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Dig A Hole: Raúl Ruiz
Acclaimed Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz has died from a pulmonary infection. According to Daniel Yates' IMDB mini-biography, "Ruiz has proved one of the most exciting and innovative filmmakers of recent years, providing more intellectual fun and artistic experimentation, shot for …
A Closer Look at the Trailer for The Woman in Black: Daniel Radcliffe Stars in Rise of the Planet of the Tiny Toy Apes?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arixaTWmIA0&feature=youtu.be Okay, let's try to ignore the silly, overdone "Unsuspecting city person visits spooky, haunted country house, discovers horrific crime that was once committed there" storyline in the trailer, and concentrate instead on the terrifying toys. These too are faintly …
John Waters Offers Advice to "The Loyal-to-Jerry MDA Kids"
America's fair-haired Potentate of Putrescence, John Waters, has at last decided to go public with his feelings concerning the MDA's heartless treatment of ousted Chairman of the Board and former Telethon host Jerry Lewis. The author/director shared his thoughts on …
Short Takes: Conan the Barbarian
Leo Howard plays the callow Conan. The opening passage, with a tough, near-mute little scrapper (Leo Howard as “Young Conan”) beating the snot out of every adult the script throws him, held promise. There’s the reasonably engaging running-of-the-egg procession (contestants …
Anatomy of a Press Photo: You guys, Terminator 5 is going to be SO awesome...
I'm guessing that instead of asking, "Sarah Connor?" she'll just go with "Mommy?" which totally ups the fear factor.
Casting Will Ferrell's Prom Photo
So this bit of olde-timey goodness started floating around the Internet while I was sick a-bed... That such a photo should come out during a summer that sees both Ryan Reynolds and Emma Stone in starring roles is hardly accidental, …
Disney Exec Has a Word for Their Product
Andy Hendrickson: Enemy of Cinema! "Bullshit." That's what Disney Animation Studios chief technical officer Andy Hendrickson has to say about the outlandish concept of people actually wanting to see a movie for its story. Sadly, his comments, delivered at last …
Neil Kendricks' 9th Annual alt.pictureshows Returns to MCASD La Jolla
For three hours (7 - 10 p.m.) on Thursday, August 25, La Jolla's Museum of Contemporary Art reconfigures to become an indoor and outdoor film installation. It's what Sammy Davis, Jr. would have called an art happening, dig? This is …
Billy Crystal Ready to Return as Oscars Host
Leave it to a fan to pose the one question everybody is dying to ask Billy Crystal. During a Q&A following the 20th Anniversary screening of City Slickers at Santa Monica's Aero Theatre, the subject turned to the Oscars. According …
Locally Produced Hollies Documentary Gets BigScreen Debut Sept. 22
David Peck's local Reelin' In The Years Productions maintains an archive of over 10,000 filmed musical performances, as well as representing others with footage to license for broadcast or video releases. VH1 probably couldn't make shows like I Love the …
Freedom Writer Erin Gruwell In Person at Sunday's Jewish Film Festival Kick-Off Event
Many of you will remember the name Erin Gruwell from her New York Times bestseller, The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them. The marquee-broadening title was later …
Interview: Former La Jollan Yoav Potash, Director of Crime After Crime
Yoav Potash, the crusading filmmaker behind the new documentary Crime After Crime, grew up in La Jolla. And he discovered his gift for storytelling as a third-grader at La Jolla Elementary School. For an assignment, he created The Three Cool …
Anatomy of a Press Photo: Contagion Poster
I haven't heard much about this new movie Contagion, but apparently, the disease has the power to transform Gwyneth Paltrow into Tilda Swinton. Weird.
Lucas Parts with 40 Additional Hours for Star Wars Blu-ray
His beneficence, Star Wars' star whore George Lucas, has decided to bless his minions -- and make a few million mansion payments -- by bestowing upon them 40 additional hours of heretofore unseen (irrelevant?) material for the September 16 release …
La Paloma Debuts Local Steve White Documentary Tonight, Aug. 14
The documentary film Steve White: Painting The World With Music will debut tonight, August 14, at the La Paloma Theater in Encinitas, screening at 9:00pm. The film spotlights local musician Steve White, who passed away in April. The singer-songwriter was …
Latino Film Festival Presents Que Viva! Cine Latino Free Outdoor Series
Pictured:Gael García Bernal in Even the Rain Technically, the San Diego Latino Film Festival won't come our way again until March. What with the ongoing Cinema en tu Idioma screenings and now the 5th Annual Que Viva! Cine Latino outdoor …
Review: 30 Minutes or Less
Photo at left: McBride Fine. I will sit up in my sickbed just long enough to let y'all know about this here new movie that's coming out today. Just don't expect much more than a numbered list. I'm still puzzling …
Danny Baldwin Rates the Cinépolis Experience
No sooner was the ink dry on my piece welcoming Danny Baldwin to the San Diego Film Critics Society, than the following impassioned plea appeared in my mailbox. Danny Baldwin was a former AMC projectionist and the current author of …
San Diego Film Critics Society Welcomes Three New Members
Anders Wright, president of The San Diego Film Critics Society, announced this week that three new members have been added to the roster. Danny Baldwin, Josh Board, and Glenn Heath Jr. all made the cut, raising the current membership to …
A Closer Look at the Trailer for A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas
I've got a raging sinus infection, so I've got even less to offer than usual, but there is this.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngIMH6J43UI Anybody up for making "Punching the Pope" the new "Jumping the Shark"? No? How 'bout just making it the new …