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Wait, wait, wait - howcum no one told me about The Monk?
Look, I know not everyone is going to be as taken as I am with the notion of a French film that takes the notions of spiritual struggles and holiness seriously (maybe Roger Ebert?), but you could have at least …
New releases opening this week
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/08/41386/ "Relax! These bubbles can only be burst by bad reviews!" Storm a-comin'. No, not the silly twister in Oz the Great and Powerful that isn't one-half as scary as the twister in a similar film whose name escapes me …
Spot the Stallone!
Let's play a game. Which of the images below is the Sideshow Collectibles plastic model of Sylvester Stallone, and which is the actor himself? http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/07/41341/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/07/41343/
Boob gun report
So Machete Kills is going to feature boob guns. An alert reader over at Filmdrunk noted that boob guns appeared on Ursula Andress back in 1965's The Tenth Victim. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/07/41337/ But of course, we've had deadly boobs in the interim. …
Hollywood comes to La Mesa with tribute to venerable character actor...I think
Who knew that the great Porter Hall, star of such legendary films as His Girl Friday, Sullivan's Travels, Double Indemnity, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and Miracle on 34th Street, had a historic landmark named after him in La Mesa? …
Tyson and Marks: ham fist meets kosher ham
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/07/41303/ Two years ago I'd have laughed in the face of anyone who said one of the high points of writing a movie blog for The Reader would be time spent with a sports figure in town trying to reinvent …
Review: Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth
"Anyone see Tyson?" the former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world asked the packed crowd at last night's performance of Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth. Mike was referring to James Toback's 2008 documentary. "I love James Toback and all," he continued, …
What a difference a Doris Day makes (especially when it's Jean Seberg)
The Huffington Post ran this picture under the headline, "Doris Day's Hat Makes our Day." http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/05/41143/ If that's Doris Day them I'm Rock and Baby Jane Hudson. With all the money Arianna Huffington ran off with when she sold out …
San Diego Latino Film Festival runs March 7 - 17
Feliz 20 Aniversario del Centro de Artes de los Medios!
You'll find the San Diego Latino Film Festival's digital program book here. Turn to festival founder and director Ethan van Thillo's welcoming remarks. The first words written do not befit someone who has been in the festival business for 20 …
Something's rotten in the Emerald City
"Do you think it's going to be 124 minutes of effects-driven crap, Toto?"
James Franco and the pillarbox black-and-white sequences held my interest long enough for this anamorphic admonition to appear: http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/04/41053/ When was the last time Sam Raimi gave us anything original to look at? Evil Dead 2? The Quick and the …
"All this wealth was what brought the dragon."
Uh-oh.
Only now do we begin to realize the forces that were at work... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/04/41047/ And he seemed like such a nice fellow.
Review: The Last Exorcism Part II
Shouldn't it be "The Last Exorcism, Too?"
Doesn't the word 'last' in the title automatically make it subject to limitations? The Last Exorcism was supposed to be the last exorcism, right? What's with this 'Part II' baloney? Things were going so well for Nell (Ashley Bell) in …
Where Kubrick Kubricked, Spielberg will Spielberg
You remember Kubricking, right? Becoming obsessed with a particular artistic creation, past the point of reason, even, possibly, past the point of artistic merit? (See also: Peter Jackson and nine hours of The Hobbit, James Cameron and nothing but Avatar …
What Oscar has joined together, let no exhibitor break asunder
The Lee Marvin double feature from hell! First, Lee at his drunken, Oscar-winning laziest in Cat Ballou, followed by a slob-turn as the kaput baseball player (and only spark of life) in a well-intentioned garbage scow of a gabfest directed …
Consumer's guide to finding movie reviews in The Reader
There seems to be some confusion over where to find movie reviews on The Reader. Reader regular, Monaghan, has been on us like a cheap suit the past couple of weeks. Yesterday he wrote, "Reader readers are DYING for some …
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone trolls The Avengers
Go ahead, tell me this isn't intentional. This: http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/01/40942/ Plus this: http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/01/40943/ Equals this: http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/01/40944/
New releases opening this week
No. Just No. Scott busts out the rare five-star rating for this retro experiment in matching new film to archival footage, mostly because he misses the good old days of VHS. Kidding! Here's the thing about scheduling releases: The Gatekeepers …
10 reasons why Steve Spielberg will be jury president at Cannes Film Festival
'Oscar-winning director' isn't bad enough. Now he's 'President Spielberg!'
10.) They'll save money on electricity by illuminating the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès with high beam flashlights. 9.) John Williams would only agree to score the show if Spielberg was involved. 8.) He'll borrow buddy Bob Zemeckis' equipment …
Ephemeral Groucho
The blog has been a bit Groucho-heavy of late, but while researching Sunday night's Live Oscar Blog, I stumbled across a handful of material that is new to The Big Screen. Consider a moratorium on Groucho posts now in effect. …
New Iron Man poster reveals new armor!
Ladies and gentlemen, the Mark Episode IV: http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/28/40884/ Ha ha no seriously: http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/28/40885/ Um, careful, Tony - that fist you're making is looking pretty exposed. Maybe think about punching with the armored hand, even if it does mean breaking your …