Microbe and Gasoline* is no exception. MICROBE: Daniel is the school outcast, nicknamed Microbe, thanks to his short…
Insider elites once controlled Hollywood film production. Thanks to the likes of Kickstarter, that’s not always true. Happy days are here for artists who have less capital than their ideas can take them. HER: Remember the 2013 film,“Her”? It revolved around a man in love with his new operating system. Along comes “Creative Control”, a…
Some travelers are beach people, wanting the sand-and-water experience under palm trees. Others are city travelers, preferring the excitement and diversity of entertainment that a metropolitan vacation offers. Westin Playa Bonita in Panama City is one place where you can have both – in style. The gorgeous property is just at the outskirts of the…
YOUR OSCAR BALLOT OLD BOY: terrifying, will stay in your head all night MONSTERS UNIVERSITY: the antidote to Old Boy DALLAS BUYERS CLUB: superb, especially if you were there THE BOOK THIEF: required viewing, be glad you weren’t there THE COUNSELOR: will scare you straight THE LONE RANGER: good film cursed with bad marketing THE…