Lisa Jensen Online - Express

Hey, if the Rolling Stones can jam with each other online from their rec rooms, what am I waiting for? Here's my response to the g...

After 40-odd years in journalism (some of them damned odd), I respect deadlines. It's not that I grudgingly obey them, or that I...

Okay, we've all seen that meme: William Shakespeare wrote King Lear while under quarantine in London during the Bubonic plague. The...

It’s official — I’m superfluous! With theaters shuttered (temporarily, we hope) due to the coronavirus, and no one going out to the movi...

Mayhem, matriarchy merge in entertaining Blow the Man Down With movie theaters temporarily closed and everybody cocooning at home, the...

Children vs, grown-ups in modern Peter Pan remix Wendy Benh Zeitlin has very specific ideas about how a movie should look and feel, and...

Austen's ferocious wit fuels savvy, stylish Emma You never think of a Jane Austen novel as excoriating. Hers is a genteel world of ...

Pizza Boy to the rescue! Blame it on Good Times. When I first met James in his comic book store, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth,...

My love affair with Robin Hobb continues! All three volumes in each of her trilogies are so closely linked with each other, I decided t...

Heads up, Shakespeare fans! Our own Santa Cruz Shakespeare has announced its lineup for this year's summer festival season — and sinc...

Hey folks, it’s all over but the shouting (and the squeals of gobsmacked surprise) at this year’s Oscars. Who knew that Parasite would sw...

Whose Hollywood fairy tales will come true at this year's Academy Awards? You want Oscar predictions? How's this: when the Acade...

Calling all art fans! You my be surprised to see the name James Aschbacher among the dozens of artists showing at Pajaro Valley Arts’ ann...

For whatever reason, I fell behind on my movie viewing in 2019. I missed a lot of the most lauded mainstream movies, and I'm still too...

"What's Next?" by James Aschbacher When a year begins with a hospital stint in January, and concludes with your email gett...

Looky what I found clearing off some bookshelves the other day. Fat Freddy’s Cat was a spinoff from one of the most fabled underground co...

Banderas and Almodovar, team up for rapturous memoir, Pain And Glory In Pain And Glory , Antonio Banderas plays a famous Spanish direct...

"Kitty Alarm Clock," by James Aschbacher It traveled West across the Rockies like the pioneers. Along with two cats, one gir...