"Jerichow" is the story of two men and one woman with lots of secrets among them, mostly about things in their various pasts that they would rather remain hidden.

I laughed at some of the gags in Mel Brooks' "The Producers," but I also felt uncomfortable with many of the portrayals. I wrote this in my notebook: “Gay minstrel show.”

As a bank robber, John Dillinger  demonstrated some style. Unfortunately, these scenes don't appear in "Public Enemies." Director Michael Mann focuses instead on Dillinger's physicality as a bank purloiner, leaping on top of counters, threatening bank employees and blasting his way out of jams.

When I was a kid, growing up and impressionable, Michael Jackson was the coolest person. I wanted to sing like him, dance like him, dress like him – I wanted to be him. My parents even got me a Michael Jackson coat one year for Christmas. I was the bomb, doing a little dance and turning around.

Dinosaurs, Dillinger, and a pair of films imported from Europe.

Computer animated movies have come a long way. They typically attract top-notch talent for the voice work and, while aimed mostly at children, have enough oomph to keep an adult entertained. That’s why, when a derivative stinker such as the first “Ice Age,” rolls around, it’s almost shocking.

“Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” may start out slow and dumb, but once it finds its feet and begins to evolve and adapt, it grows into something pretty special.

Whoever thought it a good idea to cast Johnny Depp as the infamous John Dillinger should be shot in a dark alleyway, along with director Michael Mann.

Community Opportunities of East Ascension kicked off its “Dancing for a Cause” campaign Tuesday night. The fundraising event, modeled after the hit television show “Dancing with the Stars,” will be Aug. 14 in Gonzales, and feature local dancers.

For two years, Larry Tye pored through thousands of research pages and wrote hundreds of pages about an often-overlooked American icon: baseball great Leroy “Satchel” Paige. Satchel’s story, said Tye, is about overcoming “every obstacle any human being could ever imagine.”

A Gonzales driver honored the late Michael Jackson by marking a tribute to the "King of Pop" on their vehicle.

A short film is tricky. If it has too much story, it feels crowded, and viewers wonder why it wasn’t a full-length movie. But if it’s too slight, it can feel dull no matter how short it is, and viewers will get bored and switch it off.

Tickets are on sale for Ascension Community Theatre’s summer production of ‘Fiddler on the Roof.’

Gonzales area students will participate in Center Stage Performing Arts Academy’s summer musical ‘Before and Beyond: A Salute to Musical Theatre” in July.

When Don Brewer looks back on his life with Grand Funk Railroad, he sees 40 years of incredible highs - and plenty of lows, too. But right now, Brewer says, he's somewhere in the middle.