By Lindsey Bahr AP Film Writer Rob Reiner made the kind of movies that we all rewatch already. They’re the films that we quote without having to think about it, the ones […]
Best of Rob Reiner’s movies
‘Goodbye June: Death, family
‘GOODBYE JUNE” is a Netflix release streaming on Dec. 24. By Lindsey Bahr AP Film Writer Kate Winslet is due a very thoughtful Christmas gift this year. The veteran actor made a […]
‘Oh, What. Fun’ really isn’t
By Lindsey Bahr AP Film Writer Michelle Pfeiffer plays a mom on the edge at Christmas time in the new movie “Oh. What. Fun.” If the sarcastic punctuation wasn’t enough of a […]
‘Freddys 2’ may be twice as bad
By Mark Kennedy AP Entertainment Writer How do you top “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” the video game movie adaptation about murderous anthropomorphic robots? If it’s a battle for insipid nonsense, the answer […]
‘Holiday Gem’ is fresh, original
By Thom deMartino Orange County Tribune This year’s holiday season just got exponentially merrier in Garden Grove. The newest adaptation of the fan-favorite “Holiday Gem” is currently in full swing at the […]
‘Zootopia 2’ a cuddlier sequel
By Jake Coyle AP Film Writer The original “Zootopia” was a minor miracle. Here was a Disney animated film that took themes of race and prejudice and managed to make a sensitive-to-all-sides […]
A fresh, modern ‘Much Ado’
By Thom DeMartino Orange County Tribune There are fewer things more destructive than gossip on the wrong person’s lips. Golden West College and director Martie Ramm are now presenting a limited staging […]
A devilishly good ‘Angel Street’
By Thom deMartino Orange County Tribune Sometimes you’ve got to wonder: is it all in your own head – or are they *trying* to make you crazy? Now playing at the Westminster […]
Time has outrun ‘Running Man’
By Jake Coyle AP Film Writer It’s always interesting when time overtakes the dystopias of the past. In Stephen King’s 1982 novel “The Running Man,” the United States has fallen into a […]
Going for broke in ‘Die My Love’
By Jake Coyle AP Film Writer A primal punk spirit rages through Lynne Ramsay’s “Die My Love,” a jagged, go-for-broke psychodrama starring Jennifer Lawrence as an increasingly unhinged new mother and Robert […]
