Simon Pegg

Pleasure in the Rubble: Why the Summer's Last, Smallest Blockbuster Was Its Best

People Are Lining Up for Gallery 1988 Prints. Here's Why.

Head out to Gallery 1988 when either one of its Melrose Avenue outposts is hosting a pop culture-centric, group show opening and you'll see a line. The line will be long. Sometimes there will people who have been holding their spots for hours. Once in a while, you might meet someone who camped out ... More >>

The World’s End Review: A Pub Crawl to End All Pub Crawls

Film Reunites Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, the team behind Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead

The World's End Stars Appear at 'The Official Edgar Wright Show' at Gallery 1988

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 >>

The World's End Creators Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright Versus Starbucksification

'Give us five minutes and we'll change the world.'

With Star Trek Into Darkness, J.J. Abrams Boldly Goes Back to Khan

Who's Smarmy Now?

He Was a Nerd Before You Were a Nerd

Simon Pegg's New Autobiography: Well Done, Nerd!

​ 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 >>

Paul: Planet of the Aping

Too many sci-fi references, not enough Kristen Wiig

A Day In the Life of Hall H: Mostly Awesome, Briefly Chaotic

Nicole CamposThe Avengers, together at last! A genius ending to an insane day...​ The largest exhibition room at the San Diego Convention Center is Hall H, a huge 6,000-plus seater situated at the complex's south end that every year during Comic-Con International hosts the biggest, baddest, an ... More >>

Edgar Wright and J.J. Abrams in Discussion at LAFF 2010

© 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 >>

DAVID NAUGHTON'S FINEST WORK? DISCUSS.

Over the Weekend: Burning Man Meets Hollywood, Mustache Circus, Shaun of the Dead Outdoor Screening, Swimming with Sharks Pool Party

Now in the final stretch of summer, each weekend we scramble to take in as many decadent hotel pool parties and outdoor film screenings as possible before the long days and warm nights end and we're forced back indoors to get our drink on at crummy dive bars. This weekend we went Swimming with Shark ... More >>

Got Brains? They'll Settle For Pie: Hollywood Outdoor Cinema's 'Shaun of the Dead' Night

Nicole CamposStick that in your corpse pipe and smoke it.There's something about zombies - something innately unifying, a sense of shambling, blood-dribbling community - that brings people together. Especially at a time when the horror genre has turned tide toward mopey emo vampires and the latest ... More >>

Simon Pegg's Daughter Born In L.A.

Only the other week British comic star Simon Pegg claimed Los Angeles was a nice place to visit but he wouldn't want to live here. (Cool expat community, great English-style pubs, but . . .) Now, it turns out, Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz), became a new dad over the weekend and is thrilled that ... More >>

Movie Reviews: The Girl From Monaco, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Kambakkht Ishq, I Hate Valentine's Day

Also, New York and Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love

Simon Pegg: No Thanks, L.A.

Zombie killer PeggSounds like resident Brit David Beckham will not be replaced in town any time soon by geeky, zombie-obsessed comic actor Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz). Pegg, in an interview with the U.K.'s Zoo Magazine, said there was no way he'd relocate to Los Angeles, even after work ... More >>

Movie Reviews: Big Man Japan, Management, Not Forgetten

Also, Brothers at War, The New Twenty, The Skeptic, The Brothers Bloom and Next Day Air

Movie Reviews: Adoration, Julia, Little Ashes, Revanche

Also, Next Day Air, Our City Dreams and more

Lost in Space: J.J. Abrams' Younger, Buffer Star Trek

Star Trek Fashion Smackdown: Old vs. New, Plus New Movie Trailer

New Star Trek Trailer: Who had better style? The old 1960s Star Trek crew members or the new 2009 Star Trek crew members? By "new" I mean "new version of the old." The movie drops next year. I know you're already in line. Here are some fashion-related things to think about while you're setting up ... More >>

Movie Reviews: An American Carol, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Flash of Genius

Also, Blindness, Still Life, How to Lose Friends and Alienate People and more

Comic-Con 2008 In Photos - Friday, July 25

PHOTOS BY NICOLE CAMPOS The force is strong with this one. Powerpuff Girls Reunion! - l-r: Cathy Cavadini (Blossom), Tara Strong (Bubbles) and EG Daily (Buttercup) The Visitors have returned! Quick, hide the guinea pigs! Keeping up with the Joneses. Sign up now for the 501st! Serve yo ... More >>

Spaced: The Next Frontier, on DVD

The long-awaited release of the British pop-culture phenom loved by Kevin Smith and Quentin Tarantino

Movie Reviews: Boarding Gate, Run Fat Boy Run, Priceless

Also Superhero Movie, Flawless and more

Sensuous Woman, Mean Men, Dancing Swans

Film Reviews: Hot Fuzz, Redline and More

Also In the Land of Women and the documentary, Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea

Starring Hostage No. 3

Ricky Gervais spotlights Hollywood’s little guys in HBO’s Extras

Virgin Zombies