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http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/16/24523/ "Damn, John, that is some wiry pubic hair. Like, steel wool wiry. You could wash the grease trap at a barbecue with that." You know, the nastiest part of this RadarOnline report isn't when they say that a fourth …
Casting the Godfather Prequel
A Godfather prequel? What a great idea! What a pity they already made it; it's called the DeNiro segment of Godfather Part II. Still, everybody loves young people and origin stories, so let's start casting, shall we? Of course, the …
AC/DC!
Hey, remember how Tony Stark thinks AC/DC is really badass music that demonstrates his technological kickassery and bad-boy rootin'-tootin' fighting-guy excellence? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o1wind1iUc&feature=relmfu In other, totally unrelated news, Battleship opens Friday! Okay, I'll stop now.
"I've got a bad feeling about this."
Hey, remember that one line that kept showing up in Star Wars? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Drkh0YLF8rI In other, totally unrelated news, Battleship opens Friday!
Reviews!
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/16/24512/ "I understand if you feel a bit uncomfortable right now. I just did to you what I'm going to do to the American theatergoing public on Friday." John Rubio is back in the critic's chair this week, and so …
Butts in Seats Report
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/16/24511/ File under: News you can use! In this week's Reader, my esteemed co-blogger Scott Marks offers an excellent guide to the physical act of moviegoing. The thing is, I know he's just scratching the surface with this one, because …
THIS IS NOT A THING: News in Bars
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/16/24510/ Oooh, goody - a new feature here at the Big Screen! How many times has this happened to you? You're sitting in a bar, getting your drink on and maybe your snack on, and you're watching the news on …
Virgins!
So I'm driving with my son the other day, and he notices a Porsche 911 on the road, and asks me what sort of car it is. "A nine-eleven," I reply. "Wow," he answers, "why would they name it that?" …
Meet Rebecca Tolin, Almost-Participant in Thursday's SDSU Filmmaker's Showcase
Rebecca Tolin and I first met in 2002 when I guested on an art critics' show she produced for KPBS Television. After a ten year hiatus, two chance meetings reunite us. Rebecca began as a journalist on network TV before …
The Big Screen Trivia Contest Questions
Have you seen this man? http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/14/24353/ I don't know who the nitz on the right is, but the guy on the left is the winner of The Big Screen's trivia contest held last Thursday night at the House of Blues. …
Downton Abbey vs. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel: A Tale of Two Actresses
Like millions of others, I’m hooked on Downton Abbey, the deliciously sudsy TV series about an aristocratic family and its servants in early 20th-century England. That Downton’s third season doesn’t begin on PBS until January of 2013 is a deprivation, …
Oh, wow.
So while I was bopping around for Alien images for the previous post, I stumbled across this amazing bit of VHS, now preserved on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCPOIuJDpok The first half is all about Alien designer H.R. Giger, and is fascinating in …
Terrifying New Image from Prometheus
Look, Shame was not a big movie, but it did help to make Michael Fassbender a big star, or at least it helped the rest of the world see that Michael Fassbender was a big star, or at least, that …
Dark Shadows FANATIC Reviews the Burton/Depp DS
Let’s get something straight from the get-go: I literally grew up in the shadow of Collinwood. The Rhode Island estate that served as the Collins mansion was just down the road from our somewhat less elaborate New England home. When …
The Big Screen Movie Trivia Party: Group Photo
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/10/24188/ That's Scott Marks front and center. Thanks to all who attended, and to everyone who helped make it possible, and to the House of Blues for their splendid hospitality! Until next year, we remain, your devoted bloggers, M and …
Movie Things That Made Me Happy Today
[Viewer discretion is advised.] This: http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/10/24159/ "Someday, a magical rain is going to fall, and turn everything into rainbows." http://vimeo.com/37154658 Also this: http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/10/24160/ If this scene isn't in the next Tarantino film, then somebody's not trying. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRtiOD7XGvs&feature=player_embedded And this, if …
Big Screen Trivia Party TONIGHT at House of Blues!
Happy May Ten! http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/07/24005/ After weeks of preparation the venue is set, the questions written, and the contestants selected and raring to go. Lickona and I even had our clown suits dry cleaned. The doors to the Crossroads Restaurant at …
Meet Pierce Kavanagh, Co-Founder of This Weekend's Inaugural San Diego Surf Film Festival
Did you ever have one of those days where halfway through an interview and it suddenly dawns on you that you know your subject? That's precisely what happened while speaking with Pierce Kavanagh, co-founder of this weekend's inaugural San Diego …
Do you know the odds of successfully navigating an asteroid field?
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/09/24121/ That's right! They're approximately 3720 to 1, at least according to C-3P0. And while Han Solo never wants you to tell him the odds, we here at the Big Screen are eager to hear your answers to all our …
Interview: Austin Vickers on his film People vs. The State of Illusion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU-XoWezRww I think it's fair to calls Austin Vickers's film People vs. The State of Illusion an investigation into the human person, conducted for the sake of enlightenment with an eye toward personal improvement. To make the film, Vickers sought …