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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 ...

Glass prison funnies!

Three's a trend. This is just silly.

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New releases opening this week: Star Trek Into Darkness, The Iceman

Plus some other stuff!

Question for debate: which ship takes more abuse, the Enterprise or the Millennium Falcon? I liked Star Trek Into Darkness. ...

Interview with Star Trek Into Darkness producer Bryan Burk

Co-Founder of Bad Robot productions sits down with The Big Screen

Matthew Lickona: I can't help but notice that all of the screenwriters — Roberto Oci, Alex Kurtzman, and Damon Lindelof ...

Disney announces third entry in "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" trilogy

Dept. of No, Not Really

Disney animation chief John Lasseter: "We started with Cars, because Hot Wheels. Then we moved on to Planes, because Top ...

"You're goin' to the moon, Méliès!"

Wasn't it Tom Aquinas who first said something like, "For those who understand, no explanation is necessary; for those who ...

Second annual La Jolla High School Film Festival tonight

Here is a unique film event for local cinephiles to support. This could be your chance to meet the the ...

Afterimage: Funny, Gatsby doesn't look Jewish

Gatz, Jay Gatz. He couldn't have been more Jewish had his parents named him Israel Hebrewstein. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/may/16/45731/ Matthew drew review ...

Dear A Clockwork Orange: let The Great Gatsby be your guide to the wonderful world of merchandising!

Single-piece sculpture? Oh, no no no. Mass production, that's the ticket.

So everyone is making a fuss because some artist somewhere is offering to make replicas of the famous penis sculpture ...

Michael Shannon in Smurfs 4: Yes, please

Let's make this happen, people.

Really, y'all should be reading Scott's entire interview with the great Michael Shannon here. (There was almost nothing to enjoy ...

Interview: Michael Shannon on The Iceman, the NRA, and what it would take to get him to star in a Smurfs sequel

Overall quality may vary, but Michael Shannon’s name on a poster guarantees satisfaction at least for as long as he’s ...

Report: Michael Bay furious at being passed over for directorial duties on Angry Birds films

Bay: "I AM THE ANGRIEST BIRD OF ALL! THE RAGING COCK!"

"Did they not see the BASE jumping scene in Transformers: Dark of the Moon? Do they not know that I ...

How to cure sexual obsessives

Ludovico ain't got nothin' on Crystal

Got a press release the other day. Decided to illustrate it. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/may/15/45658/ Culver City, CA (May 13, 2013) – Billy ...

Spot the Fake Title Quiz: Cartoon Edition

Erik Rosenbluh aced this morning's quiz in record time. The problem is, my former student and eternal friend lives in ...

Spot the Fake Titles Quiz: The New Batch

Yesterday's quiz met with such little resistance that I thought it wise not to break what was already fixed and ...

The Spot the Fake Title Quiz

Ixnay on the Ooglegay!

This one is fairly simple. Below are ten title cards, nine of which come from actual movies, trailers, and maybe ...

Dig a hole: Dr. Joyce Brothers

Dr. Joyce Brothers was a celebrity in the truest sense of the word; a person famous for being famous. She ...

McCartney concert screenings in Poway, Temecula, Mission Valley, more

Plus "Beatles Do Diego," chronicling the Fab 4's local adventures, together and separately

Someone stole my Wings Over America (1976) triple-album way back when triple-albums were still a "thing," and it's been a ...

Review: Peeples

The enormously appealing Craig Robinson makes the leap from second-string relief in raunchy comedies to top billing as the Ben ...

Die Disney die - UPDATED

No, it's not German for "The Disney the." It's just the Mondays, grumpy about the Disney Machine and what they're ...

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