By Ted AYALA The 2009/2010 season of the Santa Cecilia Orchestra came to a spectacular close on April 25 with a concert celebrating the bicentenary of Mexico’s independence. The program, held at Occidental College’s Thorne Hall, was devoted exclusively to orchestral works by Mexican composers. Mexico has its own very long and proud tradition in […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “Cecile B. DeMille asked if he could do a screen test on me.” “Oh yes, I knew Jimmy Cagney. He was a very nice guy.” “So they asked me to kick my legs and scream as King Kong carried me to the top of the Empire State Building. Of course Kong never […]
By Charly SHELTON Fall in love, get married, have kids, become a boring couple from New Jersey, pose as mobsters, run from real mobsters, save the day, fall in love all over again. This is the course for Phil (Steve Carrell) and Claire Foster (Tina Fey) when they try to shake things up and break […]
By Susan JAMES Warner Bros. new 3-D offering, “Clash of the Titans,” enters with a roar and goes out with a whimper. Starring Sam Worthington, the sci fi soldier of “Avatar,” and helmed by French director Louis Leterrier, “Titans” is a non-stop cymbal crash of breathless battles against monsters so familiar you will find yourself […]
By Charly SHELTON This week, we are going to be looking at two films, “How to Train Your Dragon” and “Hot Tub Time Machine.” First up is “Dragon.” Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have a pet dragon? One that flies faster and shoots fire better than any other dragon. This […]
By Charly SHELTON In the economy we now find ourselves in, the Repossession Department of any credit company is now a viable source of employment. And in the future, it will be even more lucrative, if you have the heart for it. Jude Law is Remy, the best repo man in the business. But he […]
By Charly SHELTON By Charly SHELTON We all know the timeless Lewis Carroll classic tale of a curious little girl who falls down a rabbit hole into a magical world where everything is what it isn’t and, contrariwise, what it isn’t, it is. But we don’t know what happens after she climbs out of the […]
And the winner is… A phrase that we heard repeatedly during last Sunday’s Academy Awards program: “And the winner is…” Well, it’s official – we have a winner of Crescenta Valley Weekly’s First Annual Oscar Ballot Contest where we asked CVW readers to submit their ballots predicting who they thought would take home the coveted […]
By Charly SHELTON Well, we made it. Oscar weekend. The big night is this Sunday, March 7. Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin co-host the Oscars on ABC, starting at 5 p.m. Some nominees may seem like obvious choices for who the winner may be, others are a complete toss-up. For instance, Disney’s Animated “Up” would […]
Download the Oscar Ballot Here For those of you who have been reading Charly’s Oscar Break Down in the Crescenta Valley Weekly newspaper and online at cvweekly.com, you have heard Charly’s Oscar predictions. Now we want to hear yours. Fill out the form found on cvweekly.com with your Oscar Pick and send it back to […]