Backstage Pass

The animated Disney-Pixar movie “Luca” is streaming now on Disney+ and tells the story of a small fictional town of Portorrossa in the Italian Rivera during the 1950s. Luca, a young boy, voiced by Jacob Trembly, has a delightful summer eating gelato ice cream and mouth-watering past—he also enjoys the…

“Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It,” is a documentary rated PG-13 and has the luxury of Rita Moreno’s candid offerings. Boasting a 70+ year acting career, Rita Moreno has won every major entertainment award possible— yes, she has an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and a Tony….

“In the Heights” is a musical rated PG-13; it is the collaboration between “Hamilton’s” Lin-Manuel Miranda’s music and director Jon M. Chu of Crazy Rich Asians’ storytelling. Together the duo plunge into the tale of the “Washington Heights” New York neighborhood. The screenplay by Quiara Alegría Hudes is based on…

“A Quiet Place Part 2” is rated R and is the next chapter in Emily Blunt and Jon Krasinski’s horror movie franchise. The film begins over a year before all the events of the first movie, “A Quiet Place.” We see the Abbott family, Mom, Emily Blunt, Dad, Jon Krasinski…

Hi Carl, and hi everyone, tonight I’m going to review the film “Cruella” rated PG-13 is streaming now on Disney+ and in theaters. Emma Stone and Academy Award winner Emma (“La La Land”) stars as Cruella, telling the story of her early days in 1970s London as a fashion designer….

Hi Carl and hi everyone, tonight I’m going to talk about the heartbreaking movie that explains the evils of opioids in our country. “The Crime of the Century” is a two-part film that is streaming now on HBO MAX. It’s a documentary by Academy Award winning filmmaker Alex Gibney. Part…

Hi Carl and hello everyone out there! Tonight, I’m going to talk about the documentary film “Rockfield: The Studio on the Farm” rated R. In 1963 two brothers living in the countryside of Wales, Kingsley and Charles Ward, set out to convert their parents’ farmhouse into a recording studio, and…

Hi Carl and hi everyone out there, tonight I’m going to talk about the Netflix family film everyone’s talking about, “The Mitchell’s vs the Machines.” We are introduced to Katie Mitchell, a highly creative self-proclaimed film nerd played by Abbi Jacobson); she can’t wait to get to college to be…

Hi Carl and Hi to all of your listeners out there. I’m not sure how many of you watched the Oscars last week, as it was a great night for me; I was in the virtual Oscar Pressroom meeting the winners after they were presented with their awards. As part…

“Brewmance” is a documentary about the love of craft beers, the history of homebrewers in America that has made us the leader in home brewing, how to make craft beer, and so much more. Director Christo Brock, a filmmaker, living in Long Beach, California, told me in an interview that…