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Decimal System About to Get Dewier: SF Library Encourages Porn Watching
Fred Willard's good name is dragged through the mud after the funnyman is caught masturbating in a XXX Santa Monica theatre (allegedly), but in San Francisco, it's okay to watch porn at the public library. Let's take a moment to …
Watch Martin Scorsese's Latest Masterwork on The Big Screen
It's not as riveting as this, and nothing will never touch this, but Marty's latest self-directed performance, this time as a pitchman for the iPhone 4S's "intelligent personal assistant," is now officially the Best Picture of 2012! Some of His …
What Remains
I enjoyed lots many parts of this chat about The Dark Knight Rises over at The Awl, but this is the bit that really struck me: EK: There are many times when filmmakers have taken on huge ideas and have …
Overheard at the La Jolla Screening for The Queen of Versailles
Some people had to have been chuckling to themselves when they decided to screen a film about diminished fortunes in the moneyed regions of La Jolla. Anyway, here are a few things I heard on my way out the door: …
Oceanside International Film Festival Hosts Military-Themed Preview Party
A special military-themed preview party will take place on Saturday, August 11 to herald the upcoming Oceanside International Film Festival. The 3-hour gala, to be held at the Oceanside Library, 330 North Coast Hwy., kicks off at 1:00 pm. A …
Tie-Dyed & Squinty-Eyed Invited to Aug. 1 Grateful Dead Movie Event
A Birthday Celebration: The Grateful Dead Movie Event will screen at select theaters around the country on Wednesday, August 1, including three San Diego locales: AMC Mission Valley 20, Mira Mesa 18, and downtown's Horton Plaza. In celebration of what …
Give Your New Car that Old Stooge Smell with the Larry Fine Air Freshener™
Hey! Hey! Drop whatever you're doing and listen up, you knuckleheads! Make your car, boat, bathroom, nursery, office, Clay Department, suite at the Hotel Costa Plente, mikvah, or home smell like a 4-foot Stooge whose hair hasn't seen water or …
Bird's Surf Shed Screens New Taylor Steele Film
Bird's Surf Shed in Linda Vista is rapidly becoming a new haven for cinema in San Diego. After the success of the first International Surf Film Festival held there in May (and the crowds they are likely to draw when …
Spoiler Spot: The Dark Knight Rises
Well, not really a spoiler, but it does make reference to a conversation between Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle that comes toward the end of the film... Anyway, we here at The Big Screen are pleased to report that we …
Purists Take Note: Reason #438 to Love the Grossmont #1
We arrived 45 minutes early to beat the rush that never was. While last night's 8:30 pm screening had a decent turnout, it seems that many moviegoers have been frightened away from The Dark Knight Rises fearing a repeat of …
Homegrown (and Blown) Chompie on its Way to MD to Celebrate Shark Week
Do you know that San Diego is the birthplace of the giant inflatable industry? Admittedly, it's not like laying claim to being the home of the penicillin vaccine or pizzas delivered to your house in less than 30 minutes, but …
And while we're on the subject...
...of the poster for The Watch, it's time to play Who Got 'Shopped? Just tell us which of these stars received the most thorough Photoshop treatment, and you win! What's the prize? Your name in the comments! Poster images are …
A Closer Look at the Poster for The Watch
Hey, stars of The Watch! What was your last really memorable comic performance? http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/20/28338/ Here's hoping, Mr. Ayoade.
Review: The Dark Knight Rises
The final installment of director Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy is long and loud and chock-full of his great love for plotting and abstraction. Sometimes, it works, but often, it doesn't, and the honest interaction of characters is ground under the …
Oh, Lord.
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/20/28328/ Yeah, this particular scene may not play quite as well now. I'm glad Mr. Marks took the awful job of reporting on the Colorado shooting at the Dark Knight Rises screening. I kept thinking, "What is there to say? …
Dozens Dead or Wounded After Gunman Opens Fire at Colorado Premiere of Dark Knight Rises
The TV was on all night. Fox 5 in the Morning's Raul Martinez interrupted my slumber with news of a mass shooting in Colorado that took place during a midnight screening of Dark Knight Rises. My gut told me to …
A Tale of Two Sex Comedies
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/19/28301/ Plus ca change... This weekend, you've got Marilyn in Let's Make Love at Cinema Under the Stars: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfbMtSs2P8A Meanwhile, 30 Beats is opening down at Reading Gaslamp: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3miXLlp7NfU I dunno. I mean, I enjoy listening to Jennifer Tilly's knowing …
Comedian Fred Willard Pulls a Pee-Wee Herman
The future of Fred Willard's participation in a Wall-E sequel rests firmly in his hand. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/19/28299/ The 78-year-old (!) character actor, comedian, and Shaker Heights, Ohio native was arrested Wednesday night after he was caught masturbating in Hollywood's Tiki Theatre …
SDMA's Annual Screen on the Green Kicks Off This Saturday Night
It’s been 13 years since I crash landed in San Diego and in that time I have yet to witness a more unexpected choice of a movie to screen outdoors, let alone in conjunction with a museum exhibition. The Invention …
Spot the Differences
In preparation for the release of Finding Nemo 3D, Disney is seeking to raise juvenile interest in the project via games like the one below. Why not play along? http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/18/28254/ In the lower image, Bubbles is not concentrating on Nemo, …