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Trailer: Martin Scorsese's Hugo
"You're doing 'Rocky and Bullwinkle' and 'Fockers' and I'm directing Oscar-bait and kids films. What the fuck happened to us?" Repeat after me: You can't judge a movie by its trailer. You can't judge a movie by its trailer. You …
Dig A Hole: Deranged Character Actor Roberts Blossom
Character actors seldom get a chance to command more than a few intermittent moments of screen time. Roberts Blossom didn't exactly fit the Jeff Chandler leading man type, but he did have his shot at a starring role. The cult …
Anatomy of an Ad Campaign: The Marx Bros. Duck Soup
The magic number is 227. That's the amount of times that I've seen Duck Soup. That's more than Kane (152), The Rules of the Game (126), His Girl Friday (88), The Nutty Professor (79), Sherlock, Jr. (60), Annie Hall (54), …
Reviews!
This week, David Elliott bids a very fond farewell to the kids of Harry Potter, smiles at the father-son film A Better Life, and even has kind words for the latest Winnie the Pooh. Oh, and he considers The Names …
Anatomy of a Press Photo: Sarah's Key Premiere Afterparty!
I'll have a review out for Sarah's Key closer to its release date, but all you need to know right now is that it's a tender-hearted film starring Kristen Scott-Thomas with a Holocaust story at its heart. Which makes it …
Your Terrifying On-Set Image of the Day: Brett Ratner and Shaquille O'Neal
Because we all have such fond memories of Kazaam and X-Men: The Last Stand. Not to mention their initial collaboration in the noir classic After the Sunset... Naw, just kidding. Shot is taken from here.
SD Film Critics to Host 10th Anniversary 35mm Screening of Ghost World
Has it really been 10 years since Ghost World was released? And is it possible that I have been a member of the San Diego Film Critics Society for a decade? 2001 was the first time I cast my ballot …
Video Tyme: Balboa Park in Citizen Kane
Sixty years ago, Orson Welles gave us Citizen Kane, which some people insist on calling the greatest film ever made, despite the manifest existence of Die Hard. Very near the beginning of the film, we are treated to a newsreel …
Anatomy of an Ad Campaign: The Marx Bros. A Day at the Races
The Marx Bros. output at M.G.M. was nowhere near as uncontrolled as that of their Paramount years. Credit cultivated producer Irving Thalberg for starting the Marxes on their long, slow celluloid decline. Thalberg snatched the boys away from Paramount in …
REVEALED! Grown-Up Harry Potter Characters' Endorsement Deals! [SPOILERS]
Look, wizarding is all well and good, but unless you're going into academia (read: teaching at Hogwarts), you're going to need some income after you graduate. The good news is, if you're a wizard with a little bit of fame, …
Big Screen Reader Poll: Energy Bolt Collision Roundup
Saw this at the Harry Potter screening up in Mira Mesa last night. The whole "good guy/bad guy energy bolts meeting in the middle" thing looked hugely familiar, but the Big Screen databank is offline for some reason. So I'm …
Anatomy of an Ad Campaign: The Marx Bros. A Night at the Opera
It was in seventh grade that I first met the Marx Brothers proper and have the "Boone Booster Club" of the Daniel Boone School to thank for arranging the introduction. The "Club" was a pre-home video perk for students attending …
EXCLUSIVE: First images from Pacino's Lear.
Up until now, there have been few details about Al Pacino's upcoming film version of King Lear. But Big Screen has spotted a couple of Easter eggs in the trailer for the Adam Sandler, um, comedy, Jack and Jill: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA48UG0gkJI …
TCM's Robert Osborne to Take Three Months Off
Robert Osborne, the genial host of Turner Classics Movies, will be taking a three-month leave of absence effective immediately. TCM.com reports Osborne will use the time for minor surgery followed by a three-month vacation. Osborne, 79, has hosted every one …
EXCLUSIVE! Neil Patrick Harris to star in pro-gay-marriage film, Homo with a Shotgun
Hugely Popular, Openly Gay Star Sets His Sights On Opponents in Wake of Historic New York State Ruling to Legalize Gay Marriage "I'm going after Prop 8 -- with a bullet!" A TYPICALLY TASTEFUL BAR IN PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN -- …
Your Short Film Could Land on Landmark Theatre Screens
Landmark Theatres (as in our own Hillcrest Cinemas, La Jolla Village, and The Ken) is joining forces with Porsche and ReelzChannel on the My Daily Magic Short Film Contest. It's an opportunity for budding filmmakers (aka anyone who owns a …
Trailer: Sarah Palin is The Undefeated
. The New John Wayne and Rock Hudson This could be the funniest documentary since Borat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVo_-RAiX3M
What Do YOU Think? Does the Walking Dead Stink, Or ?
Following is an email conversation between myself and comic book scripter (and Blockbuster employee) Jamie Ralph Gardner, that resulted when I commented that I WON'T be tuning in to season two AMC's inexplicably popular series The Walking Dead. JAS: I …