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At the Movies: SC Native Rian Johnson’s ‘Knives Out’ Is Clever and Fun

By Megan Bianco Lionsgate’s most recent feature, Knives Out, is your typical “whodunit” flick, as well as one that puts so many spins on it,…

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Editor’s Pick: Santa’s Village by the Sea

Staff Saturday, Dec. 7 2-9 p.m. The city is closing down Avenida Del Mar to host three community events on one magical evening. Ring in…

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At the Movies: ‘Marriage Story’

By Megan Bianco Director Noah Baumbach’s new film, Marriage Story, is fortunately not very similar to Robert Benton’s classic, Kramer vs. Kramer (1979). While both…

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At the Movies: ‘Ford v Ferrari’ Wins Movie Viewers

By Megan Bianco James Mangold has considerable range as a studio moviemaker, with past hits such as the drama Girl Interrupted (1999), the horror flick…

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Connecting With the Audience: ‘The Voice’ Winner Alisan Porter to Play The Coach House

By Collin Breaux Alisan Porter and her band are “super stoked” to play The Coach House on Thursday, Nov. 21. Porter, who won Season 10…

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At the Movies: ‘Doctor Sleep’ Has Some Shine

By Megan Bianco Filmmaker Mike Flanagan’s Doctor Sleep has to be one of the biggest examples of stories referred to as “the most unnecessary sequel…

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Heritage of SC Foundation to Celebrate Veterans, Marine Corps Birthday

Staff On Saturday, Nov. 9 at 1 p.m., join the Heritage of San Clemente Foundation to honor all veterans at Park Semper Fi, the Marine…

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Live at the Coach House: X

By Collin Breaux Over the years, the legendary punk band X has played The Coach House in San Juan Capistrano, and 2019 will be no…

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At the Movies: ‘Parasite’

By Megan Bianco Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite is a film about two families, one very poor and one very rich. But then again, it isn’t. There…

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At the Movies: ‘The Lighthouse’ is for the Artsy and Spooky

By Megan Bianco There really are two types of movie viewers. There are those who live and breathe film, absorb the history and production aspects…

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On Stage at The Coach House: TR3

By Lillian Boyd Tim Reynolds’ earliest memory of being drawn to music was when his older sister cranked up a Beatles LP in the living…

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At the Movies: ‘Pain and Glory’ Has a Lot of the Latter

By Megan Bianco Pedro Almodovar’s latest film, Pain and Glory, is said to be influenced by Federico Fellini’s 8 ½ (1963). This is redundant and…

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At the Movies: ‘Dolemite is My Name’ and Then Some

By Megan Bianco While folks at Netflix still pride themselves on being pioneers of online streaming for movie viewing, they are also finally seeing that…