Biopics

Psycho

Regency South Coast Village

Larry Bagby

Swallow's Inn

Snoop Dogg to Play TV Dad in a Sitcom: What Took Him So Long?

​ Snoop Dogg is reported to play a dad on a multi-camera family sitcom that's being developed by Don Reo (creator of My Wife and Kids and The John Larroquette Show), according to Deadline. The project has been set up at Warner Bros TV but hasn't been pitched to the networks, so it could be a whi ... More >>

Joan Jett and Cherie Currie

Pacific Amphitheatre

New Yorkers Get an In-N-Out...NOTTT!

Photo courtesy of Burger Conquest​April Fools jokes don't get funnier when the prankees are New Yorkers who have been famously jealous of our In-N-Out burger.  Gothamist has the story of a few jokesters (affliated with CollegeHumor.com, it seems) who put up sings on a shuttered building annou ... More >>

Socialist President Feels Spendy (Again)

​Can you believe the socialist president?

Sex, Drugs and Runaways

On the road to ruin or fame with the '70s-era teen proto-punk sensation

Ring of Fire

La Mirada Theater

'Til Death

Sid and Nancy

It's a Hit

Jonathan Rice

Oscar Nominations are announced

And yes, I'm up prior to the crack of dawn to get them to you. The biggest surprise, if you can call it that, is the strong showing by MICHAEL CLAYTON, with six nominations. Not so surprisingly, THERE WILL BE BLOOD and NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN each have eight. Via CNN, because it announced even befor ... More >>

Back Since November

Wyclef Jean

Do Look Back

WEB EXCLUSIVE! Reviewing the musical-biopic bonanza of 2007

Hock the Line

Sending up the biopic, Walk Hard sells cheap laughs, lame cameos and lifeless Cox

One of Us Must Know

The elusive Bob Dylan, masterfully considered, in I’m Not There

DVDish

WEB EXCLUSIVE! Once Upon a Time . . .

Every Rose Has Its Thorn

Marion Cotillard gives a star turn, but can’t save this Edith Piaf biopic

The Joy in the Bubble

Cannes 2007 was a success, but how many of its movies will you actually get to see?

Behind the Music

Not even Michael Gambons 18th century hat head can save a wretch like Amazing Grace

Same Old Story

Sequels, prequels, and threequels headline Hollywood 2007

Out-bitched and Out-swished

Michael Musto Picks the Oscar Nominees

First Person

Back in Black

Some inspired detours sway Walk the Line from the straight and narrow

Dont Look Back

From nostalgia-peddling dreck to sci-fi satire, the peril-fraught subgenre of the rockstar movie

Predictably Unpredictable