Nicole Campos

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MAKE MINE A DOUBLE PADDY

As much as Paddy Chayefsky was admired for the rapier-sharp content of his satire, he's often also criticized for the clever ornateness of his dialogue. No,...
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TERROR! GORE! — SORE ASS!

It's a special feeling, hunkering down in the darkened depths of the New Beverly Cinema for a double feature of revival-filmic goodness — sometimes, i...
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BEST SPOT TO SPY ON JAMES BOND

It's been a little more than two months since the grand poo-bah of all nerd gatherings, the indefatigable geek-pride celebration that is Comic-Con Internati...
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Cry Me a Reverb

As of press time, summer is officially over by a few days. Yet is that any reason to give up the en-masse nighttime activities that make the season so grand? ...
Cindy Pickett's portrait of John Hughes; Credit: Nicole Campos

New Beverly Cinema Saves Ferris!: Q&A Fetes Late John Hughes

The Friday rush hour before Labor Day had scarcely begun, but there was already a laid back lull that had settled on Hollywood; anyone who cruised past Pink's Hot Dogs on September 4 at just the right evening hour would have found one of the shortest lines in the stand's......
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Mise-En-Slime

There is little point in debating the legacy of Ghostbusters as one of the great blockbusters of the 1980s. The script is damn near flawless, the performances i...
Gondry and Co. drop it like LA's on fire. (And it is!); Credit: Nicole Campos

Jamming on Hump Day with Michel Gondry @ Amoeba

It takes a certain je ne sais quoi to get the go-ahead to get your friends together to drink some beers and have a jam session right in the middle of Amoeba Music on a Wednesday summer night. Mind you, if you're Michel Gondry, you're just about clever and French......