John Crowley’s new romantic drama We Live in Time has two things going for it: the leads, Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh, and a non-linear structure. It’s been a while since I’ve…
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USD Among 16 Schools Recognized by Princeton Review in 2025 Mental Health Services Honor Roll
USD students with a therapy dog. Photo via @BeWellUSD Instagram The University of San Diego has been named by the Princeton Review to its 2025 Mental Health Services Honor Roll, which highlights…
Review: The Sound of Mahler’s Second Dazzles in New Jacobs Music Center
Rafael Payare conducts in the new Jacobs Music Center. Image from San Diego Symphony video After four years of waiting, the Copley Symphony Hall has been remade to enhance the San Diego…
Movie Review: ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Is an Entertaining Sequel as Halloween Nears
Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is so close to beating the legacy sequel clichés that the few times the film doesn’t land do not taint the rest of the movie’s qualities. Here we…
Movie Review: ‘Between the Temples’ Is a Perfectly Weird Retro Indie Comedy
There are some stories that only a small sector of the population will fully relate to. Nathan Silver’s Between the Temples is the newest movie like that. Like Joel & Ethan Coen’s…
Movie Review: Shyamalan’s ‘Trap’ Is a Standard Thriller with a Few Laughs as Well
“What you see is what you get” could have been the slogan for M. Night Shyamalan’s film career up until the last few years. Put a pseudo-shocking twist at the end of…
Movie Review: ‘Twisters’ Sequel Has Visual Flare and Appealing Cast Despite Thin Plot
Joseph Kosinski’s Top Gun: Maverick (2022) may not have been better than the original, but I went into Lee Isaac Chung’s Twisters with an open mind. I thought Maverick was fine, but…
Movie Review: Despite Conspiracy Vibe, ‘Fly Me to the Moon’ Is Safe Summer Romcom
It has been an uphill battle at the box office for Fly Me to the Moon. While the film is both romcom and historical dramedy starring a couple of big names in…
Movie Review: Alicia Vikander Explores an English Queen’s Role in the Historical Drama ‘Firebrand’
Remember years ago when Alicia Vikander said she had plans to win an Oscar, which caused people to scoff at her for daring to believe she could win so early in her…
Movie Review: Despite Hollow Script, ‘Civil War’ Delivers as Action-Packed War Movie
Following months of subtle, intriguing promotion, Alex Garland’s epic, action-packed war flick Civil War is finally in theaters for everyone to see what the big deal is all about. When the trailer…