By Lindsey Bahr/AP Film Writer There is a line in “Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant ” in which Jake Gyllenhaal’s Army Sgt. John Kinley is having a disagreement with Dar Salim’s Ahmed, the […]
‘Covenant’ tests bonds of war
Stereotypes hit ‘Mafia Momma”
By Jocelyn Noveck/AP National Writer At first, when suburban mom Kristin gets the mysterious call to head to Italy to settle the affairs of a dead relative, she protests she’s too busy. […]
The gentrified “Neighborhood”
By Gary Gerard Hamilton/Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) –”The Neighborhood” might be a hit sitcom now, but needed some careful planning before laying down a solid foundation. “We shot the pilot twice. […]
Cage puts some bite in ‘Renfield’
By Jake Coyle/AP Film Writer In 1988’s “Vampire’s Kiss,” he played a New York literary agent who thought he was an immortal bloodsucker. His bug-eyed performance was essentially the birth of the […]
The shoe wasn’t the hero in ‘Air’
By Lindsey Bahr/ AP Film Writer The new movie “Air” is technically about a shoe. There is nothing especially extraordinary about this shoe. As the Q-like Nike designer Peter Moore (Matthew Maher) […]
“Super Mario” is fun, not super
By Jake Coyle/AP Film Writer A lot has changed in the three decades since “Super Mario Bros,” the very first video-game adaptation. A once widely derided genre is now a cash cow. […]
A great new neighborhood restaurant for Garden Grove
By John M. Borack/Special to the Tribune There is a new eatery in Garden Grove that takes the term “family restaurant” to the next level. It’s called Amarith Table, and it’s located […]
‘Murder Mystery’ has chemistry
By Jake Coyle/AP Film Writer You would have a hard time defending the limp plotting, the bland action- adventure set pieces or the Agatha Christie-light whodunit twists of the first “Murder Mystery.” […]
A moving, powerful ‘Anne Frank’
By Thom deMartino/Orange County Tribune She was a vivacious, headstrong girl on the precipice of adulthood, with dreams of one day becoming a writer: it is a beautiful, tragic irony that it […]
Utah vs. social media addiction
By Barbara Ortutay/AP Technology Writer Utah’s sweeping social media legislation passed this week is an ambitious attempt to shield children and teens from the ill effects of social media and empower parents […]
