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"Showgirl Is My Yentl": The 145-Minute Showgirls Sequel That Could

The Best Albums of 2013 So Far, in Haiku Form

[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] A list is essentially an argument in numerical order. By nature, it's a reflection of personal taste and limited time. It's easy to forget that the sound ... More >>

James Cameron Must Turn Over to Eric Ryder his Script for Avatar in Battle Over Who Created the Sci-Fi World

James Cameron must turn over to his former employee Eric Ryder the drafts of Cameron's screenplay for the blockbuster Avatar, in a partial victory for the unknown author handed down today by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Alan Rosenfield. Rosenfield, (a rare local who admits he didn't see Avatar ... More >>

Addicted to Fame Review: Squeezing One Last Buck Out of Anna Nicole Smith

Shelley Lubben's Pink Cross Aims to Rescue Sex Actresses: The Industry Wants Her to Shut Up

Get a Life!

10 Movies We're Excited About in 2012

Sacha Baron Cohen is The Dictator​We know -- you're excited about The Dark Knight Rises. And The Avengers. And Hunger Games. So are we. We're also excited about a lot of other movies whose marketing campaigns have not inundated us with white noise (yet). Allow us to suggest a few more films to ... More >>

Why This Song Sucks: Jennifer Lopez's "Papi"

[Editor's note: Why This Song Sucks determines why particular tracks blow using science. It appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday.] Song: Jennifer Lopez's "Papi" Background: "Papi" is from Lopez's seventh album, Love? It's was released through a promotion on her Facebook page, and was supp ... More >>

Indie Film Investors Scammed in Plot Fit for a B Movie

Feds: Movie made with dishonest cash​Imagine the excitement - you're at home at night, feeding the kids, when suddenly the phone rings and someone asks you to be a part of Hollywood and invest in an independent film. Sure, it costs a lot to buy-in - more than $30,000 in many cases - but the guy o ... More >>

Bruce Dern, Udo Kier, M. Emmet Walsh

The stars of Cinefamily's "That Guy!" series divulge their secrets

Sofia Coppola: Lost at the Chateau Marmont

From party girl to Oscar winner, a journey to the stripped-down Somewhere

Preservation Road

Writer-director Wes Anderson and film critic/filmmaker Kent Jones discuss the Film Foundation series at LACMA

AFI Fest, A to W

Our critics' picks - and pans - from this year's free festival lineup

John Carpenter, Nibbling at Our Souls: Cinematheque Fest Features Two of Director’s Best

YEP, WORKING FOR A CORPORATION CAN BE A DRAG. A GIANT, SOUL-CRUSHING DRAG

Surveillance: Highway to Hell

Jennifer Lynch returns triumphant, bringing Julia Ormond along for the ride

Hell's Belles: Sexy Speedsters and Mayhem on Wheels @ Derby Dolls Bout

L.A. Derby Dolls inflict sexy mayhem on wheels.

Cobbler to the Stars: Pasquale Fabrizio

Heeling ailing soles

Special-Educational and Culturally Sensitive Edition!

What to do in L.A., Feb. 29-March 6

Movie Reviews: Enchanted, August Rush, Hitman, Holly

Also This Christmas, What Would Jesus Buy? and more

The Reel Real Grind

Tarantino brings back moviedom’s classic grunge

Attack of the Alterna-Parents

Erika Schickel and Neal Pollack have kids, and tell us all about it

The Passion of the Rad

An enigmatic independent auteur may have made the world’s next great midnight movie

Oldboy Network

To: Quentin Tarantino From: Scott Foundas Re: Beware of Imitations

Do You IMDB?

How a fanatic helped put Hollywood under one big tent

Letters

And the Winner Is -- HUAC

Elia Kazan will have the statue, but the victory belongs to the blacklist