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The Little Animation Company That COULDnew

After struggling uphill in the difficult yet potentially profitable world of computer animation films, Wild Brain is on the cusp of success.
SF Weekly  |  Ryan Blitstein  |  10-18-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews
Tags: San Francisco, California, Disney, Pixar, Charles Rivkin, Colossal Pictures, George Evelyn, Gordon Clark, Higglytown Heroes, Hubert's Brain, Jeff Fino, Jeff Ulin, John Hays, Nancy Kanter, Nina Rappaport, Phil Robinson, Wild Brain

Festival Fatiguenew

L.A.’s avalanche of film fests has at least one critic peering into the future darkly -- and seriously considering an appointment with a seppuku blade.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Andy Klein  |  10-14-2005  |  Movies
Tags: California, immigrant, environmental, Los Angeles, Various Directors, Various Films, OutFest, the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

Skate Borednew

Adding only melodrama and pretty young boys, this fictional version of a documentary about the birth of skateboarding in 1970s California is no improvement on the original.
Dallas Observer  |  Robert Wilonsky  |  06-06-2005  |  Reviews
Tags: Texas, California, Dallas, Catherine Hardwicke, Heath Ledger, Lords of Dogtown, Emile Hirsch, Jay Adams, John Robinson, Shogo Kubo, Skip Engblom, Stacy Peralta, Tony Alva, Venice, Victor Rasuk

Bullshitting the Lie Detectornew

What does it take to get on reality TV? David Crosby’s drug record, some Photoshop skills, and a healthy imagination, apparently.
SF Weekly  |  Harmon Leon  |  06-02-2005  |  TV
Tags: San Francisco, California, Courtney Love, Craigslist, Dr. Ed Gelb, parole, PAX TV, Rolonda Watts, smoking gun

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