Movie Review: “Cowboys and Aliens” is spacey escapeism.

First, I have to issue a disclaimer. I was one of the lucky 2,000 who won tickets to the premier of Cowboys and Aliens at Comic-Con in San Diego, Ca. where director Jon Favreau brought out his latest film along with the big guns to this small city. Harrison Ford, Daniel Craig, executive producers Steven [...]

Review of “Shrek the Musical” in San Diego

Seeing a theater full of green-ear fitted children is not a common site unless you're at Universal Studios.  However, this is precisely what I saw among  the young audience at opening night of “Shrek the Musical.”  The recommended viewing age for this play is six years old.  I give them 30 minutes, forty, tops,  I [...]

Plan your Viewing Visit to Disney's World of Color

Think your teenagers have outgrown Disneyland? Think again. I have two teenagers, one is in college and came home for the last holiday break, and we headed to Disneyland to check out Disney's two new nighttime attractions: ElecTRONica and World of Color, both located at Disney's California Adventure park. Ten thousand jets of water power [...]

Comic-Con 2010: “Community” Cast Feels the Con'sLove

There's a first time for everything. For the cast of the television sitcom “Community,” their first visit to Comic-Con left a lasting impression. For this one-woman show, it was certainly a first to sit among a living legend like Chevy Chase, and Joel McHale a legend-in-the-making. Joel McHale (“The Soup”), Gillian Jacobs (“The Book of Daniel”) and Yvette Brown [...]

“Iron Man 2″ Movie Review

  Iron man costumes on display at Comic Con 2009, San Diego, CA. Photo by S. Valle If you expect to be blown away by “Iron Man 2″ as you most likely were when you watched “Iron Man”, you won't be disappointed! There's enough explosions, electrical charges, and protons and neutrons being displaced per minute of celluloid [...]