st. louis rams fire scott linehan

Well, that wasn't unexpected . Last year's terrible season and an 0-4 start this year doomed him. I wonder if they'll bring back...

de la soul: a roller skating jam named saturdays

After a week of bad financial news, I need something light. So here's this great De La Soul track off of 1991's De La Soul Is Dead ,...

the best rock band cameos on the simpsons

The Simpsons has been on the air for 20 years now. To celebrate, I list my 11 favorite rock band appearances on the show. (Hint: I decided ...

freebird

Freebird is a British biker comedy that's surprisingly charming and funny. I say nice things about it at L.A. Weekly .

hank and mike

Did you think Bad Santa was hilarious? Did you wish someone would do a version of it with swearing, drinking Easter bunnies? Your wish is gr...

loudon wainwright III: recovery

Loudon Wainwright III looks back on his career on Recovery , a collection of remakes of his '70s material. In its modest, imperfect way,...

fringe: the ghost network

After kicking off with two so-so episodes, Fringe finally started to come to life last night -- and not a moment too soon. My recap is at Vu...

nights in rodanthe

Nights in Rodanthe will appeal to the tearjerking base, while alienating moderates and men. If you want an excuse to sniffle in a movie the...

plain white t's: big bad world

The “Hey There Delilah” pop-rockers return with Big Bad World . My review of the latest from the Plain White T's is up at Blender .

the replacements: remastered and reconsidered

The Replacements' Warner Bros. albums are being reissued today. History remembers those records as the era when Paul Westerberg imploded...

kanye west goes into a love lockdown

I liked the original version of Kanye West's "Love Lockdown," and I like the new version, too. I write about it in Consumables...

sonic youth: 100%

"100%," from my favorite Sonic Youth album, Dirty . Good lord, does this video capture the alternative-rock scene of the 1990s or ...

broken west: idolator and i agree

Big Gray over at Idolator loves the new album from the Broken West, Now or Heaven : If there is any justice in the world, The Broken West w...

fringe: the same old story

"The Same Old Story" was the name of last night's episode of Fringe -- it also could have been called "The One Where the...

Igor

Igor is a cute but forgettable animated movie for kids about a hunchback (voiced by John Cusack) who wants to show the world he's more t...

metallica: death magnetic

Metallica's new album, Death Magnetic , will remind older fans of some of the band's earliest records. For my money, it comes closes...

buckcherry: black butterfly

The L.A. bad boys of hard rock return with Black Butterfly . Is it just me, or are they mellowing?

matt damon on sarah palin

Right, it's a celebrity mouthing off about politics and voicing an opinion I share. But unlike some of the more snide snipes at Sarah Pa...

rappers turned actors: the list

Over at VH1.com , I assess the track record of 15 rappers who caught the acting bug. It's a mixed bag of blinding success stories and wh...

righteous kill

How many people still get excited about a movie starring Robert De Niro or Al Pacino? The faded icons are both in Righteous Kill , and the g...

could oliver stone give the election to mccain?

The great STV over at Defamer has made some predictions about the forthcoming fall movie season. This one seems the most likely... W. (10/...

young people f***ing

This sex comedy would be more accurately called Attractive White People Nattering On . My review is at L.A. Weekly .

fringe

Fringe premiered last night. What did I think of it? You can find all the answers over at Vulture .

no way, no how, no mccain

Andrew Sullivan encapsulates why I support Obama over McCain: When he knew that George W. Bush's war in Iraq was a fiasco and catastroph...

no end in sight: now on youtube

If you never caught No End in Sight , now it's gotten that much easier: The film is available in its entirety on YouTube. I say a few wo...

trouble the water

Trouble the Water leads my biweekly Consumables column , but its equal is the also-wonderful Shotgun Stories , which I finally caught up wi...

towelhead

Towelhead , the button-pushing coming-of-age comedy-drama written and directed by Alan Ball, is neither as awful as its harshest critics cla...

bangkok dangerous

Nicolas Cage bonds with an elephant. And that's one of the highlights of Bangkok Dangerous .

matthew sweet: i've been waiting

Matthew Sweet has been on my mind lately as I listen to his new album, Sunshine Lies , which I'll be reviewing in Monday's Consumabl...

ed guthman, 89

I went to USC for the film school, but once I got there, I became interested in the university's highly regarded journalism program as w...