Any which way you can, eh, Clint? Maybe chick-bait Clint Eastwood has a thing for women with the last name Fisher. He spent 5 years shacking up with actress Frances Fisher and now, after a highly publicized split from wife …

http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/sep/04/52622/ TOP ROW: Mike Rosoft, Ward Processor, I.B.M. Selectric, Virginia MacWrite, Al Phasmart, and M.S. Dos. BOTTOM ROW: Florence 'Floppy' Diskette, Diablo Qume, Brother P. Touch, P.F.S. Wright, and Dorthea 'Dot' Matrix.

To date, John Crowley has directed Intermission, Boy A, Is Anybody There?, and now Closed Circuit, which opened last Friday at a theatre near you. In my book, that makes the Irish filmmaker 4 for 4. An anti-Hollywood suspenser modeled …

Plus tips on how to train an usher, c.1929

http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/sep/02/52466/ By the time I made my first visit to San Diego, the longhairs on Copley's dime had already overtaken the Fox Theatre. The closest I came to seeing something cinematic in what was once the third largest single screen …

Updated to feature director's cut of photo

Hey, how 'bout that Matthew Lickona joining the ranks of the San Diego Film Critics Society, huh? Congratulations! Keep at it, buddy boy! The only thing more difficult for the group to arrive at than a consensus on a movie …

The 17 year marriage of Clint Eastwood, 83, and his second wife, Dina Ruiz Eastwood, 48, has been shot down in the line of fire. The impact wasn't so sudden. According to a source quoted in US Weekly, "Clint fell …

http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/aug/29/52310/ Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2. Not Cloudy With a Chance of Fresh Fruit and Yogurt Parfait 2 or Cloudy With a Chance of Diced Watermelon 2. Cloudy with a Chance of MEATBALLS 2. Imagine a Junior Executive …

Here's something I failed to mention in this week's cover story on Kensington Video. When Guy Hanford shaves in the morning, he sees Don Bauder's face in the mirror. Thanks to dwbat, Reader lifer and President of the Don Bauder …

If you're wondering why all of The Reader boxes are empty, it's because this week's cover story -- my scintillating journey through the inner-workings of Kensington Video -- is going like hotcakes! Happy 50th birthday, Kensington Video! To Guy, Pam, …

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Who'd have thought spending 90 minutes in a car with Selena Gomez could be this stagnant? A disembodied voice orders a former race car driver (Ethan Hawke) whose wife he holds hostage, and a banker’s daughter (Gomez) to do his …

I haven't been in the big #7 house since Hazard Center was taken over by Digiplex. Something was noticeably different about the auditorium. I couldn't see the screen for the drapes! Is there another movie theatre in San Diego that …

Christian Bale stars as swaddling-clothed crusader

Does the umpteenth telling of a Bible story qualify as a reboot? http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/aug/27/52219/ According to Deadline, Ridley Scott's Exodus, or Bible Runner: Conquest of Israel, will star Christian Bale as everybody's favorite Jewish lawgiver and Joel Edgerton as the Egyptian …

It happened so long ago, the name of the talk show I heard it on escapes me. Sir Alec Guinness was paneling with either Merv Griffin or Mike Douglas. After coming back from a commercial he apologized to the audience …

Who will star as Mayor Pat Tush? Or Jan Goldsmith? Or Accuser #147?

http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/aug/26/52054/ "In a town as sunny as San Diego, only the shady survive." Somewhere in a San Diego Starbucks, someone is penning a future Ace Award-winning screenplay. The reflection of the computer screen bouncing in their bifocals can be seen …

Given the twittering hubbub made over Hollywood's latest casting choice, you would think that Ben Affleck had committed murder, not been chosen to replace Christian Bale in the next Batman movie. What's the matter, widdle fanboys? Did big bad Warner …

If Lickona can sneak one in, why not me? It's over, Bobby, but not before I parade one last alleged alleged accuser -- who squealed like a stuck pig to KPBS -- before the media spotlight. I found the following …

7 days to see 13 films

http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/aug/22/51824/ In addition to their annual San Diego Latino Film Festival and the fine lineup of films Lisa Franek at the Digital Gym books each week, the Media Arts Center San Diego will occasionally surprise us with a week-long mini-festival. …

Dabblers need not click

Am I the only one who sees red over this ad that appeared in the June 9, 1933 edition of The Film Daily? http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/aug/22/51801/ One out of three ain't bad, and while they pegged Capra's punim, look how they make …

In which my parents escort me to my first X-rated movie.

Who among us can claim that their parents took them to their first X-rated movie? Mom and Dad probably thought Midnight Cowboy was a sequel to True Grit. It took some work, but they eventually agreed to take their 13-year-old …

When it came time to finally force the digital conversion down exhibitor’s throats, no one bothered to ask drive-in owners to open wide and say, “Aaah.” 35mm prints for theatrical exhibition are becoming scarcer than cue marks. According to Honda, …