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Yes, I'm That Guy: How Playing the Flair Waiter From Office Space Changed My Life

See also: *More L.A. Weekly Film Coverage *I Was Arrested on Hollywood Boulevard *I Was Sick of L.A. Traffic. So I Took a Plane to Work *I Rode the Entire L.A. Metro in a Single Day *Why the San Fernando Valley Hate Needs to End Once and For All Anna Kendrick: Our People Issue Profile Hey, man, are ... More >>

Hilarity Ensued

10 Best Moments at Last Night's Wayne's World Reunion

See also: *The Five Most Culturally Significant Wayne's World Songs Last night, the cast and crew of the SNL sketch-turned-feature Wayne's World gathered at the Academy -- of all places -- to celebrate the film's 21st anniversary. (It probably helped that host Hawk Koch, executive producer of Wayn ... More >>

The Penis Is the Central Character of The Big Lebowski

L.A. Weekly is celebrating The Big Lebowski's 15th anniversary with a massive cover story tribute! Check out our other Lebowski-themed stories. Not doing so would be very un-Dude. Here's a thought: The Big Lebowski is all about the penis. The dick, the rod, the johnson. More specifically — an ... More >>

How a USC Film Student Tried to Get Bill Murray to Star in His Film -- By Creating a Bill Murray Holiday

See also: *More L.A. Weekly Film Coverage *Our Bill Murray Appreciation Day Slideshow *Our Report on Bill Murray Appreciation Day Christopher Guerrero, a 27-year-old USC grad student, wrote one of the main roles in his thesis film for actor Bill Murray. The problem is what it always is: Actually ge ... More >>

Drunk and Possibly Crazy: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

Friday, Feb. 1 Alcohol and social media come together for a special screening of Pixelschatten -- a German movie about a blogger, Pixel, who writes a life-changing post when he realizes he's the last of his friends to move on after their local fame fizzles out. Pixel represents all of us who tweet, ... More >>

Like Marriage, This Is 40 Is Long, Aimless and Worth It

Jason Reitman's Live Read

Nora Ephron Series at the Aero

They May Say I'm a Slacker, but I'm Not the Only One

What? No Meatballs?

Aubrey Plaza and Greta Gerwig, Meta-Ingenues: Safety Not Guaranteed and Lola Versus

Your 2012 Summer Movie and Food Truck Roundup

Rolling out a blanket under the stars, taking in a movie project on a big outdoor screen while snacking on some kalbi tacos or pulled pork sliders is quickly becoming a L.A. summertime tradition. Last weekend marked the debut of two new weekly festivals: Street Food Cinema, which is being but on b ... More >>

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Breakfast at Tiffany's

5 Best Songs From John Hughes Films

Breakfast Club scene from the musical revue For the Record: John Hughes (Holiday Road)​If you were alive in the 1980's, chances are that the films of John Hughes have worked their way into your memory and/or heart. Whether it was that kiss over cake in Sixteen Candles, that never ending detent ... More >>

Reitman Does Hughes

Rum Cannonball: The Life Aquatic's Mythical Drink on Bill Murray's Birthday

Bill Murray as explorer Steve Zissou in The Life Aquatic​1 hour and 26 minutes into Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, as he's about to lead a daring raid on the decrepit Hotel Citroën, Bill Murray pauses and tosses off the line (one of many throwaway lines in the film): "They ... More >>

This Dude Rolls on Shabbas

Dinner a Show: Sing-a-long Coen Brothers

Photo Courtesy For the Record​ In L.A., dinner and a show doesn't have to mean parking at the Arclight and walking to one of the myriad bars and restaurants near the movie theater. There are some great spots around town where you can dine and be entertained at the same time, and we don't mean ... More >>

Crazy, Stupid, Love Review

Top 10 Artworks Inspired by Cult Movies From the 'Crazy 4 Cult' Book and Art Show, Including Fight Club, TRON and Back to the Future

​Sometimes life imitates art. Or maybe it goes the other way around. But at Gallery 1988, art imitates art at the annual "Crazy 4 Cult" exhibit, a conglomeration of pieces inspired by some of the most celebrated cult films in history. The show, which opens again on July 8, has featured art ri ... More >>

Southern California Ghostbusters Turn up at Anaheim Comic Con

Shannon CottrellSouthern California Ghostbusters at Anaheim Comic Con​See more of Shannon Cottrell's photos in "Anaheim Comic Con 2011." Crewes Kime says he's been a fan of Ghostbusters "from birth." "I came out wearing a Ghostbusters uniform and have been wearing one ever since." We met th ... More >>

Paul: Planet of the Aping

Too many sci-fi references, not enough Kristen Wiig

REMEMBER WHEN MIKE MYERS MATTERED?

How Do You Know Review: Funny Ha Ha and Funny Strange

Reese Witherspoon and Paul Rudd in James L. Brooks' new romcom

Worst (AKA Best) Screen Moments Of Leslie Nielsen, Pioneer Of 'So Stupid It's Funny' Slapstick

IMBDThanks to "Scary Movie 3," Leslie Nielsen was livin' large up to the end​In an effort to shrine a prolific Hollywood icon who got off on being retarded -- does it get any worse than doing the "Scary Movie" franchise in your late 70s? -- everyone's trying their damned-est to come up with Le ... More >>

Mel Gibson Scores Cameo In 'Hangover' Sequel -- But Will A Bit Part In A Stoner Comedy Be Enough To Rehab His Reputation As World's Biggest Asshole?

​[Updated after the jump: As it turns out, not even the "Hangover" franchise is ballsy enough to associate with Gibson. Director Todd Phillips cancels the cameo. Originally posted on Monday, Oct. 18 at 9 a.m.] After an R-rated summer of racial slurring and baby-mama beating, Mel Gibson is hop ... More >>

Sam Hoffman and Eric Spiegelman

OUR MR. BROOKS

Movie Review: Going the Distance

Paul Rudd: He's an Actor ... Right?

The ... actor ... on playing himself, Party Down and Dinner for Schmucks

Outdoor Cinema Food Fest: Food Film = Happy Summer Nights

Photo via Kman999's Flickr stream.​ Are you a food lover or a film buff? But why pigeonhole ourselves. For those of us who refuse categorization, there's the upcoming Outdoor Cinema Food Fest, a summer celebration of both film and food. On eight upcoming Saturday nights, fans of good movies ... More >>

Men and the City

Judd Apatow and Jonah Hill get Russell Brand to the Greek, lose their sexuality along the way

Sanaa Hamri: Through an L.A. Lens

Movie Reviews: Dirty Hands, Furry Vengeance, Harry Brown

Also, The Good, the Bad, the Weird, Timer, The Good Heart

Nerds Own Largo! The Nerdist Podcast Goes Live with Mythbuster Adam Savage

Erin Broadley(L-R) Nerdists Chris Hardwick, Adam Savage, Matt Mira and Jonah Ray at Largo​That venerable 21st century form of entertainment known as the podcast can be as wonderful (so much variety... and usually, free!) as it is frustrating. With hundreds upon hundreds of podcasts available o ... More >>

Sabrina

What's Wrong With Wes Anderson?

A decade after Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums, Generation Y's anointed auteur tries for a comeback with Fantastic Mr. Fox

Mise-En-Slime

REVENGE OF THE COMEDY-FILM NERDS

SO, IT'S THE LAUGHTER ...

Must Be This Funny to Get In

Decisions, Decisions

Cinematic Valentines

Mel Brooks at American Cinematheque's Aero Theatre

Small Wonder: Mr. Magorium

A movie far less fantastical than its title

Evan's in Need of a Miracle

Is the big-budget sequel going to hell?

The Blockbusters Cometh

It could be a Promised Movieland this summer, unless...