Smoke over Spokane SPOKANE, Wash. — You can leave the popcorn at home — there will be no movie at Sally’s Park in Spokane tonight. The Salvation Army says its ‘Movies in the Park’ is canceled for Friday because of the bad air quality. Smoke in the Spokane area has placed the air quality in […]

I’ve written a lot in this column about sports movies this summer – maybe too much – but always about the big screen. What about TV, though? There aren’t as many fictional narrative options on the old tube for a sports fix, but there are certainly enough to check out if you haven’t already done […]

Typically, we’re able to spot themes in our weekly streaming round-ups. Sometimes, there’s an influx of superhero adventures, other times a noticeable abundance of blood and gore. This weekend, though, a decidedly eclectic mix of new movies and TV shows means we’re a little short on consistency. Over the next few days, we’re being treated […]

There are a lot of bad baseball movies out there (and we would know, check out Who’s On Worst, shameless plug), but there are also a lot of really, really good ones. With the “Field of Dreams” game happening this week, where real players got to stand in the shadow of a fictional movie world […]

Summer Movies in the Park, a series of free outdoor movies, will return to several Carmel Valley parks this summer.Each event provides local residents an opportunity to gather as a community and enjoy the outdoors in the summer evenings at parks and recreation facilities throughout the county. Grab a blanket or beach chair, bring a […]

The French Dispatch (Oct. 22) An American magazine editor in France (Bill Murray) gets his articles (some inspired by real ones in The New Yorker) enacted by the ensemble cast of the year: Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Benicio Del Toro, Timothée Chalamet, Jeffrey Wright, Anjelica Huston, Liev Schreiber, Owen Wilson, Edward Norton, Willem Dafoe, Elisabeth Moss […]

Another week is coming to an end, so we’re back with another batch of streaming recommendations. Let’s start with your weekend movie night – you can choose between Beckett, a new thriller on Netflix, or sci-fi anime Evangelion:3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon A Time, which is now available to watch outside of Japan on Amazon Prime Video. […]

This weekend once again saw the theatrical release calendar buckle over COVID-19 concerns, as the Delta variant continues to raise questions over theater safety and general interest in heading back to the movies. Sony opted to bump Venom: Let there Be Carnage a few weeks to October, while Disney and Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend […]

It’s easy to get excited for anything director Guillermo del Toro does and his new film, Nightmare Alley, fits that bill. Though it’s likely a bit more grounded than most of his other films (it’s about grifters at a carnival), the cast alone (it stars Cate Blanchett, Bradley Cooper, Rooney Mara, Toni Collette, and Willem […]

Apple TV Plus launched in late 2019, offering a yearlong free trial to people who purchased Apple gadgets — a free period that Apple kept extending (until now).  Sarah Tew/CNET Apple TV Plus — Apple’s subscription video service aimed at competing with the likes of Netflix, Disney Plus and HBO Max — features original TV shows and movies … and only original shows and […]