Dateline: Los Angeles County
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Articles: 193
Former theater critic for the LA Weekly and Los Angeles Times . For the last five years, an editing slave at a dot-com but recently laid off. Currently an under-employed freelance writer and artist.
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A blind hero is resurrected, a small-time actor goes home, and a nameless hero finally makes it to American screens.
Gozu: Takashi Miike’s yakuza horror movie amuses rather than frightens.
Riding Giants: Stacy Peralta has directed a fascinating documentary about not just surfing, but specifically the surfers who sought out the big waves and changed the way people surfed.
Halle Berry is black (maybe she's high yella) and beautiful and makes big bucks and now she's Catwoman, but is this really a step forward for anyone?
Football coaches aren't known for their verbal dexterity or their political correctness. Bill Parcells isn't an exception to the rule...
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