Nicole Campos

Dustin David aims his propeller limbs at Jonah Ray's recycling.; Credit: Nicole Campos

Meltdown's Throwdown: Show Us How YOU Kick-Ass, Hollywood!

Nicole Campos
Just one week from today, geek brethren: Matthew Vaughn's much anticipated, controversial, madder-than-a-hatter and -- judging by the early reactions -- all-but-assured cult classic adaptation of Mark Millar's Kick-Ass barrels its way into theaters. In the spirit of home-spun vigilante heroism, the intrepid crew of Meltdown Comics held an event......
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WHO’S YOUR MONSTER?

Nicole Campos
No matter how many CGI-created, 3-D-pimped epics continue to hit the silver screen, there will always be a place on celluloid — and in the hearts of geeks...
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OINGO TO THIS. YOU TOO?

Nicole Campos
There are cult classics that, though loved, are decidedly products of the time and place of their creation. There are those that have timeless, transcendent qualities of panache and chutzpah — and then there's Forbidden Zone, Richard Elfman's 1980 musical/fantasy/freak show — an almost inexplicable epic of oddity influenced by......
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TUNE IN, SELL OUT, MELT DOWN

Nicole Campos
As the kids today might be prone to say, Meltdown Comics is made of so much WIN. The venerable comics outlet on Sunset Boulevard has made a name not only for it...
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STAND BY YOUR DAN

Nicole Campos
Of 2009's myriad dearly departed who were left out of this year's Oscar telecast's much-shorter-than-usual obituaries montage, the one that stung th...
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STAND BY YOUR DAN

Nicole Campos
Of 2009's myriad dearly departed who were left out of this year's Oscar telecast's much-shorter-than-usual obituaries montage, the one that stung th...
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Freebie and the Bean

Nicole Campos
There's a lot you can say about Richard Rush's 1974 precursor to the buddy-cop genre, Freebie and the Bean, and not all of it is sympathetic. James Caan...
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OH, HENRY

Nicole Campos
Later this year, Buck Henry will turn 80 years old, and in his eight decades the diminutive, bespectacled satirist has racked up a staggering CV of comedy touch...