Last night's SoCal Journalism Awards -- an annual affair put on by the L.A. Press Club --Â were more star-spangled than usual. Among the presenters and honorees were Martin Sheen, Ron Perlman (so much shorter in person, but with an even bigger voice), Daniel Pearl's extended family and every journal ... More >>
Claire Danes in HomelandWhen Howard Gordon was in 7th grade, he wrote a science fiction novel. He knew he wanted to write early on in life, but it was his love of television that brought him to Los Angeles to try his hand at it. He says that it was luck that initially helped him land work, bu ... More >>
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Ryan Gosling at the wheel in the glossy, retro heist-gone-bad bloodbath
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Our critics weigh in on what and what not to see
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Plus, Doug Stanhope, Fake Radio, Oliver Sacks and more, April 17-23
Vampires and biker bad blood
Big Red returns in Guillermo Del Toro's mindless, revved-up offering
I guess LAFF doesn’t want me to talk about how the premieres go, since my tickets for them have ended up being in overflow houses far away from the actual red carpet and celebrities, so if you want to know what Guillermo del Toro may or may not have said to introduce HELLBOY II, I can’t help ... More >>
In the horror films of Larry Fessenden, what you can’t see will kill you
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The small but conspicuous coterie of film critics seen perambulating this year's Toronto Film Festival decked out in red-and-white "Vote For Pedro" t-shirts were not, despite the potential misunderstanding, expressing their undying love for Napoleon Dynamite. Rather, the Pedro in question was Pedro ... More >>
Hellboy and Shaolin Soccer lookin’ goooooood!
Aldrich Ames, Walter Winchell, Harry Houdini
