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July 4, 2011
Movies
Love stories with supernatural elements are a dime a dozen, but “Twice Upon a Yesterday,” which marks the feature debuts of director Maria Ripoll and writer Rafa Russo, brings an element of fantasy to bear upon real-life emotional predicaments with notable insight and imagination.
June 4, 1999
The film takes on a ‘Rashomon’-like quality as its compelling subjects are gradually laid bare.
April 25, 2003
As readers of her best-selling “Possession” know, British novelist A.S.
Feb. 9, 1996
“Orphans” begins with a ritual, as three adult brothers and their sister bid formal farewell to their dead mother in her Glasgow, Scotland, row house bedroom as they prepare her for her funeral the next day.
March 10, 2000
Television
There is something so comforting about seeing the letters “BBC” emerge from a stack of review DVDs, especially in August.
Aug. 9, 2008
California
The owners of two El Toro board and care homes for the elderly willfully violated state law by transferring a patient from one of the facilities to the other, one of the owners testified Thursday.
June 26, 1987
A South Gate man died Tuesday when a motorist chasing another car on Laguna Canyon Road at speeds of up to 80 m.p.h. plowed head-on into the victim’s pickup truck, police investigators said.
Nov. 9, 1994
The simplicity of an old-school western with one good loner facing down a relentless outlaw can fool you into thinking these films are easy to make.
Feb. 26, 2015
The owner of an El Toro convalescent home closed by state investigators denied allegations Tuesday of brutality against boarders.
April 8, 1987