By Thom deMartino/Orange County Tribune Can you tell who you are — or “who” others tell you you are — if you don’t find out for yourself? In Westminster Community Playhouse’s “Fuddy […]
A funny “Fuddy” at the WCP
40 Acre Mule at Garden Amp
By Reagan Cisar/Orange County Tribune “When I started this, I wanted it to be my 40 acres and a mule, my opportunity to experience the American dream,” said guitarist and vocalist Isaiah […]
“CODA” and “Dog” Oscar faves
By Lindsey Bahr and Jake Coyle AP Film Writers Ahead of the 94th Academy Awards, Associated Press Film Writers Lindsey Bahr and Jake Coyle share their predictions for major categories in a […]
A lean and modern “Hamlet”
By Thom deMartino/Orange County Tribune From the once implacable darkness, the creeping melancholy tones of an indigo sky stir — casting down upon the uneasy scene below, unfolding beneath the spectral visage […]
Magic “Into the Woods” at Gem
By Thom deMartino/Orange County Tribune “The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep …” Just in time for the […]
Is “The Batman” too serious?
By Jake Coyle/AP Film Writer Batman, never a day person, is plunged into perpetual night in Matt Reeves’ nocturnal, nihilist, neo-noir take on the Caped Crusader. Reeves’ three-hour-long “The Batman” includes plenty […]
Love evident with this “Cyrano”
By Lindsey Bahr AP Film Writer Joe Wright is at his best when he’s making movies about love. They may not always have a happy ending. In fact, they usually don’t. But […]
Epic journey “Into the Woods”
By Thom DeMartino Is there really such a thing as “happily ever after”? What comes after the happy ending? In its first full production in some time, the Rose Center Theater in […]
“Uncharted” has a familiar path
By Jake Coyle AP Film Writer Goonies never say die, and neither do some of their storylines. “Uncharted,“ a new movie based on the PlayStation video game, cribs heavily from adventures like […]
A dull “Death on the Nile”
By Jake Coyle/AP Film Writer Kenneth Branagh’s Agatha Christie adaptation “Death on the Nile” begins with a flashback to the trenches of World War I before shifting to 1930s London two decades […]
