Films

Movie Review: 'Hugo' is Scorsese at his best and a holiday treat for all

The motion picture "Hugo," now playing at the Horizon Stadium Cinemas at South Shore Lake Tahoe in Stateline, is a holiday movie that kids and adults can enjoy. It's Martin Scorsese's homage to film pioneer Georges Méliès, a French innovator who created much of the library of movie techniques back before World War I only to be forgotten amid the strife on combat in France. His films were largely destroyed to make such things as guitar picks.

Offenbacher talks Tahoe Adventure Film Festival and Flying Wild in Alaska

It has been quite a year for Lake Tahoe's outdoor adventure tribal elder Todd Offenbacher. The film festival founder, Lake Tahoe TV host, mountaineer and unofficial statesmen of all things uniquely outdoors has been to the Arctic Circle, just returned from a trip to Antarctica, and will be featured in two segments on the popular Discovery Channel program Flying Wild in Alaska.

Lake Tahoe Adventure Film Festival

Designed to capture the intensity and passion of adventure, the Tahoe Adventure Film Festival is a perfect summary of outdoor culture. The show begins the minute the doors open at 6:30 p.m in the MontBleu Casino Resort & Spa Showroom. Dramatic action photography from Aurora Photos flashes on the big screen while Little Jon Flip, go-go dancers and a deejay pump up the crowd.

33rd Freaker's Ball Rocks the House at MontBleu Oct. 29

Whether it’s the 16 ft. clown, Lady Gaga lookalikes, entire Addams Family, Tricky Dick Nixon, a deck of playing cards, a human lobster bib or a zombified super hero, there's only one place at South Tahoe to see the outrageous unveil itself through costume and it could be worth a $10,000 in contest prizes.

A driving force

Once in a while, a spectacular piece of movie-making reminds us that films are capable of telling stories in a unique way. "Drive," a 100-minute film that easily navigates a broad range of emoti...

Swooping in: Lake Tahoe skydiving guru films commercial in Incline Village

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - JT Holmes glided down toward Hyatt Beach from high above Lake Tahoe's clear blue depths, his red skydiving jumpsuit and black parachute framed against a cloudless sky.As ...

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