Displaying items by tag: Los Angeles
Sunday, 09 June 2019 15:46
Joyride - Classic Road Movie about Troublesome Teenagers from 1977
Three teenagers leave Los Angeles and drive north to Alaska, wind up robbing a pipeline and taking one of the employees' hostage. Starring Desi Arnaz Jr, Robert Carradine, Melanie Griffith and Anne Lockhart, directed by Joseph Ruben
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Tuesday, 09 April 2019 14:33
The Dirt (The Mötley Crüe) - A Critique on ZANI
The Dirt is a biographical and at times comedy-drama of the American glam heavy metal band, The Mötley Crüe. Based on The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band, by writer Neil Strauss, the Mötley Crüe themselves, drummer Tommy Lee, guitarist Mick Mars, vocalist Vince Neil and bass player Nikki Sixx.
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Film
Tuesday, 19 February 2019 14:39
Stanley “Tookie” Williams Founder of The Crips (Interview March 2005)
The man sitting opposite fixes me with a steady gaze. “I have no fear of dying,” he confides, “but I do not want to die.
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Culture
Thursday, 22 February 2018 13:00
The Boost 80’s Classic Film Reviewed on ZANI
The Boost opens with the hustle and bustle of Manhattan in the late eighties, contemporary jazz music blends in with the opening credits, creating a mood of affluence and positivity, as it was a period for many of upward mobility, career opportunities and lucrative schemes, some legit and some not.
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Film
Monday, 04 December 2017 17:58
A Brief History of the Hollywood Bowl on ZANI
The Hollywood Bowl, California opened in 1922 and was designed as a modern amphitheatre to be used for public performances. The natural cavity upon which the structure was built is called “the bowl" and was a traditional Cahuenga Indian ceremonial ground. Prior to the present building the site had been a natural amphitheatre formerly known as the Daisy Del.
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Culture
Monday, 30 October 2017 16:36
Willard and Ben Reviewed
Willard is the traditional story of a socially awkward boy befriending a wild animal, yet with a menacing twist.
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Film
Thursday, 06 April 2017 17:53
The C-Walk (Crips LA)
Crips is the name of a street gang formed in Los Angles in 1969 by a 15-year-old malcontent called Raymond Washington.
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Culture
Saturday, 03 December 2011 17:23
Columbo
Most people’s relationship with Lieutenant Columbo is relatively simple – he’s the shabby detective that clogs up ITV on Sunday afternoons. But look closer, you’re missing a genuine TV great.
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