Assuming we define a “B” movie as a movie with a very low budget, perhaps without a lot of star power, and possibly featuring some of the cheesiest dialogue and acting you are ever likely to see, it is amazing how these cheap little films which are so definitively bad can wind up being so astoundingly good.
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Some movies are cursed. Some actors are cursed.
Natalie Wood makes both lists.
By Peter Bennett
On a Friday night, I spent the night in a hospital contemplating suicide.
I was watching the Bonita High School production of “The Girl in the Mirror” by Bruce Jacoby, a play whose setting is an intensive care unit where a teenage girl lies comatose after overdosing on sleeping pills.
The subject of teen suicide [...]
What is life without dessert? The Dessert Shoppe on Bonita in San Dimas makes speciality cheescakes, cream puffs and just about any other delectable treat you can imagine. Ain’t life sweet!
This year while attending the Celebration of the Arts, May 1-2, at the Church of the Brethren in downtown La Verne, take a while to also appreciate the church’s unique art and architecture. From its welcoming gates and courtyard to the pulpit and chancel, the church is a sanctuary of symbolism inviting your discovery and [...]
Taste of Asia offers a taste of magnificence. It is like heaven on a fork, offering a fusion of the best dishes from Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Japan, Korea and China.
As much as I love great deals like free parking at Sunset Beach (between Huntington and Seal Beach) and All You Can Eat Spaghetti Wednesdays at the Pizza Barn, I’ve got another secret you won’t be able to stop talking about. Mi Ranchito, a La Verne favorite for 15 years and in business for 35 [...]
The Bonita High School Chamber Singers and Concert Choir beat choirs from throughout the nation in “The Festival of Gold” that was held in Chicago, Illinois. The Chamber Singers received the top honor in the Chamber Choir category and the Concert Choir received the same honor in the Large Choir category. The win was a [...]
BOOK REVIEW by Peter Bennett
Ah, the joys of journalism
Author D.G. Elizabeth (who grew up in La Verne no less) has agreed to meet to promote her new book, “Diary of Dating: From a Beautiful Single Woman,” a heartfelt, thought-provoking romantic comedy that takes a contemporary look into the world of dating through the eyes of an [...]
If you’re like me, you get annoyed when the titles of two movies are almost exactly—and sometimes even exactly exactly—the same.
Happens all the time. For example, in 1998 the action-hero actor Steven Seagal made a movie called “The Patriot” (a strange, bio-toxic thriller that didn’t match the title at all), and then two [...]
