Page 4 October 27, 2016 Check It Out Film Review all. They are exactly what the doctor ordered to encourage creative play at home. If your little one loved to play dress up or act out stories these costumes, props and accessories are sure to be welcome additions! The book has step by step instructions with photos making it easy to follow and it is broken up into categories such as tops, armor, hats, and accessories and so on making it easy to create new costumes using various pieces from throughout the book. The El Segundo Public Library offers access to its collection of titles in a variety of formats, including traditional hardback, e-books and books on CD. To check out How to Create Spectacular Halloween Costumes by Louann Brown and Jason Nemeth and Make Costumes! For Creative Play by Priscilla Hershberger or any other title on your to-read list, please visit the library to apply for your library card, or please contact the reference staff for further assistance. Reviewed by Katrena Woodson, Teen and Young 3FBEFS-JCSBSJBO&M4FHVOEP1VCMJD-JCSBSZr El Segundo Library Staff Book Reviews and Recommendations For this week’s review I will be discussing a few books that will help get you ready for Halloween. Finding the perfect Halloween costume can be a struggle but with the help of these two books you will be able to DIY anything from a pirate to a princess or even the floor of a movie theater. The first book, How to Create Spectacular Halloween Costumes by Louann Brown and Jason Nemeth is the perfect place to look for some inspiration for creative last minute costume ideas. My personal favorite is a costume named “Walk all over me” This inexpensive costume idea allows the wearer to transform themselves into the floor of a movie theater in seven simple steps! I am a huge fan of DIY costumes and this book lays out some simple ideas that can be used as the foundation to create a variety of spooky and frightfully fun costumes. There are other “How-to” titles in this set including building haunted houses, carving cool pumpkins and making frightening decorations. Next up is Make Costumes! For Creative Play by Priscilla Hershberger. This is another excellent book that is packed with costume ideas. The best part is that most of the materials needed to make these costumes can be found at home! Hershberger includes classic costumes like ballerinas, pirates, vampires and robots. The costumes shown in this book are perfect for Halloween costumes but that’s not Entertainment How to Create Spectabular Halloween Costumes by Louann Brown and Jason Nemeth. ‘Moonlight’ Shines Light on a Chorus of Exciting New Voices in American Cinema By Jasper Bernbaum for www.cinemacy.com In an age of franchises and blockbusters, it’s funny that a film like “Moonlight” feels so monolithic. It is a coming-of-age story that is both expansive and yet so personal– not only to the filmmakers and talent involved but personal to everyone occupying a theater seat. It is a necessary and vibrant depiction of race and sexuality in America during a divisive time in this country, yet the film does not feel political, rather, like a chorus of exciting new voices in American cinema. A quiet, patient feature, this is a film that feels like a landmark, for not only this moment but will maintain relevance for years to come. In its own unique way, “Moonlight” is a blockbuster in its own right. The story follows a young African-American man named Chiron on his journey to discover the definition of manhood. Framed as a triptych, the film portrays a different actor playing Chiron in three key moments of his youth. As a young kid, Chiron confides in a drug dealer whom he considers a father figure, while his mom’s own addiction escalates. Years later, as a high school student, Chiron struggles to understand his sexuality after developing feelings for the only classmate that shows him respect and friendship. Later, as a young adult, Chiron has established a tough persona as a dealer, yet finds himself struggling with his masculinity after reconnecting with the classmate. One of the most apparent successes of “Moonlight” is the casting of Chiron in all three stages of his life. Despite not particularly 7.0 in. resembling each other, each of the three young men cast evoke the same personality through more subtle details of speech and body language. But in a sense, it feels almost fitting that the three manifestations of Chiron feel so eerily similar, yet look distinctly separate. The power of director Barry Jenkins’ character study is that, through Chiron, he is not telling the story of one young black man growing up in America, but thousands. Chiron is a character who deals with some similar tribulations that often limit people of color in film, however, in “Moonlight” these struggles are depicted with much more angst as the character is forced to deal with misgivings about his masculinity, sexuality, and family. The powerful portrayal of these universal themes of struggle are the makings of not just a great film, but an essential one. Jenkins continues the conversation that he started in his first and only prior feature, “Medicine for Melancholy.” Charming as it was, his debut was conversational and frequently ham-fisted for a film that didn’t fall far from the early ‘mumblecore’ movement. In form, “Moonlight” could not be more different. Operatic in its scope, yet gentle in its expression, “Moonlight” is Jenkins’ butterfly. There is an intimacy to how Jenkins and cinematographer James Laxton follow their characters without interfering with their reactions to the environment. As filmmakers and dramatists, this guidance proves to be their greatest gift; it results in a film both refined and poetic, while staying raw and pure. “Moonlight“ is rated R for some sexuality, drug use, brief violence, and language throughout. 110 minutes. Now playing at UIF-BOENBSLr Alex R. Hibbert and Mahershala Ali in ‘Moonlight.’ Courtesy of A24. How to Create Spectacular Halloween Costumes By Louann Brown and Jason Nemeth and Make Costumes! For Creative Play By Priscilla Hershberger Make Costumes! For Creative Play by Priscilla Hershberger. Every Visit our Website www.heraldpublications.com issue always available online! New Issues/Old Issues t Out-of-town? Read the Herald newspapers online t Interested in an article from a prior date? See it online t Excited about an ad, photo, or article? Refer your friends, family and associates to the website, so they can see it too t Want to read the Torrance Tribune or other Herald newspapers not in your area? 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