Temecula library to host teen Halloween Movie Night
TEMECULA – “Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble.” Halloween doesn’t have to be scary. Come enjoy some treats and laugh...
Movie review: ‘Smile’
Bob GarverSpecial to the Valley NewsI’ll start off this review with a compliment: the people tasked with advertising the new horror movie “Smile” did...
Movie Review: ‘Don’t Worry Darling’
Bob GarverSpecial to Valley News“Don’t Worry Darling” is a film whose poor reputation precedes it. It’s going to be remembered not for anything that...
Movie review: ‘The Woman King’
Bob GarverSpecial to the Valley NewsLast week I wrote that critics were a little too eager to embrace the random-twist horror movie “Barbarian” because...
Movie Review: ‘Barbarian’
Bob GarverSpecial to the Valley NewsWith “Barbarian,” writer/director Zach Cregger of “The Whitest Kids U Know” becomes the latest performer primarily known for comedy...
JDS Creative Academy fills an artistic and productive gap
Diane Strand founded and launched the nonprofit JDS Creative Academy in Temecula in 2014 with her husband and business partner Scott. Its mission is...
Movie Review: ‘Nope’
Bob GarverSpecial to Valley NewsI had to take a week off from the column three weeks ago when “Nope” opened at No. 1 at...
Movie Review: ‘DC League of Super-Pets’
Bob GarverSpecial to Valley NewsOn more than one level, “DC League of Super-Pets” falls right between “The Secret Life of Pets” and “The Lego...
Movie Review: ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’
Bob GarverSpecial to Valley News“Where the Crawdads Sing” is being pushed as one of those literary adaptations that kicks off a whole litany of...
Movie Revie: ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’
Bob GarverSpecial to Valley NewsThor, played by Chris Hemsworth, hasn’t been seen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame,” where he decapitated...