By Jake Coyle/AP Film Writer Rome teeters on the brink in Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II.” Its fall is said to be imminent. The dream it once symbolized is dead. The once high-minded […]
‘Gladiator II’ back in the arena
An hysterical ‘Carol’ at GWC
By Thom deMartino/Orange County Tribune A perfect introduction to the Christmas season, Golden West College and director Tom Amen present their newest production at the GWC Mainstage Theater, “Inspecting Carol.” Rather than […]
‘Blitz’ an unusual war film
By Jake Coyle/AP Film Writer “Blitz,” set in London during World War II, might technically be Steve McQueen ‘s first war movie. But struggle and survival has long marked the filmmaker’s tough […]
Despite Hanks, ‘Here’ is nowhere
By Mark Kennedy/AP Entertainment Writer Robert Zemeckis’ latest movie is insanely ambitious, starting with the dinosaurs and ending in present day with the Roomba. But it’s fixed on just one spot. “Here” […]
It’s all politics in ‘Conclave’
By Lindsey Bahr/AP Film Writer In Edward Berger’s “Conclave,” the selection of the pope is no holy affair. Instead, it’s a petty, political campaign carried out in secrecy, where gossip flows, agendas […]
‘Smile 2’ targets pop star fame
By Mark Kennedy AP Entertainment Writer In an early scene in “Smile 2,” the fictional pop superstar Skye Riley is in her drug dealer’s apartment. “Do you believe in weird stuff?” he […]
It’s 5 o’clock in ‘Escape to Margaritaville’ at Golden West
By Thom deMartino/Orange County Tribune Sometimes, you have to just go with the flow. Golden West College has opened its new season in the Mainstage Theater with “Escape to Margaritaville”: starring Whitney […]
2024 election similar to 1960?
By Anita Snow/Associated Press “Countdown 1960: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of the 312 Days that Changed America’s Politics Forever” is a look at a critical period in U.S. history that holds lessons for […]
‘Joker 2’: Crazy or performing?
By Jake Coyle/ AP Film Writer Let’s put on a happy face, at least to start, for “Joker: Folie à Deux.” If there’s one undeniably compelling thing about both Todd Phillips’ divisive […]
Ronan shines in ‘The Outrun’ a story of true-life addiction
By Jocelyn Novice/AP National Writer At some point during “The Outrun,” it occurred to me that watching Saoirse Ronan act is a bit like looking into a magnifying glass: Everything somehow feels […]
