Justin Zackham's affair is vile, racist and embarrassing
Why real sex in real movies never quite works
"The Lost Boys of Summer" cover boy Richard Lee "Dick" Baney of Tustin can point to pro baseball career highlights that include pitching Cincinnati's "Big Red Machine" to victory in a divisional playoff game and striking Henry Aaron out twice as "Hammering Hank" closed in on Babe Ruth's all-time ... More >>
Karma meets comedy in this day-in-the-life film of a stoner/slacker
Montreal's Little Scream renews my faith in music. Singer/songwriter Laurel Sprengelmeyer (who looks like a young Susan Sarandon, apparently) is touring to support her debut, The Golden Record, a gorgeous set of folk/pop songs that she named after the 1977 Voyager space-shuttle time-cap ... More >>
Oliver Stone's sequel lets the bad guys off easy
Irony abounds in The Exonerated, a dark, riveting collection of monologues delivered by six wrongly convicted Americans who rotted in various Death Rows before some stroke of luck, fortune or divine providence sprang them from their dungeons. But the real irony is that those who most need to wit ... More >>
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I'll be seeing ALIENS VS. PREDATOR: REQUIEM on the 25th, but in the meantime, we have a real gem opening today... ROMANCE AND CIGARETTES It's been on the shelf for almost three years – lost in the shuffle when MGM was sold to Sony – but don't let that scare you. It's a musical – but try not ... More >>
Since the weekend is coming a little early, it's time for some early picks. But one doesn't come easily -- I went by The Block last night with the full intention of seeing a midnight movie, then came home when I decided none of them seemed as interesting as the Academy screeners I had at home. Howe ... More >>
Don’t let Paul Haggis’s heavy hand stop you from seeing his latest
An Unreasonable Man reopens the Nader debate: Is it his fault?
Fullerton is certainly full of something these days. Last month the Fullerton Planning Commission approved a resolution to ban medical marijuana dispensaries in their city. In fact, all the resolution woul accomplish is a violation of California law; that and a major buzz-kill to Jay's Paradise, the ... More >>
Rocky Horror departs Art, arrives at Seaport
Vote for Change and Vote Often
Crazed Imaginations brings us the South Park picture show
Theater Notes
In the midst of death, we are in life
Down on Igby, cutting Barbershop
Summer flicks 2001
Why is Hollywood so full of whores?
Re-creating parodies of parodies
