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Latino Film Festival Sponsor Holds Brazilian Carnival This Weekend
San Diego Brazil Carnival, longtime Latino Film Festival sponsor and supporter of the annual Brazilian Cinema Showcase, holds its 20th Annual event starting at 9 p.m. this Saturday night. Brazilian Productions presents their San Diego Brazil Mardi Gras Carnival at …
One Facebook Ban is Lifted, Another Levied
Here we go again. Three days ago I reported on what turned out to be the first of two consecutive temporary bans that prohibit me from posting on Facebook. If you thought the Mickey Rooney incident was ludicrous, feast your …
Asian Film Foundation Partners on Documentary Program for Refugee High School Students
The San Diego Asian Film Foundation has joined forces with The AJA Youth + Photography Transformation Project, and Sun & Moon Vision Productions to launch Reel Voices Journey, a documentary program for refugee high students in Southeast San Diego. Thanks …
Dig A Hole: Zina Bethune, Scorsese's First Leading Lady
Technically, Marty's mother, Catherine Scorsese and Mimi Stark, star of the NYU short What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? were His first leading ladies. Zina Bethune, actress, dancer, choreographer, animal lover, and star of …
Short Takes (Plus a Little): Loosies
So here's my review for Loosies: Or: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Abortion. Well, okay, not funny, exactly. But it does involve the world’s handsomest pickpocket (Peter Facinelli) fleeing from the world’s most bumbling future chief …
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Reader critic David Elliott slips on his dancing shoes for the dance-doc Pina, and finds her an able partner: "Although the great critic Arlene Croce called some [Pina] Bausch trademarks 'flashy schtick,' I was entirely engaged by the dancers putting …
Review: Jewish Film Festival Screens Prima Primavera
While waiting for his elderly mother to finish a banking transition, Gábor (Andor Lukáts), a mentally challenged 55-year-old man, witnesses a robbery that results in her shooting death. Blonde-hair, blue-eyed Holland (Antonie Kamerling) is the shooter that gets away with …
The High Concept: Beast Wars!
I know that I harp on the depressing similarity of today's movie beasties too often. So I thought I'd propose something that highlights their differences: Beast Wars, the movie. Basically, we take the critters from their various brief film appearances …
Miss Piggy is Only the Beginning (We Hope)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7bAWtlKLSk First things first: HUGE props to Gary Oldman for saying that Miss Piggy is the most sincere person he's met on the receiving line so far at the BAFTAS. Second: look, I'm not the first to say that The …
Take Your Valentine to a Movie!
Cairo roses are purple, And so is my spleen. Happy Valentine's Day, From your pals at The Big Screen!
When It Comes to Facebook, I'm With the Banned
It started with this image: There is nothing less funny than having to spell out a joke, but here goes. Once upon a time, Mickey Rooney starred in the made-for-TV movie, Bill, as an intellectually challenged man who ventures outside …
Tony Bennett: Legalize Drugs, Save a Rock Star's Life
Did Tony Bennett leave his head in San Francisco or is there a follicle of truth to be found lurking beneath his toupee? While performing at Clive Davis' pre-Grammy party Saturday night, Bennett told the crowd at the Beverly Hilton, …
Review: The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector
No opus in the Phil Spector songbook links the megalomaniac to the madman better than He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss), The Crystal’s eerie paean to S&M. When selecting a lyric to open a documentary portrait of the …
HEADS UP! Breaking Dawn at Midnight!
Attention, Twihards! The Blu-Ray/DVD for Twilight: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 will go on sale at midnight tonight at Target in Mission Valley! That's right: starting at midnight and continuing for one, sweet, irreplaceable hour, Target will be selling copies of …
Review: The Vow
Channing Tatum has a nice butt. Don't believe me? Check out The Vow and see for yourself. "I am still trying to figure out why he was cast in that role," said my friend as we left the theater. On …
Leonardo Live Slated for San Diego Movie Screens
Leonardo is coming to San Diego. No, silly, not Leonardo DiCaprio. I’m talking about the other Leonardo. You know: Leonardo da Vinci, the Renaissance genius who was one of the greatest artists. Nearly 500 years after his death, Leonardo Live …
The Past Is Another Country, They Do Things Differently There. And by "Differently," We Mean Better.
Seriously, folks. Now that we've got three (that I can think of off the top of my head), can we kill this "parallel stories of past and present" thing? Did anybody come away from Julie & Julia without thinking that …
Watch The Magic of 'Hugo' Extra Bonus Behind-the-Scenes Making-Of Featurette
You don't want to see the emails I receive from publicists begging me to blog about a personal appearance by the latest Twilight background player coming through town, or post roundtable interviews with the cast of Disney's Prom. I feel …
The Movie Star Mural at Edwards Mira Mesa, Part 1
There's a movie star mural in the lobby at Edwards Mira Mesa, which is not all that surprising. What is maybe a little bit surprising was the muralist's choice to include contemporary movie stars, instead of the more stable stars …