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Iron Fist with Live Soundtrack
On Thursday, October 25 at 8 p.m. Tijuana-based electronica artists Nortec Collective perform a live, self-styled version of the Iron Fist soundtrack during the screening by "blending traditional Mexican music with contemporary beats." The campy drama Iron Fist is "Gabriel …
Free movies: "Columbo" Day edition
You can watch clips of The Marx Bros. in Horse Feathers starting here, but if you want to cut to the "Columbo" Day chase, here's Chico's fractured English tribute to Chris: "Christopher Columbo he write the Queen of Spain a …
Dept. of missed opportunities: Hungry Hungry Hippos
So last week, the Internet was all grumpy about the long-rumored Hungry Hungry Hippos movie actually getting greenlit. Not me, though. Hippos are awesome - simultaneously comical and terrifying. Hungry, hungry hippos? Oh, yeah: http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/08/33131/ I mean, that last shot …
Head Explodes in #4 Clairemont Town Square
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/08/33124/ Last night's 35mm presentation of Butter was in uniform focus throughout. The pre-show aneurism had nothing to do with Jennifer Deering or her Johnny-on-the spot staff at Reading Cinemas Town Square who were there to greet us both coming …
Farewell to a legend: Gloria Penner
There are times that even I don't have the heart to use my "dig a hole" catchphrase. While we never went bowling or to a movie together, I knew Gloria Penner and was fortunate enough to have worked with her …
South Bay Drive-In weekend movies
This weekend South Bay Drive-In (2170 Coronado Ave) screens 6 movies. Frankenweenie, Looper, and Taken 2 will play at 8 p.m. and again at 11:30 and 11:55 respectively. Dredd, Resident Evil: Retribution, and House at the End of the Street …
Santee Drive-In movies tonight
Santee Drive-In* (10990 North Woodside Ave) is screening Hotel Transylvania (PG) and Taken 2 (PG-13) at 8 p.m. and 11:45 p.m. You can read Scott Marks' review of Taken 2 here. When I saw the trailer, I just thought: This …
Opening this week
Some directors deserve the utmost respect. Even if a screener of the latest Carlos Saura film appeared in my mailbox, I'd still wait and watch it on a big screen. The wait is over. Flamenco, Flamenco, a stunning study of …
German Currents Film Festival at year two
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/04/32901/ The ceiling of MoPA's Joan and Irwin Jacobs Theatre will cast its twinkle light on a crop of San Diego premiers when the museum once again plays host to the German Currents Film Festival. The sensational news is 75% …
Tips on how to survive a kiddie matinee
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/04/32873/ Studios want critics to see children's films with an audience, generally at 10am on a Saturday morning at Edwards Mira Mesa. It's a strange custom, as if the sound of children's laughter will somehow add an additional star to …
End this trend: tile-rooftop chases
Seeing Scott's illustration on his Taken 2 review... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/04/32861/ ...reminded me of this shot from 2009's little-seen The International... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/04/32862/ ...which in turn put me in mind of this bit from the upcoming Bond film, Skyfall... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/04/32864/ At least Bond …
Super-spoilery but possibly substantial complaint about the plot of Looper
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/04/32859/ Okay, so don't probably read this unless you've seen the film and feel like jawing about it... But this piece about how wonderfully smart Looper is stuck in my craw, because... ...why do loopers exist? Because it's so hard …
Mean street style: Scorsese accoutrement for everyday living
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/03/32803/ Label: Licensed Hugo Automation Style: Short sleeve graphic tee Color: Black Sizes: Small to 3XL Cost: $16.07 on eBay http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/03/32804/ Label: When? Style: American Apparel athletic tee Color: Blue or gray Sizes: Small to 2XL Cost: $26.99 at Skreened …
Review: Taken 2
Fans with short attention spans will applaud director Olivier Megaton’s inability to hold an image on screen for more than 10 seconds, but devotees of the original, of which I am one, will wonder where the thrills went in this …
A Home for Spielberg
Today is moving day and while making one last pass at the dumpster, I noticed that a neighbor had cleansed his video collection. Come on now, it's gonna be a nice day!
Interview: Director Lisa Immordino Vreeland on Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/02/32709/ In an interview with writer Bob Colacello, fashion editor Diana Vreeland summed up what it means to be a visionary trendsetter: “You’re not supposed to give people what they want, you supposed to give them what they don’t know …
On the set of The Lone Ranger Armie Hammer gets a taste of Johnny Depp's method
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/01/32628/ I hear he's pretty sensitive about the Crow thing.
Well played, Seven Psychopaths
This just arrived, FedEx: http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/01/32615/ Let's zoom in on that tag (which is not, of course, censored in the movie): http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/01/32616/ The theft of Woody Harrelson's beloved Shih Tzu is, of course, what serves as the bloody, beating heart of …
Review: 10 Years
Why is it that regurgitated sputum like American Pie Reunion is released on 3,192 screens while a congenial, handsomely-cast, and thoroughly engaging film like 10 Years gets dumped with zero fanfare on one screen at Horton Plaza? You think that …
Celebrity Yarmulkes
Hopefully, enough days have passed since last week's celebration of Yom Kippur and this post will count against next year's entry in The Book of Life. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/sep/28/32431/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/sep/28/32422/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/sep/28/32423/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/sep/28/32424/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/sep/28/32425/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/sep/28/32505/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/sep/28/32494/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/sep/28/32426/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/sep/28/32428/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/sep/28/32487/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/sep/28/32429/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/sep/28/32430/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/sep/28/32486/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/sep/28/32432/ …