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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?

By Tony Ortega
Jul 31, 2003

We seem to have touched a nerve a few weeks back by making reference to a theater full of leather-clad bikers. Our guest for the evening, comedian Jimmy Danelli, casually joked about the "Hell's Angels" in the audience, which elicited some angry letters from biker types who felt slighted. So...
Pirate Booty

Lezbosagogo's Angela Pulliam and India wish they could live in Depp's world

By Tony Ortega
Jul 17, 2003

Considering the unexpected amorous complexities of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, perhaps it was auspicious to take a couple of lesbians to see the Disney romp. After all, the last thing you expect from a movie based on a theme park ride is a gender-busting...
Terminate, Already

Local comedian Jimmy Danelli gets a rise from the machines

By Tony Ortega
Jul 10, 2003

For some reason, the local promotions firm putting on a preview screening of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines last week figured it would be a good idea to have several dozen middle-aged burnouts on motorcycles cruise up and down outside the theater in a menacing spectacle. Besides tying up...
The Incredible Sulk

Local studio owner blames testosterone

By Tony Ortega
Jun 26, 2003

"How do his pants never come off?" Kathleen Thomas says with a laugh as, onscreen at the Arizona Center, pent-up microbiologist Bruce Banner makes his second transformation into The Hulk. Time and again, the brooding scientist burst through his clothes on his way to becoming a house-sized bundle of green...
Dim and Kimber

Discomfort in stupidity

By Tony Ortega
Jun 19, 2003

"I feel all itchy," Kimber Lanning whispered in the darkened theater at Arizona Center, and it wasn't the plush AMC furniture making her skin crawl. The local record store and art gallery owner was trying her best to sit still halfway into Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd, but...

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