Email Author Nicole Campos

2009 Stories by Nicole Campos

• Dead, Deader, Deadest? — You Decide!

  published August 27, 2009

  There are probably very, very few Evil Dead fans who will argue against the second installment in the series — Evil Dead II: Dead... More >>

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  Extract Preview: Punching the Time Clock with Mike Judge at the Aero

  published Aug 26, 2009

  Mike Judge has something to live up to with his new comedy Extract, if the testimonial of an audience member during Saturday night's Q&A following a preview screening at the American Cinematheque at t... More >>

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  One Item Only, Basterds: Quentin Tarantino Signs at Amoeba

  published Aug 21, 2009

  Any night is a bad night to do road work in front of Amoeba Records, but Thursday night in particular made for bad rush-hour congestion on a date where the Hollywood record mecca was about to play hos... More >>

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  Got Brainsr They'll Settle For Pie: Hollywood Outdoor Cinema's 'Shaun of the Dead' Night

  published Aug 16, 2009

  There's something about zombies - something innately unifying, a sense of shambling, blood-dribbling community - that brings people together. Especially at a time when the horror genre has turned ti... More >>

• BOMBS AWAY!

  published August 6, 2009

  Ah, the American Cinematheque ... dedicated to celebrating only the greatest films in the history of cinema, the cream of the crop, the best of... More >>

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  Last Night: Werner Herzog Signs His Fitzcarraldo Diaries at Book Soup

  published Aug 02, 2009

  Saturday, a sunny afternoon in August on the Sunset Strip -- before the cruisers started to prowl, when you could still get lucky finding parking on a block that isn't permit only -- was a good time f... More >>

• Sweet Rides, Serious Ink and Sonic Sounds: Ink-N-Iron 2009 in Long Beach

  published Jun 07, 2009

  View more photos in the "Ink-N-Iron: Tattoo & Kustom Culture Festival '09" slideshow. The bitchin' wheels and badass ink returned to the Long Beach waterfront with a vengeance last weekend as the Ink... More >>

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  Last Night: Guillermo Del Toro Descends on Meltdown to Sign Novel The Strain

  published Jun 02, 2009

  Even amongst the Hollyweird crowd, staying up past the witching hour on a Monday night for a book signing at Meltdown Comics takes dedication. Then again, one has to take into account context, or in ... More >>

• Galactica Up For Grabs: BSG Auction Concludes in Pasadena

  published May 13, 2009

  View a full gallery of photos in the "Battlestar Galactica Props: Going Once, Twice... Frakkin' SOLD!" slideshow. Tucked away in fairly quiet downtown Pasadena on Sunday morning, the final stretch of... More >>

• Last Night: Cal Bowl Abides - Lebowski Fest 2009 Wraps With Bowling in Lakewood

  published May 09, 2009

  View more photos in the Lebowski Fest '09 slideshow. It's a balmy Friday and just north of the Long Beach Airport, the Lebowski Fest 2009 crew has landed, ready to launch into the second night of the... More >>

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  Last Night: Nihilists in Koreatown! Lebowski Fest 2009, Night 1, Hits The Wiltern

  published May 08, 2009

  View more photos in the Lebowski Fest '09 slideshow. The Dude abides. And so does that Dude over there.... and that Dude, with the really natty bathrobe... and that Dude, who looks a lot more Duderi... More >>

• Going Once, Twice... Frakkin' SOLD!: L.A. Weekly's Battlestar Galactica Prop Awards, Auction This Weekend in Pasadena

  published May 07, 2009

  It's been well over a month since the reimagined Battlestar Galactica drew to its epic close, and for those of us who were along for the entire ride, most still aren't quite over it. Whether they're ... More >>

• Last Night: Principal Belding MCs "Idiot Box" at Gallery 1988

  published Apr 03, 2009

  Haskins beams with pride beside Jude Buffum's "Saved By the Bell"... Gallery 1988, the tiny room on Melrose with the big vision, has emerged as a legit mecca of popular culture as fine art. Their a... More >>

• ONE SINGS, THE OTHER HAMS IT UP

  published April 2, 2009

  ONE SINGS, THE OTHER HAMS IT UP Apparently, singer-songwriter (and novelist -- blimey!) John Wesley Harding and comedian Eugene Mirman are good... More >>

• Comedy is Dead Returns to Hollywood Forever Cemetery with Headliner Patton Oswalt

  published Mar 15, 2009

  Comedy is Dead, the excellent comedy and music revue which brightens up Hollywood Forever Cemetery's hallowed Masonic hall from time to time, was back in full force on Thursday night, and Duncan Trus... More >>

• This Week: Comedy Is Dead Returns to Hollywood Forever w/Patton Oswalt, Bob Odenkirk, Thomas Lennon, Lou Barlow and more

  published Mar 10, 2009

  If comedy is still dead, as the gang who put together the semi-regular evening of comedy thrills at Hollywood Forever continue to insist, then it's having a banner run for a dead profession.  Ta... More >>

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  Rorschach Red Marilynr Watchmen-Inspired Pop Art at Meltdown

  published Mar 08, 2009

  "Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes, Chapters 11 & 12" by Mack HillAccording to curator Marz Richards, part of the inspiration for the Watchmen-inspired exhibit Physical Nostalgia - "a punk rock celeb... More >>

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  Collectible Nite Owl Coffee: Who Watches the Watchmen's Caffeine Intaker

  published Feb 27, 2009

  It's subversively good!Beyond the obvious - which is to say the countless cast members gracing magazine covers, ubiquitous billboards at every major crossroads from the East L.A. intersection to the ... More >>

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  Nerd Sale! The L.A. Comic Book & Sci-Fi Convention

  published Feb 15, 2009

  View more photos in the Comic Book and Sci-Fi Convention slideshow.First edition cover, already up to $100 bucks. GoBama!In a convention circuit where the Northern and Southern California powerhouses ... More >>

• Last Friday: Peter Bogdanovich @ The New Beverly Cinema

  published Jan 25, 2009

  Things are looking good early in '09 for the inestimable New Beverly Cinema, over a year into a well-deserved renaissance thanks to consistently excellent revival programming and the frequent, unmissa... More >>

• Top Five: George W. Bush's YouTube Comedy Threat Levels

  published Jan 14, 2009

  With under a week to go until the inauguration of Barack Obama, virtually no-one seems to be mourning the exit of George W. Bush - particularly not the residents of New Orleans, following Monday's bon... More >>