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3D TV? Someone tell Ralph Kramden the wait is over
My heart goes out to Danny Baldwin, friend, colleague, and recent purchaser of a 3D TV. He posted the following on his Facebook wall earlier today: "Pretty sure 3D TV was a bad omen. First the clouding issue that has …
Timothy Spall, the man who should be king
Hopkins has Hollywood street cred, but Spall would have pulled it off without a hitch
Local actor and old friend George Weinberg-Harter beat me to it with his response to my review of Hitchcock posted on Facebook: "Hopkins looks neither like himself nor like Hitch. An excellent actor who might have been perfect in the …
What could go wrong?
Hey! Super was about real-life superheroes! Let's hire that guy to direct a superhero movie for Disney!
Oh, good grief. So James Gunn, who directed the nasty, brutish, and short (but also sweet, pure, and almost religious) film Super, somehow managed to get himself hired to direct Guardians of the Galaxy for Marvel/Disney. And so naturally, the …
Streisand's finger of Guilt points at Monster-In-Law
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/29/36205/ What is it with these high-powered screen legends coming out of semi-retirement long enough to dreck the halls by playing merciless mother figures? The Funny Girl ain't funny no more. Has Yentl gone mentl? Was Barbra Streisand sick the …
One owner 1966 Batmobile for sale
Designer George Barris hopes to fetch millions of da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-dollars at auction
Holy motors, Batman! No, not that pretentious Leos Carax bore. The original Batmobile hits the auction block this January. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/29/36195/ The Gotham City gas guzzler was designed for the the 1966 Batman TV series by car customizer extraordinaire George Barris. …
Opening this week
Oh, Hitchcock, you mean thing, you. You broke Scott's heart. As if The Girl wasn't rough enough on the guy. Chasing Ice contains some images of transcendent beauty displayed for moral purposes. You might not think you want to see …
James Bond, brand whore
Wound up seeing Skyfall a second time; found that I was still irked by the branding. There certainly was a lot of it. Heineken was just the most egregious. And of course, there are all those Omega watch ads in …
Film Independent Spirit Awards let loose their 2013 nominations
It's beginning to smell a lot like Oscar
What separates the Independent Spirit Awards from the Academy Awards? Guests are allowed to consume alcohol during the ceremony. I didn't realize the same held true when the time came for compiling a list of nominations. Let's take Celeste and …
Lost gems of the ‘60s: Gates to Paradise (1968) with Jenny Agutter, Pauline Challoner
Obscure 13th century Christian “Children’s Crusade” as twisted teen road trip to Jerusalem
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/27/36102/ I’ve long been fascinated by the so-called “Children’s Crusade,” historically described as a peaceful march to Jerusalem launched around the year 1212 by a charismatic teen Christian who traveled from town to town in medieval France and Germany, recruiting …
Review: Liz and Dick
Liz and...DUCK!!!
Having just touched down from the planet Pluto, completely unaware of who Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were, one look at Liz and Dick would leave you believing the intention of this tawdry made-for-cable smellodrama was to paint a portrait …
Hey, how 'bout that Bob Hope garage sale, huh?
I'm temporarily stationed in Burbank approximately a mile-and-a-half from ground zero, the Toluca Lake home of Bob and Dolores Hope. It's a route I can drive in my sleep: turn right on Riverside off Pass, and hang a hard left …
Dig a hole: Larry Hagman
As a student of I Dream of Jeannie who never made it all the way through an episode of Dallas, consider me a member of Team Tony, not Team J.R. Larry Hagman, the eccentric, outspoken (except on Sundays) actor best …
Dig a hole: Deborah Raffin
If the name fails to ring a bell it's either because you aren't old enough to have gone to the movies in the '70s, or you weren't born in China. Deborah Raffin, the American actress with archetypal girl next door …
Opening this week
It's Thanksgiving time, but who to thank? God? Does He even exist? Credit Life of Pi for even taking up the question, I suppose. I guess we can be thankful for our freedoms as Americans, as protected from North Korean …
Happy Thanksgiving!
The good people behind Hitchcock - coming soon! - sent 'round a greeting card featuring Hitch and a bird about to go under the knife. You can get one here. But I like my version...seems more appropriate somehow. The man …
Look out!
Oh, no, Keira Knightley in Anna Karenina! That train is about to run over that wax statue of you! Between this and the missing nipple, Ms. Knightley might begin to suspect that some sort of Photoshop conspiracy is afoot.
Dig a Fox Hole: David Copley
Chances are, were it not for David Copley I'd still be in Chicago. It was due in part to Copley's generous donations that the Museum of Photographic Arts was able to move to a larger space in Balboa Park. When …
Thanksgiving, Danny Rose style
Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday. No dead trees in the living room or drunken revelers who can't keep down their green beer. You don't have to wait until page 28 in the Passover Haggadah before devouring the festival …
Mr. Romney goes to Cinépolis
After the sun sets on his presidential aspirations, former candidate and wife take in "Twilight" finale
What is so shocking about a wealthy Republican sore loser wanting to spend his Saturday evening watching a film about blood-suckers? TMZ spied Mitt and Princess Anne Romney taking in a screening of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 …
Today in Making Up Rumors: Tom Hardy set to play Fidel Castro in biopic helmed by Michael Moore
I mean, just look at the photo! It could totally be true! http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/20/35747/