The worldwide phenomenon that tugged at the heartstrings of preteens and middle-aged mothers alike is that much closer to coming to an end: Breaking Dawn Part 1 premiered at midnight on Friday, Nov. 18....

Characterized by the comforting drone of a standup bass countered by crazyfast guitar riffs, Andrew Jackson Jihad is folk-punk at its finest - possibly because they’re the only band I can think to describe...

When New York elected to build Lincoln Center in 1959, many people recognized it as progress, but few stopped to think about those families who were uprooted from their homes to make way for the new performing...

What color do the Blue Men turn when they are choked? That question was never answered in the Sept. 20 showing of the Blue Man Group at the San Diego Civic Center, but no matter! The show ‘blue’ us...

The national phenomenon that is “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” has returned to stage as its original “The Rocky Horror Show” at the Old Globe Theatre in Balboa Park. James Vásquez, a Juilliard...

It’s more than a little ironic that “On Stranger Tides” is centered around a search for the Fountain of Youth: after two lukewarm sequels (especially 2007’s lifeless “At World’s End) to the...

Students shush each other as the theater lights shut off then come back on again.  Pretty soon the chorus of shh’s are replaced with gaps of silence, loud laughs, and the occasional aww’s from the...

Thanks to Hanna, the hard-hitting new action thriller from director Joe Wright (“Pride & Prejudice” and “Atonement”), fairytales aren’t just for youngsters any more. And make no mistake –...

“Rafta, Rafta,” a comedy about the trials and tribulations of a newly wed Indian couple in England living under their family’s roof, is currently running strong at the Old Globe theater. Though the...

When I first learned of the movie Rango, I imagined it as the typical children’s movie, fattened with cheesy comedy to compensate for its dry and unimaginative plot. My assumption was, however, entirely...