Ron Howard

Rush Is Something Rare: An Action Movie for Grown-Ups

How Does Hans Zimmer Keep His Film Scores Fresh? He Invents New Instruments

Taverna dei Fori Imperiali: When in Rome, Dining with Movie Stars Astronauts

One of traditional decorating elements in Roman trattorias (besides the red and white checked tablecloths, uncomfortable chairs and over bright lighting) are framed photographs of "celebrity" clients. These can often date back decades and whether or not you recognize the face in the frame, it's kind ... More >>

Why Do So Many Movie Characters Get Hit in the Balls?

Being a lucky guy, I've only been kicked in the balls once. How did it rate on the comedy scale? Well, it was funnier than a monologue by Chelsea Handler, but not quite as hilarious as my last screening for colorectal cancer. Yet despite the fact that this act hurts like hell, Hollywood still thinks ... More >>

Dick Jokes for Jesus: Comedy Bang Bang's Nativity Pageant Taught Us the True Meaning of Christmas

See also: *Our Slideshow on Comedy Bang Bang's Nativity Pageant *10 Best Stand-Up Comedy Shows in Los Angeles Some folks will tell you that the War on Christmas begins every Black Friday -- a day when faithless, mouth-breathing hordes descend upon shopping malls in an orgy of consumerism that ope ... More >>

Tony Scott Jumps to Death From Vincent Thomas Bridge

Updated at the bottom with a NEW report that Scott DID NOT have cancer. Top was rewritten to reflect our own confirmation of reports of Scott's death. First posted at 9:01 p.m. Sunday. Director Tony Scott jumped to his death from the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro today, the L.A. County Coroner ... More >>

Jackie Kashian: The Dork Forest

Jackie Kashian Discusses The Dork Forest Podcast Performance at Meltdown Comics' NerdMelt

​ We're dorky for the hilarious comedy of Jackie Kashian, who brings her podcast The Dork Forest to NerdMelt at Meltdown Comics on Thursday, July 7, with guests Dana Gould and James Urbaniak. While on vacation in Australia, she kindly A'ed our Q's. Congratulations on 45 episodes of The Dork ... More >>

Make Us Laugh, Funny Girl! Jackie Kashian

David Kirby's Lab Coats in Hollywood Explains How Science Makes Sci-Fi and Comic Book Movies Plausible

Jodie Foster plausibly listens for aliens in Robert Zemeckis' adaptation of Carl Sagan's novel Contact.​ When we watch 2001 or Deep Impact or Avatar, how is it that we accept (at least for two hours or so) what we are seeing? As Professor David Kirby of the University of Manchester argues in h ... More >>

Submarine: Directed by Richard Ayoade, English Sitcom Star

The Dilemma

School of Rock

As his two L.A. punk classics get DVD reissues, B-movie legend and mentor to masters Roger Corman takes a victory lap

Movie Reviews: The Final Destination, Halloween II, World's Greatest Dad

Also, Cloud 9, Laila's Birthday and more

Funny People, Funny Business

What's no laughing matter in movies and media this week

Theater Reviews: Bach at Leipzig, Bingo With the Indians, La Didone

Also, Notes From Underground, Dame Edna: My First Last Tour and more

Angels & Demons: Holy Crap

Da Vinci Code sequel has a need for speed

Stage Raw: Photograph 51

THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY AWARDS, HOSTED BY JAKE BRODER AND VANESSA CLAIRE SMITH (OF LOUIS & KEELY: LIVE AT THE SAHARA) IS HAPPENING  AT THE EL REY ONE WEEK FROM TODAY, MONDAY NIGHT MARCH 30. DOORS OPEN AT 6:30 P.M.,  AND NO IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO RSVP OR BUY TICKETS.BRODER AND SMITH ... More >>

Jon Stewart, Jim Cramer and Frost/Nixon at the Ahmanson

See Dick run

Stage Raw: Frost/Nixon

PURCHASE TICKETS TO THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS ON MARCH 30TH AT THE EL REY; HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FROST/NIXON Alan Cox and Stacy Keach in Frost/Nixon Photo by Carol RoseggAfter Stacy Keach as Nixon in Frost/Nixon, which opened last night at the Ahmanson, finished a late night pho ... More >>

For Your Reconsideration: Frost/Nixon’s Michael Sheen

Welsh actor’s turns as real-life British legends run the gamut

Deadline Hollywood: Shameful Oscar Overspending

Mo' money, more Hugh, less Jerry

Movie Reviews: Hunger, One Day You'll Understand, A Good Day to Be Black and Sexy

Also, Frost/Nixon, The Black Balloon and more

An Early Frost, and Nixon

Changeling: Go Ahead, Make Her Day

Angelina Jolie takes on a serial killer, and the system, in Clint Eastwood's latest

Don't Mess With the Fanboys, Not Even for $500 Million Deals

The horror, the horror

Clint Eastwood: The Set Whisperer

Shooting quietly on the Changeling set

Agent Provocateur

Michael Haneke over America

Geek Love

Superbad director Greg Mottola puts his own spin on the Judd Apatow school of emo-raunch filmmaking

Grindhouse Gang

Quentin Tarantino summons the masters to historic summit

Terror in the Aisles

The snakes that didn’t save Hollywood, and the suit who just might

Not of This Earth

American Cinematheque fetes Roger Corman at 80

Veni, Vidi, Vinci

Action and ideas pummel each other in The Da Vinci Code

Crazed Catholics

Howard’s Beginning

Despite her industry pedigree, Opie’s daughter charts her own course

Give It Up for the Geisha

The exquisitely phony charms of the Asian bourgeoisie — Hollywood style

Punch Drunk Schmaltz

Cinderella Man ties on the kid gloves

Developed Arrestment

Arrested Development

Kaurismatic

From Finland with love

Beatrice and Hubert

And how they begat Hollywood’s most exclusive awards ceremony

It Ain’t Cool

10 Reasons A Beautiful Mind Is a Terrible Thing To Waste $8 On

Think Piece: 10 Reasons A Beautiful Mind Is a Terrible Thing To Waste $8 On

Museum Piece

The enduring virtues of Jennifer Connelly

Under the Lava Lamp

Howard’s End

A Beautiful Mind; plus, The Shipping News

404, Host Not Found

The end of the Web as we know it

Last Night a DJ Saved My Life

HollyWebland

Dot-coms struggle to create new entertainment form

The Matthew Show