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Felicia Day of 'The Guild'

Actress/writer Felicia Day is the creator and star of the award-winning online comedy series, “The Guild.” Day, 29,...

Alien

Before E.T. made us want to feed them Reese’s Pieces, and long before Independence Day had us fearing their imminent takeover,...

Sarah Bennett

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BRIDE WARS

Feminism gets a good swift kick to the you-know-what when two of America’s sweethearts duke it out in Bride Wars. The comedy...

Ebony March

Film Special Features

Classic Holiday Films

1) A Christmas Story (1983): Ooohhh, fuuudddgggeee. We double dog dare you to name a film more intrinsic to the holiday experience....

Sasha Perl-Raver

Film Movie Reviews

The Yellow Handkerchief

Udayan Prasad’s new movie follows the journey of three strangers. Each carries a different past and an uncertain future. This...

Farnaz Youshei

Film Movie Reviews

Waltz With Bashir

Prompted by his friend’s recurring dreams and intrigued by his own lack thereof, filmmaker Ari Folman embarks on a journey to...

Farnaz Youshei

Film Movie Reviews

Where God Left His Shoes

What says Christmas Cheer like the plight of the working poor? Where God Left His Shoes begs the question with a surprising degree...

Sam Roudman

Film Movie Reviews

The Tale of Despereaux

In the kingdom of Dor live four unlikely heroes: the small bodied but massive eared Despereaux (Matthew Broderick), the lonely...

Yuri Shimoda

Film Special Features

Films to Anticipate in 09

Sometimes it’s hard to really ascertain whether a year at the movies was a good or bad year because the bad films generally outnumber...

Zach Hines

Film Movie Reviews

Revolutionary Road

Based on Richard Yates novel, Revolutionary Road reunites Titanic’s famously doomed lovers, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate...

Sasha Perl-Raver

Film Movie Reviews

Nothing But the Truth

In a thinly veiled retelling of New York Times reporter Judy Miller’s life story, Nothing But the Truth is a brutally dull political...

Sasha Perl-Raver

Film Movie Reviews

My Name Is Bruce

Bruce Campbell is back doing what he does best, fighting evil monsters, saving the town and always getting the girl. The only...

James Dusenberry

Film Movie Reviews

Gomorrah

Unlike Hollywood’s depiction of mob and mafia families, Gomorrah, based on the book by Roberto Saviano, offers a less glamorous...

Farnaz Youshei

Film Movie Reviews

Defiance

They weren’t supposed to survive the Nazi invasions, let alone the Holocaust, but somehow they did. In Defiance, Daniel...

Ebony March

Film Movie Reviews

Ciao

Attending to the affairs of Mark, his recently deceased friend, Jeff comes across e-mails from a stranger, Andrea. Overcame by...

Farnaz Youshei

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The Class

The Class is a story of life in a French middle school classroom, a self-contained community of 25 students and their teacher,...

Bonnie Priever

Film Interviews

The Wrestler

Director Darren Aronofsky has made The Wrestler, which many critics believe to be a shoe-in at this year’s Oscars ceremony, specifically...

Nick Day

Film Interviews

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button finally hits the screen after two decades of development. What was the genesis of the project? “This...

Nick Day

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Adam Resurrected

Jeff Goldblum is capable of making any character a memorable one. How did he prepare for the role of Adam Stein, an Oscar-worthy...

Nick Day

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Last Chance Harvey

Before Sunrise for those in their sunset years, Last Chance Harvey stars Oscar winners Emma Thompson and Dustin Hoffman as two...

Sasha Perl-Raver

Film Projections

It's a Wonderful Life Annual Screening

If the economy’s got you shaking in your Santa boots, trudge over to the Eastside and let the Echo Park Film Center’s morale-raising...

Sarah Bennett

Film Interviews

Marley & Me

The public has had a long fascination with man’s best friend. In the 1950s, a collie named Lassie warmed the hearts of millions...

Ebony March

Film Interviews

Seven Pounds

Will Smith’s new movie, Seven Pounds, is a story so cryptic that any sort of synopsis would destroy the mystery the film must...

Sasha Perl-Raver

Film Interviews

Yes Man

Three little letters, one simple word: Y-E-S, Yes! Jim Carrey is returning to his ’90s roots of high concept comedy with Yes...

Sasha Perl-Raver

Film Movie Reviews

Dragon Hunters

Powered by the voice of Forest Whitaker as the wandering dragon hunter Lian-Chu, this animated film follows two dragon hunters,...

Jessica Koslow

Film Movie Reviews

Were the World Mine

Let’s play dodgeball, musical dodgeball. La la la, la la la. Smack! There’s nothing like a ball to the face to wake someone from...

Farnaz Youshei

Film Movie Reviews

Gardens of the Night

Imagine you’re eight-years-old, dressed in your favorite outfit. It is a bright and sunny spring day, or maybe a chilly one,...

Farnaz Youshei

Film Movie Reviews

Frost/Nixon

“The power of a close-up.” I’m paraphrasing a line from Frost/Nixon, but that line can accurately describe the beginning and...

Frederick Mintchell

Film Movie Reviews

Delgo

This just might be the film to take your niece, nephew or the kid you babysit. Then again, if you’re an animation lover looking...

Jessica Koslow

Film Movie Reviews

Dark Streets

"Welcome to the Blues." Dedicated to the musicians of New Orleans, this musical noir takes the audience to a time when in every...

Farnaz Youshei