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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 ...

New releases opening this week: Iron Man 3, and some other films as well

So yeah, Iron Man 3. Man, do I hate bloated finales. Remember the first Iron Man? Stark vs. Stane, Iron ...

Dig a hole: Jack Shea, three-time president of the DGA

Jack Shea. The name sounded so familiar. The rest of the world probably remembers Shea's contributions to television history through ...

Casting Fred Rogers

Come on, people - help me out.

Word is that they're making a Fred Rogers movie. Jon Hamm? http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/may/02/44805/

Part III of Iron Man and Tony Stark watching Iron Man 3

Is everybody excited yet? http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/may/02/44801/ Here's Part II Here's Part I

Part II of Iron Man and Tony Stark watching Iron Man 3

Tony gets a little touchy... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/may/02/44794/

Iron Man and Tony Stark watch a screener of Iron Man 3

First in a series. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/may/02/44793/

Dig a hole: Deanna Durbin

Allow me not to be the first to say, "Was Deanna Durbin still alive?" She was a huge star in ...

Trailer Park: Pacific Rim

Okay, so everyone's excited for this, because deep down inside, everyone is still an eight-year-old boy. Except, maybe, you know, ...

Review: Kon-Tiki

My father always envisioned himself dying behind a ship's wheel rather than seated in a Sears recliner. Perhaps that's why ...

Interview: Pierce Kavanagh, San Diego Surf Film Festival co-founder

Festival #2 runs May 8 - 12

I don't know my groms from my salties or a hoot from a shaka. What I'm certain of is the ...

Tribecka

DeNiro's festival recognizes America's premier lunatic

As if "The Big Wedding" were not bad enough, this is the second time this week Robert DeNiro has become ...

Oscar Mayer Wienermobile coming this week to an Albertsons near you

One bun closes, another opens. Last week ended with talk of Costco fans now having to wash down their weenies ...

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