Sex Issue '07

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Holla, We Want Pre-nup!

Get down, girl! Go 'head, get down: It's the Weekly's guide to gold-digging hotspots

By ERIN DEWITT
Thu, Feb 7 • 3:05 pm

Chaste & Chastened

The 33-year-old near-virgin

By LUKE Y. THOMPSON
Thu, Feb 7 • 3:04 pm

Take It Off! (No, Put It Back On!)

Three local strip clubs reviewed

By AMANDA PARSONS
Thu, Feb 7 • 3:04 pm

Hurts So Good

Norma Jean Riddick on her dominatrixing past

By DEREK OLSON
Thu, Feb 7 • 3:03 pm

In Sound We Thrust

17 Songs to Make Bedsprings Sing

By DAVE SEGAL
Thu, Feb 7 • 3:03 pm

The Martha Stewart of Sex Parties

Meet the host of LA/OC Jacks

By RICH KANE
Thu, Feb 7 • 3:02 pm

Rejection Guaranteed!

Hey, straight men! Want to go home empty-bedded? Use these pickup lines

By DAVE SEGAL
Thu, Feb 7 • 3:01 pm

Camera d’Cheatin’

The movies can’t get enough of marrieds getting it on outside marriage

By MATT COKER
Thu, Feb 8 • 3:00 pm

Cheaters: An Appreciation

Why something so wrong feels so right

By REBECCA SCHOENKOPF
Thu, Feb 8 • 3:00 pm

‘How much is it, and why does it cost so much?’

Why cheaters get caught, and why they don’t

By THEO DOUGLAS
Thu, Feb 8 • 3:00 pm

Sexy Sexies!

Orange County’s Sexiest People

By Steve Lowery
Thu, Feb 8 • 3:00 pm

Three's a Crowd

'What I learned from being the other woman, even if I was only a girl

By KATE CARRAWAY
Thu, Feb 8 • 3:00 pm

Quiz

How to Know If You Are Cheating

By DAVE WIELENGA
Thu, Feb 8 • 3:00 pm

The Year of Living Pointlessly

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2006 of One, Half a Dozen of the Other

2006 of One, Half a Dozen of the Other

By Rebecca Schoenkopf
Thu, Dec 28 • 3:10 pm

Diary of a Mad Year

Jan. 1-Dec. 13

By Steve Lowery
Thu, Dec 28 • 3:09 pm

The Year in Letters

“Keep It Up. You Rock. Don’t Ever Change. All That Crap.”

By COMPILED BY STEVE LOWERY
Thu, Dec 28 • 3:08 pm

The Year in Pretending to Break Stories

The OC Register’s New Motto: You didn’t read it here first

By NICK SCHOU
Thu, Dec 28 • 3:07 pm

Meat You in Heaven

OC’s top five new restaurants and other random observations

By GUSTAVO ARELLANO
Thu, Dec 28 • 3:06 pm

Just the Right Amount of Stoned

Or, how you too can learn to love musicals

By DAVE WIELENGA
Thu, Dec 28 • 3:05 pm

Juxtapozers

The year two local galleries tried to begin where Juxtapoz ends

By THEO DOUGLAS
Thu, Dec 28 • 3:04 pm

Coots!

That’s who’s fighting to save our last wetlands for you whippersnappers

By MATT COKER
Thu, Dec 28 • 3:03 pm

It's Soooo High School

And that’s a compliment to Rian Johnson’s teen detective noir

By ROBERT WILONSKY
Thu, Dec 28 • 3:02 pm

Taking the Long View

Children of Men and the value of an unedited shot

By JIM RIDLEY
Thu, Dec 28 • 3:01 pm

Family Ties

For Argentine director Daniel Burman, life is a movie

By ELLA TAYLOR
Thu, Dec 28 • 3:01 pm

Iraq's Cinema of Longing

A conversation with director James Longley

By ROB NELSON
Thu, Dec 28 • 3:01 pm

Hall of Famer

Legend, yes. But Clint Eastwood’s not done yet

By SCOTT FOUNDAS
Thu, Dec 28 • 3:01 pm

The Shark That Became My Friend

Hate mail? Death threats? It’s all in a year’s work

By ELLEN GRILEY
Thu, Dec 28 • 2:59 pm

Singles Going Steady

The best end-to-end albums from a single-driven year

By ANNIE ZALESKI
Thu, Dec 28 • 2:58 pm

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Nine reasons to give mainstream country a chance

By CHRIS NEAL
Thu, Dec 28 • 2:58 pm

Independence Day

Ten great CDs that will blow you away no matter your definition

By DAVE HERRERA
Thu, Dec 28 • 2:58 pm

Blast Beats, Dark Harmonies and Monstrous Melodies

The top nine heavy metal albums of 2006

By SAREYES-KULKARNI AND NIKI D'ANDREA
Thu, Dec 28 • 2:58 pm

Everlasting Sounds

Ten of the year’s most timeless records

By JOHN NOVA LOMAX
Thu, Dec 28 • 2:58 pm

Lullabies for the Deranged

Wallow in the mire of the year’s best scuzz rock

By JENNIFER MAERZ
Thu, Dec 28 • 2:58 pm

Indie Vs. Major: Who's Got the Flavor

Urban music in 2006 was typified by what it wasn’t as much as what it was

By ERIC K. ARNOLD
Thu, Dec 28 • 2:58 pm

Español Sung Here

WEB EXCLUSIVE!: Crossing over: who’s doing it, who’s not

By OLIVIA FLORES ALVAREZ
Thu, Dec 28 • 2:01 pm

The Atlantic Divide

WEB EXCLUSIVE!: Ten bands that weren’t singing Yankee Doodle Dandy in ´06

By JASON BUDJINSKI
Thu, Dec 28 • 2:01 pm

The Year the Superstar Dj Died

WEB EXCLUSIVE!: Dinosaurs rule the dancefloors no more

By JEAN CAREY
Thu, Dec 28 • 2:01 pm

Snap to It

WEB EXCLUSIVE!: Comeback kids, rhymin’ Limeys and songs about partying defined Hip-Hop Nation in 2006

By DAN LEROY
Thu, Dec 28 • 2:01 pm

It Was Free Cuz I Stole It

WEB EXCLUSIVE!: The Year In Unfair Shares

By CHRIS ZIEGLER
Thu, Dec 28 • 2:01 pm

Farewell 2006!

“JAMES BROWN! WHO’S HE?”
—Gary Burger, 1966

By Stanley Laughner
Thu, Dec 28 • 2:00 pm

Holiday Survival Guide

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Lost Christmas

Our very special holiday survival guide

By Steve Lowery
Thu, Dec 7 • 3:00 pm

Skunk As a Drunk

How to stay hammered until 2007

By ELLEN GRILEY
Thu, Dec 7 • 3:00 pm

The Soiree Lass

Are You the Keymaster? I am the Gatekeeper!

By LOLA SAMASATARDAVAVARECHIAN
Thu, Dec 7 • 3:00 pm

Emotional Rescue

Sad songs they say so much

By STEVE LOWERY
Thu, Dec 7 • 3:00 pm

Topper Takes a Trip

The topper coat is back this season—even if it’s too hot to wear

By THEO DOUGLAS
Thu, Dec 7 • 3:00 pm

Fa La La La La—Aaaand Cut!

Deck the halls with boughs of Hollywood

By MATT COKER
Wed, Dec 6 • 11:00 pm

Feedback Fall '06

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Wax-scratch Fever

FEEDBACK: The analog-digital wars rage on as OC DJs debate their weapons of choice

By DAVE SEGAL
Thu, Nov 15 • 3:00 pm

To Be Ginn, Again

FEEDBACK: Black Flag/SST Records Honcho Roars Back with Three New Boundary-Busting Albums

By RYAN RITCHIE
Thu, Nov 15 • 3:00 pm

To Air Is Divine (Most of the Time)

FEEDBACK: The Best and Worst Things About Being a College-Radio DJ

By JASON PULASKI
Thu, Nov 15 • 3:00 pm

Record-store Clerk Blues

FEEDBACK: Working Retail Leads to Misanthropy. Here’s Why

By JEFF LEHTON
Thu, Nov 15 • 3:00 pm

Special Feedback ¡ask a Mexican!® Edition!

FEEDBACK: Rock en español and the Perils of Assimilation

By GUSTAVO ARELLANO
Thu, Nov 15 • 3:00 pm

Six Steps to Rock & Roll Godhood

FEEDBACK:  Goth-Metal Clown Fifi Larue’s Advice Can Help You Attain It

By REX REASON
Thu, Nov 15 • 3:00 pm

10 Crucial Music Websites

FEEDBACK: The Finest Sources for Discovering Music, Digesting News and Gossip, and Discoursing with Fellow Fanatics

By NED RAGGETT
Thu, Nov 15 • 3:00 pm

Give the Drummer Some—Credit or Cash

FEEDBACK: Satisfaction’s Sticksman Debunks A Couple of Myths

By JAMES FLETCHER
Thu, Nov 15 • 3:00 pm

The Musical Gospel According to Ikey Owens

FEEDBACK: 10 Bands from OC/Long Beach You Need to Know

By Dave Segal
Thu, Nov 15 • 3:00 pm

OC's Scariest People '06

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Ghouls Gone Wild!

Orange County’s 31 Scariest People

By Staff
Thu, Oct 26 • 12:00 am

10th Anniversary Best of OC

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The Magnificent ’07

Too West

By
Thu, Sep 20 • 3:00 pm

County Life

People, places, politicos, lawmen, muckrakers, card sharps, & other assorted scalawags & ne’er-do-wells, plus tall tales & ghost stories.

By Staff
Thu, Sep 20 • 3:00 pm

The General Store

Trading posts, purveyors of  fine goods & services, skilled  tradesfolk, trinkets, gewgaws & sundries

By Staff
Thu, Sep 20 • 3:00 pm

On the Range

Ridin’, ropin’, rasslin’ & other games of  skill & contests of  strength, blazing trails, seeing sights &, of course, Anteaters

By Staff
Thu, Sep 20 • 3:00 pm

The Arts and Other Highfalutin' Stuff

Actors, troubadours, campfire singers, cowboy poets & purty pictures (Please don’t  shoot the piano player!)

By Staff
Thu, Sep 20 • 3:00 pm

The Chuck Wagon

Steakhouses, mess halls, eateries, barbecues, fine-dining establishments, & gratuitous & thematically inconsistent Tolkien references

By Staff
Thu, Sep 20 • 3:00 pm

Mmm . . . Vittles

Hardtack, biscuits & gravy, salt pork, beef jerky, burritos, falafel, & bánh mí—you know, cowboy  food

By Staff
Thu, Sep 20 • 3:00 pm

Saloons and Such

Watering holes, bars, dance halls, houses of  ill repute, whiskey, wine, tequila, whiskey, whiskey, beer, whiskey, whiskey & also  whiskey

By Staff
Thu, Sep 20 • 3:00 pm

Readers' Poll Winners

Don’t blame us: You picked ’em

By
Thu, Sep 20 • 3:00 pm

Anh Do’s 7 Favorite Things

Vice president of community relations for Nguoi Viet Daily News

By Daffodil J. Altan
Thu, Sep 20 • 3:00 pm

Rudy and Jackie Cordova’s 7 Favorite Things

Owners of the mexcelente Calacas

By Gustavo Arellano
Thu, Sep 20 • 3:00 pm

Dave Serrano’s 7 Favorite Things

Cal State Fullerton baseball coach

By Conor Izzett
Thu, Sep 20 • 3:00 pm

Tom Dumont’s 7 Favorite Things

No Doubt guitarist, producer

By Vickie Chang
Thu, Sep 20 • 3:00 pm

Dave Martin’s 7 Favorite Things

Top Chef finalist

By Amanda Parsons
Thu, Sep 20 • 3:00 pm

Donna Buono’s 7 Favorite Things

Morning Song Farmer

By Edwin Goei
Thu, Sep 20 • 3:00 pm

Mike Conley’s 7 Favorite Things

Avalon Bar proprietor

By Rich Kane
Thu, Sep 20 • 3:00 pm

Poem for Leibniz

The Bester Bestestness of This Year’s Best Of

By Stanley Laughner
Thu, Oct 19 • 1:00 am

It's Good to Be Natural

No. 1: Save trestles. Or don’t.

By DAVE WIELENGA
Thu, Oct 19 • 1:00 am

No Marshall Stacks!

No. 2: In case you haven’t heard, OC has a new sound

By CHRIS ZIEGLER
Thu, Oct 19 • 1:00 am

The Playground

No. 3: Santa Ana is absolutely, positively, OC’s best downtown—now, keep it that way!

By ELLEN GRILEY
Thu, Oct 19 • 1:00 am

Infinite Chest

No. 4: Life is beautiful, just like you

By KATE CARRAWAY
Thu, Oct 19 • 1:00 am

The House That Wally Built

No. 5: KDOC-TV—Intelligent, amusing, dignified, provocative, brilliantly conceived!

By CHRIS ZIEGLER
Thu, Oct 19 • 1:00 am

Disneyland Should Totally Be Number One

No. 6: You got a problem with ‘happy’?

By STEVE LOWERY
Thu, Oct 19 • 1:00 am

Wild in the Streets

No. 7: Everybody wins with RVCA

By VICKIE CHANG AND THEO DOUGLAS
Thu, Oct 19 • 1:00 am

Fun With Dick

No. 8: Our borderline-deceitful presidential library should be a true landmark

By Matt Coker
Thu, Oct 19 • 1:00 am

Coffee. Talk.

No. 9: Kéan Coffee keeps it real in this mixed-up, crazy corporate world

By NICK SCHOU
Thu, Oct 19 • 1:00 am

Open, Sesame

10. Strange nights and days of the Ali Baba Motel 

By Theo Douglas
Thu, Oct 19 • 1:00 am

Best of OC, Nos. 11 to 25

From OC TV shows to the Balboa Island ferry

By Staff
Thu, Oct 19 • 1:00 am

Best of OC, Nos. 26 to 50

From the Bowers patio to Merry's

By Staff
Thu, Oct 19 • 1:00 am

Best of OC, Nos. 51 to 75

From the House of Tiki to Joe MacAsland

By Staff
Thu, Oct 19 • 1:00 am

Best of OC, Nos. 76 to 100

From Christina Dolce to Holy Hour

By Staff
Thu, Oct 19 • 1:00 am

Alan Hess

The architecture critic and author shares some of his favorite things

By CHRIS ZIEGLER
Thu, Oct 19 • 1:00 am

Art Chrisman

The septuagenarian hot rodder shares some of his favorite things

By THEO DOUGLAS
Thu, Oct 19 • 1:00 am

Ashley Eckenweiler

The Orange County Museum of Art's special events manager shares some of her favorite things

By JENNIE WARREN
Thu, Oct 19 • 1:00 am

Bob Becker

The Pacific Symphony first violist shares some of his favorite things

By STEVE LOWERY
Thu, Oct 19 • 1:00 am

Brenda Ross

The Laguna Woods City Councilwoman shares some of her favorite things

By DAVE WIELENGA
Thu, Oct 19 • 1:00 am

Chris Rowe

The captain of the Long Beach Fire Department shares some of his favorite things

By Erin DeWitt
Thu, Oct 19 • 1:00 am

Desiree Funsch

The activist shares some of her favorite things

By REBECCA SCHOENKOPF
Thu, Oct 19 • 1:00 am

Martin H. Millard

The anti-immigrant gadfly shares some of his favorite things

By NICK SCHOU
Thu, Oct 19 • 1:00 am

Jeremy Popoff

The Lit guitarist shares some of his favorite things

By WILL SWAIM
Thu, Oct 19 • 1:00 am

Mark Axelrod

The Chapman University English professor shares some of his favorite things

By CORNEL BONCA
Thu, Oct 19 • 1:00 am

Matt Costa

The musician shares some of his favorite things

By VICKIE CHANG
Thu, Oct 19 • 1:00 am

Sali Heraldez

The owner of the SolArt Gallery Café shares some of her favorite things

By ELLEN GRILEY
Thu, Oct 19 • 1:00 am

Scott Weaver

The renaissance man shares some of his favorite things

By ARRISSIA OWEN TURNER
Thu, Oct 19 • 1:00 am

Stephanie Pacheco

The president of the Environmental Coalition for the Great Park shares some of her favorite things

By DAVE WIELENGA
Thu, Oct 19 • 1:00 am

Feedback Summer '06

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Feedback!

Summer Music Issue 2006

By Steve Lowery
Thu, Jul 13 • 3:00 pm

Walk Away

Weekly art director Ben Froehlich was a real-life rock star once

By VICKIE CHANG
Thu, Jul 13 • 3:00 pm

True Story

Jessica Dobson might just be the luckiest gal ever

By ELLEN GRILEY
Thu, Jul 13 • 3:00 pm

Sometimes the Lion

Band manager John Reese fought his way to the top

By STEVE LOWERY
Thu, Jul 13 • 3:00 pm

Lit Up

They’ve faced the decline of hair metal, the rise of rap, the transformation of the record industry, even death. Meet this summer’s real superheroes, Fullerton’s own Lit!

By Will Swaim
Thu, Jul 13 • 3:00 pm

I Got Kinda Lost

Eight greats that never made it

By CHRIS ZIEGLER
Thu, Jul 13 • 3:00 pm

The Law One

How songwriter-turned-attorney Michael Gardner fights the law. The entertainment law, that is

By ALEX BRANT-ZAWADZKI
Thu, Jul 13 • 3:00 pm

Can Go Home Again

The Over-Reactors are over Orange County

By THEO DOUGLAS
Thu, Jul 13 • 3:00 pm

Summer Guide '06

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The Night Merwin Barrientos Ate a 26x26 In-N-Out Hamburger

But he won't do it again . . . 

By Gustavo Arellano
Thu, Jun 22 • 1:00 am

In: The Army, Now

This year's trucker cap is the army hat

By Theo Douglas
Thu, Jun 22 • 1:00 am

There Stands the Glass

It’s always beer o’clock at the Abbey

By CHRIS ZIEGLER
Thu, Jun 22 • 1:00 am

Suits You

Mary Miller designs your pleasure

By STEVE LOWERY
Thu, Jun 22 • 1:00 am

Dr. Z, Sun God

UCI's Dr. Christopher Zachary gives the sun what-for

By TOM CHILD
Thu, Jun 22 • 1:00 am

Summer Swimming Fun Facts

Going to the beach? You might not want to read any further

By R. SCOTT MOXLEY
Thu, Jun 22 • 1:00 am

The Beast In Me

And the Elvis in you

By REBECCA SCHOENKOPF
Thu, Jun 22 • 1:00 am

Wilder Summer

Fast Karl to host Fullerton Film Festival

By MATT COKER
Thu, Jun 22 • 1:00 am

Summer Forecast: Sunny and Hot

Ex-Baywatch hunk Jeremy Jackson is summer

By THEO DOUGLAS
Thu, Jun 22 • 1:00 am

June Gloom Boom

It’s getting hot in here . . . wait, no it isn’t

By NICK SCHOU
Thu, Jun 22 • 1:00 am

Get High!

Seal Beach’s Up Up & Away has every kite ever made—almost

By ELLEN GRILEY
Thu, Jun 22 • 1:00 am

Open-Air Cinema

Watch movies outside? Where?

By MATT COKER
Thu, Jun 22 • 1:00 am

The Summer of Our Discontent

Surf’s lame, unless you know where to look

By THEO DOUGLAS
Thu, Jun 22 • 1:00 am

Sex on the Beach!

It ain't the romantic vision you think it to be

By Steve Lowery
Thu, Jun 22 • 1:00 am

Cruel Summer Reading

Where summer's concerned, misery is what's icumen in

By CORNEL BONCA
Thu, Jun 22 • 1:00 am

Sun, Fun and Felonies

A summer sampling of one week in Orange County crime*

By R. SCOTT MOXLEY
Thu, Jun 22 • 1:00 am

Be the Board

Pravda’s Valentin Shmidov wants to teach you the true art of surfing

By NICK SCHOU
Thu, Jun 22 • 1:00 am

As Raw As She Wants to Be

Sushi chef Lisa Chung picks your poison

By REBECCA SCHOENKOPF
Thu, Jun 22 • 1:00 am

Why I’ll Wear Vans This Summer

Facing the season with 'that disgusting toe'

By MATT COKER
Thu, Jun 22 • 1:00 am

We Love LA!

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Year Zero

Nothing will ever outstrange what happened to the Angels in 1986

By DAVE WIELENGA
Thu, Mar 30 • 3:00 pm

Season's Greetings!

Our Annual Guide to the Angels

By Steve Lowery
Thu, Mar 30 • 3:00 pm

Our MVP

Most Valiant Player: Carlos Delgado

By STEVE LOWERY
Thu, Mar 30 • 3:00 pm

Good Grief!

Curt Pringle, our biggest loser

By STEVE LOWERY
Thu, Mar 30 • 3:00 pm

Dream Angel

Which of our newest Angels will be on the poster over Rebecca Schoenkopf's bed?

By REBECCA SCHOENKOPF
Thu, Mar 30 • 3:00 pm

Angels Cancel Christmas

Baseball fever leaves season-ticket holders stranded

By GENEVIEVE ERNST
Thu, Mar 30 • 3:00 pm

Weekly Goes to War

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The Kevlar Anniversary

If the Iraq War is so noble, why are George’s kids still on their barstools?

By JIM WASHBURN
Thu, Mar 16 • 1:00 pm

Sister in Combat

Unlike Bush, starlet Mamie Van Doren went to Vietnam 

By Nick Schou
Thu, Mar 16 • 1:00 pm

Gay OC

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Finding Jesus in the OC Jail

Sadistic killer now wants to write books for children

By R. SCOTT MOXLEY
Wed, Apr 5 • 5:30 pm

The Killer Laughed

Now he’s likely to spend the rest of his life in prison for the beating death and robbery of a gay man

By R. Scott Moxley
Thu, Dec 1 • 12:00 pm

"Fags Die"

The case against Gregory Michael Pisarcik

By R. Scott Moxley
Thu, Nov 17 • 12:00 am

Little Saigon Archive

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AFTER THE WAR

From 2006: Filmmaker Ham Tran brings to life the true South Vietnamese experience

By R. SCOTT MOXLEY
Thu, Apr 20 • 1:00 am

Tax Man Tran

Republican Van Tran talks tough on taxes, spends freely

By R. Scott Moxley
Thu, Jul 14 • 12:00 am

Losers Again

Communists, Bush defeat Little Saigon in human rights war

By R. Scott Moxley
Thu, Jun 30 • 12:00 am

Annual Drinking Issue

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Know Your Most Popular Spring Break Destinations

According to 2004 hotel bookings at Travelweb.com

By Amanda Parsons
Fri, Mar 9 • 12:00 am

Everything I Know . . .

. . . I Learned From Working in a Bar

By JOEL BEERS
Thu, Mar 9 • 3:00 pm

Taxing Daze

Life, the universe, and everything 

By Cornel Bonca
Thu, Mar 9 • 3:00 pm

Down the Hatch!

Perfect products for your next party with That Guy

By ELLEN GRILEY
Thu, Mar 9 • 3:00 pm

Baghdad Boozin'

Or: Vodka and Vicodin in Iraq

By GUSTAVO ARELLANO
Thu, Mar 9 • 3:00 pm

Drunken Sex

Fucking economics majors

By ANONYMOUS
Thu, Mar 9 • 3:00 pm

'Definitely Not Vintage'

Blind tasting five choice selections

By ALEX BRANT-ZAWADZKI
Thu, Mar 9 • 3:00 pm

'His Stomach Got Bigger, He Got Uglier . . . '

Rebel Fever: How to be a good drunk

By Chris Ziegler
Thu, Mar 9 • 3:00 pm

Too Much Cabo Wabo

Get ready for the delights of the Mexican jail

By Dave Wielenga
Thu, Mar 9 • 3:00 pm

Fullerton Film Fest

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New Kid in Town

Fullerton Film Festival debuts, doesn’t suck 

By Greg Stacy
Thu, Aug 3 • 3:01 pm

Terror in the Aisles

Homegrown thriller uses Fox Theater, its history and its renovation

By JOEL BEERS
Thu, Aug 3 • 3:01 pm

Silver Tongued Devil

Brandon Bennet’s tale of scams and screenwriting

By GREG STACY
Thu, Aug 3 • 3:01 pm

Lee the People

Filmmaker goes looking for her fellow G.L.s

By DENNIS LIM
Thu, Aug 3 • 3:01 pm

Touched By an Evil

Orson Welles’ noir masterpiece—-on the big screen, the way you were meant to see it

By Matt Coker
Thu, Aug 3 • 3:01 pm

Picks 'n' Pans

Don't miss Freedom From Despair and Mojados: Through the Night at Fullerton Film Fest. Don't bother: A Dios Momo and Memories of My Father

By Staff
Thu, Aug 3 • 3:01 pm