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Patti LaBelle's Hairdresser & Bodyguard Charged with Assault
The incident took place on March 11 at Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport. Surveillance video shows two members of Patti LaBelle's entourage (63-year-old hairdresser, Norma Harris, and bodyguard, Efrem Holmes) mixing it up with West Point cadet Richard King. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTMxFdbbysU The …
Review: Horrible Bosses
I don’t know if Kevin Spacey ever simultaneously frightens and delights an audience the way he does when playing a sadistic Boss from Hell, a man forever finding novel and exquisite ways to humiliate the poor sap in his employ. …
Review: Zookeeper
I know, I know - haven't I said enough about this film already? Apparently not. Look, I’m not going to complain that a monkey suggests flirting-by-flinging-feces in Zookeeper. Actually, given the quasi-creepy sexual vibe that the film is willing to …
Free Outdoor Screening of Megamind Saturday Night
Tomorrow night, the CommCinema traveling picture show stops at the Tierrasanta Community Park for Time Warner Cable's "Moonlite Movies" free outdoor screening of Megamind. I'll be projecting the show, and while it's doubtful that I'll make it all the way …
Nancy Kwan in Person & Hopefully Hou in 35mm at Asian Film Festival
Even though October is still a few months off, it's never too early to tout news of the San Diego Asian Film Festival's upcoming lineup. This year SDAFF will honor Nancy Kwan, the renowned Eurasian actress who helped to shatter …
So, What Are You Doing Tonight?
I can't wait for my betters to tell me why I'm wrong, but I'm happy to throw down for Jimmy Stewart as one of the top five actors ever to star in Hollywood. Surely, he is the beating, bleeding, sweet …
Stop the Presses! Robert Pattinson Gets a Haircut!
This is not the news I wanted to end my week. First Justin Bieber tampers with his trademark sugar-bowl locks and now Twilight's Robert Pattinson gets his ears lowered! Pattinson is in Toronto hard at work on a film that …
BREAKING! Black Jellyfish Heads Up Class-Action Lawsuit Against Avatar Director James Cameron
Claims Blockbuster Film Director Appropriated the Appearance of Numerous Extant Species Without Consent or Even Attribution. "'Trying to create a world from scratch,' my foot. If I had feet." SANTA MONICA PIER - In a move that industry experts are …
Exclusive! First Image from Captain America: Real American Sequel
Marvel execs call new hire Val Kilmer "more relatable" than "that 'roided freak [Chris] Evans."
Harry Potter Marathon at AMC
At my house, Harry Potter is like a member of the family. Every book about him was cause for celebration. Each movie was a major event and subsequent DVDs were eagerly purchased. So you can imagine the emotions prompted by …
Reviews!
This week Reader critic John Rubio takes his hat off to Larry Crowne (ha! ha?), takes a head shot at Transformers: Dark of the Moon, and gives a rueful nod to Terri. In the listings, Blank City and Monte Carlo.
Latino Film Festival Announces August's Cinema en tu Idioma Lineup
The name of the series was originally Cine Mexicano, but after a few years, San Diego Latino Film Festival Ethan Van Thillo changed it to Cinema en tu Idioma ("Film in your Language"), a riff on Landmark's old "The Language …
Cult Movie Reviews: Andy Warhol's Bad & The Sentinel
IMDB synopsis: - A fashion model moves into a house inhabited (on the top floor) by a blind priest. She begins having strange physical problems, has trouble sleeping at night, and has some nasty flashbacks of her attempted suicide. She …
Captain No-Place-in-Particular!
When I read the news that foreign countries were given the option of calling Captain America: First Avenger either by its full title or simply First Avenger, and that one of the three countries that opted for the latter was …
Dig Three Holes: Anna Massey, Elaine Stewart, and Edith Fellows
This year's 4th of July festivities didn't take a vacation from the old celebrity "death comes in threes" precept. The trio of supporting players taken during the holiday weekend includes Anna Massey, the award-winning British actress victimized in films by …
Video Tyme: Last Night's July 4th Fireworks as Seen from Bankers Hill
Why is this appearing on the Big Screen blog? You need a reason? Okay, fine. When the helicopter kicks in around 0:45 and the fireworks get all clustery and bright and rapid, it puts me in mind of Apocalypse Now. …
A Closer Look at the Trailer for Twilight: Breaking Dawn
I know you guys have totally been making fun of this, but trust me, you're looking at it all wrong. This trailer is a totally awesome tool for mothers everywhere to use when it comes time for that difficult conversation …
Big Screen Stomach-Bug Blog: Part 2
Yes, you can watch Citizen Kane on YouTube - although doing so will probably call down Cineaste, the Wrathful Hipster God of Classic Cinema, to wreak vengeance upon you for your crimes against aesthetic genius. Maybe you'd be better off …
Big Screen Stomach-Bug Blog: Part 1
Not that you needed to know, but I spent most of last week fighting a nasty stomach bug, and mostly losing. Friday and Saturday were the worst. To help ease the pain, I watched movies that had most likely been …
The Great 4th of July Bronco Billy Wild West & Indoor Fireworks Show!
It was a Saturday matinee at the second-run Pickwick Theatre in Park Ridge, Illinois. Some of you may recognize the name from its vast marquee used as the backdrop for the title sequence of Siskel and Ebert’s At the Movies. …