After Sunday’s stellar Super Bowl performance by Tom Brady, his status as G.O.A.T. (Greatest of All Time) as an NFL quarterback was cemented pretty solidly. At the well-seasoned age of 43, Brady […]
Age is just a (big) number, now
“Mank” a companion to “Kane”
By Jim Tortolano How do you make a great film about the making of a historically great motion picture that hardly anyone under the age of 60 remembers? Well, start with a […]
This old hutch: a second life?
This past summer, in the middle of a heat wave, I decided to start a project that would persuade me to appreciate the process of refinishing furniture. Located along the north wall […]
It’s time to cancel “cancel culture”
“He who is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone.” – John 8:7 Despite the admonition of Jesus 2,000 years ago, many folks are grabbing up stones and […]
This “One Night” pucks a punch
By Jim Tortolano These black lives mattered a lot. And how they saw the future for themselves and their people makes the new Amazon Original film “One Night in Miami” a riveting […]
The Rams trade up with Stafford
As everyone, including Jared Goff’s next-door neighbor and hair stylist probably expected, there’s a new quarterback in town. The former incumbent, a dropback signal-caller with a penchant to throwing the pass to […]
“Little Things”: little originality
By Jim Tortolano OK, so imagine The Equalizer vs. The Joker. Now you have the heart of the new crime film, “The Little Things” starring Denzel Washington, Jared Leto and Rami Malek […]
Will divided GOP help Foley win?
If you thought we were through with the sometimes exhausting process of elections for a while, you’re not quite out of the woods, yet. That is, if you live in the Second […]
Now playing for the Rams ….
Hey, Aaron! Come to L.A.! After the Green Bay Packers’ disappointing 31-26 loss on Sunday to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFC Championship game, Aaron Rodgers made some startling comments about […]
She’s really a good skate, honest
Recently, while stopped at the light to enter my neighborhood, I saw a family of four take advantage of a warm winter California day as they rode bikes and roller skates. In […]
