Elijah Wood

Inside the World of L.A.'s Puppet Filmmakers

A movie must be completed before its screened, right? Not according to Graphation. Last night, in Downtown Los Angeles' Hive Gallery, the independent film group kickstarted their first installment of Works In Progress by presenting three unfinished films to an audience. The focus of the WIP seri ... More >>

Henry's Tacos: A Historic Last Stand in the Valley

As anyone who's followed L.A.'s food scene this year can attest, 2012 was marked by the demise of some near-and-dear classic restaurants. Of course, restaurants shutters are a fact of life -- some face an inevitable decline, while some seem to disappear overnight. Nothing quite compares to the con ... More >>

Lord of the Rings Fans Celebrate The Hobbit's 75th Anniversary at TheOneRing.net's Annual Picnic

"We were the number one place to be in Hollywood on Oscar night!" Josh Rubinstein gushes, reminiscing about the three celeb-laden Academy Awards parties he helped plan as one of the L.A. events supervisors for Lord of the Rings superfan site TheOneRing.net (TORn). Elijah Wood, Peter Jackson and most ... More >>

Funkiest Dish West of the 405: Moo Moo Thai's Yen Ta Fo

Did your new year's resolution involve sampling strange cuisine from across the city? If you're the type who scours the San Gabriel Valley like a Sichuan-studded Star Map or can quickly rattle off every birrieria in the barrio then probably not. But if you're perpetually stuck in a quaint Westside f ... More >>

Happy Feet Two Review

Lupe Fiasco - Hollywood Palladium - October 10, 2011

Lainna FaderLupe Fiasco​Lupe Fiasco and Chiddy Bang Hollywood Palladium October 10, 2011 Better than... hip-hop shows without electric fiddle. Lupe Fiasco's "Generation Laser" show last night at the Palladium did not seem like it was going to go well. A couple hours after the doors opened, t ... More >>

Suspect In Venice Rape-Murder Pleads Not Guilty

Google MapsThe 1600 block of Electric Avenue.​The suspect in a triple murder in Venice in which a woman was raped and killed along with her unborn twins pleaded not guilty to capital murder with special circumstances. The special circumstances in the case of the Dec. 8 rape and murder of 38-y ... More >>

Woman Pregnant With Twins Raped, Killed In Venice

Google Maps​A woman 18-weeks pregnant with twins was raped and fatally stabbed in her Venice home, police reported late Wednesday. A 22-year-old suspect from Culver City, identified as Boneetio Kentro Washington, was spotted running from the scene by responding officers who stopped him and mad ... More >>

Thingamabob vs. Machine in 9

WALL-E would never get out alive in director Shane Acker's postapocalyptic hellscape

Over the Weekend: Dogtown Z-Boys, Detour Fest and Dodger Victory

This weekend was one of celebration in Los Angeles, packed with more events than we could scramble to cover. Friday night kicked off with a special VIP party at Crewest Gallery in Downtown L.A. where The Label Lab hosted the opening of the "The Z-Boy Show—Direct from the Source," featuring work fr ... More >>

Film Reviews

Including this weeks picks, Iraq in Fragments and The History Boys

The Five Stages of South by Southwest

Motorin!

Schreiber’s Very Bright Picture

The actor-turned-director illuminates Foer with wit and compassion

About a Boy

Growing up with Charlie Kaufman

All’s Well in the Shire

Lord of the Rings’ happy ending

Faulty Towers

Peter Jackson at mid-epic

Worlds of Wonder

The Lord of the Rings and Monster's Ball; plus, The Majestic

The Raw and the Cooked

Edited by Kateri Butler