Tag: robert lees
“McFarland, USA” stumbles, but manages to keep pace
Sometimes, a film is so formulaic that it becomes terrible. It’s a heavy-handed, predictable mess that plucks on your heartstrings like the world’s least...
Restaurant Review: Dona Timo’s La Cascada Mexican Restaurant
Since many scores on reviews are somewhat arbitrary, I’m always looking for ways to quantify my score, giving myself and my opinion a little...
Del pilots the Barn to the year 3030
On Wednesday, the Barn was the sight of a massive time travel; an expedition to faraway times and galaxies, led by Okira Myth and...
Restaurant Review: Zizi BBQ House
With midterms in full swing, most of the food I eat either comes out of a microwave or is delivered to my door. Still,...
Nationwide isn’t on your side
A running theme in insurance commercials, be it automotive, property or life insurance, is “here at ‘x’ insurance company, we care about you.” I...
“Jupiter Ascending”: Guardians of the Galaxy? Never heard of it.
Well, our march through the cinematic wasteland of January and February continues, with nervous studios trotting out potentially bad films to be torn to...
Project Almanac: The Butterfly Effect for Dumb People
If I had a time machine, I would go back in time and destroy the script for “Inception” — not because I dislike the...
We Are Scientists: A successful Barn experiment
Standing in a line that easily topped 50 people outside the Barn on Wednesday, I did a quick YouTube search of We Are Scientists...
Gong Xi Fa Cai from the Riverside Lunar Festival
Standing on a brick planter on Main Street in Downtown Riverside, I watched as several hundred karate students, dancers in elaborate costumes and a...
Mortdecai: At least it isn’t a Burton/Depp Movie
Remember when Johnny Depp used to be cool? I do, back in the magical time known as the late ‘90s that we all view...