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BY HELEN LAME’ The Sharks bounced back after blowing a 3-0 lead to score a 4-3 overtime win against the Florida Panthers in their season opener in a physical game Thursday night at the SAP Center in San Jose. Defenseman’s Luca Cagnoni’s first NHL goal, 3:14 seconds into overtime, secured …

BY TYLER HENSON Resident Evil took a surprise step down to number two over this last weekend with the re-release of Avengers Endgame (2019), now playing in an expanded Encore presentation. This seems to bode well for Doomsday in December. But most of the weekend’s new lineup wasn’t particularly strong. …

With great sadness, the family of John Mayne shares that John passed away suddenly in Lone Tree, Colorado on July 3rd, 2026. John was born in Antioch in 1944 to John Mayne Sr. and Juanita Wallgren Mayne and grew up in West Pittsburg. He graduated from the old Pacifica High …

BY J.A. SCHWARTZ The 2026-2027 San Jose Sharks enter the season with legitimate playoff aspirations for the first time in nearly a decade. The last time San Jose made the playoffs was in the 2018-2019 season, when they lost the Western Conference Finals to the St. Louis Blues in six …

BY TYLER HENSON Resident Evil (95mins) Zack Cregger, writer/director of last year’s Weapons (2025), is back already with a feature film reboot of the popular Resident Evil video game franchise, and it looks like he has another hit on his hands. The reception has been ecstatic and the film is …

BY XAVIER JOHNSON Eleven years. It’s been eleven long years since Alabama Shakes, the Grammy Award winning rock trio, has released a record. During that hiatus, vocalist Brittany Howard set off on a multi-Grammy nominated solo career of her own. With how active each member was musically, fans were left …

BY TYLER HENSON This is a good week to go to the movies. Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil opened even bigger than expected and is already well on its way to becoming one of the year’s breakout hits. This critic didn’t feel it was a great film, but director Cregger sure …

BY TYLER HENSON Hope (157mins) Promoted ahead of its release as the most expensive and ambitious South Korean production to date, Na Hong-jin’s Hope is one of the most exciting action epics in years. A rowdy mixture of horror and sci-fi, featuring a dazzling array of massive set pieces, Hope …

BY TYLER HENSON Practical Magic 2 has finally knocked Spider-man from the number one spot. Despite being the big winner over the weekend, this latest legacy sequel reportedly under performed. Critical and audience reaction has also been tending towards the negative. This reviewer was not very impressed either. The fall …

BY TYLER HENSON Movies are getting into the seasonal spirit with witches and monsters in new releases Practical Magic 2 and Hope, two movies we’ll be covering more in depth next week. A lineup of action movies are rolling in this weekend as well, including Angel Studios release Runner, the …