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May 10, 2012
Why Do Mexican Men Love Their Mothers So Much?
[¡Ask a Mexican!] And why can't Americans learn Spanish?
Blogs
May 4, 2012
It's Jawbreaker Day, and We Got Chris Bauermeister and Adam Pfahler To Do An Interview Together
Last year I introduced you to the wonderful delight that is Jawbreaker Day (if you forgot, click here). A synopsis: Jawbreaker was a band that released the album Dear You in 1995. On the record is a song called "Sluttering (May 4th)." Jawbreaker has a devoted fanbase and the Internet is ... More >>
Blogs
February 7, 2012
Fullerton's 'The Muck' Presents a Night of Poetry and Music for San Valentin
Valentine's Day is around the corner, but opportunities to woo your love interest or delve into your interest in love are already arriving. The Muckenthaler Cultural Center in Fullerton and renowned Chicano artist José Lozano are hosting and presenting an evening of poetry and music inspired ... More >>
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February 1, 2012
Slime Kings, Red9, Death Hymn #9, Snakebit Drifters and Railroad to Alaska at Night Five of the OC Music Awards Showcase - Tiki Bar
Red9, Slime Kings, Death Hymn #9, Snakebit Drifters and Railroad to AlaskaTiki Bar, Costa MesaJan 31, 2012Night five of the OC Music Awards saw the most consistent lineup of bands in the series thus far. That's not to say there weren't a few dips in what proved to be an exciting evening, but ther ... More >>
Blogs
October 26, 2011
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 >>
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October 19, 2011
Fred Durst Douchebag vs. Drake Doremus Douchebag
Douchebag the movie.Before Drake Doremus' Like Crazy won the dramatic Grand Jury Prize at this year's Sundance Film Festival, the Orange-born writer-director's previous dramedy Douchebag was nominated in the same category at the same prestigious event the year before. Now, as reported earlier on ... More >>
Blogs
July 13, 2011
Three of Nintendo's Awesome Japanese Services That We Will Never See
Recently available to Nintendo 3DS owners--of Japan and Europe, for now--is the Nintendo Video service. The service is expected to release "Nintendo-approved" 2D and 3D content to the 3DS with cartoons, comedy clips, and even music videos. Working alongside another application known as SpotPass T ... More >>
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July 1, 2011
Sundance Surprise Terri Opens in Irvine Today
Time trip back to January, when Corona del Mar actor Ben York Jones was blogging for the Weekly from the 2011 Sundance Film Festival (when he wasn't taking bows for the U.S. Dramatic Competition winner he co-wrote with Santa Ana-bred Drake Doremus, Like Crazy).A film that Jones caught by the fest ... More >>
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May 16, 2011
Eight Films to Help You Prepare for the End of the World on May 21
For the last few months, a kooky religious group has been plastering North America with billboards and placards announcing that the world will end on May 21. Call us warped, but we're thrilled by the prospect of Armageddon. With millions of the faithful lifted skyward by the Rapture, their hom ... More >>
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May 12, 2011
Five Musicians Who Could Easily Play Serial Killers
So Mos Def is joining the cast of Dexter for its sixth season, huh? Well, I don't know about you, but I for one am very excited for it.True, I enjoy both Mos Def's work and the seasons of Dexter I've seen. (We're trying to catch up but with us not having Showtime, and with Netflix pulling the sho ... More >>
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April 29, 2011
Stars Shine at the Opening of the 12th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival
The Newport Beach Film Festival's annual occupation of Fashion Island began last night with another boozy, schmoozy and cruisey coming-out party in the Bloomingdale's Courtyard.Stars spotted on the red carpet leading into Big Newport, in front of the screen after the end credits of opening night ... More >>
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April 4, 2011
OC Pot University Claims Big Boost in Enrollment
Rancho Santa Margarita's God's Green Earth College Online (GECCO), which provides classes on growing marijuana and operating a successful collective, is apparently enjoying a major spike in enrollment. The college put out a press release today boasting that the school is well on its way to "becom ... More >>
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April 1, 2011
Bill Cunningham New York is Picture Perfect
Earlier today, I posted about the documentary Con Artist, which follows the ups and downs of "business artist" Mark Kostabi's controversial career. The review mentions the artistic Orange County roots of the film's New York-based subject and filmmaker. Alas, you have to go to LA to see it (or put ... More >>
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March 31, 2011
Welcome to the Ronald Reagan Great Park
EXCLUSIVE! Super-secret plans are afoot to name Orange County's largest public-works project after the Great Communicator
Film
March 10, 2011
'Jane Eyre' Is a Gothic Type
A new adaptation of the classic stresses the pursuit of independence.
Blogs
March 1, 2011
Buy One, Get One Free Offer From Chipotle for Watching America's Next Great Restaurant Video
What do beautiful chefs and burrito bowls have in common? A new culinary competition starting March 6 on NBC. America's Next Great Restaurant will feature judges Bobby "I'd rather throwdown than admit your food is better than mine" Flay, reality-show cutie (untainted by Food Networ ... More >>
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March 1, 2011
Sirhan Sirhan, CIA Spooks and Dana Rohrabacher
Courtesy of the California Department of CorrectionsSirhan Sirhan's latest prison photoSirhan Sirhan is scheduled to go before a California parole board for a 13th time Wednesday, bringing to my mind two memories.The most recent involves Shane O'Sullivan's documentary RFK Must Die, which I caugh ... More >>
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February 4, 2011
'Before He Became a Doer, He Was a Reader': Professor Alan Houston on Benjamin Franklin.
As you've probably gathered if you've read my rave review of the current Bowers Museum exhibition on the life of Benjamin Franklin, I've become a bit of a Franklin enthusiast overnight. So profound is my admiration for the show--and for Franklin himself--I rented documentaries from Netflix and sp ... More >>
Film
February 3, 2011
The State of the Art House
When it comes to hip indie film theaters, OC is no LA—but LA is no NYC. Why not?
Blogs
January 12, 2011
Gettin' Made: Calling All Crafty-Blogging Movie-Lovers!
Image from Mercedes Tarasovich's Pie Bird Design blogMercedes Tarasovich of online yarn shop Kitchen Sink Dyeworks had a stroke of crafty-community brilliance at the start of this year. As a way of bringing together crafty friends both near and far, she's starting an on ... More >>
Culture
November 25, 2010
Ron English's Telegrinnies, POPaganda, Camo Clownboy and More!
"Status Factory: The Art of Ron English" at Orange Coast College showcases the work of the culture-jammer extraordinaire
Blogs
October 13, 2010
Best of the Fest: Monica and David at AIFF
The inaugural Anaheim International Film Festival kicks off tonight with screenings of Jonathan Lynn's Wild Target, Mamoru Hosoda's Summer Wars, the U.S. premiere of David Bradbury's Going Vertical: The Shortboard Revolution and special presentations of short films and the John Hughes' Brat Pack ... More >>
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August 4, 2010
'Kick-Ass:' Top Five Hit Girl Quotes (Including NSFW Trailer)
www.marvel.comMark Millar's KICK-ASSThe ass-kicking super hero parody Kick-Ass, based on Mark MIllar's hit comic, was released on DVD, Blu-Ray and Digital Download formats yesterday (as well as Pay Per View and Netflix).Controversial to conservatives and other easily-offended types, the movie's p ... More >>
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June 16, 2010
"Trust Your Eyes and Instinct": Lessons from "Herb & Dorothy"
One of the primary joys of Netflix is being able to see films that you wouldn't get a chance to see in local movie theaters. One of those is director Megumi Sasaki's extraordinary 2009 documentary Herb & Dorothy, now available on DVD, iTunes and Netflix's streaming video. I saw it a few days ... More >>
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May 13, 2010
Funny Love Speed Dating
Brea Improv
Film
December 24, 2009
[Year In Film] For a Former Video Store Giant, Not Such a Blockbuster Decade
Brea Improv
Blogs
December 23, 2009
Christmas Flick Soundtracks: 'You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch' from 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas!'
I'm pretty certain Theodore "Dr. Seuss" Geisel's poetry is every bit as important as that banker T.S. Eliot's, oven-lover Sylvia Plath's or anyone in the latest edition of the New Yorker. Check out the wonderfully inventive, smile-inducing lines to this Dr. Suess gem: You're the king of sinful so ... More >>
Blogs
November 16, 2009
Five All Time Greatest Food Movies
As I finally deleted Ramen Girl from my Netflix "Watch Instantly" queue last night (CLICK HERE for my earlier review of the film), it made me think about better films about food. So here's a list of five of what I consider the best food movies ever made. Be warned, there be spoilers and mouthwater ... More >>
Blogs
July 6, 2009
"The Ramen Girl" on DVD and Streaming on Netflix
Remember this film? As many predicted, it never saw the light of a movie projector here in the states. Its destiny seemed to always be the dusty part of your local Blockbuster DVD rack. But as I found out last week, it is also now simultaneously available to watch in streaming video on Netflix ... More >>
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April 27, 2009
Newport Beach Film Fest: Halftime Report
UPDATED WITH EYEWITNESS REPORT ON DJ MOM PANTS!Johnny Cash, the revenge-minded father of a dead teen porn star, Bijou Phillips, Julius Shulman, Kelly Lynch, "Kevin" from The Office, Vilmos Zsigmond and a sour-faced Kristen Scott Thomas. No, these are not my ideal players in the perfect poker game bu ... More >>
Blogs
March 24, 2009
From Newport Beach Film Festival to Tribeca for Harbor High Theater Freak-Turned-Filmmaker
Courtesy of Plug Ugly FilmsStraight from the horse's mouth with Michael Slàdek.Though Norma Desmond only lived at the cineplex (and now Netflix), she famously said, "I am big. It's the pictures that got small." Filmmaker and one-time Newport Beach resident Michael Slàdek is not yet big, but he is ... More >>
Blogs
March 3, 2009
What's Wrong with Being Sexy?
Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. for the Unwigged & Unplugged tour featuring Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer. If you're "in the know," those names might sound familiar. If you're not, I'll spill the beans.The trio are the actors who play the key members in Spinal Tap (the ... More >>
Columns
February 12, 2009
[¡Ask a Mexican!] Survive the Great Recession! Live Like a Mexican!
Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. for the Unwigged & Unplugged tour featuring Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer. If you're "in the know," those names might sound familiar. If you're not, I'll spill the beans.The trio are the actors who play the key members in Spinal Tap (the ... More >>
Blogs
November 21, 2008
Harvey Milk: the Man, the Movie, and Orange County
This past Tuesday night at the Edwards South Coast Village in Santa Ana, and an Orange County Film Society-sponsored advance screening of the new Gus Van Zant-directed, Sean Penn-starring Harvey Milk biopic, simply titled Milk. Go ahead and Google the name if you must -- it's not like Harvey's st ... More >>
Culture
July 24, 2008
[Game On] From Wii Speak to 'Final Fantasy,' E3 Lets Gamers Glimpse at Their Next Obsessions
This past Tuesday night at the Edwards South Coast Village in Santa Ana, and an Orange County Film Society-sponsored advance screening of the new Gus Van Zant-directed, Sean Penn-starring Harvey Milk biopic, simply titled Milk. Go ahead and Google the name if you must -- it's not like Harvey's st ... More >>
Blogs
January 24, 2008
Last Night: The Magic Flute at the OCPAC-Segerstrom Hall
The Magic Flute OCPAC-Segerstrom Hall, Costa Mesa Wednesday, January 23, 2008 Better Than: Sitting at home in a pink bathrobe listening to two inches of rain. Download: "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" by Mozart (often referred to as the Queen of The Night aria). Even if you don't know j ... More >>
Calendar
November 22, 2007
Wednesday - 11/28
No End In Sight at Marie Callenders, Army of Darkness at Regency South Coast Village
Columns
August 16, 2007
Hey, You!
Boring Ultimatum
Culture
August 9, 2007
Spacy Invaders
Earthlings Beware! needs more snark
Columns
April 12, 2007
Letters
'This article is CRAP. This interview never happened, and falsifying information in that way is wrong for so many reasons. Mickey Mouse is a household name. Its like slandering Jesus; you just dont do it'
Film
March 29, 2007
Tomorrow's Misery Today
OnDVD: Children of Men
Features
February 8, 2007
Camera dCheatin
The movies cant get enough of marrieds getting it on outside marriage
Blogs
August 8, 2006
MST3000 for Your PC or Mac and DVD
Whenever we read Rob Nelson's byline on a Weekly film review, we picture Mike Nelson of Mystery Science Theater 3000 fame. One of those Nelsons has a new website, RiffTrax, that allows you to download Rob, er, Mike's commentary to certain movies and blast it from your computer while watching that DV ... More >>
Features
October 20, 2005
Tustin
Whenever we read Rob Nelson's byline on a Weekly film review, we picture Mike Nelson of Mystery Science Theater 3000 fame. One of those Nelsons has a new website, RiffTrax, that allows you to download Rob, er, Mike's commentary to certain movies and blast it from your computer while watching that DV ... More >>
Columns
July 28, 2005
Diary of a Mad County
Whenever we read Rob Nelson's byline on a Weekly film review, we picture Mike Nelson of Mystery Science Theater 3000 fame. One of those Nelsons has a new website, RiffTrax, that allows you to download Rob, er, Mike's commentary to certain movies and blast it from your computer while watching that DV ... More >>
Columns
June 30, 2005
Diary of a Mad County
Whenever we read Rob Nelson's byline on a Weekly film review, we picture Mike Nelson of Mystery Science Theater 3000 fame. One of those Nelsons has a new website, RiffTrax, that allows you to download Rob, er, Mike's commentary to certain movies and blast it from your computer while watching that DV ... More >>

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