Jeff Bridges

SOMETHING TO INFURIATE EVERYONE

The Fairest of Them All

Streisand's fun-house Mirror warps her strengths into rare weaknesses

Monster Mash

Alien Resurrection breathes new life into the franchise

Bowling for Dullards

Bridges scores, Coens overshoot lane in wacked-out Big Lebowski

Unwelcome Wagon

Paranoia-in-the-'burbs sinks Arlington Road's property values

Benny Blanko

8 Ft. in the Air
(Playhouse)

Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man is a thing to marvel at

8 Ft. in the Air
(Playhouse)

Kevin Smith’s Zack and Miri Make a Porno Is Strictly Softcore

8 Ft. in the Air
(Playhouse)

Tumble and Flop

Disney's routine can't stick its landing

Monkey Business

Peter Jackson spares no expense

Cape of Good Hope

Peter Jackson spares no expense

Second Run

Celebrating the overachieving, underhyped movies of 2004

A Gift to Grief

The Door in the Floor was adapted from John Irving's A Widow for One Year

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

The Door in the Floor was adapted from John Irving's A Widow for One Year

Meth Boom

The Crystal Method returns with Legion of Boom, another cameo-spiked celebration of nasty breaks

Biscuit is Gravy

Sure, Seabiscuit 's better than all the action sequels it's up against. But what will a fan of the book say?

Bucking the Odds

Seabiscuit is a different breed of summer "ride" movie

Impossible Dreamer

Terry Gilliam sets out to make Don Quixote, but becomes him instead

Natural Disaster

Was Terry Gilliam the man who killed Don Quixote?

Lazarus, Reborn

Peter Bogdanovich wasn't dead. He was just acting like it.

Call It 'The Offender'

The Contender is a candidate for the year's most high-minded trash

Tales Out of School

It's tough to be a teen. But what happens when your friends and family are all in gangs? Five students talk about growing up in the Valley's roughest neighborhoods.

The Gods Could Be Crazier

The Muse could stand some divine inspiration

Old Rush

The Muse could stand some divine inspiration

Soup Opera

Documentary chronicles L.A.’s nascent modern-art scene

The Men Who Stare at Goats: Did Aliens Abduct George Clooney's Sense of Humor?

Documentary chronicles L.A.’s nascent modern-art scene

Crazy Heart: Country Music, Faded Stardom, Liquor, and Age

Documentary chronicles L.A.’s nascent modern-art scene

Crazy Heart: Jeff Bridges Shines as a Country Music Has-Been, but Will the Elusive Oscar Finally Be His?

Documentary chronicles L.A.’s nascent modern-art scene

The Grammy's Top 10 Moments

Beyonce also did a version of Alanis' "You Oughtta Know" when she played Phoenix last summer.​ This year's Grammy's ceremony was full of instances that just made you scratch your head, furl your brow, and go, "Really?!?" Whether it was a pleasantly surprised reaction, a hearty laugh, or a look of ... More >>

Album Stream: She & Him - Volume Two

Taea ThaleStream She & Him's latest album Volume Two over at NPR Music​Actors and musicians often make strange bedfellows, yet they can't seem to stay away from each other. It must be the whole being artistically inclined thing. Take Zooey Deschanel, one half of She & Him and star of numer ... More >>

Tron: Legacy: Blissing Out on the 3-D CGI to Totally Incomprehensible Head Trip

Taea ThaleStream She & Him's latest album Volume Two over at NPR Music​Actors and musicians often make strange bedfellows, yet they can't seem to stay away from each other. It must be the whole being artistically inclined thing. Take Zooey Deschanel, one half of She & Him and star of numer ... More >>

True Grit: How the West Is Won

Taea ThaleStream She & Him's latest album Volume Two over at NPR Music​Actors and musicians often make strange bedfellows, yet they can't seem to stay away from each other. It must be the whole being artistically inclined thing. Take Zooey Deschanel, one half of She & Him and star of numer ... More >>

The Dude to Make an Album

​As everyone knows, The Dude was in the music business, briefly. As a roadie for Metallica during the Speed Of Sound tour. The band was, reportedly, a bunch of assholes.Now the Dude, using his professional alias Jeff Bridges, will record an album with Oscar and Grammy award winner T-Bone Burnett f ... More >>

Lebowski Fest

​As everyone knows, The Dude was in the music business, briefly. As a roadie for Metallica during the Speed Of Sound tour. The band was, reportedly, a bunch of assholes.Now the Dude, using his professional alias Jeff Bridges, will record an album with Oscar and Grammy award winner T-Bone Burnett f ... More >>

Dude Awakening

​As everyone knows, The Dude was in the music business, briefly. As a roadie for Metallica during the Speed Of Sound tour. The band was, reportedly, a bunch of assholes.Now the Dude, using his professional alias Jeff Bridges, will record an album with Oscar and Grammy award winner T-Bone Burnett f ... More >>

Jeff Bridges at The Arizona Biltmore, 7-3-11

​ Jeff Bridges Arizona BiltmoreSunday, June 3, 2011Jeff Bridges is a likable guy. He's the kind of character you root for, even when he's beating up Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man; even when he's playing a cold-blooded killer in Jagged Edge. He's got a quality that just endears people to him, and i ... More >>

Pool Parties, First Friday, The Palace, Jeff Bridges, Dropkick Murphys, Face To Face, and Nightlands Over the Weekend

​Cannonball Pool Party Kickoff The hipster pool party is officially back. The promoters of Sticky Fingers and Retro Hi-Fi have come together for the all new Cannonball Pool Party at the Lexington Hotel. The summer's remaining Sunday afternoons are going to be all about looking hip, taking a di ... More >>

Steve Martin and Six More Actors Who Don't Totally Suck at Music

One of these men was "born a poor black child."​He may be known best as a "wild and crazy guy," but Steve Martin is the master of more than one craft. In addition to his work as a comedian and actor, Martin is a writer, playwright, and as Rare Bird Alert, his new album with The Steep Canyon Range ... More >>

What's Selling: Hoodlums Top 10 Selling Albums of the Week

Photo by Ellen Von Unwerth​ Want to know what new release discs and platters are moving across the Valley at local record stores? We've got you covered with another installment of What's Selling. Well the Red Hot Chili Peppers certainly didn't waste any time jumping to the top of Hoodlums' li ... More >>

James McMurtry

Photo by Ellen Von Unwerth​ Want to know what new release discs and platters are moving across the Valley at local record stores? We've got you covered with another installment of What's Selling. Well the Red Hot Chili Peppers certainly didn't waste any time jumping to the top of Hoodlums' li ... More >>

Scottsdale 6 Bites the Dust -- the Latest in a Long Line of Shuttered Drive-Ins

Photo by Ellen Von Unwerth​ Want to know what new release discs and platters are moving across the Valley at local record stores? We've got you covered with another installment of What's Selling. Well the Red Hot Chili Peppers certainly didn't waste any time jumping to the top of Hoodlums' li ... More >>