Football is taking over a lot of the entertainment spotlight this weekend, with high school and pro games to attend and watch. But there’s still a nice selection of fun to be […]
TGIF: Elvis and Shakespeare are big
Dear Mari: Should she wait a year for him?
Dear Marilyn, I have an issue with a close friend. He is in the Navy. He was recently deployed, and will be gone for a year. We have known each other since […]
“Henry IV” has modern parallels at SOC
By Thom deMartino An embattled, bombastic, newly-minted leader, facing revolt from within and without, as some his earliest and truest supporters turn on him, in a conflict threatening to blossom into civil […]
“Wind River” a mystery with a difference
By Jim Tortolano Most murder mysteries in movies seem to occur in urban areas with lots of chases down grungy alleys and under the glare of artificial light, often with a pretty […]
TGIF: Bad guys, “Moana” and dance music
Ah, the weather is cooling off a bit. Are we getting an early autumn, or just a pause before that late summer heat wave hits us? Either way, here are some fun […]
Dear Mari: Should you do it yourself?
Dear Marilyn, I would like some advice. Do you think it is best to do things yourself, or to pay others to do them for you? For example, when the oil in […]
Good look at a great movie: “Casablanca”
By Jim Tortolano When I was teaching a college mass communications course just a few years ago, I used to show my students a 1942 black-and-white dinosaur of a film they claimed […]
“Glass Castle,” concerts and Scouts
Uh-oh! Back-to-school is creeping up. Looking for the fun stuff to do before the routines of fall set in? Here are some ideas for the Garden Grove-Huntington Beach-Westminster area. Movies A light […]
Caught in the middle of divorced folks
Dear Marilyn, My parents have been divorced for almost eleven years. Neither one of them has been dating anyone else since that time. Recently, however, my mom has met a guy and has […]
“Dark Tower” film isn’t the book, but …
By Jim Tortolano If you read the Stephen King novel “The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger” you may be disappointed in the new film “The Dark Tower,” but only in the sense that […]
