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Dig a Hole: Dick Beals, Escondido Resident and Voice of Ralph Phillips, Gumby, & Speedy Alka Seltzer
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/05/25677/ Plop-plop, fizz-fizz, I now know what grief is. He stood only 4' 6", but the everlastingly boyish Dick Beals was a Goliath among voice actors. Dick Beals, the voice of Gumby, Speedy Alka Seltzer, cartoon favorite Ralph Phillips, and …
DVD Rentals: Jerry Lewis & Tony Curtis in Boeing (707) Boeing (707)
Had I revisited Boeing (707) Boeing (707) since my dad took me to see it first run at Chicago's Balmoral Theatre? Bit and pieces here and there, but I don't recall ever subjecting myself to a repeat viewing. Next to …
Dig a Hole: Richard Dawson
He gained fame as the wise-cracking panelist on Match Game and oh-so kissable host of Family Feud. The Munster Go Home co-star, Laugh-In regular, and one of Hogan's Heroes on TV's premier Stalag sitcom is dead. The survey said Richard …
OMG it's Iron Man 3
Squee! Apparently, Tony Stark likes to collect metal outfits the way Brian Fantana likes to collect fragrances: http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/04/25558/ And apparently, Iron Man 3 will introduce the idea of the "occasional suit" - event-specific superhero attire for the discerning and sophisticated …
Review: For Greater Glory
Here is the short version: Handsomely photographed but pious and simplistic story of the Cristeros – Mexican Catholics who fought back against a government crackdown in the 1920’s. It’s never really clear why the bad-guy soldiers take such delight in …
The Jewish Latino Film Festival Continues with Salsa Tel Aviv
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/01/25476/ Celebrate the best in Jewish Latino Film when the San Diego Jewish Film Festival and San Diego Latino Film Festival join forces for the second in their continuing series of summer films. Salsa Tel Aviv, a Mexican comedy starring …
The Kid With a Bike Opens Exclusively at the La Paloma Theatre in Encinitas
I screwed up big time by not being aware that the single-screen La Paloma Theatre (471 South Coast Highway 101, Encinitas) shows movies every day. By way of apology, here's a reminder that the Dardenne Brothers' exceptional The Kid With …
Review: Piranha 3DD
"Welcome to rock bottom," says Baywatch legend David Hasselhoff as he prepares to make a celebrity appearance at The Big Wet, a water park in Merkin County, Arizona that has been overhauled by sweet star Danielle Panabaker's creepy stepfather into …
Review: High School
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/01/25426/ Director John Stalberg’s debut film sat on the shelf for two years and should have held its world premiere at a Red Box. Releasing High School at a time when the city has put just about every medicinal marijuana …
This Year It's the Bow and Arrow Slinging Outrageous Fortune Hollywood's Way
Guns no longer kill movie stars, bows and arrows do. The trusty lightsaber and .44 Magnum have gone the way of the slingshot. With Katniss Everdeen and Clint 'Hawkeye' Barton leading the charge, this year's PG-13 death-instrument of choice is …
Reviews!
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/31/25381/ Whoa...what day is it? No, seriously. I seem to have fallen into some kind of wormhole. My first effort this week is for a film that opened last Friday: Chernobyl Diaries. Not that you're missing much. But if you …
"Alien DNA"
"The keen fan will recognize strands of Alien's DNA." - Ridley Scott, on his not-quite-an-Alien-prequel Prometheus Keen fan, you say? Hello, Internet! I'm getting a huge kick out of the notion that Dan O'Bannon's original script for Alien — a …
Sizist Snow White Doesn't Stand Up for Little People
Somewhere in heaven Billy Barty and Meinhardt Raabe are shaking their wee fists. When Little Oscar heard the news, he swerved the Wienermobile off an embankment while on his way to christen a new Piggly Wiggly in Littlestown, PA. Eight …
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Okay, look. Blogging is hard, you know? [Cue tiny violins.] Some days, the infinite glories of the Internet just leave a fellow numb - too much information, man. On those days, he's liable to go into a kind of fugue …
San Diego Asian Film Foundation Honors Ed Lee with Community Legacy Award
My favorite cinematic memory involving an insurance salesman comes from Woody Allen's Take the Money and Run. After complaining about the cruel manner in which he and fellow convicts are treated while working on a chain-gang, Allen is tortured by …
¡Ay, Gevalt! 2nd Annual Jewish Latino Film Series Kicks Off Tomorrow
What do you get when the San Diego Jewish Film Festival joins forces with the San Diego Latino Film Festival to put on a show? No, not carne asada knishes, but the 2nd annual Jewish Latino Film Series! http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/29/25125/ The …
So What Are You Doing Tonight? Memorial Day Edition
Kidding. We know what you're doing tonight. You're going to honor those who have died in the service of our country by going to see Top Gun. Downer fare like The Best Years of Our Lives can wait until Veteran's …
Why Cinepolis and the La Paloma Didn't Make the Cut
Regarding my cover story on San Diego's Ten Best Movie Theatres, Ken Harrison writes: "OMG! How could writer Scott Marks miss Encinitas’s iconic La Paloma Theatre in his top ten picks of local theaters? His number one pick, Reading Cinemas …
Reviews!
Have to run to a screening, so I'll keep this short and sweet, and just point you toward Mr. Elliott's latest assessments. Men in Black III? "Again the aim is pure diversion, and again the packaging is stylish...The love of …
The Dark Knight Rises: Gentlemen, Start Your Engines
Look, I'm not saying that the above juxtaposition indicates that Bane and Batman are going to engage in a car-surfing competition for the key to Gotham City in the single greatest homage to the chickie-run scene in Rebel Without A …