Ian McKellen

'The Hobbit' Is a Never-Ending Story

Peter Jackson's first installment of the J.R.R. Tolkien classic unexpectedly covers little ground

Best of the Fest: Best Worst Film at AIFF

​The titular "character" of Michael Stephenson's documentary is Troll 2, the forgettable 1990 horror flick starring Stephenson as a young boy trying to save his family from plant-eating monsters. Actually, that's inaccurate, because Troll 2 is remembered fondly by a legion of nerds who love the mo ... More >>

[Newport Beach Film Fest] An Encapsulated Diary Digesting the Decade-Old Newport Beach Film Festival

Gay Heroes

Got any? If so, be sure to vote for 'em at The Advocate's 40th Anniversary Heroes poll. Forty GLBT faces will be selected for the anniv. issue. Some folks on the list: Elton John, Ian McKellen, Harvey Milk, and former OC boy, the Rev. Mel White.

New Reviews

Cocaine Cowboys; Flushed Away; The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause; Umrao Jaan

Diary of a Mad County

May 24 - May 30

Lucky X III

The third X-Men is a charm for comic fans

Cracked Code

Da Vincis leap to the screen leaves no room for surprise

After the Crash

2006 Newport Beach Film Festival has a tough act to follow

Revised for the Web!

New Reviews

Dirty, Doogal, Madea's Family Reunion, Running Scared, Taxi 9211

Where the Wild Things Are

Loonies unbound in Grizzly Man and Asylum

Smug In Hell

Amy Freed takes on the Salem Witch Trials

When Big Gets Bigger

X2 is everything its cracked up to beand less!

FaultyTowers

Jacksons The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Worlds of Wonder

Rings soars, Monsters whores, Majestic bores