By Mark Kennedy AP Entertainment Writer Someone rather bluntly popped up on X recently to ask Hollywood writer-producer James Gunn a pointed — and here sanitized — question: “Who asked for a […]
‘Clayface’ a good revenge film
‘Wildwood’: it’s very ambitious and quite complicated
By Mark Kennedy AP Entertainment Writer Everything about “Wildwood” is ambitious. It’s a stop-motion animated movie that stretches over two hours, with 230 hand-controlled puppets across 132 sets, shot frame by frame […]
‘Bat Boy’: it’s outrageous fun
By Thom deMartino Orange County Tribune Just in time for Halloween, from the lurid pages of the Weekly World News tabloid comes the unbelievable tale of one of their most popular and […]
Homer for GWC’ Take Me Out’
By Thom deMartino Orange County Tribune For being America’s “national pastime,” baseball isn’t all that welcoming to everyone. Particularly those trying to live their truth. There’s a striking, powerful production currently staging […]
Kidnapping, politics in ‘Animals
By Jake Coyle AP Film Writer We have now gotten two remakes of Akira Kurosawa’s “High and Low,” and yet not a single new rendition of “Stray Dog.” Lamentable though that […]
Sweet BBQ at Sweet Lou’s
By John M. Borack Orange County Tribune I must admit, I’m a bit difficult to please when it comes to good barbecue. Having visited Texas at least once a year for the […]
Heroism, greed in ‘Last First’
By Jocelyn Noveck AP National Writer “He has to go and live on the edge,” explains Lina Móey about her husband, the Icelandic mountaineer John Snorri Sigurjonsson, in “The Last First: Winter […]
Disco & country meet in ‘Crisco’
By Mark Kennedy AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Dig out your roller skates. Pair them with a cowboy hat. Miranda Lambert has officially entered her disco chapter. “Crisco,” the country […]
‘Digger’: Climate change comic
By Jake Coyle AP Film Writer Just as the fate of the world hangs in the balance in “Digger,” Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s over-the-top, climate-disaster satire teeters on the brink. It’s an audacious […]
“Heart of the Beast”: Brad, dog
By Lindsey Bahr AP Film Writer Brad Pitt loves a lone wolf character. Even in ensembles, he’s often the quiet one just to the left (but, you know, still the focus). The […]
