Event Reviews
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SDAFF 2024 Shanghai Blues
Reviewed by Alicia Glass The amazing 4K restoration of a beloved 1984 classic for its 40th Anniversary, Shanghai Blues tells the story of a pair of star-crossed lovers who, determined to meet up after the war with the Japanese is over, endure all sorts of misadventures trying to find each-other some ten years later! When our soon-to-be-departed soldier and his pretty lady met under the bridge during a raid, they didn’t exchange names. They did, however, manage to save each-other and make a...
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San Diego Film Festival presents Two Jacks
Reviewed by Alicia Glass Studio: Rough Diamond Productions Director: Bernard Rose Review Rating: 7 Very loosely based on a short story by Tolstoy, Two Jacks tells the story of a father and son generational legacy of making movies in Hollywood. So the first Jack Hussar...
San Diego Arabic Film Festival 2012 — Where Do We Go Now?
Reviewed by Alicia Glass Director: Nadine Labaki MPAA Rating: PG 13 Studio: Sony Pictures Classics Rating: 8 Website: Where Do We Go Now? In an isolated village where Christians and Muslims live side by side, the frustrated women take it upon themselves to save their...
San Diego Film Festival 2012 — Tony Tango
Reviewed by Alicia Glass Director: Manolo Celi Rating: 7 Website: Tony Tango Tony is a misunderstood Latin dance instructor for elderly students, determined to win a big dance contest to save his families dance studio! The movie is more than a little ridiculous. Tony...