By Jim Tortolano Watching “The Mule,” one gets a sense of deja vu, but seen through a dusty cracked lens. This latest – and one would hope – and last film with […]
“The Mule” is stubbornly imitative, dull
Chow Lines: Sandwich bliss at Cortina’s
By Jim and Marilyn Tortolano When we make a list of the kind of eateries we’d like to see in our neighborhood, we add places like Cortina’s, a hip but warm Italian […]
Weekend: Clint’s back; Santa’s winds up
Christmas is coming, the geese is getting fat. Won’t you please go online and order some gifts from Amazon? Whoa, I guess old-fashioned holidays are no longer in fashion. Escape all that […]
Sources: Another home for Shakespeare
The new year is still more than a month away, but events move so fast these days we have to look into the future to try to shape it. Here are two […]
Weekend: Scots, snow and hot Ducks
Between shopping expeditions, work, studying for finals and more, you deserve a break. Here are some opportunities to relax your brain and think about something other than the busy requirements of the […]
Retorts: Buying into world of chagrin
These are dangerous times in our society, and especially for men. I don’t mean the recent rain, or the crowds and traffic that grow during this holiday season, I mean the […]
A “Holiday” tradition winds up in style
By Thom deMartino To everything, as they say, there is a season: and though seasons change, endings help us remember and celebrate the experiences we’ve had, the memories we’ve shared. Such is […]
Light up the trees with holiday spirit
It’s really beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and will look even more that way when Christmas tree-lighting get underway over the next week in several of our cities. Of course, […]
A joyful noise with GWC’s “Sister Act”
By Thom deMartino The courage to stand up for what’s right may come from within, but the inspiration to do it may come from the humblest sources… In Golden West College’s recent […]
“Green Book” crosses the color line
By Jim Tortolano Road pictures with miss-matched “buddies” have long been a staple of American popular film, but few have dealt with the issue of Jim Crow segregation. And even fewer films […]
