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What Happened? Rufus Sewell
Remember this handsome devil from 1995's Cold Comfort Farm? http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/21/26603/ Yep, that's Rufus Sewell. A man who is able to be broodingly handsome even as he parodies a man who is broodingly handsome is one to watch. And in 1998, …
La Jolla Country Day & Moms With Issues™ Present Young Leaders Film Festival
For the most part, the only leaders one sees in movies nowadays are of the countdown variety. It's good to learn of a film festival aimed at 14 to 18-year-old students that encourages personal growth, social action, and positive change. …
Meet the Kids Behind Monsters University!
While we're on the subject of Pixar - yep, they're doing a sequel for Monsters Inc. Or, I guess, a prequel, since they're taking us back to the monsters' college days: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg-akC951Us The voices for these younger versions of Sully, …
Exploiting Brave
Yeah, yeah, Disney ≠ Pixar. But how long before Merida winds up a Princess? When Disney Studios Chairman Rich Ross picked Sean Bailey to take over as Disney's head of production in 2010, it was (according to reports), partly because …
Expendables 2: Your Move, Michael Bay
The movieblog world went a little nuts yesterday with the release of the new poster for Explodables 2, er, Expendables 2. Now I understand why. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/19/26493/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/19/26494/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/19/26495/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/19/26496/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/19/26497/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/19/26498/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/19/26499/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/19/26500/
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Will Charlize Theron Get Oscar's Call?
A second visit to Snow White and the Huntsman reminded me of the the remarkable similarity between the Queen's magic mirror and a certain Academy booby prize. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/18/26431/ Either this is the most flagrant bid for an Oscar in motion …
Expendables 2: Has John Rambo Gone Red?
Stallone and Che — coincidence? We think not. The stare off to the right of the camera, the mustache creeping down the sides of the mouth, the beret, the palpable sense of resolve in the face of overwhelming odds, the …
Brave: Why I'm Worried
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVKwKhqin0Y I haven't seen Brave yet, so take this for what it is: the worryings of a Pixar fan who just isn't feeling the magic from this latest effort. I thought for a while it was the reliance on physical …
Review: That's My Boy
For years Adam Sandler has been threatening to remake several Jerry Lewis pictures. The closest he's come is borrowing the title of a 1951 Martin & Lewis picture for this insipid, deeply misogynistic excuse for a comedy. Doing a gravely-voiced, …
Happy Father's Day From Nemo and Marlin
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/17/26377/ How's that for a Father's Day double-feature? The animated Nemo and Marlin won't be back in theatres until September 14. I wouldn't be plugging the re-release of Finding Nemo -- or drooling over the thought of it being converted …
Locally Produced Pretty Things Docu: Rare Screening July 6
On July 6, American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood will host a special theatrical screening of local Reelin' In The Years Productions' documentary The Pretty Things: Midnight To Six 1965-1970, which features 20 full-length performances, including their historic, …
Caption This: The Lone Ranger
So, word is going 'round that even without werewolves, the budget for the Lone Ranger reboot is pushing $250 million, in part because director Gore Verbinski wanted to build his own trains for the thing. Time for a captioning...what is …
Review: Lola Versus
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/15/26302/ "Men are always looking for something better. Women settle for what they get." That's the war cry of freshly dumped Lola (Greta Gerwig), the 29-year-old New Yorker unceremoniously kicked to the curb by her dreamy but hopelessly hollow boyfriend …
Opening Today
Opening Wide: Rock of Ages and That's My Boy. Um, what shall we say? Tom Cruise certainly is fit for a man of his years. Limited Release: Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap, Lola Versus (review forthcoming). Arthouse fare: …
Jerry Lewis Remains Hospitalized After Friars Club Collapse
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/14/26227/ It must have been all the farkakte Scientology in the air that caused show biz legend Jerry Lewis to collapse Tuesday evening. The mavelous 86-year-old filmmaker/funnyman/humanitarian/pussycat mush was rushed to the hospital after collapsing at his Manhattan hotel with …
Advance Notice: Patrick Bateman Reviews That's My Boy
You all remember Patrick Bateman, right? American Psycho's connoisseur of pop? (For those of you who don't enjoy depictions of dismemberment by axe, you can stop the following at about 1:25.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvBAEp3Znn4 Well, as fate would have it, the boys …
San Diego Film Festival to Host Gus Van Sant Retrospective
The 11th San Diego Film Festival will host a Gus Van Sant tribute and retrospective this September with the director in attendance. Festival president Kevin Leap tells The Hollywood Reporter, "This is the first time he's had a film-festival retrospective." …
Son of Fare Thee Well: David Elliott
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/13/26194/ Dave and I can (and have) argue taste and opinion until they unearth the missing reels from Greed. What he sees in red-baiting Orson Welles or clothes hanger Audrey Hepburn I'll never know. There isn't a finer writer of …
First Picture from Oh, My God, My Parents Are Vampires!, er, Twilight: Breaking Dawn, Part II
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/13/26184/ Hey, kudos to Edward for the Anne Rice reference!
Fare Thee Well: David Elliott
The Reader's senior movie critic is leaving. Also departing: associate critic John Rubio. They will be sorely missed. The Big Screen will carry on, and while we will not replace what has been lost, we hope to offer something with …