Review: Branded
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/sep/10/31231/ Oddly enough, Roadside Attractions, the studio marketing Branded, a new thriller-cum-satire of humanity’s dependence on corporate logos, saw no need to fire off a promotional flare. Unscreened for the press, Branded dropped on several screens last Friday. Literal-minded children, …
Subtitles for dummies
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Free movies of the weak: Iron lungs on film
The last time I cried during a movie was when I glanced at my watch and realized there were still two hours left to go in Schindler's List. The Sessions doesn't open until October 28, but any feel-good comedy featuring …
Take your best girl to dinner and Bad Kung-Fu Lee
This action-packed ad from Nov. 8, 1980, posted on Facebook by my old friend Ted Okuda, needed to be shared: http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/sep/07/31072/ For less than 70¢ a feature, Chicago's Woods Theatre had Kensington Video and Red Box beat by a mile. …
Cinema en tu Idioma continues tomorrow with Un Cuento Chino
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/sep/06/31019/ Praiseworthy blurbs like "heartwarming" and "hilarious fish-out-of-water comedy" are generally enough to keep me away from a movie forever. Sebastián Borensztein's Argentinian comedy, Un Cuento Chino (Chinese Take-Out) not only stars Ricardo Darín (Nine Queens, The Secret in Their …
Why I walked out of Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/sep/06/31004/ Outside the pavement was sweltering, but it was cool inside the Gaslamp #7. The focus was crisp and the 3D presentation flawless. So why did I choose Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai as the first (and hopefully only) film …
SDAFF screens documentary Give Up Tomorrow tomorrow night at MoPA
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/sep/05/30962/ It's September, and that means it's time for The San Diego Asian Film Festival to present another of its outstanding quarterly screenings. Michael Collins' documentary Give Up Tomorrow took home the Audience Award at last year's Tribeca Film Festival …
Hugo Awards snub Hugo, copyright robots shut down video feed
When the words, "Worldcon (World Science Fiction Convention) banned due to copyright infringement" hit the screen, Fanboys everywhere were ready to jump to their deaths. Fortunately, most viewers of the Hugo Awards either live in mom and dad's basement, or …
North Park's Boulevard Nights to showcase films from MACSD's Teen Producers Project
No matter how great and glorious an event it may be, the Media Arts Center San Diego means so much more to our town than just an annual film festival. When it comes time to give back to the community, …
Let's all go to the lobby to make a down payment on a bag of popcorn
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/sep/04/30837/ Living in a town where it rains something like 12 days out of the year has a tendency of making one overlook the necessity of an occasional sprinkle. The recent midwestern drought is forcing the issue closer to home. …
Free movies of the week: director's trailer park
As much as I applaud Matt's idea of alerting our minions to free movies online, I still cannot in good conscience watch a feature on a 15-inch computer monitor. It's bad enough having to screen so many movies for the …
For a good time, read this interview with Ari Graynor, Lauren Miller, and Katie Anne Naylon
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/31/30598/ The prissy concierge at the W Hotel wanted nothing to do with me. "I'm here to interview the stars and writer of a new movie," I pleaded, "and for the life of me can't remember the title of it." …
Dotty Harry makes RNC's day
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/30/30573/ A man's got to know his limitations and Clint Eastwood's performance at the Republican National Convention earned him notices the likes of which he hasn't received since City Heat. "Clint, my hero, is coming across as sad and pathetic. …
Alt.pictureshows 2012 Tonight at MCASD La Jolla
I am so, so sorry to come late to the dance on this one. My old friend and pride of the local film community, Neil Kendricks presents his annual "art happening" tonight at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, …
Opening This Week
Not much at the movies to get excited about this Labor Day weekend. Sadly, every member of my family went in for surgery this week, so The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure will have to go unreviewed. A screener …
For a Good Time, Call... Opening on 28 Screens Across America Including 2 in San Diego!
San Diego is something like the 23rd largest film market in the country, yet when it comes to bringing talent to town or other forms of privileged treatment, we are generally treated like vomit-dipped lepers. Such is not the case …
Dig a Hole: Sylvester Stallone’s Half-Sister Toni Ann Filiti
Sylvester Stallone's career has been undergoing a resurgence of late thanks to the smash hit The Expendables 2, but his personal life has been plagued by loss. Less than two months ago, Stallone's 36-year-old son Sage Moonblood Stallone was found …
¡Que Viva! Cine Latino Brings Free Outdoor Movies to South County
The Media Arts Center San Diego knows that a late summer evening with a cool breeze blowing in is the ideal environment in which to savor an outdoor movie. That's why every Wednesday night in September, MCASD presents it's 6th …
Interview: A Sweet Spoonful of Legendary Disney Composer Richard M. Sherman
Along with his late brother and songwriting partner, Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman (pictured) is responsible for providing Walt Disney Pictures with some of the biggest toe-tappers in the studio's history. A Spoonful of Sugar, It's a Small World …
Media Arts Center's September Schedule Offers a Trio of Technology Workshops
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/27/30331/ Have you been considering a future in photo journalism or are you the least bit curious to learn how to animate a storyboard? Perhaps it's always been a dream to build your own optical devices like a Zoetrope or …