Melissa Leo

Kevin Smith Screens Red State Twice Tonight; Co-Writer Ben York Jones Rolls Like Crazy

​Director Kevin Smith continues his Red State barnstorming in Long Beach tonight, presenting the Westboro Baptistesque shoot 'em up twice--and sticking around each time to take audience questions. Meanwhile, over in Newport Beach, there's a members-only screening of Santa Ana-bred filmmaker Drake ... More >>

Dirty 'Fighter'

The Micky Ward story falls through the ropes in a too-familiar film

'Welcome to the Rileys' Is Underwritten, Unimpressive

The Kristen Stewart-stripper movie is actually the Melissa Leo-wife movie

'The Wire' Creators Tap Into New Orleans

David Simon's new HBO series, 'Treme,' uses fiction to honor that city's surreal, heartbreaking fact

Sundance Picks Up "Spooner" Director Drake Doremus' Film "Douchebag"

Photo by Matt Coker Drake Doremus at the 2009 Newport Beach Film Festival party for filmmakers.​Drake Doremus, the former Santa Ana resident whose comedy Spooner scooped up several awards on the festival circuit, just learned his newest film will make its world premiere at Sundance.Douchebag--whic ... More >>

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Bloody Revenge

OnDVD: The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Bring Me the Head of Melquiades Estrada

Crossing the border with Tommy Lee Jones elegiac Western