ONE MISSED CALL, based on a Japanese movie I’ve never seen that was in turn based upon a Japanese novel I never read, is unfortunately not a movie I will wholeheartedly recommend. It has moments, and gets very close to being something worthwhile, but just when it’s about to get there, it pulls back. Ah well, the movie can still hold bragging rights over the American remake of DARK WATER, which is the all-time champion of what not to do.
The poster is damn creepy – shame it’s only based
Grand Prix Charity Ball, 6:30 p.m.Because nothing goes with car racing like fund raising for a good cause. The ball benefits Grand Prix Foundation charities, which
include AIDS Walk of Greater Long Beach, Children's Dental Clinic,
Conservation Corp. of Long Beach and Racing for Kids, a national
fundraising program for children's hospitals across the country.
Long Beach Convention Center, 100 S. Pine, Long Beach, CA; 562-436-3636Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, 7 p.m.Hot pants Conor Obers
Orange County Register: The current heatwave broke 51-year-old records in Orange County. . . . The CHP needs your help nabbing whoever took a potshot at an officer responding to a freeway overpass suicide attempt last week. . . . Two of the 10 worst charities in America are based in Orange County. . . . AngelsWin.com removed a message board where a fan was selling unauthorized t-shirts memorializing Nick Adenhart. Lansner: Demand for OC homes has returned to 2005 levels.Los Angeles Times: Messag
Comic books, here we come. We'll be at the Long Beach Comic Con at the Long Beach Convention Center all day tomorrow, tweeting and blogging and all that good stuff. Guests include comic book super-legend Stan Lee, Seth Green and the rest of the Robot Chicken fellas, and one-time James Bond George Lazenby. Oh yes. Get excited. (And ready for the typical wondering of what that stuff has to do with comics, exactly.)
