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Review: X-Men: First Class
Reader, please bear with me for a bit of F. Scott Fitzgerald. “Now the standard cure for one who is sunk is to consider those in actual destitution or physical suffering – this is an all-weather beatitude for gloom in …
The Projectionist Has Final Cut — Ask Terrence Malick
A hand-written sign hung in every projection booth that has been my privilege to man: THE PROJECTIONIST HAS FINAL CUT! One lazy projectionist is all it takes to sabotage the years of hard work put into getting a film from …
Casting Liz
Mr. Marks thinks that "the raging romance between [Elizabeth] Taylor and [Richard] Burton is best left for some stargazing television hack to direct, not Marty [Scorsese]." Also that Natalie Portman "has far too much talent and not enough feminine pulchritude …
Final note on Midnight in Paris [SPOILER!]
You probably don't remember way back a few days ago when I said that Midnight in Paris was Woody Allen's Inception. But I do. I even made a comic about it. Gold star for me!
Scorsese to Direct Big-Screen Biopic of Liz and Dick?
It didn‘t take long for Elizabeth Taylor‘s body to cool. Hollywood Deadline reports that Paramount Pictures has optioned the rights to Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger's showbiz bio Furious Love for Marty to direct. Don’t get your hopes up. I’m …
Reviews!
Apparently, I managed to pull out of my Hangover-inspired bender long enough to actually write a review. While I was at it, I took a gander at 13 Assassins, How to Live Forever, and Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His …
Nosy
Besides both being released in July, Captain America and the final Harry Potter movie both feature villains who are, well...
X-Men — Xavier busts out the memory wipe
Yeah, I cropped the text a little there. My first time and all. But it does illustrate the importance of being a telepath when assembling a team for a dangerous mission.
X-Men = Stars Lite
Vulture has already mentioned the practice of avoiding A-list stars when casting summer blockbusters. Long story short: they're expensive, and they're not what you're coming to see, so who needs 'em? But what struck me about the relative bargains who …
Steve Martin Duped by German Art Forgers
Banjo playing funnyman and art accumulator Steve Martin must be getting pretty small right about now. According to The Hollywood Reporter, police in Cologne, Germany said Martin unwittingly bought and sold a forged copy of Landscape With Horses, a 1915 …
Former Local Co-Creating Newest Star Trek Adventures
“I don't know how long the story will last,” emailed Patrick McCray awhile back, “but the show on which I'm a producer, Star Trek: The Continuing Mission, is a top story on the entertainment page of the CNN website!” Patrick …
Projectionists Take Cues From Marks
True films lovers have no use for watches; who needs Cartier when you can count cue marks? Laraine Day & Q. Marks in John Brahm's *The Locket* I miss cue marks. No, not my third cousin twice removed, but changeover …
Observed: Like likes like.
I know, I know - I've already referenced this Andrew O'Hehir essay on the crapitude of Christian movies here at The Big Screen. I should quit while I'm ahead - which is something people always say right before they refuse …
Free Screening of the 10th Annual Youth Media Showcase
“Change lives through film.” Now there's a catchphrase we can all abide by. No organization in our town does more to promote cineliteracy among youth than The Media Arts Center San Diego. In addition to the Latino Film Festival and …
Interview with Hold at All Costs Director Glenn Palmedo-Smith
“I’ve never been pro-war,” says local filmmaker Glenn Palmedo-Smith, whose Korean War documentary Hold at All Costs airs tonight on KPBS (more Reader coverage of the film here). “I participated in protests against the Vietnam War. And when I was …
Walt Disney Unleashes Jaundiced Mutt!
Long before Courage: The Cowardly Dog debuted on Nickelodeon, this 1958 ad -- heralding another lily-livered pooch -- appeared in the pages of the South Carolina Spartanberg Herald-Journal. Disney films are primers for children on adult neuroses. Here's hoping that …
Local Filmmaker's Anti-War Documentary Airs Tonight
Writer-director Glenn Palmedo-Smith’s Hold at All Costs asks the United States military to do the impossible: Learn from its mistakes. Billed as “The story of forgotten soldiers in a forgotten battle of a forgotten war,” the Korean war documentary details …
Just no.
Okay, so The Hollywood Reporter is suggesting that this red-band trailer for David Fincher's remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which was supposedly recorded illegally in Europe and then uploaded to YouTube for your viewing pleasure, is actually …
Observed: Is there an Oscar for Best Wiggery?
Here is actor Corey Stoll playing a young and very dreamy Ernest Hemingway in Midnight in Paris: Here is an actual photo of Hemingway beside the same image of Stoll: And here is Stoll sans coiffure. My poor wife went …
Anne Rice Offshoot Doesn't Deserve Bad Rap
Another in our "Better than its rep" movie reviews -- Queen of the Damned -- you know, the Anne Rice/vampire flick that DOESN'T have Tom Cruise OR Brad Pitt -- surprised me. It's got a lot of flaws - but …