'Atlas Shrugged Part II': Why can't the free market make this movie any better?

It's tempting to snipe that the argument of Atlas Shrugged Part II—that the genius of an unregulated free market results in the greatest of all greater goods—is somewhat undone by the chintziness of Atlas Shrugged Part II because, seriously, if this is the best promotion of itself that the free market can manage, it really …

Ask Fan Landers: Should I Publicly Humiliate My Bandmate For What He's Done?

By: Jessica Hopper [Editors Note: Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. Send your problems to …

Al Tannour: OC Iraqi

“Where did you find that dish?” the kind owner of Al Tannour asked when I went to the register to pay for my gargantuan meal of a lamb shank slathered in sauce on top of Iraqi bread. “In your menu,” I replied. He couldn't believe it. He picked up the bright-orange booklet—printed in one-quarter English, …

[W/PHOTOS] What Burger Will Grow Mold First: McDonald's, In-n-Out, or TK Burgers? An Experiment

Many of us have heard this rumor: that if you leave a McDonald's hamburger out, indefinitely, it will never go moldy. Plausible enough, right? The average McDonald's meal is filled with more mystery than the average show on Coast to Coast AM, right? Its nutritional value is so dismal we'd be better off eating cardboard, …

Great Park Indie Film Series Opens Tonight with Shorts and Ends Nov. 15 with Fishbone

Independent cinema seems to be popping up everywhere, even in an uncompleted park that remains Orange County's largest public works project. Witness the weekly Independent & Inspired Film Series, which debuts this evening at the Orange County Great Park, skips a Thursday (Oct. 11) and then picks up every Thursday through Nov. 15. ] See …

[UPDATED with Is Jizz in Bottle Battery?] Michael Kevin Lallana Appeals Conviction in Semen-in-Lady-Co-Worker's Water Case

See the update at the end of this post on the defense and prosecution arguing over whether battery occurred. ORIGINAL POST, SEPT. 25, 2 P.M.: Michael Kevin Lallana, a Fullerton dad and OC Weekly's third scariest person of 2010, is reportedly appealing his conviction last year of jizzing into an unsuspecting female co-worker's water bottle …