There’s a line in the sands of time by which one can measure Orange County history; on one side is B.D. (Before Disneyland opened on July 17, 1955), and the other, A.D. (After Disney). If you’ll allow the use of a gross generalization, pretty much everything that occured A.D. can be tied back to Mouse […]
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Watch Me Fly [Special Screenings, July 12-19]
Andy Irons: Kissed By God. Surfing champ Andy Irons’ struggles with bipolar disorder and opioid addiction are covered in this documentary. The pride of Hawaii has said he hopes his story will dispel myths about two ferocious diseases. Regency Lido Theater, 3459 Via Lido, Newport Beach, (949) 673-8350. Thurs., July 12. Call for show time. […]
Now See This: The Hidden Fortress
@ The Frida Cinema
This week in “awesome film happenings you don’t see everyday,” the 1958 Akira Kurosawa epic The Hidden Fortress is being screened at The Frida Cinema, as part of this month’s hat tip to the influential Japanese director. Credited as one of the films responsible for inspiring George Lucas’ Star Wars, reigning Kurosawa collaborator Toshiro Mifune […]
Now See This: Cinema Paradiso
@ Bowers Museum
The Bowers Museum’s already molto dolce Italian cinema series further sweetens the deal, with an offer that’s too good to resist. Before screening possibly the most subversively romantic movie about film ever, they offer basic Italian language instruction to help you follow the smart, funny dialog of Giuseppe Tornatore’s instant classic and 1988 Academy Award-winner, Cinema […]
Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You Is the Best Kind of Interruption for Hollywood
Boots Riley’s directorial feature, Sorry to Bother You, could be the satirical comedy film of this generation—or, at least, it should be. With its bold, original storyline and firebrand comedy chops, it’s a wildly surreal, outlandish romp imbued with radical politics and an awareness of societal struggles such as urban poverty; political movements such as […]
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Raining Fish [Hey, You!]
Near the end of a long, lovely beach day, we were beyond relaxed. Until a loud splop! hit the sand right in front of us. I was jerked out of my reverie and looked to see what had dropped, what someone had thrown. What the what? It was a fish—a 6-inch perch or something. It’s raining fish?!? My other half said he […]
Political Fútbol: Uruguay vs. France
URUGUAY UPDATE: The first question about this country, the second smallest in South America, is how does one pronounce its name? Do it mellow, my friend, mellow. Mellow just like its flag, which is a gorgeous deep blue and white with a humanoid sun-god creature in the left panel that seems lifted from a Santana […]
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Yellow Rose of Leisureland [Special Screenings, July 5-12]
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? This documentary takes you to the heart of the late Fred Rogers’ career, which he dedicated to how best to speak with young kids even beyond Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, his PBS children’s show. Regency South Coast Village, 1561 W. Sunflower Ave., Santa Ana, (714) 557-5701. Thurs., July 5, 11:45 a.m., […]
What Happened to the Wig Wag Community Garden in Anaheim?
A dying orange tree withers under the heat of a recent summer’s day at the Wig Wag community garden in Anaheim. Two shriveled baby oranges weigh down its spindly limbs. Where sunflowers used to tower over gardeners, only a patch of deadened grass now rests. Wooden planks lean against a gate waiting to be built […]
The Christians Takes You to Church
Yes, the name of the play is The Christians. Yes, it was written by young, emerging playwright Lucas Hnath, and it has seen productions in such hotbeds of liberal indoctrination as London, New York, Austin and Los Angeles. Yes, it is year two of the Donald Trump interregnum, and the kind of Christians that Hnath’s […]
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Both & Baggage [Savage Love]
When I started dating my husband, he told me he had a low libido. I said I could deal with that. We waited several months before having sex, and then after we started, it was infrequent and impersonal. There was some slow improvement over the three years we dated. Then we got married, and suddenly, […]
7 Things To do at Agenda Show 2018 in Long Beach
In the hyper-paced world we live in, by the time a new phenomenon is sprung upon us, another wave is in the queue, waiting to wash that one away and recapture our imaginations all over again. It can be elusive. Events like Agenda Show bring to a halt, if just for a second, the essence […]
The Year of Spectacular Men Is Un-Spectacular But Still a Feel-Good Watch
Post-graduate malaise, quarter-life crises and relationship woes collide in The Year of Spectacular Men. This drama-comedy explores the life and relationships of its main character, Izzy Klein, and how a year of failed romances and taking chances in life and career moves prove that growing pains continue well into someone’s mid-twenties. The indie film is […]
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Viva Nerd Vegas! Geek Out at These Museums [Summer Travel 2018]
If you’ve read a dead-tree edition of the OC Weekly, you know we’re no strangers to sleaze. Hell, we love it! As such, our lowbrow tastes are well-represented in a city such as Las Vegas. But rather than give you a run-of-the-mill walk-through of the Strip (and to compliment Hellcat Hamby’s own coverage of Sin […]
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We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat [Special Screenings, June 21-28]
Andy Irons: Kissed By God. Surfing champ Andy Irons’ struggles with bipolar disorder and opioid addiction are covered in this documentary. The pride of Hawaii has said he hopes his story will dispel myths about two ferocious diseases. Regency Lido Theater, 3459 Via Lido, Newport Beach, (949) 673-8350. Thurs., June 21. Call for times. $15; […]
No Fear of Color: Fashion Designer Trina Turk Continues to Define California Style
The fine Imagineers at our friendly neighborhood Walt Disney Corporation took on a rather arduous task in the 1990s. They had to answer the question: How do you define California style and how do you embody it? The question was asked in 1995 when Michael Eisner and his cronies announced plans for a California-culture and […]
E3 Shows Nostalgia is Still the Reigning Champion in Video Games
If you’d fallen into a coma for the last decade or two, this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo would’ve been technologically mind-blowing — yet incredibly familiar as far as actual content goes. Aside from a handful of relatively unfamiliar names like Death Stranding, Control, and Ghost of Tsushima, the vast majority of the new releases and announcements at video […]
Update: Stormy Daniels CANCELS September Show at Anaheim Strip Club
UPDATE: JUNE 15, 7:00 P.M.: Sorry Stormy Daniels devotees, the porn star won’t be appearing at the Library Gentlemen’s Club in Anaheim on Sept. 13 after all. According to the venue’s owner, she just cancelled the date in order to appear on a British television program instead. Daniels also nixed efforts to reschedule her local […]
OC Weekly Wins 25 Orange County Press Club Awards, Including 14 First-Place Nods
OC Weekly left Newport Beach with a ton of hardware Thursday night, but this time it was not the result of our sticky fingers being attached to an unattended tool box. It was the result of having won a staggering 25 awards from the Orange County Press Club, including 14 first-place honors, during ceremonies at […]
All Hail the Art-o-mat!
Just beyond the curtain-framed entrance to the LivingRoom Salon in Costa Mesa and immediately to the left is what appears to be an old cigarette machine. At first glance, it seems to be just a kitschy relic shoved off to the side of this combination hair salon and art gallery (many municipalities banned cigarette machines […]
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Handshaker [Hey, You!]
Handshakes mean established trust, from longstanding relationships or following even a few words of introduction. Which is why I just kind of stared when you walked up out of the blue and wordlessly put your hand out, interrupting a conversation I was having with my fellow musician while on break from a gig we were […]