Just like the maturation of cheese, “Age of Adaline” slowly but surely became what almost every romantic film falls victim to: cliché and tolerable with a glass of wine. The movie starts off with Adaline Bowman (Blake Lively) who suffers a curse of staying 29-years-old forever after a freak car[Read More…]
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‘Ex Machina’ draws a definition of humanity ‘from the machine’
No, it’s not “The Terminator” or “2001: A Space Odyssey.” “Ex Machina” is a film that demonstrates the rare ability to incorporate a variety of different genres and do justice to each of them. It is difficult to find a modern sci-fi film that doesn’t hammer “science” into its plot[Read More…]
Art Theater of Long Beach takes on documentary of motorcyclists redefining Pakistan
America’s relationship with Pakistan is less than perfect. Avid motorcyclist and organizer Moin Kahn of A Different Agenda, an awareness group, hopes to change that. His documentary, “Rediscovering Pakistan—The Untold Tale,” will be screened on Saturday afternoon at the Art Theater of Long Beach, and all proceeds will go toward[Read More…]