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Dig a hole: Michael Winner
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/21/38741/ I read the news today, oh boy. Death Wish(es) director Michael Winner kept his appointment with death. Michael Winner brought me more entertainment, albeit unintentional, than just about any living director. Death Wish 3 is oxygen to my lungs! …
Is Zac Efron gunning for James Franco's title as Hollywood's enfant terrible?
WARNING: SORT-OF EXPLICIT MATERIAL AHEAD
The solemnity of the holiday aside, my colleague Mr. Marks has set the tone for today's material on The Big Screen, and I am obliged to follow suit. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/21/38723/ Let us begin, then, with the obvious: James Franco is enjoying …
Amy Brenneman delivers the poop with PSA on IBD
It must be tough on celebrities looking for a career-bolstering cause to cozy up to, what with all the good foundations and diseases already spoken for. Jimmy Buffett wants you to help him save the manatees. Bill Shatner is big …
Movies opening this week
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/18/38642/ Scott didn't care much for Mama - nor, for that matter, did he care much for Jessica Chastain in Mama. Me, I'm just fascinated by the "get nominated, make a horror flick" thing. Because everybody still remembers Jennifer Lawrence …
Review: Mama
'Mamma Mia!' was scarier
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/18/38622/ The trailer made it look like an armrest-grabbing good time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZlY47eCdas But... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5RtlpXsl8k&list=PLE58FE403677EDD00 Boy kills girl and self thus forcing their young daughters, Victoria (Megan Charpentier) and Lilly (Isabelle Nélisse), to spend five years in a deserted cabin being …
Interview with The Last Stand director Kim Ji-woon
Hoooo-boy. Lionsgate is going all in on this one. Here we are in the middle of the biggest gun-control debate this country has seen in ages, and what do they give us this weekend? The Last Stand, a film in …
I found an 8mm film labeled MURDERS in my garage attic
No, seriously
Day late and a dollar short - story of my life. Just months after Ethan Hawke found some 8mm films belonging to the previous owners of his house that wound up depicting a series of horrific crimes in Sinister... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/17/38565/ …
A closer look at the trailer for Spring Breakers
The most iconic American cinema image you'll see this year? The most iconic American cinema image you'll see this year.
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/17/38564/ Sigh. Full trailer here.
Oscar Mayer Wienermobile tools through San Diego
27-foot-long phallic fiberglass weenie coming this week to a supermarket near you
For those wondering what the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile has to do with The Big Screen movie blog, the phallic roadster has appeared in two features, Ladybugs with Rodney Dangerfield and the Gene Wilder/Richard Pryor "comedy," Another You. Happy? Now that …
Pacino is Paterno in new DePalma flick?
When was the last time anyone was excited over the promise of a new Brian DePalma film? Carlito's Way celebrates its twentieth anniversary this year. Just when the statute of limitations was about to run out comes word that DePalma …
Dave Grohl's Sound City one night only at Landmark's Hillcrest Cinemas
Documentary features Paul McCartney, Mick Fleetwood, Trent Reznor, Tom Petty, and more
Rockumentary fans mark your calendars: the one chance to see Sound City, Dave Grohl's documentary on the fabled Van Nuys recording studio, is Thursday, January 31. Dave Grohl recorded the album Nevermind with the band Nirvana at Sound City Studios. …
Dig a hole: Conrad Bain
Pictured: Conrad Bain at the 2003 TV Land Awards. The actor who helped Woody Allen test coffins in Bananas is now being fitted for one. Conrad Bain — Maude's nemesis, Arnold's dad, and Mr. President George C. Scott's Chief of …
Afterimage: Zero Dark Thirty
Not so much a meditation as a nitpick, but still.
Hey, if Batman can hack every cell phone in Gotham... Okay, so you've all seen Zero Dark Thirty and then spent 15-20 hours online, debating the film's depiction of torture and its possible efficacy in obtaining information crucial to finding …
Jurassic Park 4 may incorporate recent scientific opinion that most dinosaurs had feathers!
Guys, this is gonna be so awesome. Below, some just-released concept art from the studio. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/15/38457/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/15/38458/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/15/38459/
Brad Pitt as Pontius Pilate?
The movie world is buzzing with news that Brad Pitt may star as Pontius Pilate. Herewith, a few possible titles and posters...
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Johnny Depp signs on for Pirates of the Caribbean X: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner!
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/15/38449/ We're kidding, of course. He's just signed up for Pirates 5.
A message from Gandalf to Jodie Foster...
...following her amazing Golden Globes speech.
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/15/38448/ (The relevant quote, for those of you who haven't read the whole thing yet: "I will continue to tell stories, to move people by being moved, the greatest job in the world. It’s just that from now on, I …
Dig a hole: Nagisa Oshima
Director of "Cruel Story of Youth" and "In the Realm of the Senses" dead at 80
Japanese writer and director, Nagisa Oshima, died Tuesday afternoon at a hospital near Tokyo. He was 80. Having seen but a handful of the 52 features, shorts, and television movies Oshima signed, there is no way that I can write …
The big speech, once more with feeling
We missed a few on the first go-round!
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Landmark Theatres continues to provide that personal touch
I remember just last year when I would actually go to a movie theatre to watch a screening. Now I show up at the front door to pick up a DVD screener. The film in question is The Rabbi's Cat, …