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Huge movie poster sale at Landmark La Jolla Village Cinemas in a month or so!
[UPDATE: Yeah, when I said this weekend? I meant the last weekend in September.] Posters! Posters! Posters! Get your movie posters! Saturday, September 29th, 2012 & Sunday, September 30th, 2012 from 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM, at Landmark's La Jolla …
For a good time, read this interview with Ari Graynor, Lauren Miller, and Katie Anne Naylon
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/31/30598/ The prissy concierge at the W Hotel wanted nothing to do with me. "I'm here to interview the stars and writer of a new movie," I pleaded, "and for the life of me can't remember the title of it." …
Free movies of the week: dead and undead edition.
Continuing our investigation of the wonders of YouTube... To mark the sad occasion of director Tony Scott's death, here's Denzel Washington in Scott's Deja Vu. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6caiQSy8W5c&feature=related Nora Ephron also died recently. Here's what is possibly her best-known screenplay work, When …
Dotty Harry makes RNC's day
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/30/30573/ A man's got to know his limitations and Clint Eastwood's performance at the Republican National Convention earned him notices the likes of which he hasn't received since City Heat. "Clint, my hero, is coming across as sad and pathetic. …
Alt.pictureshows 2012 Tonight at MCASD La Jolla
I am so, so sorry to come late to the dance on this one. My old friend and pride of the local film community, Neil Kendricks presents his annual "art happening" tonight at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, …
Opening This Week
Not much at the movies to get excited about this Labor Day weekend. Sadly, every member of my family went in for surgery this week, so The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure will have to go unreviewed. A screener …
2016: Obama's America: the President as Prince Hamlet.
I wasn't a fan of this one. I wrote a longish bit for this week's print edition, but the short version is here.
Lawless: what is a burgoo, anyway?
Why, it's a traditional Southern stew, of course! You learn something new every day. In other news, it seems Tom Hardy will have to keep looking for that breakout performance.
For a Good Time, Call... Opening on 28 Screens Across America Including 2 in San Diego!
San Diego is something like the 23rd largest film market in the country, yet when it comes to bringing talent to town or other forms of privileged treatment, we are generally treated like vomit-dipped lepers. Such is not the case …
Dig a Hole: Sylvester Stallone’s Half-Sister Toni Ann Filiti
Sylvester Stallone's career has been undergoing a resurgence of late thanks to the smash hit The Expendables 2, but his personal life has been plagued by loss. Less than two months ago, Stallone's 36-year-old son Sage Moonblood Stallone was found …
Are there any movies set in the American South that don't feature English actors?
I think I first noticed the trend during Robert Altman's 1998 film The Gingerbread Man. "Hey, that's noted Englishman Kenneth Branagh playing Southern lawyer Rick Magruder!" http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/29/30459/ "I guess it's true," young Me thought to himself, "those English guys really …
¡Que Viva! Cine Latino Brings Free Outdoor Movies to South County
The Media Arts Center San Diego knows that a late summer evening with a cool breeze blowing in is the ideal environment in which to savor an outdoor movie. That's why every Wednesday night in September, MCASD presents it's 6th …
Interview: A Sweet Spoonful of Legendary Disney Composer Richard M. Sherman
Along with his late brother and songwriting partner, Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman (pictured) is responsible for providing Walt Disney Pictures with some of the biggest toe-tappers in the studio's history. A Spoonful of Sugar, It's a Small World …
2016: Obama's America: Who's the Target Audience?
Well, let's see if we can get any hints from the trailers they showed before the film. Not the Glenn Beck thing with Fathom - that's a no-brainer. No, let's think mainstream releases. First up: Chasing Mavericks. Okay, this one …
Media Arts Center's September Schedule Offers a Trio of Technology Workshops
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/27/30331/ Have you been considering a future in photo journalism or are you the least bit curious to learn how to animate a storyboard? Perhaps it's always been a dream to build your own optical devices like a Zoetrope or …
What the @$%& is a Cecchi Gori and Why is it Suing Scorsese?
Cecchi and Gori: I’m disgusted with the two of ya's! Excuse me, but I seem to be a bit confused. Is this the rich Italian guy who tailors Marty’s suits or some cannoli-peddler out to smear His great name? What …
New feature: free movies of the week.
I'm going to try to do this every week, just to see if anybody notices just how many movies are available for free on YouTube and comments on the legality of it. I'm not talking bad transfers with subtitles, chopped …
Premium Rush features a bicycle race through Central Park.
It's a lovely park. I'd make a joke about having rushed to get this review in before Mr. Marks, but come on.
Retire this trend: strippers who don't strip.
One of the many reasons I loved The Sopranos was that the show didn't glamorize stripping. Mob guy Tony Soprano operated out of a strip club called the Bada Bing!, and it was just as depressing a place as you …
Review: The Apparition
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/24/30212/ How to Make a PG-13 Horror Film Checklist: ✓ Spooky house ✓ Pre-credit flashback to Super8 footage ✓ Two attractive teenage-ish leads ✓ A Kristen Stewart replica ✓ Paranormal security-cam footage ✓ A first-time director manning the till ✓ …