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The newest theater of Santa Clarita, the Southwest Entertainment Theatre Group (SET Group) is bringing new talent to the SCV. While it deviates from other theaters by producing controversial subject matter plays and grabbing talented actors from outside o...
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The Angry Sunday School Teacher with Jesse FargoWhat is it with these kids today? Okay, I said it. I know it’s a cliché, and it was probably an old-fashioned concept when Aristotle worried more than 2000 years ago about what the young generation of...
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When one reflects on theater, the relevance of a plot to one’s life and current events come to mind. The premier of “Annie” at the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center at College of the Canyons (presented by the Santa Clarita Regional Theatre) on Au...
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Adult themed 'How I Learned to Drive' presented by SET Group
Reviewed by Alex Schildkret. The SCV Independent
Attending a local theatre production is always an interesting experience because each production is unique. Sometimes you leave in awe at the...
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The Movie Guy
By Greg Eichelberger, SCV Independent The ongoing battle between over-the-top environmentalists and the rest of us continues as Hollywood stakes out its side with the release of "Furry Veneange," a supposed comedy from director Roger Kumble...
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The Movie Guy -- Now playing
By Greg Eichelberger, SCV Independent"How To Train Your Dragon" (voices of Colin Ferguson, Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler) - Nice comeback for this animated adventure - which has made almost $200 million, so far. It's fearsome d...
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Over the Wall with Mike Guinn
Let’s get this straight. I realize the odds are better of being kicked to death by a jackass born at the exact minute Hank Aaron hit his 755th home run than of being killed in a plane crash. That airline pilots fly four da...
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Now Playing in Santa Clarita
By Greg Eichelberger, SCV Independent Movie Critic "How To Train Your Dragon" (voices of Colin Ferguson, Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler) - It's fearsome dragons vs. brutal Vikings again and this time, whimpy "Hiccup" (Baruchel) ...
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The Movie Guy
By Greg Eichelberger, SCV Independent Movie CriticHere's a word I never thought I would use in describing a Tim Burton film - boring.Yes, dull, tedious, monotonous and just plain boring. These are words NO ONE should have to use in relating...
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Movie ReviewBy Greg Eichelberger, SCV Independent Movie CriticRemember when Hollywood couples who were actually together in real life made decent films (i.e. Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn, Laurence Olivier and Vivian Leigh, Humphrey Bogart and Laure...
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Theatre Review
By Jay Harn, SCV Independent
Usually, when a new theatre group opens its first show in its first permanent location, a controversial production is not on the menu. But the newest theatre group in the Santa Clarita Valley wants to be defin...
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'Over The Wall' with Mike Guinn
By now everyone’s heard the news, various Toyota models are taking off on their own, giving their drivers unintended joy rides that have resulted in spectacular accidents, deaths, lawsuits and massive recalls.
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Local production opens in Saugus
The SET Grouip opens its first play in its new home in Saugus this weekend -- "Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You" along with "The Actors Nightmare." Both plays were written by Christopher Durang and the local p...
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Keep telling yourself it's funny; you may actually believe it someday
By Greg Eichelberger, SCV IndependentWhen I think of all the great pairings of black and white actors, several films come to mind: "The Defiant Ones" with Sidney Poitier and Tony Curt...
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With more and more families having both husband and wife working full time while raising children, the average family has less time to cook well-balanced meals. I have often prepared meals imagining how great it would be if someone could come to my hous...
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On Thursday, Feb. 18, the western boutique store, OutWest Marketing in Old Town Newhall held its sixth art show in conjunction with Farmer’s Market. Main Street which was once a dilapidated area with little foot traffic has not only been revitalized thr...
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Scorsese throws a curve ball; we all strike out
By Greg Eichelberger, SCV IndependentLast year, I lamented over the fact that Martin Scorsese's long-awaited psychological thriller "Shutter Island" was relegated to the dead movie month of February, espec...
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Not quite a howling success, but an interesting film nonetheless
By Greg Eichelberger, SCV Independent Of the four main classic Universal monster films of the 1930s and '40s ("Dracula," "Frankenstein," "The Mummy" and "The Wolf Man") which have spawned r...
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CTG production of 'High School Musical 2' is a successBy Alex Schildkret, SCV IndependentWhile many community theatres tend to display their limitations, Canyon Theatre Guild provides a unique live theatre experience which puts itself in a class by itself...
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