Great Scott! The Back To The Future Musical North American Tour was an unexpected thrill ride. The talent is superb, and the electrifying special effects seamlessly transport the audience to 1955 and back to 1985. As Marty McFly would say, “that’s heavy.” The multi-award winning musical is heavy on the talent. Don Stephenson as Doc […]
Back To The Future Musical is Heavy on Talent and Special Effects
DiDi A Coming-of-Age Film Took Me Back
Didi is a teenaged boy growing up in two cultures, Taiwanese and American. As soon as he walks in the door to his house, his mother and grandmother are there as gatekeepers of his heritage. Neither his perfect English nor his diverse friends can erase his bicultural life in Freemont, California. Synopsis: In 2008, during the […]
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 – Movie Review
Let’s take a trip to Greece with the Portokalos family in My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3! My Big Fat Greek Wedding remains one of my top five movies of all time. When this movie debuted in 2002, it instantly resonated with my immigrant and bi-cultural family. In the original movie, Toula Portokalos (Nia Vardalos) […]
Movie Review: Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part I
**This is a spoiler free movie review.** It’s summer movie time! And though I’ll admit I’ve been slowly returning to the movies after COVID, I certainly wasn’t going to pass up the chance to see “Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1” on the big screen. The press screening I attended was at the the AMC […]