Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down. In the 2005 film adaption of H.G. Wells’ classic novel “War of the Worlds,” Tom Cruise portrays […]

In post-Sept. 11 Los Angeles, tensions erupt when the lives of a Brentwood housewife, her district attorney husband, a Persian shopkeeper, two cops, a pair of carjackers and a Korean couple converge during a 36-hour period. In the movie ‘Crash’, directed by Paul Haggis, viewers are taken on a gripping journey through post-9/11 Los Angeles, […]