Remember when Sandra Bullock set aside her flourishing, if somewhat formulaic, Hollywood career to make compelling independent films that actually had something original to say? Yeah, me neither. Premonition continues a long slide that I predict will ultimately end in a USA series about a quirky female detective--Bullock to star, produce AND direct a few eps. Factory Girl also drops today. After seeing Sienna Miller in Interview and reading this, I'm renting it. Other......

Last summer, well before he was awarded the Pulitzer freaking Prize, LA Weekly icon Johnathan Gold took the advice of an anonymous fan and checked out the Porno Burrito in Cypress Park. I was tipped off to El Atacor #11 by an unsigned e-mail a couple of months ago, a message instructing me to Google the phrase “porno burrito.” I did. A healthy percentage of the results pointed toward the restaurant. The potato taco......

Today - Friday Lakers @ Bobcats (KCAL, 5:30 p.m.) Kings @ Flames (Fox Sports, 6:00 p.m.) Kings @ Clippers (PRIME, 7:30 p.m.) "Wonderland" (IFC, 6:35 p.m.) Val Kilmer as John Holmes (yeah, he _wishes_) becomes implicated in a quadruple homicide. Good performance from Lisa Kudrow in this film BTW "20/20" (ABC, 9:00 p.m.) The year in review. "Rock 'n' Roll High School" (TCM, 9:15 p.m.) The Ramones classic. P.J. Soles, can you hear me?......

Rodger Jacobs is an author, journalist, documentary producer, blogger and familiar gadfly in the LA blogosphere. He has just published his latest project about one of Los Angeles's most well known murder cases in the 80s. Called the Wonderland Killings, the brutal murder of 4 people in a Laurel Canyon home gained even more noteriety when authorities discovered that porn star John Holmes had played a mysterious role in the case. Age and Occupation:......

As August draws to a close, blogland seems to be on hiatus, leaving us with re-runs. But repeats can be rewarding. For instance, LA journalist Rodger Jacobs posts a 1999 article about his experiences writing a documentary about porn legend John Holmes. How could you not love an essay that begins with: "A soul-siphoning conveyer belt leading to nowhere" is how I described the adult film industry in a an essay written only a......