Teens prepare for drinking, dancing, sex, evisceration | Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures In yet another crushing blow to the American democratic experiment, Prom Night was the big winner at the weekend box office. The PG-13 horror flick/shit sandwich grossed $22.7M to easily out-distance fellow newcomer Street Kings which waddled in with a below-expected $12M. The borderline racist 21 continued to show good legs, earning a strong $11M in its third weekend ($62.2M). After......

Feeling down? See this immediately! | Photo courtesy of Fox Searchlight Convincing people to go to a movie theater and see a documentary is a labor of love for me. Folks always protest that they'd rather see something else--something bigger and shinier!--but if they suck it up and buy the ticket for the doc they are invariably happy that they did. This weekend, a truly great documentary unspools in Los Angeles. It's called Young......

Comedy-rich LA has a lot to choose from. Here are some highlights for the month of April: Upright Citizen's Brigade LA has Jeff Garlin on Sundays and Greg Proops & Ryan Stiles on April 9th. Jon Lovitz @ The Laugh Factory Hollywood every Thursday April 4-6 Jay Mohr @ The Brea Improv April 24-27 Anjelah Johnson @ The Brea Improv (of the famed "Nail Salon" YouTube video & others)And there's always the very good grab......

So, at the last minute we decided to throw a little Super Bowl party. We ran out in search of propane and meats appropriate for grillin', chips, dips and desserts that are chocolate drenched. Then we sat down for the game and...and yawn. The score is 7 to 3. There have been very few spectacular plays, very little controversy and very little to care about. Sure there are the great Steelers stories of Jerome......