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Critic fight! Big Screen blogger Scott Marks was none too fond of The Artist, calling it a "middling technical exercise" that proved that its director "can trace." But Reader critic David Elliott four-starred the thing, and dubbed it "a silky …
A Chimp, a Kidpic, and a Technical Exercise Take Home San Diego Film Critics Society Top Honors
Any chance of Marty coming through town to accept the award He so richly deserves was dashed in favor of a middling technical exercise. The Artist, proof that Michel Hazanaviciuscan can trace, took home the San Diego Film Critics' best …
Cliche Alert: Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows
Yeah, yeah, I know, it's not out yet. So no spoilers. But if you had to guess whether our bad guy, Professor James Moriarty, likes to attend operas or bawdy house vaudeville, which would you pick? Opera: the choice of …
A Closer Look at the Trailer for The Dictator
After seeing this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXLuExO6j8Q ...you may find yourself wondering, "What the hell happened to Sacha Baron Cohen? The guy who eviscerated middle America with Borat was finally going to do a comedy with some edge!" No more poop in a …
Part 7: Famous Movie Poster Rejects You've Never Seen (Exclusive)
Famous Movie Poster Rejects You've Never Seen Part 7 Here's the latest from our never-published private collection of movie poster rejects: parts one thru six linked below. This batch includes unused concept art for horror hits Halloween III, Wolfen, and …
San Diego Asian Film Foundation Screens A Good Husband Tonight
The San Diego Asian Film Foundation holds its final quarterly screening of the year tonight. Isao Yukisada's ambrosial drama of marital discord, A Good Husband play for one night only at UltraStar's Mission Valley Hazard Center. The bad news is, …
A Closer Look at the Trailer for G.I. Joe: Retaliation
I knew it was a mistake to mention G.I. Joe yesterday...speak of the sequel, and it is there. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSX2oxLdcWA Only a few things to note here... Dollars to doughnuts, this is the image that got this project the greenlight. CO-BRAAAAAAA! …
Orson Welles's Oscar for Citizen Kane Back on the Auction Block
What a way to commemorate the 70th anniversary of what many consider the greatest motion picture of all time. The best screenplay Oscar awarded Orson Welles for Citizen Kane is once again up for sale. Welles misplaced the Oscar after …
Hope for the Holidays
What would Christmas be without Bob Hope? I'll have a lot more to say about Old Ski Noses' uncanny ability to transform war into house payments in the Lickona/Marks Christmas cover story, coming soon to a Reader near you. In …
New Poster for The Dark Knight Falls, er, Rises
The new poster for The Dark Knight Rises rather reminds me of another dark knight... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKhEw7nD9C4
San Diego Film Critics Society Announces 2011 Nominations
This year's "think lists" -- each member of the San Diego Film Critics Society submits a slate of suggested nominees in all the major categories -- were cause for alarm. Was I going to have to spell out for the …
A Closer Look at the Trailer for Battleship
Really, everything you need to know is right here: But just in case, here are a couple of bonus screen caps from the trailer: Oh my God - is that my career? I count two, maybe three sequels. Actually, it's …
Review: The Sitter
The Sitter opens with Jonah Hill performing oral sex on Ari Graynor. Talk about trying hard to establish a fantasy universe — I'd sooner believe Dumbo flew. If it wasn't for plot coincidence there would be no plot at all …
Texas Instruments Predicts All-Digital Projection by 2015
During my first ten years living in San Diego, I could count on two hands the number of times a visit had to be made to the box office to complain about projection problems. More and more it's been my …
Dig A Hole: Harry Morgan
Though they look nothing alike, it remained a major point of childhood consternation. Did Harry Morgan lend Cara Williams henpecked-support as Pete Porter on Pete and Gladys, or was that Henry Morgan, the droll, chain-smoking jokester who frequently sat with …
A Closer Look at the Trailer for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Actually, you know what? No. I'm gonna let this guy do this one.
Oh, Please
Every year or so, the New York Times pretends not to be trading on purest celebrity appeal by doing one of these "actors are artists, and we understand that better than you do" pieces in their Sunday magazine. This year, …
A Closer Look at the Trailer for The Three Stooges
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4IoUo_ZJkY&feature=relmfu I dunno, guys. Only five eye-pokes in a nearly two-minute trailer? I have to question the Farrellys' commitment to the form.
A Closer Look at the Trailer for The Five-Year Engagement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoRF_Bzuwtk Don't look now, but this trailer actually contains a secret, subliminal message especially for readers of the Big Screen!
Part 6: Famous Movie Poster Rejects You've Never Seen (Exclusive)
Famous Movie Poster Rejects You've Never Seen Part 6 Today's unpublished rarities from our stash of movie poster concept designs include Force III, Meatballs III, plainclothes cop thriller Off Limits (Willem Dafoe, Gregory Hines), sci-fi McDonald’s commercial Mac & Me, …