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When Geeks Inherit The Earth: Box-Office Power Couples

Nicole Campos
It's undeniable that with the uptick of box office for Judd Apatow's stable of recent comedies, the rise of the dweeb as a viable leading man in film has arrived. Nothing to scoff at, although more often than not the fellers at the center of these films are still paired......
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2001: A Space Odyssey @ The Edison Downtown

Nicole Campos
The darkly gilded depths of the Edison – resembling as it does something like inside of the Nautilus, or maybe the League of Extraordinary Gentleman's rec-room – might at first seem an odd atmosphere for as pristinely, intensely cinematic a movie experience as 2001: A Space Odyssey. Yet despite the......
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Best and Worst Fictional Presidential Speeches on Film + TV

Nicole Campos
It’s almost hard to believe that we are, at long last, in the final stretches of the 2008 presidential campaign. No matter which way you are inclined to vote (though particularly so if you skew blue, where the primary race felt almost as long as all seven seasons of The......
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CRAZY 4 CULT 2: THIS TIME IT'S PERSONAL

Nicole Campos
A pop flashpoint of artistry, influence and inspiration from lovers of all things cult cinema, Crazy 4 Cult is back for seconds at Gallery 1988 in Hollywood. The sophomore effort - "This Time It's Personal" - opened on Friday night to a packed room and a long queue of pop......
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Comic-Con 2008 – Wrath of Con Party @ The Hard Rock Hotel

Nicole Campos
As you can see from our multiple galleries of Comic-Con 2008 photos, there was much revelry exploding all over downtown San Diego all weekend long. Of course, off the convention center grounds the festivities continued at multiple off-site screenings and parties, one of the biggest of which took place at......
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Comic-Con 2008 In Photos – Sunday, July 27

Nicole Campos
PHOTOS BY NICOLE CAMPOS Gee, the Goodyear Blimp has really changed... Arresting, indeed. Staring down the barrel of the Stargate. Plastic Man wants to know why Chris Nolan and Jon Favreau won't return his phone calls. Gotta love those Sunday bargains! Giant Robot's booth = made of pretty. It's a......
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Comic-Con 2008 In Photos – Saturday, July 26

Nicole Campos
PHOTOS BY NICOLE CAMPOS OMG the Owlship! Squeeee! Yeah, no idea, either... The luchaderos didn't see much of the Con, from what we could tell they were parked on the corner of K Street drinking all weekend. A Fett's love is very different from that of a square... Obey the......
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Mondo Diablo!: Cody's Creepy Cuts

Nicole Campos
Cody gets up close with Freddy's fingers of fate The filmmaker-orchestrated mayhem at the New Beverly Cinema continues to rage on in periodic, two-week (or so) bursts... always unpredictable, never less than inspiring, not the least because of these double bills' ability to draw in die-hard aficionados as well as......

Mondo Diablo @ the New Beverly!

Nicole Campos
The righteous revivals continue at the New Beverly Cinema starting tonight, with another guest-curator series; July's celebrity programmer is Academy Award-winning screenwriter, EW columnist and leopard-print luvvah Diablo Cody, who serves up a varied cross-section of flickage for the next two weeks. Cody will be on hand with guests for......