It’s never too soon to plan for the weekend. Per the District inbox:
Bank of America will host a free outdoor Family Movie Night event for Long Beach families featuring DreamWorks Animation’s OVER THE HEDGE™. The family-friendly event will take place at Alfredos Beach Club in Long Beach on Friday, June 20th. This is [...]

Love Indiana Jones? Don’t see ‘Crystal Skull’

As someone who, as a boy, spent countless hours whipping invisible Nazis in the backyard and clinging to the family station wagon in an imaginary dash to Cairo, it pains me to announce that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is a dud. A long time [...]

David Mamet’s ‘Redbelt’ is not satisfying
We cannot consider Redbelt without considering Never Back Down. The films were released within the space of two months, and one (Redbelt) is the adult/arthouse version of the other (Never Back Down). Both star famous African actors (Chiwetel Ejiofor in Redbelt, Djimon Hounsou in Never Back Down); both stars play [...]

‘Son of Rambow’ authentically captures pre-pubescent innocence
For most boys in the early ’80s, First Blood—in which a still recognizably human Sylvester Stallone wanders into a sleepy Northwest town, gets hassled by the local sheriff, and proceeds to pummel poor deputies like they’re the Vietcong—was a bit of a milestone. John Rambo had scars and a [...]