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The Dark Knight Prepares to Produce The Sore Butt
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/18/28252/ That should probably read "sit." Time now to consider which San Diego movie theater has, for your money, the most comfortable seating. Director Christopher Nolan loves him some complicated plotting, but sometimes (okay, all the time), it takes more …
Free Screening of Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry This Friday at MCASD LJ
Ai Weiwei was named the most powerful artist in the world by by ArtReview. In April 2011, China's most celebrated contemporary artist, and its most outspoken domestic critic, disappeared into police custody for three months. Needless to say, he quickly …
Dig a Hole: William Asher
He wasn't the man who put the 'Cool' in Colini (that was Henry Silva), but credit director William Asher for providing Americans with some of the fluffiest movies (and TV shows) the '60's produced. Emmy-winning television producer and director William …
Wussies at Rotten Tomatoes Close Dark Knight Comments After Critics Threatened
Just when the blurb-spitting website Rotten Tomatoes gives us something to read, they decide to play censor. The aggravating aggregating site suspended user comments on reviews of The Dark Knight Rises after some fans got a little too hostile. Readers …
Mark Hamill: "Young Romney, You Are Not a President Yet"
The Force is with Republican Presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, but according to the actor who played Luke Skywalker in Star Wars-z-z-z, he is not a President yet. After spending far too much time espousing the virtues of Superman and Zorro …
Till Warner Bros. Cry, "Gatsby, Gold-Hatted, Thrice-Tanking Gatsby, We Must Reboot You!"
Hollywood is going to produce a successful remake of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby if it kills us. The Great Gatsby (1926) http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/09/27582/ Adapted from the Broadway production written by Owen Davis and directed by George Cukor (!), the …
A Closer Look at the Poster for Man of Steel
Kal-El takes a moment to look down and consider his new look... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/16/28075/
Interview: Benh Zeitlin, Director of Beasts of the Southern Wild
After a lively talk with Quvenzhané Wallis and Dwight Henry, stars of Beasts of the Southern Wild, I moseyed on over to an adjacent poolside cabana at the W Hotel to speak with the film's director, Benh Zeitlin. In 2004, …
A Closer Look at the Trailer for Oz the Great and Powerful
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9ZTP2k0DRc Just a couple of thoughts here, because mostly I'm worrying over whether CGI really has ruined the human imagination. Don't believe me? Check that brief shot of the flying monkeys. Are they half, are they a quarter as terrifying …
Interview: Quvenzhané Wallis and Dwight Henry, Stars of Beasts of the Southern Wild
First-time actors Quvenzhané Wallis and Dwight Henry, the stars of freshman director Benh Zeitlin's Beasts of the Southern Wild, sat poolside at the W. The two were in town along with Zeitlin promoting the film that recently took home the …
Review: Ice Age: Continental Drift
There were three things I enjoyed about Ice Age: Continental Drift. One, Scrat's relentless pursuit of acorny pleasure, especially when he comes to his journey's end. (Wile E. Coyote would admire his purity...unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality.) …
Review: Natural Selection
The giant bag of a Texas prison lawn mower bursts open giving birth to scraggly escapee Matt O’Leary. Expectations are flattened when this provocative opening sequence is immediately followed by a boner joke: Rachael Harris’ husband of 25 years wakes …
Brave: It Begins
Yep, you can buy her hair. You know, to go with the dress. Get in the lineup, Princess Merida. Pity you weren't a blacksmith's daughter. When is someone gonna do something like this for the Disney Princesses? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32oQvMusxac
A Closer Look at the Synopsis for Pacific Rim
Let a thousand fanboys squee; there is a poster to go along with the plot synopsis for Guillermo Del Toro's upcoming giant-robots-vs.-giant-monsters film Pacific Rim: http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/11/27680/ And the synopsis: "When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from …
Jerry Lewis to Judge American Idol?!
Jerry Lewis and American Idol are a perfect fit. After all, were it not for the MDA Telethon, most Idol stars would have no place to perform. Idol's preeminent ganzer macher, Nigel Lythgoe, has made it clear: he wants Jerry …
Biggest Movie Event of the Weekend Has Nothing to Do With Comic-Con
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/11/27676/ Reason #41144 to hate Comic-Con: Thanks to San Diego's annual celebration of everything that's wrong with contemporary cinema, nary a new release hits town this weekend. Two disappointing indies -- Natural Selection at The Ken and Beasts of the …
Another, Slightly Less Close Look at The Poster for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
They don't call him Gandalf the Grey for nothing... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/10/27645/
A Closer Look at the Poster for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Apparently, in Middle Earth, the Wizard is off to see you. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/10/27644/
SDLFF Wraps "Jewish Latino Film Series" and Puts Out Call for Festival Entries
Join the San Diego Jewish Film Festival and San Diego Latino Film Festival tomorrow night at 7 p.m. when the second annual "Jewish Latino Film Series" concludes with the Argentinian comedy, Dos Hermanos. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/10/27637/ According to festival notes, "Marcos and …
Patton Oswalt Talks Movies With The Big Screen
From Groucho and Woody to Albert and Howard, I have been fortunate in my lifetime to have witnessed just about all of my comic deities perform in person. This week finds Patton Oswalt's name added to the list of luminaries. …