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Continue reading →: Now Showing: Blade Runner (1982)Man has made his match… now it’s his problem. In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans. Written…
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Continue reading →: Now Showing: Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)Humanity’s Lost Masterpiece… in 3D. Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France, capturing the oldest known pictorial creations of humankind in their astonishing natural setting. Written by Dean Zarbaugh II Another day, another post of me talking about Werner Herzog. This time, the…
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Continue reading →: Now Showing – The Fugitive (1993)A murdered wife. A one-armed man. An obsessed detective. The chase begins. Wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to death, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find the real killer and clear his name. Written by Dean Zarbaugh II By now most people are…
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Continue reading →: Now Showing: Queen of the Desert (2015)One woman can change the course of history. A chronicle of Gertrude Bell’s life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire in the Near and Middle East at the dawn of the twentieth century. Her knowledge of the tribal leaders is used by the…
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Continue reading →: Now Showing: Nobody 2 (2025)Nobody ruins his vacation. Former assassin Hutch Mansell takes his family on a nostalgic vacation to a small-town theme park, only to be pulled back into violence when they clash with a corrupt operator, a crooked sheriff, and a ruthless crime boss. Written by Dean Zarbaugh II Timo Tjahjanto directs…
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Continue reading →: Now Showing: War For the Planet of the Apes (2017)For freedom. For family. For the planet. Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As…
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Continue reading →: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)The future is worth fighting for. A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes. Written by Dean Zarbaugh II Matt Reeves directs the sequel…
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Continue reading →: Now Showing: Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)Evolution Becomes Revolution. A highly intelligent chimpanzee named Caesar has been living a peaceful suburban life ever since he was born. But when he gets taken to a cruel primate facility, Caesar decides to revolt against those who have harmed him. Written by Dean Zarbaugh II I’ve always been a…
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Continue reading →: An Ode To PsychWritten by Dean Zarbaugh II Psych is like a fresh pineapple on a hot summer day. Cool, sweet, and refreshing. (I’m sure Shawn would say that a pineapple a day keeps the doctor away.) The show centers around Shawn Spencer (James Roday Rodriguez), a “psychic” consultant with the Santa Barbara Police Department…
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Continue reading →: Now Showing: Stray Dog (1949)The Suspense Filled Story of 7 Bullets! A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a…
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Continue reading →: The Force Will Be With You. AlwaysWritten by Dean Zarbaugh II A happy May 4th to all of you out there who celebrate this auspicious holiday. I wanted to take some time to talk about what Star Wars has meant to me since I first saw the films in theaters in the late 90’s. To say…
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Continue reading →: Now Showing: Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)She makes dinner. She does windows. She reads bedtime stories. She’s a blessing… in disguise. Loving but irresponsible dad Daniel Hillard, estranged from his exasperated spouse, is crushed by a court order allowing only weekly visits with his kids. When Daniel learns his ex needs a housekeeper, he gets the…
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