AltWeeklies Wire
The Porn War Heats Upnew
The Department of Justice's Obscenity Prosecution Task Force is still looking to take down adult smut peddlers, even to the point of allegedly diverting funds from kiddie porn investigations to do it.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
05-02-2008 |
Movies
A Visit to the Big Housenew
In each episode of the documentary series Lockup, the viewer is given a guided tour of one of our nation's prisons. Some are modern high-tech hellholes, others are collapsing chipped-paint, broken-toilet hellholes, but all are hellholes.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
12-07-2007 |
TV
The Dilemma of the Literate Picketnew
While I won't lower the red flag or hang-up my IWW T-shirt, I confess to mixed emotions about the strike by the Writers Guild of America.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
11-16-2007 |
Movies
'Californication': When the Porsche Is the Problemnew
In this new Showtime drama, Hollywood's concept of failure continues to be what most would see as the good life.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
08-17-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
'Saving Grace,' Fighting Crimenew
Since The Closer garnered good cable ratings, TNT seems to have adopted a bolder premise with their new, heavily promoted older-woman cop show.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
07-20-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
'Sopranos': Life Goes On?new
The Sopranos wraps everything and nothing.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
06-15-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
New Fox Game Show is Where Stupidity Roolsnew
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader has a scorpion sting in its tail -- sinking into the couch to watch this dubiously titled entertainment, the first thing you learn is that the average adult actually does know less than the clutch of kids on hand.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
06-08-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Seriously 'Wounded'new
As television, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee proves ponderously slow, more like a Ken Burns documentary than a drama.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
05-24-2007 |
TV
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Taking Tony Outnew
Will The Sopranos end with a bang or a whimper?
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
03-23-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
'Riches' Ain't Easynew
The Riches is wacky with a vengeance, with the basic premise that an on-the-lam Irish "traveler" family fraudulently assumes the identity of a comparable corporate McMansion brood in the post-Columbine suburbs.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
03-16-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
