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Walter Hill's back and Stallone's got him!
It's been almost 20 years since Walter Hill (48HRS., Streets of Fire, Southern Comfort) has rewarded us with anything to look at. My head began spinning the second I saw his name attached to the trailer for Stallone's latest action …
Opening this week
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/07/36604/ With the onslaught of a particularly weak season of Christmas films, you might want to check out a few of the more obsure finds playing our local art screens. Matt was impressed by the "intimate but not sentimental, revealing …
North County Times says goodbye to longtime film critic Dan Bennett
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/06/36564/ Who is this Wire Service and why is s/he getting all the plum film reviewing jobs? It's not for certain, but chances are Dan Bennett's reviews will be replaced by those off the wire. Dan left the North County …
Pac-Arts Movement screens The Thieves tomorrow
Korean blockbuster plays Arc Light one night only
Pacific Arts Movement closes out the year tomorrow night with a screening of the biggest money maker in the history of Korean cinema. Pac-Arts has selected The Thieves for their final quarterly screening of 2012. The crime thriller directed by …
Happy birthday to the King, and I don't mean Elvis!
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/05/36492/ Leave it to me to quote a mass murderer’s meditations on the true architect of rock 'n' roll, but I recall an interview with Richard Speck where the killer of 7 student nurses said, "If Little Richard was white …
Say "I do" to Chris Martinez's I Do Bidoo Bidoo
Only 3 days left to see it at Reading Cinemas Gaslamp 15
Forgive me from coming so late to the dance. I was in Burbank for a couple of weeks and didn't get a chance to see I Do Bidoo Bidoo until the day before it opened in San Diego. Movie musicals …
Quentin Tarantino gives red band Django trailers a personalized touch
First a shout out to RZA, now Brad Pitt
First came Quentin Tarantino's shout out to "my boy" RZA at the head of the Django Unchained trailer that played theatrically before The Man With the Iron Fists. Those fortunate enough to have seen Killing Them Softly this weekend, (Matthew …
3D TV? Someone tell Ralph Kramden the wait is over
My heart goes out to Danny Baldwin, friend, colleague, and recent purchaser of a 3D TV. He posted the following on his Facebook wall earlier today: "Pretty sure 3D TV was a bad omen. First the clouding issue that has …
Timothy Spall, the man who should be king
Hopkins has Hollywood street cred, but Spall would have pulled it off without a hitch
Local actor and old friend George Weinberg-Harter beat me to it with his response to my review of Hitchcock posted on Facebook: "Hopkins looks neither like himself nor like Hitch. An excellent actor who might have been perfect in the …
Streisand's finger of Guilt points at Monster-In-Law
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/29/36205/ What is it with these high-powered screen legends coming out of semi-retirement long enough to dreck the halls by playing merciless mother figures? The Funny Girl ain't funny no more. Has Yentl gone mentl? Was Barbra Streisand sick the …
One owner 1966 Batmobile for sale
Designer George Barris hopes to fetch millions of da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-dollars at auction
Holy motors, Batman! No, not that pretentious Leos Carax bore. The original Batmobile hits the auction block this January. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/29/36195/ The Gotham City gas guzzler was designed for the the 1966 Batman TV series by car customizer extraordinaire George Barris. …
Film Independent Spirit Awards let loose their 2013 nominations
It's beginning to smell a lot like Oscar
What separates the Independent Spirit Awards from the Academy Awards? Guests are allowed to consume alcohol during the ceremony. I didn't realize the same held true when the time came for compiling a list of nominations. Let's take Celeste and …
Review: Liz and Dick
Liz and...DUCK!!!
Having just touched down from the planet Pluto, completely unaware of who Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were, one look at Liz and Dick would leave you believing the intention of this tawdry made-for-cable smellodrama was to paint a portrait …
Hey, how 'bout that Bob Hope garage sale, huh?
I'm temporarily stationed in Burbank approximately a mile-and-a-half from ground zero, the Toluca Lake home of Bob and Dolores Hope. It's a route I can drive in my sleep: turn right on Riverside off Pass, and hang a hard left …
Dig a hole: Larry Hagman
As a student of I Dream of Jeannie who never made it all the way through an episode of Dallas, consider me a member of Team Tony, not Team J.R. Larry Hagman, the eccentric, outspoken (except on Sundays) actor best …
Dig a hole: Deborah Raffin
If the name fails to ring a bell it's either because you aren't old enough to have gone to the movies in the '70s, or you weren't born in China. Deborah Raffin, the American actress with archetypal girl next door …
Dig a Fox Hole: David Copley
Chances are, were it not for David Copley I'd still be in Chicago. It was due in part to Copley's generous donations that the Museum of Photographic Arts was able to move to a larger space in Balboa Park. When …
Thanksgiving, Danny Rose style
Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday. No dead trees in the living room or drunken revelers who can't keep down their green beer. You don't have to wait until page 28 in the Passover Haggadah before devouring the festival …
Mr. Romney goes to Cinépolis
After the sun sets on his presidential aspirations, former candidate and wife take in "Twilight" finale
What is so shocking about a wealthy Republican sore loser wanting to spend his Saturday evening watching a film about blood-suckers? TMZ spied Mitt and Princess Anne Romney taking in a screening of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 …
Elmo puppeteer resigns from Sesame Street
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/20/35743/ It was the clash heard round the schoolyard. Kevin Clash, the puppeteer and longtime voice of Sesame Street's beloved Elmo, has resigned after a second allegation that he had sex with minors. TMZ reported last week that Sheldon Stephens, …