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By Andrew Ramirez * This weekend I caught myself slouching in a booth, looming over beers and a heap of food at 1739 Public House in Los Feliz. I was with a good friend, but we had had a bad afternoon. He was on a photo assignment but he didn’t get any pictures. It was his initial assignment to snap some photos of cupcakes for a writer he was working with, who was writing … [Read more...] about Boy Meets Bar: Cupcakes and Beer

The Hollywood Forever Cemetery may boast an occupancy list filled with silver screen legends, powerful oil tycoons, and two members of The Ramones, yet there is one demographic that the gilded graveyard is sorely lacking- the living dead. No, I’m not suggesting that they populate the cemetery with any of those fictional flesh-eaters of the George A. Romero variety. Instead, I’m … [Read more...] about Trailer Trash: Harry Potter & the Curse of Success

Paul Thomas Anderson As a hot, young filmmaker, Anderson demonstrated one of the most consistent work ethics ever seen in his industry. From 1997 to 2002, the man directed four films; garnering two Academy Award nominations for himself, a Golden Bear from the Berlin Film Festival and the Prix de la Mise en Scène (Best Director Award) at Cannes. Based on his track run, it … [Read more...] about The Auteur Theory: The Impossible Auteur (Vol. II)

By Andrew Ramirez * hurry twenty years, are you all packed and ready for vegas, baby? junior year’s riding shotgun, barefoot, barely there with a cowboy hat on his head like a bad joke, and he can’t be blamed— he’s dehydrated. there’s that warm case of caguama swinging whip-quick in my direction. junior year gulping it all down like … [Read more...] about Adios Junior Year and Twenty Years

By Sarah Ingerson I grew up with the Scream movies in all their ridiculous, boob-bouncing glory. So, naturally, I knew that I had to see Scream 4. It was terrible, and not in a good way. It was painful to watch it try to go meta. It was like an unfunny version of Scary Movie with more annoying people. BUT, somehow, I did manage to learn a thing or two. 1. Apparently, … [Read more...] about Life Lessons for Earthlings and Others: Screaming to Be Forgotten