There’s no denying we’re living in the streaming age. Netflix. Hulu. YouTube. Disney+ and all the others. It’s easier than ever to catch new and old movies and shows alike while simply chilling at home on the couch. But there’s still something so special about catching a movie in a…
I don’t know what I was expecting when the theater lights went down before Ford vs Ferrari, but it wasn’t this. The trailer hinted at a highly stylized Mad Men take on the Tom Cruise movie Days of Thunder, where some bonehead jock (ahem, Tom Cruise) proves himself to, well,…
It’s November, 2019. Long ago, Blade Runner foretold a foul future where renegade replicants ran amok, as the threadbare and exhausted-looking dregs of humanity creaked through the motions, their ersatz existence barely holding a candle to the fierce and defensive grip on life the fugitive artificials seemed to hold. Now,…
The Joker is one of those roles where it’s hard to overdo it. A criminally insane, laughing maniac character is built for over-acting. Cesar Romero has the benefit of being the first actor to portray him in the 1966 TV show, and brought him to life as an over-the-top giggling…
With Villains, writer/director team Dan Berk and Robert Olsen make a clean 90-minute leap from the realm of low-budget splatter to character-driven indie-comedy, nary touching the ground in the process. Having cut their teeth on a few ambitious short films and 2016’s The Stakelander, the even more obscure sequel to…
Outdoor movies are one of our favorite summer traditions. As the summer wanes, you’ll still have a few chances to enjoy films under the stars. On Saturday, Aug. 31, HI Sacramento Hostel (925 H St.) will host a screening of Mean Girls starting at 8:30 p.m., providing free water and…
Seemingly everyone has a favorite Quentin Tarantino movie, as well as a least favorite. This is to say that he’s an oft-polarizing filmmaker. When he’s good, he’s great— easily one of the most influential, masterful and readily identifiable directors of the post-Golden Age era. And when Q.T.’s not so good?…
Sacramento native Nick Leisure’s lastest film, A Clear Shot, tells the tale of one of the scariest days in recent Sacramento history: the April 4, 1991 hostage crisis that took place in a South Sacramento Good Guys! electronics store and resulted in the deaths of three hostages and three gunmen….
Sacramento theatergoers will be happy to hear there’s a new kid on the block. Sunny Side Theatre Company is set to debut with its first-ever show, fittingly titled City of Trees, which will open on Aug. 2 at the Geery WM J Theater (2130 L St., Sacramento) and run for…
The B Street Theatre is continuing its promise to embrace original works. The winner of B Street’s inaugural New Comedies Festival, The Forever Question by James Christy, is the latest new play to grace the stage at the Sofia. This play centers on a couple that weighs the advantages and…
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