Frick! I didn’t mail off a Father’s Day card for my dad yet! If he lived here, I could probably have made it up to him by taking him to one of the following events (well, maybe not the Lucky’s sale). But as it is, I’ll just hope that he won’t guilt me too much….
Category Archives: Movies
This Holiday Weekend: You'll Need One More Day
Yay! Memorial Day Weekend’s here, the holiday that kickstarts the summer! Of course it looks like so much is going on this weekend that you’ll feel like you need one more day to recover. Observe the following: Cinespia’s Cemetery Screening of Vertigo Hitchcock at the cemetery, now that’s what I’m talking about. Granted it’s not…
Return of the Dead: Cemetery Screenings Are Back
Come summer every year I keep meaning to check out the cemetery screenings at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, and then never do. Last year there were some appropriate-for-graveyard movies that almost got me to haul my cookies all the way cross town. But this year with Altman’s The Player kicking off the season? Meh, not so…
FREE Movies All Day Long at the New CityWalk
Flickr Shot by shaney oyeah To celebrate the remodeling of its theaters, Universal CityWalk Cinemas is having an open house all day today where you can see movies for free. Guests will also be treated to a 20-foot tall popcorn bucket and free soda. All this to show you “The Best Movie-Going Experience in L.A.”…
L.A. Conservancy's 21st Annual Last Remaining Seats
It’s that time of year again when L.A. Conservancy celebrates our city’s roots by screening film classics in classic movie theaters. From May 23 to June 27, L.A.’s historic preservation organization will not only spotlight these legendary movie houses but feature special programs with special guests, live music and even a fashion show. Get your…
Don't Go, Stay Here: Stuff To Do This Weekend
Flickr Shot by jlmiral Not going to Coachella this year? All is not lost. Here are some to-dos going on around town for those forgoing that annual trek to the desert. Space Is the Place Roller Disco at World on Wheels: Disco dancing as it should be done…on wheels. Wee! Uh huh uh huh! If…
ArcLight's "Crew Pick" 21+ Screenings
How cool is this? For the Mondays of April, the ArcLight will be presenting the movie favorites of its cinematically astute employees, classics that they watch over and over again. And I ain’t talking Citizen Kane. Maybe you’ll find your favorite here, too. (Yay! Bill & Ted!) As it’s all part of the “21+ screenings”…
Heathers at Tiny's K.O.: What's Your Damage, Heather?
One of my favorite movies evuh! is playing tonight at one of my fave Hollywood bars evuh! Tiny’s K.O. for tonight’s Movie Monday night. AND they have happy-hour priced food to snack on while you watch the fall of the Heathers and maybe even quote along. My fave? “Fuck me gently with a chainsaw.” Heathers…
Movie Review: 300
As a storyteller myself, I appreciated Frank Miller’s 300. Ya see, back in the day before books and whatnot, stories were kept alive by the telling of them. Memorized and passed from generation to generation. 300 is structured like that, where the narrator, one of the Spartan soldiers, is basically telling the audience — the…
Rockin' Movie Nights: Tiny's K.O. Movie Mondays
Tiny’s K.O. is giving Arclight’s 21+ screenings a run for its money. Every Monday night my fave Hollywood bar will be projecting some of the best dark and twisted flicks on its north wall. Who wants $5 popcorn and $6 beer when you’ve got a $2 happy hour food menu and $3 PBRs and Miller…
