‘Barbie’ leads box office again with $93m weekend; ‘Oppenheimer’ second
There's no stopping "Barbie" at the box office. Director Greta Gerwig's live-action imagining of the iconic Mattel toy raked in $93 million in its...
Movie review: ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’
Bob GarverSpecial to the Valley NewsLast summer, when “Top Gun: Maverick” was making roughly all the money printed in the United States during that...
Movie reviews: ‘Elemental,’ ‘Insidious: The Red Door,’ ‘Sound of Freedom’
A quick explanation about this week’s movies: with an estimated $40 million at the domestic box office, “Sound of Freedom” had the most money...
Movie review: ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’
Bob GarverSpecial to the Valley NewsIt has been 15 years since famed archeologist/adventurer Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) was onscreen in “Indiana Jones and the...
Movie review: ‘The Flash’
Bob GarverSpecial to Valley NewsIt’s been a whole two weeks since “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” opened, so it’s about time we had another superhero...
Movie review: ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’
Bob GarverSpecial to the Valley NewsFew blockbuster franchises are as reviled by critics as “Transformers.” The 2007 original and its 2009 sequel “Revenge of...
Movie review: ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’
Bob GarverSpecial to the Valley NewsHow wrong I was about 2018’s “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.” When I saw the first trailer, I remember groaning...
Movie Review: ‘The Little Mermaid’
Bob GarverSpecial to the Valley NewsBack in 1989, the animated version of “The Little Mermaid” ushered in what came to be known as the...
Movie review: ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.’
Bob GarverSpecial to the Valley NewsIt’s hard to believe that the new big-screen adaptation of the classic Judy Blume novel, “Are You There God?...
Temecula’s DigiFest returns for its seventh year
DigiFest Temecula is hosted by JDS Creative Academy, and is comprised of five events that are held over three days. These festivities are intended...