Exploring the CSUF Library’s Special Collections Did you know that California appeared as an island on maps drawn from the journeys of early explorers? Thirteen maps dating from 1587 to 1761 show […]
Hidden Treasures in Fullerton
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In the Heights: A Hit and a Miss
Opening on the Broadway stage in 2008, seven years before “Hamilton” made Lin-Manuel Miranda a household name, his rap opera “In the Heights” garnered attention from audiences and critics. It featured a […]
Film Review: ‘Edge of the World’ Gets Two Misses
The story line will be familiar to many readers and movie goers. Real-life adventurer Sir James Brooke, played by Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, disembarked from a British ship when it anchored on a beach […]
Film Review: ‘The Dry’ Gets a Hit and a Miss
Australian director Robert Connolly sets this mystery/thriller in a small town in the middle of drought-stricken Australia, basing his movie on Jane Harper’s best-selling crime novel of the same name. The dry […]
Film Review: ‘The Father’ Gets Two Hits
The April Academy Awards ceremony was somewhat upended by the Oscar for Best Actor not going to the expected winner Chadwick Boseman (although he was honored with a posthumous tribute to his […]
Film Review: ‘Promising Young Woman’ Gets a Hit and Miss
Advertised as a “dark comedy,” this movie is dark but not comic. “Promising Young Woman” is probably best described as a revenge thriller. However, the tone of the film is unsettling and […]
Film Review: ‘The Courier’ Gets Two Hits
Set in England and Russia during the most dramatic and crucial months of the Cold War, “The Courier” takes place in the two years between 1960 and 1962. The C.I.A. and the […]
Film Review: “Minari” Gets Two Hits
Growing up in rural America with Korean immigrant parents, writer/director Lee Isaac Chung was planning to go to medical school when he took an arts class in college on filmmaking. The class […]
Film Review: “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” Gets a Hit and a Miss
Winning the most recent Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama, newcomer Andra Day shed 40 pounds, even started smoking, so that she would look and sound like the iconic […]
Film Review: “Nomadland” Gets Two Hits
It’s rare that a feature film, not a documentary, is based on a non-fiction book. Does the adaptation work? Yes, but mainly because of the extraordinary abilities of the actress who holds […]
