Matt Damon

Why Online Comedy Fests Can't Beat Live Laughs

See also: *JASH: Sarah Silverman, Michael Cera and Friends Create a New YouTube Channel *10 Best Stand-Up Comedy Shows in Los Angeles "The internet is like the wild west! It's totally unregulated so we thought it would be cool to see how far we can go without any consequences." Those were Sarah S ... More >>

Chris Brown's "Don't Wake Me Up": Why This Song Sucks

[Editor's note: Why This Song Sucks determines why particular tracks blow using science. It appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday.] Song: Chris Brown's "Don't Wake Me Up" History: "Don't Wake Me Up" is the hyper danceclub track from Chris Brown's latest album, Fortune. Apparently, wherever ... More >>

Argo Review: Ben Affleck's Film About the CIA Going Hollywood

10 Awesome Tattoo Artists in L.A.

When it comes to tattooing, we are fortunate to have an enormous wealth of talent in Los Angeles. Though tattoo culture erupted in mainstream popularity several years ago it was a vital part of L.A. long before that and remains so today. There are artists in every corner of the city, with faithful c ... More >>

Black Friday: How the Feds Shut Down Online Poker

$2.5 billion industry cut off, taking livelihoods with it

Born Again Christian Movie Higher Ground

True Grit Movie Review

Jeff Bridges stars in the Coen brothers' remake of the classic Western

Sofia Coppola: Lost at the Chateau Marmont

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

National Public Rollins: Henry Rollins on the Pleasures of Voting, his New Favorite Documentary, and What Happens When You Give Him Your Band's CD-R (Yes, He Might Play It on his Radio Show!)

Maura LanahanOur eminent columnist, Mr. Henry Rollins!​[The one and only Henry Rollins will be contributing a weekly column and far-reaching reportage to the music section of the LA Weekly. Look for your weekly Henry Rollins fix right here on West Coast Sound every Friday and make sure to tune ... More >>

Let the Golden Globes (and etc.) bad-mouthing begin!

Because it's awards season and there's no holiday cheer

Che, Cannes and Hi-Def Video

Steven Soderbergh, 20 years after his Sundance hit

How Acclaimed Indie Director Gus Van Sant Finally Got Milk

A tale of two movies

TV Reviews: Crash and My Own Worst Enemy: When Worlds Collide

Navigating L.A.'s social and racial minefields, plus Christian Slater's mind games

Mickey Rourke Returns as The Wrestler

Year of the ram

Movie Reviews: Bangkok Dangerous, Babylon A.D., Mister Foe

Also, Ping Pong Playa, A Girl Cut in Two, and more

Movie Reviews: Beautiful Losers, Death Note

Also, Another Gay Sequel, Red and more

Youth Without Youth: Those Were the Days

Coppola romanticizes his source material in this not entirely terrible offering

Globavore or Locavore

Two nights at Grace, close to home and from afar

Ocean’s Thirteen's Con Job

Who’s zooming whom?

The Blockbusters Cometh

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

The Scars of Oscars

Envy and spite will determine Academy Award winners

Cops and Robbers

Martin Scorsese's greatest hits

Film Reviews

Including this week's picks, Jackass Number Two and The Science of Sleep

Global Currency

In Syriana, oil makes the world go round

Ellis Island

The novelist as his own antihero

Who's Moving In?

Apartment residents speak up

Water Water Everywhere

Wes Anderson’s The Life Aquatic, Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Twelve

Do You IMDB?

How a fanatic helped put Hollywood under one big tent

Agent Provocateur

Our Peace Movement — Not Theirs

What's Wrong With This Picture?

Scrutinizing One Hour Photo's lonely guy

The Man Show

Nice ’n’ Easy

Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Eleven

Old-Time Religion

Kevin Smith takes a leap of faith

Schlichtmann’s List

Steven Zaillian’s anatomy of murder

A Day in the Life

Bob Mould gets personal about it

Dark Victory

Steven Spielberg's good war