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Perry Chen Interviews Judy Moody's Star and Creator
The call came in that Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer author Megan McDonald and lead actress Jordana Beatty would be in town and available for interviews. Wouldn't you know it? A quick perusal of my copious day-planner finds …
Sandra Schulberg, Producer of Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today
The Nuremberg Trials were the first to be extensively documented and the first to make major use of film as evidence. The entire proceedings were recorded, but the Office of Criminal Counsel allowed only twenty-five hours of the eleven month …
What's Your Favorite Twilight Zone?
It was first announced way back in 2008 that Leonardo DiCaprio's company Appian Way would be bringing us a new Twilight Zone movie. Supposedly, the script is nearly done, and the film WON'T be an episodic anthology like the 1983 …
Mel Blanc: T-h-h-hat's Not All, Folks!
When Heckle told Jeckle (or was it Jeckle doing the talking?), "We're cartoon characters! We can do whatever we want," the anthropomorphized magpie didn't envision the day would come when a dead man is called upon to breathe new life …
Super 8 Run-Up: Steven Spielberg Checks Out His Protégé's Latest
Captain Kirk's disturbing experience yesterday was apparently enough to get Spielberg curious about the way J.J. Abrams would handle the whole "homage to E.T." thing...
An Open Letter to Gerry Lopez, CEO and President AMC Entertainment
Photo at left: AMC in Fashion Valley June 8, 2011 Mr. Gerardo “Gerry” I. Lopez, CEO and President AMC Entertainment, Inc., 106 West 14th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64105 Hello Gerry, Would it upset you to discover someone sabotaging your …
Super 8 Run-Up: You Just Don't Get It, Do You?
I'm not saying that Super 8 falls prey to this unfortunate bit of Screenwriting 101. I'm just saying. http://vimeo.com/24669583 via Film Drunk
J.J. Abrams, miner for a heart of cinematic gold.
My review of J.J. Abrams' latest, Super 8, is still bubbling away on the stove. While we wait, how's about we join Captain Kirk as he takes in Abrams' last effort, the Star Trek "reboot"...
And here is the Super 8 App!
Given Mr. Marks's astonishing recollection of the glories of Super 8, I can't think of a better time to mention the hi-tech nostalgia-factory that is the Super 8 app (free for a limited time!) Now you can use your iPhone …
Here Is - Super 8
If the trailer for the new Spielberg-backed production is any indication, there are more shots of little kids staring skyward into a light source than all those in Close Encounters and E.T. combined. Super 8 was one film format that …
Coronado's Village Theatre Set to Re-Open After Renovation
By the time I landed in San Diego in January 2000, Coronado's Village Theatre was just months away from quietly slipping into semi-retirement. After 53 years (and the taint of How the Grinch Stole Christmas spread across its streamlined art …
Cult Movie Review: Forbidden Zone
FORBIDDEN ZONE, 1982: Forbidden Zone was an early ‘80s freakfest by the Brothers Elfman, then of the performance art musical group known as the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo (later taken over by Danny Elfman and converted to the …
Your Summer of Superheroes, Part II
Iron Man has a question for Wolverine, Batman, Thor, and Captain America.
Will Reese Witherspoon Succumb to the Generation-Award Curse?
Look, we all loved Reese Witherspoon as a man-stealing slut in Walk the Line. (Yes, yes, Johnny Cash is the one who left his wife and the mother of his children for a showbiz blondie, but what are we gonna …
Your Summer of Superheroes
X-Men: First Class has had its moment. Looking ahead to July, we have Captain America: The First Avenger. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sff8gNloRRs Um. I can't believe that someone hasn't tossed this out there before, but just in case: Cheers!
This Commercial Parody of The Exorcist Really Sucks!
The scariest movie of all time has returned, in the version you've never seen before. Somewhere between science and superstition, there is another floor. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGb8pMIeY6w
Documentarian Mark Wexler Shows Us How to Live Forever
Documentary filmmaker Mark Wexler set out on a four-year journey through the aging process and what it may be like to one day live forever. Don't let the subject matter throw you. How to Live Forever is a high-spirited exploration …
Review: Meet Monica Velour
It’s generally not a good sign when a film about an underage virgin who falls in love with an over-the-hill porn star opens on a sandwich truck with a twenty-foot metal weenie welded to its roof. Relax. Meet Monica Velour …