Expo Line Phase 2; What if You Can't Avert Your Eyes?; FilmWeek
Expo Line Phase 2
Phase 1 of the MTA's Exposition Light Rail project, intended to run from Downtown Los Angeles to Santa Monica, has begun. West side residents are divided over possible routes for the Expo Line to follow from Culver City to Santa Monica. Larry is at the Palms/Rancho Park Branch of the LA Public Library to moderate a panel discussion on Phase 2 of the Expo Line with guests Zev Yaroslavsly, Los Angeles County Supervisor representing the Third District, Samantha Bricker, Chief Operation Officer for the Exposition Construction Authority, Jonathon Weiss, Cheviot Hills resident and member of Light Rail for Cheviot, and Terri Tippit, spokesperson for Neighbors For Smart Rail.
What if You Can't Avert Your Eyes?
Recently billboards showing graphic images of a woman being tortured and killed were erected in LA and NY advertising the film Captivity. The MPAA has withheld rating the film and the billboards have been removed. Larry talks about the controversial ad campaign with Marti Noxon, producer of TV's Grey's Anatomy, who worked to get the billboards removed, and Ira Teinowitz, Washington Bureau Chief for Advertising Age and Television Week.
FilmWeek
Larry and critics Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com and Peter Rainer of the Christian Science Monitor discuss this week's new releases, including Grindhouse, The Reaping, The Hoax, Killer of Sheep, and Black Book.