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Review: Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie

— by BEV QUESTAD —

Congrats to the Canadian crew who created this Shangri-la! Lush palms, friendly animals, responsible humans, sunny weather, and a tall mountain with a waterfall cascading down fill out this Bali Hai dream. Brimming with challenges, lessons, and respect for others, I thought Spin Master Entertainment had produced a really fun movie.

So, when a publicist interviewed my good friend and child critic, Logan, I was sure he’d have plenty to say. But let me tell you, a 5-year-old has an independent mind. When asked how he liked it and what ranking he’d give it, from 1-5, Logan shook his head no. (CONTINUED)


Review: American Doctor

— by WILLIAM STERR — This documentary has a misleading title – in fact there are three American (U.S.A.) doctors whom we follow as they try to serve injured Palestinian children and adults in Gaza. The injuries, needless to say, are the result of targeting with bullets, tank shells, bombs, and missiles by the occupying […][...]


Review: The Bend in the River

— by BEV QUESTAD — I’ve been thinking lately about what affects people’s destiny. There were seven of us freshmen friends at Whitman College. As an only child, I felt like I finally had sisters. But after that year we each veered off into different futures. If we could have chosen – like if we […][...]


Review: Spider-Man: Brand New Day

— by BEV QUESTAD — Logan, aged 5, is reportedly too young for the PG-13 rated “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” because of “sequences of action and violence.” But if you ask him, it’s only children younger than 5 who shouldn’t see this film. Having watched the first two Spider-Man films with his dad, Logan was […][...]


Review: Misan Harriman: Shoot the People

— by WILLIAM STERR — “A struggle without documentation is no struggle at all” – Peter Magubane, South African Photographer. Misan Harriman, who knew Magubane, and as a chronicler of civil struggles around the world has followed in the photographer’s footsteps, knows well what it is to be in the fight as well as documenting […][...]


Review: Starman

— by BEV QUESTAD — Are we alone in the universe? Why am I here? Why is there a world? Those are the questions super genius Gentry Lee, a NASA robotics engineer, poses. He is called Starman. He answers those questions in a surprising exposé on extraterrestrial life. In the end, he presents the most […][...]


Review: American Doctor

— by BEV QUESTAD — Here are masked men who steal your heart. They are surgeons who signed up to work the trauma cases our tax dollars have created in Gaza. Award-winning filmmaker Poh Si Teng and her crew risked their lives to film these heroes, an American Jew and an American Zoroastrian, working side […][...]


Review: American Pachuco

— by BEV QUESTAD — Jamie was 10 and a music lover. I took him to see “La Bamba.” Though rated PG-13, the rating noted he movie had no nudity, sex, violence or swearing. What could go wrong? In the end, Jamie cried right out loud, grief-stricken about what happened to Ritchie Valens, who died […][...]


Review: Pescador

— by WILLIAM STERR — This is a strange one. First of all, the story was inspired by dreams the writer/director recalled from his time in an induced coma. Second, it includes a magical talking lobster. Third, it is divided into three very different parts. Part 1: The Woman Searches for a Fish A young […][...]



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