DP GETTING OUT Dana Point
YOUR SEVEN-DAY EVENT PLANNER
The List
At the Movies: ‘Tenet’ Saves the Day
What’s going on in and around town this week
BY MEGAN BIANCO, DANA POINT TIMES
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Friday | 02 PARENT & CHILD CREATIVITY NIGHT Spend some special time with your child and prepare for an evening filled with creative fun. You and your child will follow easy, step-by-step instructions as you both create your own project. There are new themes each week; sign up as often as you like without worry of repeats. KidCreate Art Studio, 34255 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 113, Dana Point. 949.545.7091. kidcreate.com/dana-point.
EDITOR’S PICK Photo: Dana Point Lantern Village Association Facebook
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3: LANTERN VILLAGE TRASH CLEANUP 10 a.m. Join your Lantern Village friends, neighbors and businesses at the monthly community cleanup event. Come make new friends and beautify the neighborhood, intercepting trash before it reaches our harbor, beaches and ocean. Girl in the Curl Surf Shop, 34116 Pacific Coast Highway, Ste A, Dana Point.
Sunday | 04 FARMERS MARKET 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Shop for a wide selection of fruits, vegetables and artisanal goods from organic growers at the Community Center/San Clemente Public Library parking lot. 100 North Calle Seville, San Clemente. 949 361 8200. san-clemente.org. ANESTHESIA-FREE TEETH CLEANING AND LOW-COST VACCINE CLINIC 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Qualified Pet Dental will be on-site at Bow-Wow Beautiful Pet Spa, with its Mobile Veterinary Clinic and a veterinarian and dental hygienist performing anesthesia-free teeth cleaning for pets by appointment. Low-cost vaccinations,
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flea prevention RX, microchipping, and airline travel exams are also available on a walk-in basis. Bow-Wow Beautiful Pet Spa, 364 Camino de Estrella, San Clemente. 949.702.3130. bowwowbeautiful.com.
33926 Calle La Primavera, Dana Point. 949.496.1307. stedward.com.
BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS 3 p.m. The “Blessing of the Animals,” which honors St. Francis of Assisi, will be at the far end of the parking lot at St. Edward. Come out for tail-waggin’ and tail-gating. The priests will walk around to your car to bless your animals. Walk-ups are also welcome. Remember, all animals should be on leashes or in carriers. St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church,
CASA CINEMA: ‘ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN’ 6 p.m. Enjoy a cozy movie night in Casa Romantica’s Main Salon. This month features a zany spoof of classic horror clichés and classic movie monsters. General admission is $10; $5 for members. Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente. 949.498.2139. casaromantica.org.
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cclaimed English film actor Robert Pattinson has come a long way since his vampire days as the male lead in the Twilight flicks, and his most recent releases are no exception. The first is the highly anticipated sci-fi epic of Christopher Nolan’s Tenet. Let’s see how well it lived up to fans’ expectations. We follow the story’s protagonist played by John David Washington while he is trained to manipulate time to prevent another world war from breaking out. Pattinson, Aaron Johnson and Clémence Poésy are a few of the big names helping Washington to save the day from a supervillain played by Kenneth Branagh. Elizabeth Debicki becomes dangerously close to the damsel in distress trope as the female lead, but fortunately, she is redeemed by the third act. So after all the hoopla of the blockbuster possibly not getting its necessary theater experience because of COVID-19, film fans were still blessed with Tenet’s release, albeit two months later than scheduled. The feature itself is still essentially what you get from most of Nolan’s movies. The action sequences, casting, the cinematography, the special effects and—most of all—the music score are top-notch; ultimately, however, they are sandwiched between some stale dialogue and stiff comic relief. Tenet isn’t Memento (2000) or The Prestige (2006), but it doesn’t feel as hokey as The Dark Knight Rises (2012) or Interstellar (2014), either. While flawed, it’s still a good month for Robert Pattinson fans. His two latest performances, as a suave espionage agent in Tenet and as a sleazy preacher in Antonio Campos’ The Devil All the Time, are a reminder of just how much range and versatility the actor has. DP
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