Johnie's Broiler, 7447 Firestone Blvd., Downey, CA. The Googie landmark Johnie's Broiler in Downey, CA (known as Harvey's Broiler when it opened in 1958), was ground into dust overnight last weekend, to expand a used car lot. Local preservationists were…
The great Rufus Thomas, the World's Oldest Finest Teenager, does "The Breakdown" (follow-up to "The Contrarian"). "I enjoy the occasional flaying of a sacred cow." -- anonymous movie critic Can your monkey do the dog Can your monkey do the…
The Pale Man knows how to do The Contrarian. He sits motionless until an external stimulus prompts him into motion. There's a brand new dance That's easy to do It's called the Contrarian And it's all about you! Strike a…
View image Frances Bean Dog. I'm back from break but hopelessly preoccupied because my eldest dog Frances had a couple lumps on her back foot and I had to take her in early this morning for a surgery/biopsy. This talk…
The Pale Man sez: "Use your eyes -- both of 'em!" The forthcoming "Grindhouse" notwithstanding, the motion picture double bill is a nearly dead art. Marquees have always been plugged with twosomes that just happened to be from the same…
View image "Brick": The third shot of the movie. For 35 years, on and off, critics Richard T. Jameson and Kathleen Murphy have annually assembled a montage of memorable impressions from the year's movies in a feature called "Moments Out…
This is a very funny man. A commentary on The Year in Comedy from Judd Apatow, the co-creator of "Freaks and Geeks," "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and... Seth Rogan: It seems like comedy is more popular than ever right now. There…
Roger Ebert's best movie lists from 1967-present
There is none so blind as he who will not see. It's true. Ray Stevens sang it in the hit single "Everything is Beautiful (In Its Own Way)." I have no idea why I just mentioned that. MSN Movies has…
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