There used to be a thing called “The Seven Wonders of the World,” mostly extinct (and possibly mythical) places and buildings that out stand out as monuments to the creativity and history […]
‘Forgotten Wonders’ of OC
Humans second to ‘The Creator’
By Lindsey Bahr/AP Film Writer The artificial intelligence in Gareth Edwards’ ” The Creator,” a visually magnificent if by-the-books epic, is not the AI making headlines at the moment. This is AI […]
Sam’s Club isn’t Uncle Sam
The State of California has fired a “shot across the bow” at a proposal being considered by the Huntington Beach City Council majority to require voter identification at polling places and installing […]
Spellbinding “Wait Until Dark”
By Thom deMartino/Orange County Tribune Sometimes seeing clearly has nothing to do with sight. The Westminster Community Playhouse has just raised the curtain on its 63rd season with a tale of deceit […]
Bad choices, but Bolts won
By Rob Maddi/AP Pro Football Writer The Vikings and Chargers traded inexplicable decisions in the final two minutes. After Los Angeles coach Brandon Staley set Minnesota up for a win, Vikings […]
This sequel really’s ‘Expend4ble’
By Jocelyn Noveck/AP National Writer It’s a throwaway line, but maybe a bit too meaningful, under the circumstances. “Gravity is setting in,” says Barney, Sylvester Stallone’s aging character in “Expend4bles,” when someone […]
Followed his dreams to the U.S.
By Jill Lloyd/Special to The Tribune When Oleksandr Silaiev fled Kyiv, Ukraine, his homeland, on February 14, 2022, it had nothing to do with the traditions of Valentine’s Day, but it was […]
One person’s trash is … magic
By Jake Coyle/AP Film Writer John Carney, the Irish filmmaker of “Once,” “Sing Street” and “Begin Again,” makes the movie version of “three chords and the truth.” His films, unabashedly earnest, feel-good […]
Bicyclists on the road to ruin
OK, so I’m driving down Chapman Avenue, past the See’s Candy, when a guy on a bike sails his two-wheeler diagonally across four lanes of moving traffic. I brake my Chevy in […]
What Dodgers owe the Angels
At this point, I am willing to bet my collection of old Mad Magazines that the Greatest Player (So Far) of the 21st Century – Shohei Ohtani – will be the very […]
