Send your kids to Movie Camp this summer!
Summer camp was a real thrill, let me tell you. Seven hours a day trapped in a clammy forest preserve, plagued by hordes of carniverous mosquitos the size of Stuka dive bombers, and nothing to sustain me but musty baloney …
Relatively Speaking brings Woody Allen, Elaine May and Ethan Coen to Broadway
Three short plays authored by Hollywood heavyweights Woody Allen, Elaine May, and Ethan Coen will be making their way to Broadway this fall. Relatively Speaking unites two brilliant, pioneering stand-up comics and straight-faced Coen for an evening of what Woody …
Baby Daddy Schwarzenegger comes clean about love child
We now know the reason Maria Shriver packed her bags and moved out of her Brentwood mansion. According to the Los Angeles Times, just one week after announcing her split from Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Sperminator has publicly confessed to fathering …
Jerry Lewis announces he's retiring as host of the MDA Telethon
This is one of the saddest days of my adult life. Jerry Lewis has been with me for as long as I can remember. With his yacht docked in San Diego, he's practically my neighbor. My first introduction came when …
ArtPower! Press Rewind showcases 3 directors' early shorts
Art Power was my old deejay name. ArtPower! is UCSD's creative collective to showcase music, dance, film, exhibition and food. This Tuesday evening is their fourth annual Press Rewind, a one-night exhibition of the early short films by three talked-about …
Dig a Hole: Dolores Fuller, Ed Wood's former girlfriend and leading lady
Dolores Fuller, erstwhile galpal (both on and offscreen) of legendary cross-dressing, grade-Z "director" Ed Wood, died Monday after suffering from a long illness. She was 88. She first met her misguided guiding spirit while answering a casting call for a …
Commentary: The Beaver
Mel Gibson, the original soul surfer, stars as a beleaguered, hopelessly depressed executive who finds redemption through a discarded beaver hand puppet. Embarrassing autobiographical angst or confirmation that Mel's agent is a vengeful Jew with a funny bone? As if …
The Three Phases of Yves
Caught a screening of L'Amour Four, the somber, at times impervious documentary about Yves Saint Laurent commissioned by his partner of fifty years Pierre Bergé. It opens exclusively on May 27 at Landmark's Ken Cinema. Perhaps it's the lack of …
And the winner of this year's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor is...Will Ferrell? Really?
In the past, the prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor has been bestowed upon the likes of comic legends Richard Pryor, Jonathan Winters, Lily Tomlin, Carl Reiner, George Carlin, and Steve Martin. This year's honor goes to Will Ferrell. …
Albert Brooks: Read the book, see the movies!
What's wrong with contemporary cinema? Slob comedies, comic book atrocities, and dialog-driven animation are poised to break box office records this summer and Albert Brooks can't get arrested in Hollywood. Why isn't Albert Brooks making three movies a year? Surely …
My Dinner With Herve - DA FILM! DA FILM!
Last October, Variety announced that Sacha Gervasi (Anvil! The Story of Anvil) was set to write and direct a biopic based on the life of Herve Villechaize, Ricardo Montalban's assistant, Tattoo, on Fantasy Island. Gervasi conducted the last interview with …
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to get 3-D Leatherface-lift
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Tobe Hooper's ultra low budget 1974 horror opus, has generated three sequels, a remake, a prequel, a video game, and countless imitations, as well as holding the dubious distinction of giving rise to the foulest genre …
Review: Soul Surfer
Bethany Hamilton made national headlines on October 31, 2003 when a 14-foot tiger shark bit off the 13-year-old Hawaiian surfer’s arm. Instead of having its world premiere on the Christian Broadcasting Network, this faith-based biopic erroneously found its way to …
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver decide to terminate marriage?
Just two weeks after the royal wedding (and their 25th wedding anniversary), America's power couple, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver, have decided to separate. It was a union of opposing political parties and many were shocked that the marriage lasted …
Q&A with Hesher director Spencer Susser
I’m thirteen years old and Groucho Marx is coming to Evanston, Illinois to perform “An Evening With“ at Northwestern University. Nothing will keep me away. A friend’s older brother and one of his fellow upperclassmen offer to drop the two …
Double Features from Hell: Flipper and The Manchurian Candidate
I've been spending far too much time on Google Newspapers pouring through back editions in search of vintage movie ads. Dig deep enough and you will eventually hit paydirt. This ad from the June 9, 1963 edition of The Lakeland …
SeaWorld ushers in new motion picture division
It's not just about theme parks and penguin cams anymore as the newly formed SeaWorld Pictures today announced the hatching of “Turtle: The Incredible Journey.” The 3D family documentary is directed by "National Geographic Explorer’s" Nick Stringer. The 81-minute-long feature …