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Shoot Or Be Shot
"...actually reading his work. On the lam in the California desert, he crosses paths with a low-budget film shoot..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Claim
"...Michael Winterbottom transposes the book to 1860s Gold Rush California. In drunken desperation, a young man named Dillon (Mullan)..."

June 1, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Terminal Island
"...a fictional penal colony established by the state of California from which there is no escape and, hence, no..."

May 16, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

About AIDS
DEA Approves CA marijuana study.
"...AIDS patients with neurological disorders in San Mateo County, California. The goal is to see whether marijuana performs as..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Column by Sandy Bartlett

Psycho Beach Party
This campy send-up of surf and slasher movies uses Gidget movies as its comic template.
"...Pizza Waitress With Three Heads (Robertson); a bunch of California surfer dudes, including a renegade psychology student (Brendon) and..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Better Living Through Circuitry
"...up rave culture, from the blissed-out attendees of a California desert rave to New York illbient turntablist DJ Spooky,..."

July 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Erin Brockovich
"...wangles a job as a research assistant with a California lawyer, and then proceeds, through sheer force of willpower..."

March 24, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Happy, Texas
"...inlaws. The film also never feels authentically Texan; its California pedigree slips out in the awkward accents and the..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola

The Minus Man
"...where his crazy head's at. Pulling into a nameless California town one day, Vann inserts himself into the lives..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Playing by Heart
"...Cuts who intersect at various points in a Southern California geography, the characters in Playing by Heart are denizens..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Alarmist
"...Candide-like in the world of home-security systems in Southern California. But while Arquette's man-boy charm has its goofy appeal,..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Mask of Zorro
"...on his trusty mount, silhouetted against the crimson Alta, California sky where the story is set. God knows it's..."

July 17, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Weed
"...can think of that might possibly be related to California's biggest cash crop. Essentially, Wolens wandered around Amsterdam during..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

John Carpenter's Escape From L.A.
"...United States since then: The “Big One” finally hit California, decimating Los Angeles and leaving the city and its..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Paul Bowles: The Complete Outsider
"...themes of Thomas Mann's novel to the shores of California's Venice Beach. A writer on retreat at his sister-in-law's..."

March 31, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mixed Nuts
"...the neurotic and ineffectual staff of Lifesavers, a Venice, California, suicide prevention center. The story is supposed to be..."

Jan. 6, 1995 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

The Twenty-Fourth International Tournee of Animation
"...Will Vinton Studios (unfortunately responsible for those cloying, annoying California Raisins) is given a nearly-half hour “tribute” representing both..."

April 15, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Red Rock West
"...Ethan Coen's Blood Simple, and packs more twisty Southern California double crosses in 98 minutes than anything I've seen..."

March 4, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Spike & Mike's Festival of Animation '94
"...They're the saving graces in this latest toon-fest from California's Spike Decker and Mike Gribble. The duo has assembled..."

Feb. 18, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Man's Best Friend
"...Lehne, Robert Costanzo and John Cassinni. At a Southern California genetics laboratory, the semi-mad Dr. Jarrett (Henricksen) has managed..."

Dec. 3, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Dangerous Woman
"...Aunt Frances (Hershey) amongst the citrus orchards of Southern California. Frances is no stranger to pain herself, locked as..."

Dec. 3, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Warlock: The Armageddon
"...way as the Warlock journeys from New York to California, leaving a trail of living-impaired victims in his bloody..."

Oct. 1, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Calendar Girl
"...three 18-year-old boys from Nevada who journey to Hollywood, California to tell their idol Marilyn Monroe that they adore..."

Sept. 10, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fortress
"...the Fortress (a giant underground prison housed beneath the California desert) and possible death. To be brief, Lambert and..."

Sept. 10, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kalifornia
"...desperate need to move to potentially greener pastures in California, Brad and Carrie decide to take a cross-country journey..."

Sept. 10, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Surf Ninjas
California surf dudes are actually heirs to an Asian island empire that has been taken over by an evil despot.
"...Jr. and Cowan discover that they are not simply California surf dudes but actually heirs to an Asian island..."

Aug. 27, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me
"...filled with thousands of Twinkle's dollars to El Monte, California where he hopes to obtain a new I.D. from..."

Aug. 27, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Twogether
"...Rowlands) and Brenda Bakke are good as the Venice, California pair, John and Allison, who meet, instantly make fast..."

April 30, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jack the Bear
"...of a father and two sons in 1972 Oakland, California, trying to hold together emotionally following the accidental death..."

April 9, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Venice/venice
"...romances and loses French journalist Jeanne (Alard) to Venice, California where Alard mysteriously reappears and Dean casts a movie,..."

Dec. 4, 1992 Movie Review by Louis Black

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