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 […]
Cage puts some bite in ‘Renfield’
Rams left; St. L loves football
By Jim Tortolano/Orange County Tribune It’s unlikely that many Rams fans shed a tear when Stan Kroenke brought the team back from Missouri, leaving St. Louis without pro football. After all, didn’t […]
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) […]
Oh, gee … I remember Gemco!
Are you “OG?” Or perhaps “OGG?” OG is slang for “original gangster,” a term which started on the mean streets of L.A. and which has come to mean “old school” or a […]
Plays precious as a diamond
By Jim Tortolano/Orange County Tribune The young baseball season always brings not just a desire to look forward to what may come, but also a yearning to gaze back at classic moments […]
Loara beats LA, moves to 1st
In a baseball race more crowded than a Tokyo subway car, the Loara Saxons defeated the Los Amigos Lobos 9-8 to take a half-game lead in the Garden Grove League on Friday. […]
“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. […]
Tenn. legislature expels two
The Tennessee Legislature voted Thursday to expel two Democratic representatives over their protest calling for gun control in the state. According to the Associated Press, the two removed were both Black while […]
Time to liberate your garage
If you drive along the typical suburban street in West Orange County, you may see a setting that looks a bit like a used car lot. All along the curbs – especially […]
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 […]
