It’s another beautiful summer afternoon in Kensington and Darlene Love is fighting off bronchitis. Yet she steps off the porch of her home with élan, accompanied by her dogs, Lou and Orson. Sick or no, Love will not be deterred…
Author: Rainestorm
Tale of a Video Librarian
“That [my wife] didn’t murder me is testimony to the woman’s self-restraint.”
Star Trek: The First Frontier
Gut reaction: I came to Star Trek very guarded. After all, the much-celebrated J.J. Abrams’ first attempt at film theatricality was the tedious and prosaic Mission: Impossible III, and his first role as producer was the emetic Cloverfield.
Secret Cinema Surprises Cineastes
I have a secret to tell you, only I can’t. The secret curator of Secret Cinema won’t let me.
Midnight Madness Strikes La Jolla Landmark
“Time is fleeting. Madness takes its toll,” chants the stringy-haired character Riff Raff at countless midnight screenings of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” on any given weekend. At Landmark’s La Jolla Village Cinemas, the sentiment is appropriate to the occasion.
Pokéz bohemian bistro
Keeping busy behind the counter. Walk a few blocks east of the Gaslamp Quarter and you’ll encounter a casual alternative to Downtown’s trendy hot spots. Located on E Street between 9th and 10th Street, Pokéz offers Mexican food in addition…
Flags of Our Fathers
Stars Shine at Hillcrest Hideaway
The best movie house in San Diego may be a place you’ve never heard of.
Festival creates new categories
“Stepping Feet” to the Dave Mathews beat
Mike Myrdal loves Dave Matthews. More specifically, he said he enjoys the stylistically challenging types of music that Dave Matthews Band plays.


