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The Hemlock Society presents Soylent Green

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Reading Cinemas and AMC Theaters to open tonight

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Now, more than ever - let's all go to the drive-ins!

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Video: San Diego Joyride '95

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The Hemlock Society presents Soylent Green

The Hemlock Society's monthly “Right to Die Film Series'' isn't going to let a pandemic keep it down. The group’s next meeting will be held virtually on December 20 with ...

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Reading Cinemas and AMC Theaters to open tonight

This has been the longest dry spell of my moviegoing life. Even the most blizzardy Chicago winter could not keep me away for more than a few weeks let alone ...

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Now, more than ever - let's all go to the drive-ins!

They're the last soldiers standing in what used to be a packed battlefield of screens, in a city that used to host over two dozen outdoor theaters, spread out all ...

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Video: San Diego Joyride '95

Before making it my home, San Diego was an annual vacation destination for 15 years. “1995” was written across the spine of the TDK-HS video cassette, but the exact date ...

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Daily DVD & Download: Space 1999 - the complete series & then some

I finally got through the 17-disc Space 1999 set, a show I'd never watched before other than on early Mystery Science Theater 3000s. Most episodes failed to keep my attention for long, but I definitely ...

March 22, 2020

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Daily DVD & Download: Buck Rogers VS Nolan's Batman

I finally slogged thru most of the Buck Rogers complete series DVD set, and it was pretty much as dismal as I feared, other than a small – very small - handful of exceptions. The ...

March 21, 2020

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March 20, 2020

Daily DVD & Download: Capsule reviews before you buy or binge

I've got over 1000 DVDs I can watch during this stay-at-home shutdown, including several crates I recently purchased full of obscure horror movies, recent blockbusters, plus plenty of grindhouse oldies, including a 1983 Chuck Norris ...

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February 24, 2020

Landmark's Ken Cinema to close its doors March 22

Has it really been 6 years since I stepped in and helped to save the Ken Cinema from the wrecking ball? On Sunday, March 22, Landmark Theatres will officially pull the plug on the Ken ...

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July 26, 2019

Forky: a life on film

He may be this year's emerging superstar, but Forky arrived on the scene long before Toyota began cranking out hybrids. Half-fork, half-spoon, and all-heart, his is a presence so large, they might just as well ...

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May 4, 2019

12 important things I learned from Rod Serling's Twilight Zone

A lot of people have made very predictable lists of “Stuff I learned from the Twilight Zone,” but here’s 12 unexpected and important things I figured out that few seem to “get” from Rod Serling’s ...

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January 11, 2019

Frons list

A few months back, I put out feelers to all of the major theatre chains in San Diego, hoping that one of them would have the good taste (and decency) to book the long-awaited last ...

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December 27, 2018

2018: Apparition to Zama

A strange year at the movies for your exceedingly humble correspondent. Only about 100 reviews this time ‘round, and three of my notable ten didn’t even make it into the paper. The first of those ...

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Asian Film Festival opens this weekend

At age 19, the Asian Film Festival shows no sign of slowing down. If anything, this could be the strongest lineup artistic director Brian Hu has assembled in many a year. What follows are a ...

November 8, 2018

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The other side of Peter Bogdanovich

Here's more of my talk with Peter Bogdanovich. From Buster Keaton the subject shifts to what chance, if any, we have of ever seeing Jerry Lewis' notorious concentration camp clown picture, his thoughts on The ...

November 2, 2018

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September 29, 2018

As fall comes in, the stars come out

Three three-star new movie releases this week, including Golden Job and I Am Not a Witch

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September 22, 2018

Ethan Hawke's Blaze of glory

Plus other new movie releases, including Lizzie and Love, GIlda

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