How much is that actress in the glass booth?
Tilda Swinton turns sleeping into an art form
Turn about is fair play. After having put audiences to sleep with three Chronicle of Narnia films, Tilda Swinton returned the favor by taking a 6 hour catnap for all to see last weekend at New York's Museum of Modern …
Hollywood 'wiggers'
A brief pictorial (or in the case of Marky Mark, pectoral) history of 'wiggers' on film
Don't kill the messenger. I no sooner coined the term "wigger" than D.W. Griffith invented racism for The Birth of a Nation. Urban Dictionary defines wigger as, "A male caucasion (SIC), usually born and raised in the suburbs that displays …
Bowery boy Scorsese pens impassioned plea to preserve old neighborhood
It was the first story to cross the transom this morning. Groggy me reached for the nearest pair of Big!Lots readers in order to make sure my eyes weren't playing tricks and that Marty had not announced plans to resurrect …
**L@@K** RARE VINTAGE "CARPETBAGGERS" VHS CHEAP $148.90
The Carpetbaggers is a great way to kill 150 minutes on a lazy Sunday afternoon. Based on a cheezeball potboiler by Harold Robbins, George Peppard has never been better than as a ruthless, spoiled rotten tycoon patterned after Howard Hughes. …
Marlon Brando: Reflections in a golden sty
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/20/42254/ Many artists are instantly recognized by the mere mention of a word or catchphrase. Jerry Lewis screams "LAAAAAAAAAAAA-DY!" Marty Allen greets the world with, "Hello, dere!" Everyone was Tallulah Bankhead's "Daaahhling." What would Bobby Bittman be without his "How …
Martin Papazian to speak at 3 screenings of Least Among Saints
Proceeds to benefit local veterans organizations
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/20/42248/ Three screenings of Least Among Saints will be held in March and April with proceeds going to help local veterans organizations. Martin Papazian, the film's writer, director, and star will join other panelists for a Q&A immediately following each …
Industry experts bring Script to Screen symposium to San Diego
Russel Redmond and Jennifer Silva Redmond were so inspired by the San Diego Latino Film Festival's presentation of Laura Castañeda's Devil's Breath, that they decided to write a feature length fictional account of the undocumented people who perished in the …
Who ordered the Godzilla remake?
Godzilla should hop the next junk to Hollywood and help stomp out a few tent poles, not get his own dressing room and starring role in a new one. Didn't a blockbuster version of Godzilla flop a few years back? …
Opfrey and Spielbug whomp 'Scorcese' on Forbes list of 2013's 'most influential' celebs
According to Forbes Magazine, the two most influential celebrities of 2013 are Ope and the dope, with Marty running a distant third. Orpah and Stevie more influential than the man who added the fountain pen tracheotomy and Johnny Roastbeef to …
Bloody Disgusting Selects brings Blood Runs Cold to the Gaslamp
Normally I do my best to avoid touting public film screenings of DVDs. Call me a purist, but if a film was shot in 35mm, why watch it pixilated and degraded in such a manner? Besides it looking like crap, …
SDFCS sponsors closing weekend of SDLFF
And that's no EIEIO!
All good things must come to an end and this weekend the San Diego Latino Film Festival is going out in style. Not only are there still dozens of films to see and numerous guests to meet, this year marks …
Yes, Virginia, there was a Jackie Robinson
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/14/41936/ Is 42 the name of an upcoming Jackie Robinson biopic or the I.Q. of the nitz who felt the need to include the following claim in the trailer: http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/14/41931/ I can understand it when people fail to recall that …
Review: The Call
Let it go to voicemail
After the unexpected pleasures derived from Dead Man Down, I was all set to cut wrestling impresario Vince McMahon's WWE Studios' followup production some slack. All the leniency in the world can't get me to recommend that you heed The …
If I cast the upcoming big screen adaptation of Good Times
Ain't we lucky we got it?
Let's pray that Hollywood, in its never ending quest to provide audiences with original, thought-provoking material, doesn't DY-NO-MITE! the planned big screen bump up of the '70's comedy sensation, Good Times. Deadline reports the Sony Pictures adaptation of the CBS …
Review: David Riker's The Girl
New Abbie Cornish film screens this Wednesday at the San Diego Latino Film Festival
Ashley (Abbie Cornish) blames her recent termination from a big box store on her boss favoring Mexican women. In Ashley's eyes, the reason she lost custody of her son to social services has nothing to do with her being an …
All-female lowriders club subject of locally produced documentary
"The Unique Ladies" screens Wednesday night at the San Diego Latino Film Festival
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/11/41554/ For those outside the loop, The Unique Ladies opens with the following definition: lowrider \ loh-rahy-der \ . n1. a customized car, truck, or bicycle that has been lowered within inches of the ground 2. any individual or club …
Hurricane 'Tiny' rips through San Diego Latino Film Festival
Lister and Mexican superstar, Kate del Castillo, played to packed house at "K 11" premier
The phone rang just as I was pulling into the parking stall at Digiplex Mission Valley. "Where are you, man?" a familiar voice growled. "I'm upstairs in a holding area." When we spoke earlier in the week, 'Tiny' Lister assured …
Why poll when you can impale?
Only 4% of those questioned go to the movies every week
When I was young, my parents would yell, "What are you wasting your time at the movies for? Why not read a book?" Nowadays the parental war cry has been altered to "Stop playing video games, get the hell out …
A personal message to discerning San Diego cinephiles from Thomas 'Tiny' Lister
Legendary tough guy in town tonight for San Diego Latino Film Festival's screening of "K 11"
You better scream, you better shout: 'Tiny' Lister is coming to town tonight to promote his latest film, K 11, which screens at 9:30pm as part of the San Diego Latino Film Festival. 'Tiny' is an imposing character actor who …
Hollywood comes to La Mesa with tribute to venerable character actor...I think
Who knew that the great Porter Hall, star of such legendary films as His Girl Friday, Sullivan's Travels, Double Indemnity, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and Miracle on 34th Street, had a historic landmark named after him in La Mesa? …