By Jake Coyle AP Film Writer Hordes of horror films line up for Halloween and a sleigh full of Christmas movies arrive annually in December, but there is slightly less competition around […]
‘The Accountant 2’ adds up
“Flash” runs back to the future
By Jocelyn Noveck/AP National Writer “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature,” went a famous ’70s commercial catchphrase. But we learn in “The Flash” – the much awaited, long gestated new DC […]
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) […]
A bird … a plane … a mistake
By Jim Tortolano Comic book iconoclast Howard Chaykin once quipped that the “Golden Age of comics is … 12.” By that, he meant that the art of sequential story-telling was forever trapped […]
“The Way Back” takes surprising path
By Jim Tortolano “The Way Back” starts off as a stereotypical sports hero movie and then takes an abrupt turn in the fourth quarter that somewhat redeems the effort. Ben Affleck stars […]
“Art in Park,” Ben on the court
Movies, plays. “Art in the Park,” Ducks’ games… there is a lot to do, locally Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Enjoy living in the most beautiful state in the nation … which helps […]
Good, but not great, guys win in “League”
By Jim Tortolano For years, the owners of the rights to the superhero movie franchises for Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, et al, have unaccountably been resistant to bringing those iconic characters together […]
“The Accountant” and plays in play
A couple of interesting-looking films, lots of live theater and some other fun stuff on tap this weekend in the Garden Grove-Huntington Beach-Westminster area. MOVIES Opening this weekend in area cinemas are: […]
