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Pac-Arts monthly Film Forum now open to non-members

For as long as I've known my pal, John Dacapias, he's been touting the virtues of Pac-Arts monthly Film Forum. ...

Trailer Park: The World's End

Now that's structure.

Okay, it's not out until tomorrow, but I really really like the device in Frances Ha of having addresses serve ...

Trailer Park: Last Vegas

Brilliant. Mean, but brilliant.

Okay, so that was awful. That's understood. But there's a special evil to the awfulness. Because even though the trailer ...

Dig a hole: Steve Forrest

"S.W.A.T." star and Dana Andrews' younger brother

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/may/23/46129/ Steve Forrest, movie actor, Lt. Hondo Harrelson on TV's S.W.A.T., and dependable Dana Andrews' real-life kid brother, is dead. ...

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Sloppy seconds? Ken Scott gets another shot at his high concept

Perhaps the ultimate example of making an indie film in order to break into Hollywood

Hey, did you see the sperm-donor comedy Starbuck? Probably not - it made just $335,000 in the States, and received ...

The day Pee Wee Herman landed me in the hospital

Another celeb encounter gone very, very wrong...

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/may/22/46081/ It was around 1999 when I first heard through mutual acquaintances that Paul Reubens, AKA Pee Wee Herman, liked ...

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To Smurf, or not to Smurf: it's out of the question

I drew the unenviable task of reviewing the first Smurfs movie. I peed blue for three weeks. If I belch ...

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A brief history of Liberace(s) on film

Soderbergh's biopic premiers Sunday on HBO

Steven Soderbergh's Liberace biopic, Behind the Candelabra, is not the first time the story of the flamboyant pianist has been ...

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How I pissed off Gene Roddenberry AND Ed Wood's Vampira....

Two memorably wonky celebrity encounters that didn't go as planned

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/may/21/45954/ Here I am with "Vampira" (real name Maila Nurmi), probably best known for appearing in Ed Wood Jr.'s Plan ...

Oceanside International Film Festival seeks submissions

Earlier this month The Big Screen brought news that the first annual La Costa Film Festival is looking for submissions. ...

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U R Old

The Box Office Mojo report on Star Trek Into Darkness's middling $70 million opening weekend included this fun little detail: ...

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Chopard Jewelers express concern over Bling Ring brand-building partnership

Dept. of No, Not Really

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/may/17/45772/ "This is not the buzz we had in mind. No one can even see our product now!" Chopard statement ...