Natalie Costa's documentary describes a prescription-drug 'epidemic' killing local kids
By MATT COKER,
April 19, 2012
Apologies for the macabre opening, but the documentary Behind the Orange Curtain was born out of the deaths of Jarrod Barber and Mark Melkonian,... More>>
'Stories From an Undeclared War' takes the Freedom Writers muse Erin back to her old stomping grounds
By MATT COKER,
April 19, 2012
Erin Gruwell graduated from Bonita High School in La Verne, but her undergrad studies took her to UC Irvine, and she later called Newport Beach... More>>
The Newport Beach Film Festival series of music-themed pictures returns for a second year with a new partner, the OC Music Awards, and a program... More>>
Beyond the mascot, Kevin Macdonald's comprehensive documentary stirs it up
By MELISSA ANDERSON,
April 19, 2012
I spotted a bottle of something called Marley's Mellow Mood, "a new line of 100 percent natural relaxation beverages," in my neighborhood deli... More>>
It's Nicholas Sparks' world; we just live in it. Sparks, in case you haven't scanned the paperback racks lately, is the former pharmaceutical... More>>
Or at least so says Hollywood, with this week's 3D release of 'Titanic' and the long-awaited Pie-pic 'American Reunion'
By NICK PINKERTON,
April 05, 2012
A historical romance with a then-unheard-of price tag, James Cameron's 1997 Titanic was the nearest thing to a Gone With the Wind-style cinematic... More>>
Whit Stillman returns with a toe-tapping college-girl fantasy
By ERIC HYNES,
April 05, 2012
Back with his first film in 14 years, Whit Stillman still operates in a world of his own. It's true both in respect to the singularity of his... More>>
Nanni Moretti releases a toothless satire of the Catholic Church
By MELISSA ANDERSON,
April 05, 2012
Suitable entertainment for a Knights of Columbus fund-raiser, Nanni Moretti's Good Friday-released We Have a Pope finds the Most Holy Father,... More>>
