The Hunger Games' tagline is "The World Will Be Watching", which isn't that far off. Should you hunger for even more fighting this weekend, Indonesian actioner The Raid: Redemption promises wall-to-wall carnage.
Weekend Movie Guide 03/22: Hungry for Action?
'If this is their idea of Christmas, I gotta be here for New Year's'
"It's Christmas Eve in L.A." begins the 1988 trailer for the Bruce Willis action flick Die Hard. That's right: Die Hard takes place at Christmas, and for some, it happens to be their favorite Christmas movie. Forget Bing Crosby's crooning and Ralphie's BB gun when there's Officer John McClane's "Yippee-ki-ay, mother--" uh, well, you know the rest.
LADOT's Michael May to Violate Brown Act
Shocked by the horrific road raging motorist vs. cyclists incident on Mandeville Canyon Road this past holiday weekend, the cycling community has rallied in the last four days to fight for justice and to ensure that Los Angeles city leadership, law enforcement and the judicial system respond to incidents such as this.
Taking Back LA: Free Culture & DIY
USC Free Culture is hosting a panel discussion this evening on reinvigorating Los Angeles' open space. What we can do with artistic expression, do-it-yourself technology and the public domain to preserve and enhance LA's 500 square miles of diverse culture before our greatest spaces are swallowed up by thinly veiled corporate interests? What type of “knowledge ecology” is possible in a city devoted to fame, celebrity and image? USC's Taper Hall, Rm 301 3501...

