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3 weeks ago | smmirror.com | Dolores Quintana

By Dolores QuintanaThere’s nothing quite like a good shark horror movie, especially since we are heading into summer. With director Sean Byrne’s newest film, we get a different take on the subgenre, in this case, a serial killer who likes to use sharks to commit his crimes.

1 month ago | smmirror.com | Dolores Quintana

By Dolores QuintanaGrief is the price of love. Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou’s second feature film, Bring Her Back, is as much of a marvel as their first film, Talk to Me. The Australian twin directors were wise to decide to pursue a different story rather than simply make the sequel to Talk to Me that many people probably wanted.

1 month ago | smmirror.com | Dolores Quintana

By Dolores QuintanaMission: Impossible The Final Reckoning is a ridiculously entertaining action film with a core of what humanity needs now. It is filled with tension, amazing stunts, and heart. Just when you think it can’t go harder, it does. Non-stop plot-driven rug pulls with a top-flight cast are its prime directive, and it succeeds. The synopsis is very simple, but ultimately fitting for the film: Our lives are the sum of our choices.

1 month ago | smmirror.com | Dolores Quintana

One Man’s Dedication, Four Decades of Flavor: Tito’s Senior Cook SpeaksBy Dolores QuintanaFor four decades, Severiano Gonzalez has been the heart of the kitchen at Tito’s Tacos, rising each morning to hand-prepare beans, enchiladas, tamales, and Mexican rice for the popular Culver City eatery. Gonzalez, a native of Jalisco, Mexico, first joined the Tito’s Tacos team in 1985 and has since become a cornerstone of the restaurant’s daily operations.

1 month ago | smmirror.com | Dolores Quintana

One Man’s Dedication, Four Decades of Flavor: Tito’s Senior Cook SpeaksBy Dolores QuintanaSeveriano Gonzalez is the senior cook at Culver City’s iconic Mexican restaurant Tito’s Tacos. Born in Jalisco, Mexico, Gonzales was hired to work at Tito’s in 1985. After working at a plastics manufacturing company, when he was offered a job at the restaurant, he took it and never looked back. The seventeen-year-old knew opportunity when he saw it.