With three famous and larger than life Rock & Roll guitarists, Jack White of the White Stripes and the Raconteurs, Jimmy Page of the Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin, and The Edge, of U2, together in one room, one’s not sure what you’re about to see, hear, and get. With regard to “It Might Get Loud,” [...]

By now, you all know the drill! We eagerly put the television on to watch the Oscar’s live, and hope to watch an exciting and eventful Oscar’s event. Of course, seeing what the celebrities are wearing is always fun.  More often than not, we’re bored to tears, well into the first hour. Ahh, somehow that’s part [...]

Barely Private, the book reviewed herein, is published by the world renowned, and extremely individualistic and highly respected, TASCHEN publishing house, whose humble beginning was started by its founder, Benadict Taschen. The eponymous name of his international publishing house, is synonymous with book publishing at its finest–including Architecture, Art, Classics, Design, Fashion, Film & Lifestyle, Limited [...]

Join me in the story behind the story of the famous and storied past of the bygone era of Tinsel Town and the City of Angels. It reads as exciting as any film noir movie, or engrossing book. In case you missed the first part of the interview, here it is. So, let’s resume where we [...]

The birth of a business can come in many forms. I wanted to ask the owners of Esotouric a few questions about how their business started, where their ideas come from, and what their plans are for the future–plus, a few interesting tidbits about the team of brilliant and creative entrepreneurs who are the owners [...]

Sure, on the surface, Fight Club is about the rejection of mass consumerism, corporations, and the collective ennui of those whose lives are torn between possessions vs. wanting to be free of society’s culture. But the true lessons of Fight Club are allegorical to our current reality. Ten years later, the film has had several DVD [...]

This movie, considered a masterpiece by many, perhaps is. At this point in my review, I’m not sure I agree; but what I’m sure of, is that the two main protagonists in the movie have managed to convince the viewer to root for the criminal. Because Al Pacino, playing the cop, Lt. Vincent Hanna, and [...]

In this screen adaptation of the novel of the same name, Brett Easton Ellis brings us a tale of decadent Los Angeles, circa 1983, where everyone was young, rich, and choosing their paths–which typically were self-destructive, indulgent, and drug induced. (Full Disclosure—I’m not a very big—or at all–a Brett Easton Ellis fan). But as a [...]

Los Angeles is the “Industry Town’ for all things movie and film related. Past TV series based out of LA include The Rockford Files, Police Woman and Quincy ME– to the present, including the incredibly popular series The Hills, The Unit, or Hannah Montana. Los Angeles has always been “the” filming location for the “small [...]

This French Movie, directed by Pascal Laugier, and starring actors Catherine Begin, Robert Toupin, Morjana Alaoui, and Mylene Jampanoi, is one of those movies that forever affects your way of looking at the world. The movie’s plot begins with a story about two young girls, Lucie, the victim of severe abuse and torture from an [...]

Before there was facebook, My Space, Twitter, You Tube, instant messaging, the Blackberry, and the rise of the social media phenomena of websites, gadgets, apps, and so on–there was a child-genius-cum-Internet-millionaire and guru named Josh Harris. Harris, before and after the 90’s Internet bubble, predicted and saw the future–the web’s potential. Harris then proceeded to capitalize [...]

And the “Killin Nazis” business in this movie is good. Overlooking some basic details including that the movie’s plot has no historical or other basis in fact, or that no organized Jewish Nazi hit squad existed, the movie’s premise serves as an ornamentation of vengeance and revenge. Shot with a lingering affection for the French countryside, [...]

Gomorrah, the recent film released from Italy, is based on the book of the same name by Roberto Saviano. It offers an inside look at the Camorra, a mafia-cum-syndicate-cum-criminal organization, which originated, and still operates in the region of Campania, and the nearby city of Naples in Italy. It recently won the Grand Prix award at [...]

I am pleased to announce that Travelin’ Local has a new arts, culture, essayist, and featured writer. Although he is using his pen name–Tom Jones–in the real world, his vast education and experience are in journalism, literature, law, and film. He is a writer, a thinker and above all, well admired for his ability to [...]