Calling all Mamalukes: Raging Bull II Wants You!
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/04/22229/ The Hollywood casting net is being thrown far and wide to find the right variation of chooches, scooches, mooks and mamalukes to star in Raging Bull II. If you're a cute kid -- a pretty kid -- age 14-20 …
Critics Barred from Bringing Starbucks into AMC Fashion Valley
It's bad enough that security guards prohibit members of the press from smuggling electronic equipment inside the theatre so that one may record a movie off the screen to later peddle on the streets of TJ. You don't want to …
Only a Grinch With Muscles to Spare Could Make Geisel's 300-pound Lorax Disappear Into Thin Air
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/03/22179/ Where was the Lorax statue? And why isn't it there? And why was it lifted and taken somewhere? Only a Grinch with muscles to spare, could make a 300-pound statue disappear into thin air. I told you a movie …
AMC Palm Promenade 14 (Marked Down from 24)
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/02/22079/ The AMC Palm Promenade is one of the few theatres in San Diego county that I have yet to visit. The venue, located at Palm Avenue and I-805, opened its doors in September 1999. Their two big houses, (auditoriums …
Warner Bros. Reveals New Superman Logo for Man of Steel
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/02/22060/ Warner Bros. unveiled their redesign of the Superman shield for next year's Man of Steel. The Dark Knight/Spider-Man hybrid indicates that all hopes of a comedic take along the lines of Superman 2 will be scrubbed in favor of …
DVD Rentals: Road to Bali (1952)
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/mar/30/21904/ The sixth Road picture was the last to be produced by Paramount and the only one budgeted for color (Technicolor, no less!). Not unlike later-period Elvis vehicles, the writers assume that audiences knew exactly what to expect going in …
Review: I Kissed a Vampire
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/mar/30/21881/ What do you get when you combine High School Musical and Twilight? Not much, as demonstrated by this bargain-basement big-screen blow up of the popular iTunes webseries of the same name. Lucas Grabeel (High School Musical 1-3 inclusive), Drew …
Anchorman Sequel Gets Green Light
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/mar/29/21845/ Will Ferrell made a surprise in-character appearance as the dim-witted fictional San Diego newsman Ron Burgundy on last night's installment of Conan, to announce that there will indeed be a sequel to his hit 2004 film, Anchorman. Having never …
Elderly Florida Couple Bamboozled by Spike Lee Tweet
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/mar/28/21746/ With the media trial of George Zimmerman igniting social networking sites, Spike Lee decided that he gotta' have in. The director, whose name hasn't made headlines since last year's major dust-up with Clint Eastwood, tweeted the home address of …
Spring Into Cinema with the Media Arts Center April Workshops
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/mar/27/21725/ The Media Arts Center San Diego is turning its office on El Cajon Blvd. into a "Digital Gym" this April when they offer a series of hands-on spring film-making workshops. Here's your chance to learn how to make your …
Soul Kitchen Transforms ArtPower! Into a Lofty Dinner and a Movie
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/mar/26/21606/ ArtPower! once again lives up to its promise of "an eclectic mix of interactive film experiences" by offering this unique dinner and a movie event. Acclaimed director Fatih Akın's boisterous "foodie comedy" Soul Kitchen will screen Thursday, April 12 …
Hunger Games Biggest Grossing Non-Sequel Ever to Debut at Midnight
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/mar/23/21466/ Box Office Mojo reports that The Hunger Games is the biggest money making sequel ever to have a midnight premier. In comparison, the first Twilight installment grossed $7 million. With an $19.74 million opening, The Hunger Games comes in …
Latino Film Festival Announces its Winners
The San Diego Latino Film Festival just called "cut" on its 19th season and with it comes their eternal gratitude to those who helped make is a success as well as awards time. The festival doesn't end here. Coming soon …
Robert De Niro Buckles Under Pressure and Apologizes for "Racist" Remark
He starred as The King of Comedy, but anyone who has seen We're No Angels or The Fockers films knows that telling jokes is not Robert De Niro's forte. With a decent script in his hands, Bobby D. is dynamite, …
The Title or Trailer Game IV: Catch It!
With Valerie Scher's superb Casablanca quiz still buzzing in our minds, why not complicate your lives even further with another round of the Title or Trailer Game? The rules are simple. Below are two title cards. One hails from the …
Richard Gere Blasts Pretty Woman for All the Wrong Reasons
She ain't pretty no more. Pretty Woman took in more than $460 million at the box office and, along with those nasty gerbil rumors, helped to make Richard Gere a household name. In an interview with Woman's Day, Gere called …
Review: Bullhead
A police officer tries in vain to understand how a pair of questionable types, that just happen to hail from the same remote town, wind up working together on an out-of-town job. "Coincidence," she says, "is an excuse losers use …
Review: Jeff, Who Lives at Home
While contemplating the universe's daily arrangement of signs and fate, a wrong number in search of Kevin causes Jeff (Jason Segel), a particularly philosophical slacker, to mumble aloud, "There are no wrong numbers." Yes there is. 1-800-Duplass. Jeff believes that …
Sandra Bernhard at the La Jolla Playhouse
It was all very last minute, but I'm delighted that comedian, author, actress, and singer Sandra Bernhard was able to spend a few minutes talking to The Big Screen. Simply put, Sandra Bernhard has one of the funniest minds on …
Wrestling Aztec Mummies and a Spaghetti Western Coming to SDLFF
Five days remain, and if you are looking for a movie to see at the San Diego Latino Film Festival, I think we have a couple of winners. Once upon a time in Argentina, a film opened with an Ennio …