Did you know there’s a new MIKE JUDGE movie opening tomorrow?

Yes, the director of OFFICE SPACE and creator of both Beavis and Hank Hill has a new movie called IDIOCRACY, opening without the benefit of any trailers or ads, as far as I can tell, and it certainly didn’t screen for review.

Does this mean it [...]

Kirby Dick’s agitprop documentary THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED opens this week in L.A. It’s a worthwhile movie to see, as he examines the double-standards, secrecy, and hypocrisy surrounding the Motion Picture Association of America, which assigns ratings to movies. When he can’t get the info he needs, he hires a P.I. to track [...]

The American Cinema Foundation is holding a roast of Cathy Seipp on Sunday, September 10th, 4:00pm
at the Figueroa Hotel downtown (easily reachable by subway)

I will be one of the featured roasters. I’m not at liberty to say any more than that.

But there’ll be some free food. Admission is free too. Parking is $8, but on [...]

To my mother, my uncle Mike, and my aunt Yvonne. Survivors, one and all.

There are, as far as I can tell, two basic types of directors who like to star in their own movies.

Type A is the Edward Burns/Zach Braff type, casting themselves as the romantic lead, usually opposite some universally adored beauty like Jennifer Aniston or Natalie Portman. The characters they play may be referred to as [...]

It’s a pretty decent rip-off of NATIONAL LAMPOON’S VACATION. Same story beats and everything. Not as funny or incisive as the original — it doesn’t really say much about the generation gap, for example — but way better than any of the lackluster sequels.

And the bit with the car horn that kept going off — [...]

They’re uncivilized. But that’s working for a living for you.

Saturday a.m. I had to get up early because people who promote family movies somehow have convinced themselves that getting critics to set their alarms and drive across town on the weekend will somehow result in better reviews. Don’t ask me how the conclusion is reached. [...]

Julia Carpenter writes:

ROYAL GRAFF IS COMING SEPTEMBER 1st-10th!
OPENING RECEPTION SEPT. 1st AT 7PM!

Get ready for a great art show and party!!!

Come out to my solo photography exhibit which features Los Angeles area Graffiti Art & Artists at Sea Level Records in Echo Park (1716 W. Sunset Blvd.)!!! Check out some of the [...]

I’ve been surfing the net looking at art sites, seeing all kinds of photos of women with bright fake colors in their hair, tattoos, rock-star fashion, and thinking, damn, they’re flaunting that style, and I fuckin’ gave in and cut my colors out?

That isn’t the whole story, obviously. Photos are a moment in time — [...]

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