By Thom deMartino/Orange County Tribune “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend” … isn’t that how the saying goes? The Gem Theater and One More Productions troupe in Garden Grove takes […]
By Jake Coyle/AP Film Writer “Bad Boys: Ride or Die,” the fourth installment in the Will Smith-Martin Lawrence action-comedy series, is about a fight to redeem a tarnished legacy. No, not that […]
By Mark Kennedy/AP Entertainment Writer There are moments when the spark of creation suddenly ignites and history stops. Like when the Wright brothers got a plane to fly. Or when Oreo added […]
By Thom deMartino/Orange County Tribune The road to fascism is a damnable, slippery slope: paved with the perilous, slick cobblestones of indifference, rationalization, equivocation and lethargy. And when one’s started the steep […]
By Andrew Dalton/AP Entertainment Writer Both the Beach Boys and “The Beach Boys” — the new documentary dropping Friday on Disney+ — are all about blending a range of voices. The three […]
By Jocelyn Novice/ AP National Writer How do you make a kid’s movie that appeals not only to the kids, but the adults sitting next to them? Most movies try to achieve […]
By Lindsey Bahr/ AP Film Writer Romantic comedies are in a destination wedding rut. Perhaps it’s a collective post-COVID wanderlust kicking in, or, more cynically, some combination of tax credits and a […]
By Mark Kennedy/AP Entertainment Writer Fans of the “Planet of the Apes” franchise may still be mourning the 2017 death of Caesar, the first smart chimp and the charismatic ape leader. Not […]
By Thom deMartino/Orange County Tribune Love moves in mysterious ways. (Though lust is reasonably predictable.) In the marvelous new Martie Ramm-directed “A Little Night Music” at Golden West College’s Mainstage Theater, it’s […]
By Jim Tortolano/Orange County Tribune Harry Truman once wrote (or said) that “The only thing new under the sun is the history we don’t know.” Here in Orange County, where it seems […]
