notes from vivace

Star Wars: The Force Awakens . Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) has disappeared, driven by the fact that his nephew Ben Solo/Kylo Ren (Adam Dr...

Rainbow Jackson It was an entertaining night of 70s inspired rock music.  Fakers  led the night off for me, rocking their way to a 40 mi...

Vision A nice night at The Echoplex. With another music lineup happening at The Echo, the December residency was shifted to The Echoplex...

Ian It was a perfect night at Pehrspace to catch some bands. The crowd size was just perfect. Not too packed in and not too empty. Just ...

Creed . Adonis Johnson (Michael B. Jordan) has a troubled youth. But then fate arrives. Mary Anne Creed (Phylicia Rashad), wife of forme...

Brooklyn . Eilis (Saoirse Ronan) lives in a small Irish town. She is unable to find full-time work so via the Catholic Church, she is able...

The Big Pink The Big Pink  comes to Los Angeles via London. Their music has purpose. The vocals are dictated with purpose. The Big Pink ...

Whispertown I believe the last time I saw  Whispertown  was way back in 2010. Well, actually, at the time the band name was Whispertown ...

The Peanuts Movie . Honestly, what a sweat and simple movie. The over-arching story line is about Charlie Brown and his crush on the Littl...

Spotlight . This movie is based on real events regarding a massive cover-up by the Boston Catholic Archdiocese regarding child molestation...

Spectre . I suspect that re-watching the previous Daniel Craig movie versions of the James Bond series would have been useful. There were ...

Room.  Ma/Joy (Brie Larson) and five-year-old Jack (Jacob Tremblay) are being held captive by Old Nick (Sean Bridgers). They are held capt...

No Win It felt like a Pehrspace/The Smell type of night at the Bootleg Theater.  Hillary Chillton ,  Moaning  and  No Win  all had that ...