Why, yes, Tom Cruise's character does dress in white and live in an ivory tower above the clouds. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/19/44091/ And yes, the Scavengers led by Morgan Freemen do dress in black and have what at least look like dreadlocks. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/19/44092/ …

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/19/44088/ They'll always have Paris. I liked To the Wonder. A lot. Others were less enthusiastic. C'est la vie. I do get a little miffy when people yammer on about it looking/sounding like a perfume commercial. A film has to …

Fight heterophobia!

You know, "fear of the different." Because if a super-dude saved my son from a bus that was sinking into the water, I know I'd be pretty angry. Because the dude was super. How dare he? Wait, what? I dunno, …

When you've got a story like Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball, maybe the best move is to put the story out there and get out of the way. And that's what 42 does - well, …

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/09/43459/ Um, Tony? Maybe don't punch things with the hand that doesn't have any armor on it. Did you learn nothing from Iron Man 2? When did things go bad for the bad guy? When he stopped the drone assault …

Oh, man. FilmDrunk reports on an English film director who died while trying to live like a homeless person. Basically, Sullivan's Travels without the happy ending. RIP.

Dept. of No, Not really

Is it Batman all over again? http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/08/43381/

A couple of things you might have missed.

http://vimeo.com/56897454 People, I Am Not A Hipster. But then, you knew that. A hipster would never write for anything so mainstream as an alternative weekly. Also, I Am Not a Hipster is a movie - made right here in San …

Scott Marks must have changed his meds to something that softens the heart. Either that, or the Aussies know how to handle sentiment and singing. At any rate, he really liked The Sapphires. He was less impressed with the "easy …

Because some of you are going tonight, right?

I'm sure my partner will have much more to say about the death of critical giant Roger Ebert. But I wanted to note this, from the early paragraphs of his obituary: Ebert, 70, who reviewed movies for the Chicago Sun-Times …

Paging Room 237: I got yer fancy explanation right here.

So there's a movie coming out on Friday called The Evil Dead. It's an updated remake of Sam Raimi's 1981 cult horror classic by the same name. And next Friday, there's a film coming out called Room 237. It's an …

Remember This is 40, Judd Apatow's meditation on what his life would be like if he looked like Paul Rudd? http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/03/43098/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/03/43099/ Well, Adam Sandler has his own "man faces middle age" movie coming out. It's called Grown Ups 2, …

So the kerfuffle between Shia LaBeouf and Alec Baldwin from a while back came up again when The Beef went on Letterman, and that gives me a chance to do what I should have done back then: illustrate various lines …

Dept. of No, Not Really

So Finding Nemo 2, er, Finding Dory, is due for 2015. Because while Albert Brooks as a father reconnecting with his son was nice, I think we can all agree that Dory the forgetful fish was why we were there …

Look, it's Good Friday, the day Christians believe God died. Even if you're not a believer, it's a pretty deathy day, full of reminders that death is coming for you, too. Why not spend a couple hours of your ever-diminishing …

After several scheduling delays, Lore is finally in theaters. I really thought I was over WWII films. But this one, set after the war has ended and telling the story of German children coming to grips with the sins of …

You know, the one with Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo?

Yeah, well, they're in talks to reprise their roles in the inevitable reboot. But you know what I'd rather see? A straight-up remake. A couple of casting suggestions: Mark Duplass as Chevy Chase: http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/28/42758/ Amy Poehler as Beverly D'Angelo: http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/28/42759/ …

I mean, the name of the song is "Thrift Shop."

So there's a red-band trailer for Michael Bay's bodybuilding caper movie Pain & Gain. I can't embed it because I'm an idiot, but it's over here. The main thing is that the trailer uses Macklemore's earworm "Thrift Shop," a song …

Right?

I mean, he knows how reviled Showgirls was, doesn't he? Or is he one of those hardy few who believes it to be a secretly brilliant satire? Who can say? http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/26/42606/