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Interview with Phantom technical advisor Kenneth Sewell
Kenneth Sewell is the author of Red Star Rogue: The Untold Story of a Soviet Submarine's Nuclear Strike Attempt on the U.S., the book that served as the inspiration for Phantom, which opens Friday. He also served as technical advisor …
Ninja III: The Domination coming to Blu-ray
There is no such thing as a bad genre
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/27/40831/ There was a time in my life, several years before Jackie Chan forced me to rethink my stance, where you couldn't pay me to watch a karate movie. I had stumbled into a few simply to see what all …
Boobgate 2013 continues: this time with actual quotes, and a defense from Roger Ebert!
Last one, I promise, but it's about time we had a serious discussion about nudity in film, right, Seth Rogen? So, Penelope Cruz - Seth mentioned you in his song about boobs. How do you feel about the nudity? http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/27/40814/ …
Boobgate 2013: the boobs talk back
Seth MacFarlane's "We Saw Your Boobs" song has generated rather a good deal of uproar since he sang it during his Oscars opening bit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TWLKP8j0zk Now, some of those boobs finally get to respond. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/27/40805/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/27/40806/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/27/40807/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/27/40809/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/27/40810/
Interview: Mike Tyson
My 10 minutes in the ring with The Champ
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/27/40801/ So give him a stage where this bull here can rage. Mike Tyson is coming to town. The legendary boxer brings his one man show, Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth, to San Diego’s Balboa Theatre for one night only on …
Exile Nation: The Plastic People of the Tijuana River canal
Filmmaker Charles Shaw addresses the difficult reality behind deportation, homelessness, and drug abuse.
If you’ve ever crossed the pedestrian bridge over the Tijuana River canal, you’ve no doubt seen dozens of people living among its garbage-strewn banks in makeshift ñongos – ramshackle structures built from trash and river detritus. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/26/40773/ Some may have …
Groucho Marx was boy soprano in an Episcopal Church choir!
You don't believe me? It says so in this cartoon. You bet your Captain Roscoe! http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/26/40767/
New rules for Oscar shows
A modern day Joe Barbera riding herd over a three-and-a-half hour orgy of inanimate self-veneration
Last year it was Minny's pie. This year it's Life of Pi. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/25/40652/ We were forced to do business with Seth MacFarlane. I don't like his kind of TV people. I don't like to see him come on this clean …
Oscar Autopsy: John Goodman > Daniel Day Lewis
At least as far as Best Picture is concerned.
I know what you're thinking. You're thinking that what last year's Best Picture, The Artist, has in common with this year's best picture, Argo, is that they both start with A, and Academy voters are so damn rigid that they …
Interview with Bless Me, Ultima stars Luke Ganalon and Castulo Guerra
Bless Me, Ultima is the film version of the novel by Richard Anaya, and it tells the story of Antonio, a Chicano boy in 1940s New Mexico who must contend with many influences as he seeks to make sense of …
New releases opening this week
No, seriously! This one's character-driven! Maybe it's the sun shining down after a wet and chilly week. Maybe it's the end of flu season. But something's in the air - Scott enjoyed not one, but two movies that he was …
Trailer Park: the mundane horrors of Dark Skies
Haven't seen this one yet, but there are some genuine chills in the trailer. Children who don't come home for family gatherings because they're playing video games with their friends. Is it at all surprising that the trouble starts here? …
Review: Hansel & Gretel Get Baked
It's better than anything Tommy Wirkola had to show us
For 420 eyes only. After hearing the title I asked, “Did Harvey Weinstein go stark raving mad and produce an animated children's comedy about the Holocaust?” Technically, it's not a cartoon, but there is a yellowed German passport with a …
Albert Brooks in This is 40 for Best Jew?
The New Yorker's Richard Brody says yes!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ438Fy_PYg I'm not sure if Scott would agree, but I thought I'd toss it out there for him.
Don't forget this Sunday's Live Oscar Blog!
Will it be Lincoln or Argo? Hunt or Field? Zeitlin or Lee? Phoenix or Washington? France or Dick? Who cares? We'll goof on all of them and more during The Big Screen's annual Live Oscar Blog! I've already submitted my …
Hollywood is an engine that runs on mutual loathing and bottomless need
Teamwork!
Remember this lovely bit from the 2010 Oscars? Tina Fey and Robert Downey Jr. doing a back-and-forth about writers and actors? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw1BHrQ_7T4 Robert Downey Jr.: "It's a collaboration. A collaboration between handsome, gifted people and sickly little mole people." Tina …
It's 'Take Aim at Marks Day' at The Reader
A pair of socks from Holman and Grimm
Lickona told me to expect a gift from Reader publisher, Jim Holman, and features editor, Ernie Grimm. While putting in a rare personal appearance at the office, Matthew overheard Jim tell Ernie, "Well, that wraps it up for Marks." Paranoia …
Trailer Park: Hansel and Gretel Get Baked
The 02/22/13-02/28/13 edition of Gaslamp Programming Chart, my favorite weekly email, just arrived and with it news of 10pm only screenings this Friday and Saturday night of a new cinematic sensation. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/20/40468/ Hansel and Gretel Get Baked? Did Harvey Weinstein …
Martin Scorsese first director named Jefferson Lecturer in the Humanities
He's movin' on up!
Shpilberg may take home another Oscar for Lincoln, but Marty is the first director to take home a Jefferson. The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has asked Him to deliver the 2013 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities. Here's hoping …