Entertainment & Arts
A powerful, righteous nation makes a military excursion into a troubled, complicated, divided country, determined to bring democratic lightness where there has been factional darkness.
March 27, 2015
Movies
New on Blu-ray “Mirai” (Universal DVD, $22.98; Blu-ray, $29.98; also available on VOD) A charming mix of whimsical fantasy and domestic drama, the Oscar-nominated animated feature “Mirai” takes a child’s-eye view of getting a new baby sibling.
April 8, 2019
Of all the possible Shakespearean sequels, “Macbeth II” seems among the least likely.
March 31, 2015
Television
No point in mincing words. Jimmy Porter doesn’t.
April 24, 1993
With her creamy skin and kewpie-doll mouth, Andrea Chamberlain looks so much like Bernadette Peters I felt I was in a time warp during much of “Sunday in the Park With George,” which opened at the Festival of Arts Forum Theatre in Laguna Beach on Saturday.
Aug. 19, 1996
Bosnian-born filmmaker Jasmin Dizdar sets the tone for his bravura allegory “Beautiful People” right at the start, as two men, one a shaggy Croat (Faruk Pruti), the other a swarthy Serb (Dado Jehan), recognize each other on a crowded London bus.
March 3, 2000
The banner outside the Mark Taper Forum proclaims “King Lear A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” minus a connecting/separating preposition.
Jan. 22, 1990
The comedy ‘US and Them’ probes the special but fraying relationship between Britons and Americans.
June 29, 2003
Real Estate
Singer Siobhan Fahey of Bananarama is seeking $4.75 million for her modern hilltop home in Los Feliz.
July 28, 2020