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February 9, 2019 Jana J. Monji

Duke Skellington (Vaude Villainz) Brings Future Swing to Edwardian Ball

January 26, 2019January 26, 2019 Jana J. Monji

Jenjen Wong: Build up and Backstage at the Edwardian Ball

October 27, 2018 Jana J. Monji

Los Angeles Comic-Con 2018: Weekend Tips

August 29, 2018 Jana J. Monji

SDCC 2018: ‘Yellow Submarine’ Graphic Novel

August 22, 2018 Jana J. Monji

SDCC 2018: Doctor Who–Lucky 13?

August 22, 2018 Jana J. Monji

SDCC 2018: A Fan-tastic Time

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SDCC 2018: Creepy Town USA: Hulu’s ‘Castle Rock’

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  • ‘Green Book’ : White, Black and in Between February 15, 2019
    “Green Book” is, we are told, “inspired by a true story” about an Italian-American from the Bronx, Tony Vallelonga,  whose rough edges are just what an educated African-American virtuoso pianist, Don Shirley, needed for his journey that takes a hard left into the Deep South in 1962. Scenic Tour of the Times The title comes […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Duke Skellington (Vaude Villainz) Brings Future Swing to Edwardian Ball February 9, 2019
    Duke Skellington, aka Chad Sells, takes his Air Force training in IT and his current technology day job and at nights twists it into something that welcomes the dark: DJ gigs and playing Future Swing as the Vaude Villainz with DJ Skyler Gilmore. The San Gabriel Valley-based Sells will be one of the locals brought […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • How now? Year of the Sow? February 8, 2019
    Beginning this week (5 February 2019), is the Year of the Pig. As with any year, you can be boared or sow your will oats, but take time for some cinematic piggies! In Chinese, the symbol for the year isn’t designated as male so the old translation, Year of the Boar, is a touch of […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Tonight’s ‘Homicide Hunter’ Is a Family Affair: ‘Married to the Job’ February 6, 2019
    “Being married to a cop is not for the faint of heart,” but neither is living in Colorado Springs. In tonight’s episode of “Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda” on Investigation Discovery is a family affair; we get to meet the real Kathy Kenda and Kathy and Joe Kenda’s two adult kids: Kris (Simpson) and Dan […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • ‘How to Train Your Dragon 3: The Hidden World’: Love and Family ☆☆☆☆☆ February 4, 2019
    “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” is about the inevitable conclusion, when two young males finally take the leap into the adult world of love and then coupledom. Hiccup and Toothless much make some difficult decisions and both grow up in a way that is both emotionally satisfying and yet bittersweet. The sequel […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • ‘Alita’: Kickass Anime Gal in a Whitened Universe☆☆☆ February 1, 2019
    I’m not familiar with Yukito Kishiro’s manga series, and coming into the film “Alita: Battle Angel” blind with my husband (who got bored with the manga series), I was delighted at seeing a petite woman transform from curiously innocent to a determined fighter (as much as I am against violence). This. is a step forward in […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Jenjen Wong: Build up and Backstage at the Edwardian Ball January 26, 2019
    If you attend this weekend Edwardian Ball in San Francisco or the February downscaled version in Los Angeles, you probably won’t see Jenjen Wong, but her presence will be felt. She’ll be behind the scenes, making sure acts get out on time and have their props. Wong is the assistant director, working with Michael Gaines […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • The Pre-CSI World: ‘Conversations with a Killer: Ted Bundy Tapes’☆☆☆☆ January 26, 2019
    In a time of portable tape recorders larger than iPads and old-style VW bugs, a time before TV programs like “CSI” in Vegas or Miami, “Criminal Minds,” and “Hannibal,” there was a white well-spoken handsome guy who had terrified women in several states.  It was not, however, a time before serial killers. There’s some debate […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Social Media Mayhem in ‘Fyre Fraud’ and ‘Fyre’☆☆☆ January 26, 2019
    With the internet making research easier, who do you trust when you’re handing out a big wad of cash? Top models on a paid vacation strutting around in bikinis? Other social influencers who have never been to the venue? People who get paid to endorse but have no reputation to uphold? Two competing documentaries take […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Three Asian Americans in Oscar Best Documentary Race January 23, 2019
    Two Asian American directors received Academy Award nominations Tuesday morning: Bing Liu for “Minding the Gap” and co-directors Jimmy Chin  Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi) for “Free Solo.” Both movies are about young men who devote themselves to a physical activity. In “Free Solo,” Chai and Vasarhelyi follow rock climber Alex Honnold as he plans and attempts […] […]
    Jana J. Monji
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