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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 ...

New releases opening this week: The Great Gatsby and some other less exhausting things

Okay, The Great Gatsby. I shouldn't complain. It's not based on a toy property. It's not a superhero movie. It's ...

The Big Screen turns 2 today!

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/may/10/45317/ Has it really been two years since my editor, Ernie Grimm, called to say, "Hey, Marks, The Reader is ...

John McCain calls for à la carte cable

How many times have I spent the witching hour surfing the cable in search of a Taxicab Confessions rerun or ...

You got off with a slap on the wrist, Charlie Brown

Judge cautions, "Don't be a blockhead!"

Peter Robbins, the former voice of Charlie Brown on numerous Peanuts television specials, was sentenced Wednesday to one year in ...

You're a good defendant, Charlie Brown

Peter Robbins to be sentenced today

Peter Robbins, the former child vocal artist who gave voice to Charlie Brown on many of the Peanuts television specials, ...

Dig a hole and Tulips Shall Grow: Ray Harryhausen

Never mind the above-the-line talent: Ray Harryhausen was one of the few special visual effects creators whose name in the ...

First annual La Costa Film Festival looking for submissions

Famed North County Resort and Spa turns screening destination October 24 - 27

And you thought the La Costa Resort and Spa was all about playing tennis, getting mudpacks, and seeing stars. Festival ...

Go tell it on the mountain: a pictorial history of the Paramount logo

What's come to be known as 'the mountain of dreams' began in 1914 as a boardroom doodle from the pen ...

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