By Jake Coyle/AP Film Writer For a not small segment of the audience for “Minions: Rise of Gru,” only one thing really needs to be said. The Minions are in it. That’s […]
Minions run wild in “Rise of Gru”
The phantom fights of June
Not since MAD magazine invented the fictional and satiric game of “43-Man Squamish ….” Not since 1965 when San Francisco Giants pitcher Juan Marichal went after Los Angeles Dodgers catcher John Roseboro […]
“Elvis” film a glorious mess
By Lindsey Bahr/AP Film Writer The brief life of Elvis Presley is not something that fits neatly into a conventional biopic formula, though many have tried. It was, perhaps, always going to […]
The 4th of July parade is back!
The Fourth of July is so big in Huntington Beach that it takes several days to complete. Starting on Thursday, June 30 and extending through Monday, July 4, the annual Fourth of […]
Ohtani’s very awesome week
By Greg Beacham/ AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM (AP) – On back-to-back nights during an otherwise ordinary June homestand for the Los Angeles Angels, Shohei Ohtani accomplished two feats that would each be […]
OC native is the “new Elvis”
By Jake Coyle/AP Film Writer On the day of Austin Butler’s final screen test for “Elvis,“ director Baz Luhrmann threw everything at him. Butler had spent five months building up to that […]
“Good Luck” is good and honest
By Lindsey Bahr/AP Film Writer Female desire is not a topic that gets a lot of space in mainstream Hollywood movies. And the desire of women north of 45? Well, that’s been […]
Baseball team goes “Bananas”
By Paul Newberry/AP Sports Columnist SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) – More than 90 minutes before the first pitch, it’s already clear this isn’t just any ol’ baseball game. The crowd queued up outside […]
Idea that’s one for the books
I don’t have a bucket list; what I have is a shopping list. And it’s not for me, it’s for the community. Recently the City of Garden Grove held an open house […]
“Lightyear” movie is a buzzkill
By Jake Coyle/AP Film Writer “In 1995, Andy got a toy from his favorite movie. This is that movie.” So begins “Lightyear,” a new Pixar release that takes a meta approach to […]
