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Suckling up to Ben Ford at Ford’s Filling Station

14. November 2008

Almost all of you know the timeless story of the Three Little Pigs and their houses of straw, sticks and bricks. Well imagine that story, but Chef Ben Ford of Ford’s Filling Station is the big bad wolf, we blew the house down, and we ate them all in their house of bricks. Eyes, tongues, [...]

Dr. Horribles Sing Along Blog

17. July 2008

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Neil Patrick Harris stars in this funny webisode of a low-rent super-villain, the hero who keeps beating him up, and the cute girl from the laundromat he’s too shy to talk to. Shot in various locations around LA, including what looks like the Fox or Sony backlot? It starts off a little slow, but I [...]

Five Guys Burgers and Fries - Carson

15. July 2008

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You know what this town needs? More hamburgers. I can’t get enough of them. I can’t say that I have an absolute favorite. I can find myself craving a square cheeseburger from Wendy’s one day, a Double Double Animal Style from In & Out another, a Carolynn Spence burger from Bar Marmont on a Thursday [...]

Top 25 Netflix Movies in LA

1. July 2008

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I thought this was interesting. You can view the top 25 movies people in Los Angeles are renting the most on Netflix. The list is slightly skewed towards movies that take place in LA along with a few Hispanic movies. Number one on the list is 7 Dias, an entertaining drama from Mexico about [...]

Yamashiro Movie Night

23. June 2008

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You can’t argue that Yamashiro is probably one of the most beautiful restaurants in all of LA. Yamashiro means “Mountain Palace” in Japanese. It’s full of rich history. It was the dream of the Bernheimer brothers in 1911 to build a hilltop mansion 250 feet above Hollywood Boulevard. Today you can still see the 600-year-old [...]

Whittier Film Festival - March 7-8

4. March 2008

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Direct from my hometown, the first annual Whittier Film Festival debuts on March 7th and 8th. Showcasing a lot of great indie films like El Muerto (based on the comic series El Muerto:The Aztec Zombie by Javier Hernandez) and Bella (Winner of the Toronto Film Festival peoples choice award.) Festival passes are only $25, single [...]

Sketches Of Nothing By A Complete Nobody

13. February 2008

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Three years in the making, Sketches Of Nothing By A Complete Nobody is a autobio-documentary of sorts shot, directed, written and edited by a self proclaimed career homeless bum in the streets of Los Angeles. He goes by the name of Bumdog and what else can I say other than he’s got his own MySpace [...]

Rocket Video Blog

5. January 2008

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Movie lovers rejoice. Local video store Rocket Video, the video store for movie lovers, has a new blog. They feature stories about new movies, old movies, cult movies, documentaries, etc. Great commentary with video clips from youtube. Check it out here. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diglounge.net%2Fmovies%2Frocket-video-blog%2F'; addthis_title = 'Rocket+Video+Blog'; [...]

The Dude Abides

15. August 2007

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The time has come, the dude has spoken, Lebowski Fest LA has finally arrived. It coincides with the new book release titled, I’m a Lebowski, You’re a Lebowski. The party kicks off at the Knitting Factory on Friday October 12th with music by Totally Radd (and more TBA), then a screening of the movie, natch. [...]

Transformers movie event

9. May 2007

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So if you care, there is a Transformers event behind the “Transformers Building” at Vine and Sunset in the Kinko’s parking lot tomorrow morning from 7-9am. You’ll be able to tour the Sector 7 Mobile Command Unit, pick up advance screening passes to see the movie and the first 50 people there get a free [...]