Before he donned the infamous Spider-Man costume, Tobey Maguire earned a reputation throughout Hollywood as a young actor who could effortlessly portray society’s outcasts. Maguire undertook a multitude of such roles, ranging from the teenage boy nostalgic for a time that never was in “Pleasantville” to the estranged but promising novelist in “Wonder Boys.” Unlike many of his fellow young actors, Maguire was reluctant to take on roles that would guarantee him Hollywood success and the adoration of millions of teenage girls. Read more...

“Dirty Pretty Things” If you have any desire to live your life in ignorant bliss, do not watch this movie. “Dirty Pretty Things” is a dive into cold, harsh reality. Read more...

Director Gregor Jordan may have made a movie about war, but he had no idea audiences would actually wage it. “I was walking up to the stage for a Q&A and I saw this plastic water bottle hit the floor,” he said of his trip to Sundance this year. Read more...

Mike Figgis sits in a canopied square in the Farmers’ Market on 3rd Street and Fairfax Avenue wearing sunglasses, suggesting that perhaps he prefers watching people without them knowing it. Read more...

Busted flat in San Jose, about to miss my plane. I was feeling nearly as faded as my jeans. Well, we hadn’t exactly busted flat, but from the driver’s shop-talk lingo, I couldn’t tell exactly how our car had gone from 75 to zero miles per hour on the old Highway-17 North. Read more...

By Andrew Lee dB MAGAZINE Senior Staff [email protected] When singer/songwriter Tim DeLaughter was a teenager, he played in his obligatory rock bands, groups not too sonically distanced from Tripping Daisy ““ his act of eight years that made some noise during the height of 90s alternative. Read more...

“How to Deal” ponders a question nearly every teen (and college student) has been faced with: Can two people be “friends with benefits,” (i.e. hook up) without emotional attachment? Read more...