Forky: a life on film
After decades of service, the three-pronged plasticware gets a shot at stardom
Scott Marks 12:30 p.m., July 26
New Releases
Movie Reviews
Dolittle: Robert Downey, Jr. goes down
Does a dragon even qualify as an animal?
It is with deep and abiding regret that we report the passing of Robert Downey, Jr. — one of the last of his generation of trailblazers — over to the dark side. Admittedly, the transition ...
The best and worst films of 2019
Scott Marks’ picks
Of the nearly 250 films I viewed in 2019, here are the front-runners and slopsuckers. For more on this year in film, visit the Big Screen. Favorites: 10.) Last Letter A romantic drama void of ...
The reign of Dag Hammarskjöld
Documentarian Mads Brügger is in it to monitor “the evil that white men do”
Where were you when you first learned of the death of Dag Hammarskjöld? For some, it will be wherever they’re reading this review. But at the time, his mere existence was viewed by some as ...
Film Events
Film Forum: 12 Angry MenChula Vista Civic Center LibraryWednesday, January 22, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. |
Film Forum: Where'd You Go, BernadetteChula Vista Civic Center LibraryThursday, January 16, 2020, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. |
An American In ParisEdwards Mira MesaWednesday, January 22, 7 p.m. |
Film & Discussion: Tel Aviv on FireTemple Emanu-ElMonday, January 20, 12:45 p.m. to 3 p.m. |
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Family movies with ghosts of cartoons past
Bigweld’s gatekeeper is a direct descendant of Frank Morgan’s sentry in The Wizard of Oz
This week’s goal was to find three films to unite families around the set that didn’t contain any references to Christmas. The first two came easy. For some crazy reason, I had it in my ...
Movie Archives
The Fugitive
Big-screen treatment of the 1963-67 television series of the same name. The original was something special: existentialism for the masses; Swanson Frozen Kafka; an installment-plan Odyssey (or: The Longest Distance Between Two Points). And David Janssen, an actor of the ...
The Boss
An oscillating orphan grows into a highly successful, Vegas-style motivational speaker who, after a 5 month stint in the pen for insider trading, reinvents herself as a chocolate brownie baroness. With her red wig in place, Melissa McCarthy wants like ...
Deepwater Horizon
If it’s a choice between heroes drawn from real life and costume-clad warriors, give me the civvies life every time. Admittedly, the TV-friendly character exposition that opens Deepwater Horizon – Mark Wahlberg’s young daughter reveals what daddy does for a ...
