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Exene Recasts the Oscars; Josh Freese Named Dream Presenter

Ali Smith​City of Orange resident and music scenester Exene Cervenka (of X, Knitters, Original Sinners) had a cameo in LA Times' awards blog The Envelope yesterday, and in it, she talked about what she'd do if she ran the Oscars. In the interview, we discover her love of Bill Murray. She also talk ... More >>

Back to the '80s

The part of the DeLorean is played by the titular 'Hot Tub Time Machine,' and it works

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Tim Burton's 'Wonderland' is not nearly curiouser and curiouser enough

In '9,' Shane Acker Creates an Animated Postapocalyptic Hellscape

[DVDish] Move Along, Kids: Reviews of Justic League, The Darjeeling Limited, More

SoCal Independent Film Festival: Nine Hours

Comic-Con follow-up: See Naked CG Angelina for Yourself

No doubt some readers recall my description of the Beowulf footage shown at Comic-Con, featuring a photo-realistic 3-D naked Angelina Jolie as Grendel's mother. While you won't see that exact footage until the film comes out later this fall, you can get a glimpse of all of Jolie, and much more, in ... More >>

2007: a Comic-Con Odyssey

Or, How I learned to stop worrying and love sleep deprivation, huge crowds and wonderful toys

Comic-Con 2007: Beowulf Cummin' At'cha

It's not clear how aware the rest of the world is of the new Beowulf movie, but it's quite the huge deal here. Coming out in November in 3-D, 3-D IMAX, and plain old regular (not the way to see it if you can help it), this is a performance-capture animated film, a la Polar Express. I'm going to ass ... More >>

Independent Cinema Comes to Santa Ana

As some readers may know, I occasionally dabble in acting and film-making, though I've only been paid for acting once, playing an evil American druglord in a Chinese movie called A Date in Paradise that, from what I understand, will likely never see the light of day. Last week, I got to show my stu ... More >>

Mad World

Highlights from the 2007 film festival spotlight outspoken DJs, prisons, environmental damage, and . . . Pac-Man?

LAFF 2007: Lost Girls and Mighty Black Men

One of the ideas the festival is heavily pushing this year is that for every movie you attend that you planned on seeing, you should go to another one you don’t know anything about, or might not be inclined to go to normally. I tend to do this sometimes when I attend something simply because itâ ... More >>

Talkin' Gnarled Roots Blues

Rural Canadian MC Buck 65 goes against the grain

Ordinary Girl

Theres something about Kelly Clarkson

Have Yourself a Celluloid Little Christmas

Stupid Christo

Missing Wonderlove, but catching Flea

Shoe Business

War! Huh?

Welcome to the summer of love at a theater near you

Gorillas in the Mist

Look, Ma! I'm Dian Fossey!

Head Trips

Charlies Angels and The Worlds Greatest Sinner