Dig a Hole: Gone With the Wind Actress Ann Rutherford
She played Mickey Rooney's go-to girl, Polly Benedict, in M.G.M.'s durable Andy Hardy series, and appeared as Scarlett O’Hara’s youngest sister in Gone With the Wind. Ann Rutherford, one of the last surviving cast members of GWTW, has died at …
Midnight Madness Returns In Style to The Ken
You have to take the Spielberg and Rocky Horror with the good, but the schedule of midnight movies at The Ken is a terrific excuse to spend your weekends staying up late this summer. True, there are Ninja Turtles, a …
Dig a Hole: Frank Cady, Hooterville's Sam Drucker
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/11/26029/ Hooterville wholesaler -- and a character actor responsible for providing audiences with many a hoot -- has died. Frank Cady, who played Sam Drucker, the bald-headed general store proprietor who served the townsfolk in The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, …
Media Arts Center Announces June Workshops Featuring Maya 3-D!
It took a moment (and a phone call to SD Latino Film Festival programmer Glenn Heath) to sort things out. Was the ever-industrious Maya Kroth set to teach the Media Arts Center's class on 3-D and Lighting Design for DSLR …
The Kid With a Bike Continues its Exclusive Run at the La Paloma Theatre in Encinitas
Mea culpa continues to runneth over the amount of misinformation this blogger unleashed concerning the La Paloma Theatre, 471 South Coast Highway 101, Encinitas. The La Paloma is alive and thriving, showing movies every night. You have one more week …
Four Walls and a Bag of Corn for Father's Day
Thinking back on all the films my father took me to it's a wonder I'm not a plumber instead of a film critic. Dad carted me to everything from Call Me Bwana and Billie to The Longest Day and The …
Dig a Hole: Dick Beals, Escondido Resident and Voice of Ralph Phillips, Gumby, & Speedy Alka Seltzer
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/05/25677/ Plop-plop, fizz-fizz, I now know what grief is. He stood only 4' 6", but the everlastingly boyish Dick Beals was a Goliath among voice actors. Dick Beals, the voice of Gumby, Speedy Alka Seltzer, cartoon favorite Ralph Phillips, and …
DVD Rentals: Jerry Lewis & Tony Curtis in Boeing (707) Boeing (707)
Had I revisited Boeing (707) Boeing (707) since my dad took me to see it first run at Chicago's Balmoral Theatre? Bit and pieces here and there, but I don't recall ever subjecting myself to a repeat viewing. Next to …
Dig a Hole: Richard Dawson
He gained fame as the wise-cracking panelist on Match Game and oh-so kissable host of Family Feud. The Munster Go Home co-star, Laugh-In regular, and one of Hogan's Heroes on TV's premier Stalag sitcom is dead. The survey said Richard …
The Jewish Latino Film Festival Continues with Salsa Tel Aviv
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/01/25476/ Celebrate the best in Jewish Latino Film when the San Diego Jewish Film Festival and San Diego Latino Film Festival join forces for the second in their continuing series of summer films. Salsa Tel Aviv, a Mexican comedy starring …
The Kid With a Bike Opens Exclusively at the La Paloma Theatre in Encinitas
I screwed up big time by not being aware that the single-screen La Paloma Theatre (471 South Coast Highway 101, Encinitas) shows movies every day. By way of apology, here's a reminder that the Dardenne Brothers' exceptional The Kid With …
Review: High School
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/01/25426/ Director John Stalberg’s debut film sat on the shelf for two years and should have held its world premiere at a Red Box. Releasing High School at a time when the city has put just about every medicinal marijuana …
This Year It's the Bow and Arrow Slinging Outrageous Fortune Hollywood's Way
Guns no longer kill movie stars, bows and arrows do. The trusty lightsaber and .44 Magnum have gone the way of the slingshot. With Katniss Everdeen and Clint 'Hawkeye' Barton leading the charge, this year's PG-13 death-instrument of choice is …
Sizist Snow White Doesn't Stand Up for Little People
Somewhere in heaven Billy Barty and Meinhardt Raabe are shaking their wee fists. When Little Oscar heard the news, he swerved the Wienermobile off an embankment while on his way to christen a new Piggly Wiggly in Littlestown, PA. Eight …
San Diego Asian Film Foundation Honors Ed Lee with Community Legacy Award
My favorite cinematic memory involving an insurance salesman comes from Woody Allen's Take the Money and Run. After complaining about the cruel manner in which he and fellow convicts are treated while working on a chain-gang, Allen is tortured by …
¡Ay, Gevalt! 2nd Annual Jewish Latino Film Series Kicks Off Tomorrow
What do you get when the San Diego Jewish Film Festival joins forces with the San Diego Latino Film Festival to put on a show? No, not carne asada knishes, but the 2nd annual Jewish Latino Film Series! http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/29/25125/ The …
Why Cinepolis and the La Paloma Didn't Make the Cut
Regarding my cover story on San Diego's Ten Best Movie Theatres, Ken Harrison writes: "OMG! How could writer Scott Marks miss Encinitas’s iconic La Paloma Theatre in his top ten picks of local theaters? His number one pick, Reading Cinemas …
FilmOut 14 Runs May 30 - July 10 at Birch North Park Theatre
The 14th Annual FilmOut Sandiego LGBT Film Festival returns to the Birch North Park Theatre next week for five days of parties and premiers. Thom Fitzgerald's Cloudburst opens the festival. The romantic comedy stars Olympia Dukakis and Brenda Fricker as …
Seattle Moviegoer Charged with Knocking Out Noisy Ten-Year-Old's Tooth
A Seattle-area moviegoer, pushed to the limit by a rowdy 10-year-old boy, has been charged with felony assault for allegedly taking a poke at the kid. It began at on April 11 at 10:30 p.m. when Kent police received a …
Some Lick It Hot: Hotel Del Coronado Celebrates Billy Wilder Stamp
Billy Wilder and Marilyn Monroe aren't the only instantly recognizable icons to grace the front of one of four stamps honoring "Great Film Directors" issued by the United States Postal Service. Look carefully and you'll notice another legend, the Hotel …