Hollywood Reporter - All Reviews

Forev: LAFF Review

Justin Lowe — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:06:51 +0000

The DIY debut feature -- a road trip rom-com -- had its world premiere in competition at the Los Angeles Film Festival.

Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret: TV Review

Allison Keene — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:17:42 +0000

The Lifetime movie provides plenty of facts during its slow march towards the crime, but is unable to capture the original interest and intrigue of the trial.

Winter in the Blood: LAFF Review

David Rooney — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:58:37 +0000

Chaske Spencer of "The Twilight Saga" stars in twin brothers Alex & Andrew Smith's adaptation of Native American writer James Welch's 1974 novel.

Rushlights: Film Review

John DeFore — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:34:53 +0000

Josh Henderson and Haley Webb try to con their way into a vast inheritance.

Pitbull Sizzles, Ke$ha Fizzles at Hollywood Bowl: Concert Review

Emily Zemler — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:00:00 +0000

The Cuban rapper proves to be a solidly entertaining headliner while the "Tik Tok" singer's provocation falls flat.

Bert and Arnie's Guide to Friendship: Film Review

John DeFore — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:36:03 +0000

Director Jeff Kaplan's debut is a comedy perched between rom-com and bromance.

Dead Meat Walking: A Zombie Walk Documentary: Film Review

John DeFore — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:38:44 +0000

Omar J. Pineda chronicles a real-world (if make-believe) zombie outbreak.

Traffic Department (Drogowka): Edinburgh Review

Neil Young — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:55:00 +0000

Bartlomiej Topa leads an ensemble cast in Wojtek Smarzowski's cop drama, a box office sensation in its native Poland.

Goodbye World: LAFF Review

Stephen Farber — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:51:27 +0000

"Entourage" alum Adrian Grenier stars in Denis Henry Hennelly's movie about a group of college friends reuniting on the brink of the apocalypse.

The Comedy of Errors: Theater Review

David Rooney — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:30:00 +0000

Audiences who know Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Hamish Linklater only from "Modern Family" or "The New Adventures of Old Christine" will be impressed by their Shakespearean smarts.

Blood and Oil: TV Review

Allison Keene — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:38:56 +0000

The docu-series' against-the-odds story of a small family business is regrettably more redneck than roughneck.

Opheliamachine: Theater Review

Myron Meisel — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:50:06 +0000

City Garage offers a feminist rejoinder to Heiner Muller's "Hamletmachine" in Santa Monica.

My Sister's Quinceanera: LAFF Review

Stephen Farber — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:14:36 +0000

LA Film Fest entry focuses on a Hispanic family in the Midwest.

My Stolen Revolution: LAFF Review

Sheri Linden — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:22:10 +0000

Thirty years after she fled Iran, a filmmaker reconnects with fellow activists who weren’t fortunate enough to avoid imprisonment.

Macbeth: Opera Review

Myron Meisel — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:02:30 +0000

Long Beach Opera brings Shakespeare's drama to San Pedro Harbor.

Pollywogs: Film Review

Stephen Farber — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:50:00 +0000

The semi-improvised film about a family reunion in Minnesota has its world premiere at Los Angeles Film Festival.

Black Out: LAFF Review

Sheri Linden — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:05:09 +0000

Eva Weber’s brief, poetic glimpse at Guinea encapsulates the hopeful striving of an impoverished nation’s youth.

Despicable Me 2: Film Review

Michael Rechtshaffen — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:41:12 +0000

The sequel to the Universal hit sees Kristin Wiig join Steve Carell's Gru on a mission of Looney Tunes-style nuttiness.

Nerve: Sydney Review

Megan Lehmann — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:12:16 +0000

First-time filmmaker Sebastien Guy explores themes of sex, loss and guilt in a Sydney-set psychodrama.

Yes, Prime Minister: Theater Review

Myron Meisel — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:42:23 +0000

A resurrection, for the stage, of the hit BBC satirical political series of the 1980s comes to the Geffen in Westwood.

Fall Out Boy 'Saves Rock and Roll' in Los Angeles: Concert Review

Sophie Schillaci — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:21:59 +0000

The pop-punk rockers paid tribute to music legends while bringing their old and new favorites to The Wiltern.

200 Cartas: Film Review

Frank Scheck — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:28:06 +0000

Broadway star Lin-Manuel Miranda toplines the romantic comedy, set largely in Puerto Rico.

Town Hall: Film Review

John DeFore — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:31:40 +0000

Two Tea Party activists speak for themselves in a new documentary.

Here Was Cuba: Film Review

Stephen Dalton — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:00:00 +0000

The sobering Irish documentary looks back at the hair-raising nuclear brinkmanship of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Neva: Theater Review

Myron Meisel — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:32:10 +0000

Chilean playwright Guillermo Calderon trains his sights on the widow of Anton Chekhov in this St. Petersburg-set drama.

The Stroller Strategy: Film Review

John DeFore — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:18:34 +0000

Raphael Personnaz plays a man using a baby as a prop to woo an old girlfriend.

Vehicle 19: Film Review

John DeFore — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:43:46 +0000

Paul Walker takes a misbegotten trip to South Africa.

Apostles of Comedy: Onwards and Upwards: Film Review

Frank Scheck — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:45:19 +0000

This family-friendly comedy concert film spotlights three Christian comics.

Call Me Kuchu: Film Review

Frank Scheck — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:42:23 +0000

Katherine Fairfax Wright's and Malika Zouhali-Worrall's documentary details the persecution of the LGBT community in Uganda.

Hatchet III: Film Review

Frank Scheck — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:57:00 +0000

The third entry in the horror trilogy once again features the hulking Victor Crowley rampaging through a Louisiana swamp.