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X-Men 3 Gave Me Blue Balls
X-Men: The Last Stand seemed like a good idea at the time. For the most part, it's at least entertaining and at times even manages to turn you on a little, get your juices flowing. But the end is the King Kong classic of cinematic blue balls. King Kong is a perfect example of a movie that gave fans everything they wanted and more. We got to see Kong fight a T-rex, a brontosaurus stampede, beetles and bloodworms and ether (oh my!). But The Last Stand leaves you unsatiated, desperately longing fo
May 28, 2006We Win!
Three OC Weekly writers were nominated for L.A. Press Club Awards, and none of them came home empty-handed last night. Gustavo Arellano won the President's Award for "Ask a Mexican." R. Scott Moxley took first place in "Investigative/Series" for his piece "The New Crips." The judges said "We liked how Moxley laid out the case against this disabled 'activist' while treating him fairly and pointing out that the law is actually on his side. The story serves as much as an expose of the law as it d
June 17, 2007Comic-Con 2007: Rant Rant Rant
This Comic-Con thing is madness. Expensive madness. More so if you: A) manage to misplace your camera charger the morning you take off and end up delaying your trip to borrow another B) discover the con shuttle doesn't go anywhere remotely near your hotel and end up taking a cab ($20 x 2) C) find your cam card is corrupted and end up taking a pedicab to Office Depot a few miles away to get a new one ($36 card $30 round trip ride with this Russian dude pedaling his furry white legs off). It'
July 26, 2007What you missed over the weekend: Part IX
The Gothla Festival hit Fullerton from Friday to Sunday, and we were there in full force. Christopher Victorio took some beautiful pictures of the ladies gyrating in all sorts of intricate outfits at Saturday night's Gothic Gala. (Check those out here.) Luke Thompson and Derek Olson were also in attendance and will be posting some video on Navel Gazing later today. Clubs photographer Fever Dragon spent Friday evening on board The Rocket Boat in Alamitos Harbor for a punk lineup that included th
February 11, 2008Last Night: WWE's RAW at the Honda Center
Since I was getting hassled by security for the first hour because I mistakenly thought my press creds sort of implied I was bringing a camera to the Honda Center Monday night, staff writer Luke Thompson gives this report of the dark matches: "I got inside just in time to hear Hacksaw Jim Duggan’s music signal a victory for the board-wielding goofball, whose shtick still entertains all these years since the height of his fame. Was sorry to miss him. When I used to play with Hasbro action figu
February 19, 2008What you missed over the weekend: Part XII
Jewlicious Festival 4.0, the largest youth festival celebrating contemporary Jewish culture and identity, was held in Long Beach over the Feb. 29 - March 2 weekend at the Barbara and Ray Alpert Jewish Community Center. Reza Allah-Bakhshi dropped by on Saturday and caught internationally acclaimed rapper Y-Love, human beatbox Yuri Lane and Moshav. Check out his photos here. Also in attendance was our Derek Olson, who shot some video that will grace Heard Mentality later today. Luke Thompson drov
March 3, 2008What you missed over the weekend: Part XIII
Patrick Chavis got a taste of Pinoy pop culture at UCI Friday night, where he caught Bambu, Rhythm Natives and the Fighting Cocks. Pat also ran into a tagger who dreams of letters. Read his review and see some photos here. Rich Kane spent his Saturday morning reviewing the past week in the Orange County Register. The Reggie didn't fare very well. . .click here to see why. Rich will check in with the Reg-O-Meter next Saturday, so do drop by to see if our favorite local daily can rise from the gr
March 10, 2008What you missed over the weekend: Part XIV
Dave Segal and Tom Child spent the weekend in Austin for the South By Southwest Festival, which they live-blogged out of Heard Mentality. Browse the SXSW blog for their coverage here, and do scroll down and flip through some slide shows while you're there. Chelsea Ide wraps up the SXSW weekend quite nicely over here. Once again, the Reg-O-Meter (which now has a snazzy new logo - thanks, Steve!) went negative after Rich Kane fed it this week's notables from the Orange County Register. Check back
March 17, 2008What You Missed Over The Weekend Part XV
On Friday night, Dave Segal watched London duo, Black Ghosts, put on one of the better hipster-dance live shows he's seen in a while. Saying, "It was kind of like a combination of Daft Punk and Chemical Brothers, full of aggressive beats, filthy synth textures and sing-along tunes." Saturday found our own Luke Y. Thompson at the toy store shopping for Iron Man action figures to add to his collection. He found himself a Robert Downey Jr. action figure at the Toys R Us in Irvine. Too bad it loo
March 24, 2008What You Missed Over The Weekend Part XVI
This weekend found OCW's Le Receptionist, Leslie Agan, at the opening night of Phantom of The Opera at OCPAC. While our oh-so-fabulous Music Editor Dave Segal was at Kitsch Bar in Costa Mesa catching the diverse and excellent Steve "aDJective" Fisch. As usual, Managing Editor Rich Kane spent Saturday tearing apart the OC Register and feeding the bits to his Reg-O-Meter. The results didn't come out too well (a.k.a. the machine broke). Meanwhile, Clubs Editor Erin DeWitt and I caught the OC Mu
March 31, 2008What You Missed Over The Weekend Part XVII
This weekend was a kick ass good time with Rich Kane doing another edition of the Reg-O-Meter that's pretty funny, I'm not gonna lie. Saturday night caught Dave Segal reviewing Autechre, Rob Hall and Massonix at Echoplex, where he was a lil' influenced because he's been into Autechre ever since he heard their tracks on the first Artificial Intelligence compilation. Meanwhile, Luke Y. Thompson attended a Hollywood party at the house Orson Welles died in. The home is currently owned by "Heath
April 7, 2008Luke Y. Thompson: Movie Star
A few months back OC Weekly staffer Luke Y. Thompson went off to Texas to shoot a horror movie titled Wicked Lake. That's right, folks! A real-life motion picture. And that picture is having a big Hollywood premiere this Saturday at the Egyptian Theater in Los Angeles at 11:59 p.m. Tickets are only $10 and can be purchased by clicking here. There will be a cast and crew Q & A afterwards. But that's not all! Before they screen the flick, horror movie maniacs, Fangoria, will be having a panel d
April 24, 2008What You Missed Over the Weekend Part XVIII
This weekend had so many festivals going on that both Navel Gazing and Heard Mentality were working through the weekend. First, we had Luke Y. Thompson pulling double duty blogging his little heart out at the Newport Beach Film Festival AND attending his big movie premiere in Hollywood. While Dave Segal and Erin DeWitt were off at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio listening their little ears off for our reading pleasure. Speaking of a festivals, Gustavo Arellano attended th
April 28, 2008What You Missed Over The Weekend Part XVIIII
On Saturday, Luke Y. Thompson headed to OC Weekly photographer John Gilhooley's art show at Memphis in Santa Ana, featuring a slew of OC Weekly covers beautifully displayed on a chartreuse wall and printed on glossy, over-sized paper (oh, the glory of glossy!). And across the street from Gilhooley's show was an exhibition where casts had been made from the boobs of the OC Rollergirls team, and painted different creative ways. See kids? Art can be fun! Our Art Director, Kelly Lewis, played volle
May 5, 2008What You Missed This Weekend Part XXI
May 19, 2008What You Missed Over The Weekend Part XXII
Memorial Day Edition Long weekends aren't just for relaxing. OC Weekly staffer Luke Y. Thompson kept himself busy by going to the Scottish festival at the OC fair, where he found some of his very distant relatives from the Clan Graham. He also attended a cookout with a bunch of other (relatively) young movie critics, among them Todd Gilchrist, Brent Simon, Dave White, and Alonso Duralde. But all of this action didn't stop him from writing his weekly Fast Food Review, this week features the many
May 27, 2008They Love Us, They Really Love Us!
Your favorite rag did pretty damn good last night at the Los Angeles Press Club Awards considering we're not even from Los Angeles. Daffodil Altan won first place for Sports profile in a paper with a circulation under 100,000 for her profile of SanTana boxer Ronny Rios, while former staffer Luke Y. Thompson was a winner in the Entertainment criticism category under 100,000 for his review of Transformers. Even more impressively, however, this very Navel Gazing won for best group blog in Southern
June 22, 2008Letters From OC Weekly Readers
June 5, 2008[Summer Guide] The Simple Pleasures of an OC Summer
June 12, 2008Letters From OC Weekly Readers
May 22, 2008Super Blogalicious
Seen and Heard on Super Tuesday
February 7, 2008Has It Been a Year Already?
2007: A year to remember
December 27, 2007Letters
"What do you mean, no better than a McNugget?"
November 15, 2007Letters
"Two cover stories about comic books in one year. Since when did OC Weekly become a publication for nerds?"
October 18, 2007Letters
Add in a completely substandard produce section and meat that I could find cheaper elsewhere, and you have the perfect storm of crap
September 27, 2007Letters
"Don't be hating on Latinas because you can't get like them, all pretty and beautiful"
September 13, 2007Letters
'What is this nonsense? Geek goes to San Diego+geek buys toys=cover story?'
August 16, 2007Confessions of a Comic-Con Virgin
A non-geek follows the king of geekdom into the heart of dorkness
August 9, 2007Letters
Allow me to write a similar column to !Ask a Mexican! called Ask an American, and lets see which column people like more
July 5, 2007Sad Is the New Funny
Amusing movies about depressed young men are in at the Los Angeles Film Festival
July 5, 2007Mad World
Highlights from the 2007 film festival spotlight outspoken DJs, prisons, environmental damage, and . . . Pac-Man?
June 28, 2007Letters
'Stupid-ass crackers talk about gangs like they know something'
June 21, 2007New Reviews
We recommend: Brand Upon the Brain!, DOA: Dead or Alive, The Golden Door, Nancy Drew
June 14, 2007Letters
'I hold an ASS'
June 14, 2007Welcome to the Grindhouse
Newport Beach Film Festival is our very own cinematic grab bag
April 12, 2007New Reviews
Blades of Glory; Dating Games People Play; First Snow; Meet the Robinsons
March 29, 2007Letters
'Kate Carraway... You obviously wouldn't know good music if it slapped you in the face. Idiot.'
March 22, 2007Now Playing
Alpha Dog, Borat, Casino Royale
February 1, 2007New Reviews
Arthur and the Invisibles; Guru; Primeval; Stomp the Yard
January 11, 2007New Reviews
Code Name: The Cleaner; Freedom Writers; Happily N'Ever After; Thr3e
January 4, 2007New Reviews
Charlottes Web, Eragon
December 14, 2006New Reviews
Guadalupe; The History Boys; Screamers; Unaccompanied Minors
December 7, 2006New Reviews
Turistas; National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj
November 30, 2006New Reviews
Come Early Morning; The Ground Truth; Harsh Times; Night of the Living Dead 3D; The Return; Vivah
November 9, 2006New Reviews
Cocaine Cowboys; Flushed Away; The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause; Umrao Jaan
November 2, 2006New Reviews
October 12, 2006New Reviews
September 7, 2006New Reviews
Crank, Crossover, Idiocracy, Lassie, The Quiet, Wicker Man
August 31, 2006New Reviews
May 11, 2006New Reviews
April 13, 2006
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