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There are several Oktoberfests around here. (Click here for Greg Nagel’s recent roundup.) Many have traditional German beer. Many have traditional German food. However, if you want a guarantee that… → Read More
Look around all corners of Santa Ana, and you will see signs of a strong DIY spirit, a sensibility that also permeates the film festival that began there 10… → Read More
The Skin I Live In. The Pedro Almodóvar retrospective continues with his 2011 thriller about a renowned surgeon (Antonio Banderas) keeping a woman (Elena… → Read More
Change is in the air yet again for the 14th-annual Huntington Beach Film Festival, which was known as the SoCal Independent Film Festival until 2016. → Read More
When I first heard the instrumental opening the new video for “Blow It Up” from Huntington Beach’s DENM, I thought someone had loaded Sublime’s “Doin’ Time/ → Read More
The guy who dropped off my 2019 Toyota Mirai test vehicle was as impressed as anyone with the hydrogen fuel cell-powered sedan, which should please the Japanese automaker if the ads near the top of my… → Read More
Downton Abbey. Michael Engler’s continuing story of the Crawley family, which owns a large estate in the English countryside of the early 20th century. → Read More
Ty Herndon’s appearance at Saturday’s 50th anniversary benefit show for the Los Angeles LGBT Center at the Greek Theatre is just one recent example of his… → Read More
Live Nation is rolling out its “End of Summer No Bummer” promotion, which offers tickets at $25 or less–with no extra fees. The Observatory is Santa Ana is among the venues with: Gasolina (Sept. 27). → Read More
The first thing you will notice when Junior Brown takes the Coach House stage Friday night is the impeccable, pressed suit and tie under his pristine cowboy… → Read More
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice. Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s new rockumentary looks at the career of the singer who was in her early twenties in… → Read More
Rap music, “thug life,” mental health, refugee struggles and heritage protection are among the subjects explored during the seventh-annual Cambodia Town Film… → Read More
You may know Justin Chon as an actor in vehicles ranging from the Disney Channel’s Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior and Nickelodeon’s Just Jordan to The Twilight… → Read More
My love affair with the Kia Soul extends back to 2015, with my first test drive of an electric vehicle version, and that passion continued with a hybrid and… → Read More
Best of Summer 4DX Flicks. Special effects come to your theater seat, as you’ll experience wind, fog, rain, lightning, vibrations, snow and scents to match what is onscreen. The lineup: Aladdin. → Read More
Ne Zha. First-time director Yang You (a.k.a. Jio Zi) also wrote what is currently the highest-grossing animated feature in Chinese film history. → Read More
In a takedown of Democratic presidential hopeful Kamala Harris for The Atlantic, staff writer Conor Friedersdorf cites troubling criminal justice moves by the California senator that have been exposed… → Read More
An American Idol alum sings along a Huntington Beach shore Saturday, but before launching into your jokes about oversized shorts, a metal detector and an unscrubbed Sanjaya Malakar… → Read More
Besides feasting their eyes on exclusive merchandise, the newest Star Wars Episode 9–The Rise of Skywalker trailer and panels featuring the casts and crews behind upcoming Disney… → Read More
The first ever Weekly Badge of Musical Promotion Courage goes to Sugar Ray’s representatives, who recently suggested we check out the new album by the ’90s… → Read More