Film Reunites Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, the team behind Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead
It's just after 6 p.m. and the line for "The Official Edgar Wright Art Show" at Gallery 1988: West is halfway down a side street south of Melrose Avenue. This isn't a mad rush to secure tickets to purchase one of the limited edition prints. It's an orderly queue that has been building since the prev ... More >>
'Give us five minutes and we'll change the world.'
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Independence Day = aliens
Since he and Edgar Wright unleashed their horror-comedy masterpiece Shaun of the Dead on audiences in 2004, Simon Pegg has become as in-demand a performer here as in his native Britain, not to mention something of an alpha geek amongst genre fans. His deeply-rooted boyhood love of the Star W ... More >>
Too many sci-fi references, not enough Kristen Wiig
In the capital of cinema, specialty films are losing ground (but there are glimmers of hope)
It's all going Pete Tong Saturday at Monster Massive.Pete Tong, as the U.K.'s Independent newspaper put it, is "the god of dance music." With BBC Radio 1's "Essential Selection" and "Essential Mix" shows, he certainly is global clubland's most influential DJ. He's the guy who every other A-l ... More >>
Scott Pilgrim and Michael Cera get soul
Beck, Beechwood Sparks, Broken Social Scene Featured on 'Scott Pilgrim vs. The World' Soundtrack
© Universal PicturesMichael Cera wields the flaming sword of geek chivalry in Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World At this year's Los Angeles Film Festival, there has been plenty for the genre crowd to get excited about, from last week's Christopher Nolan conversation to the upcoming ... More >>
