By Jake Coyle/AP Film Writer We are at the apex of “Saturday Night Live” appreciation. Now entering its 50th year, “SNL” has never been more unquestioned as a bedrock American institution. The […]
‘Saturday Night’ thin, satisfying
‘Megalopolis’ ideals, excesses
By Lindsey Bahr/AP Film Writer If anything is clear about “Megalopolis,” it’s that Francis Ford Coppola has a lot on his mind. The legendary filmmaker spent decades on this Roman-style epic, set […]
Pitt and Clooney carry “Wolfs”
By Jake Coyle/AP Film Writer The overriding tension in “Wolfs,” starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt as rival fixers brought in to clean up the same crime, isn’t so much the threat […]
‘Transformers One’ is unneeded
By Mark Kennedy/AP Entertainment Writer Movie origin stories finally reach their nadir this week with “Transformers One,” the super-violent, toy-selling vehicle that tells the tale of how Optimus Prime and Megatron went […]
‘Speak No Evil’ sounds scary
By Jocelyn Noveck/AP National Writer Quick. Has there ever been a horror film set in a country home with a decent cell signal? Nope, and there’s no signal at Paddy and […]
‘Rumors’ a colorful comedy
By Thom deMartino/Orange County Tribune It’s my party, and I’ll die if I want to. (Or accidentally shoot myself in the earlobe, anyway.) Now playing at the Westminster Community Playhouse is the […]
‘Beetlejuice’ sequel is a joy
By Jocelyn Noveck/AP National Writer “I have global entry!” Now, does that sound like a funny line? Of course it doesn’t. Whatever in the history of mankind and airport lines could be […]
‘Rebel Ridge’ a taut racial drama
By Mark Kennedy/AP Entertainment Writer “Rebel Ridge” opens with a shot of a lanky, muscular stranger riding into a small, corrupt Southern town — a scene we’ve all seen plenty of times. […]
“Reagan”: Quaid is good, but the movie … not quite as good
By Jocelyn Noveck/AP National Writer “Is there anything worse than an actor with a cause?” asks an annoyed Jane Wyman, Ronald Reagan’s first wife, early in “Reagan,” the new biopic starring Dennis […]
Flashbacks, fun in “Seussical’
By Thom deMartino/Orange County Tribune You may wonder or think – if thinks you do – whether “Seussical” at the Gem Theatre in Garden Grove may be just for you… well, never […]
