You won't find this type of Jewish guilt at Kensington Video
If you want to know why I so generously provide Fred Saxon with a plug whenever he performs, look no further than this photo he forwarded: http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/19/49523/ The location of the incident remains a mystery and I'm guessing that "A. …
'Love Network' leveled as Jerry-less Telethon moves to ABC
Once upon a time there was a Telethon, and the month before Labor Day saw a sudden rise in awkwardly cropped pictures of Jerry Lewis' head adorning boxes of Sara Lee pound cake in your grocer's freezer section. Jerry Lewis, …
Saxon on sax
Psssst! What are you doing a week from Sunday? Want to hang out in the park and watch a bunch of Relative Minors and Friends have sax? Get your smut-filled minds out of the gutter! We're here to help promote …
11 celebrity comedy teams we'd like to see
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This week all roads lead to the Ken Cinema
Can't get tickets for Comic-Con? Lucky you! Instead of being taken at the Con, drop in on the double feature of double-crosses opening Friday at Landmark's Ken Cinema. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/17/49294/ Godard in 35mm? You should have already purchased tickets. A double …
Spielberg enters his Ford period
First came Old Mr. Lincoln followed by news that Stevie and Tom Hanks will co-produce a third World War II miniseries for HBO. Now there's talk of Spiel expressing interest in a remake of The Grapes of Wrath. Isn't it …
Grown Ups 2 and cartoon sequel take in more money than Pacific Rim
Call it the King Midas touch in reverse. My enjoyment of a summer blockbuster should give producers instant cause to begin fanning the aroma of flop sweat. Hollywood's insistence on using technology to supplant storytelling generally gives cause to make …
Who needs Kaiju and Jaegers when it's Bobby-D vs. Jay-Z?
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/12/49076/ After what he said about Bobby D., Jay-Z will be lucky to find work as a backup singer for Who's Bad. Where does Jay-Z-z-z get the balls big enough to take on (prior to 1996) the greatest actor of …
Martin & Lewis address their critics
Make that critic. Louella Parsons. Ms. Parsons was America's first movie columnist. Nowadays we shrug off punks like Justin Bieber using a janitor's bucket for a urinal, but back in the day, Parsons had to power to make or break …
Sloppy Moe to testify against Mayor Filner
"I know something I won't tell, I won't tell, I won't tell. I know something I won't tell, it's about Bob Filner!" http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/11/48987/
Female trouble
It ain't easy being a chick in Hollywood
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Clean the beach, see the movie, get Rimmed
"Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures Pacific Rim" holds cleanup in Mission Beach
Attention: there are rules for posting that come with this blog. The following edict arrived in the mail: "Please note, the official title is: WARNER BROS. PICTURES & LEGENDARY PICTURES PACIFIC RIM." You done ejaculated a marquee-busting mouthful! I'm all …
4th row center: The Corvette Summer rain check
It was the only time in my life where I was given a rain check at the movies. The Lawrencewood Theatre was an efficacious, sensibly designed cement box located at the end of the parking lot at the Lawrencewood Shopping …
Shart: the Movie
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/08/48767/ Better than Crackle's Shart Week. It wiped up at the box office. I'll pick up review doody on this one, Matthew. Let's hope it's in 3D and Smell-O-Rama. Thanks to fellow crepitation connoisseur, Frank Howard, for drifting this my …
The Carpeteria: A brief pictorial tribute to Joe Pesci's 'hair'
Good news! While paying a visit to the Walter Parks Thatcher Memorial Storage Facility, I unearthed my scanner and a box containing a few hundred of the thousands of original 8 x 10 stills in the vault. Please don't ask …
Still screaming over streaming
This week's column calling for a boycott of streaming screeners brought at least one positive response, but before getting to that, I must thank my buddy John Dacapias for reminding me of the most heinous request of them all. There …
Bruck you, Masked Man! 4 cures for the common Lone Ranger
Were Matthew not brave enough to take two-and-a-half hours away from his lovely, remarkable family (and Wonder Dog, Oreo), The Lone Ranger would never have been reviewed in these pages. Two thoughts crossed my mind during the screening of the …
BOYCOTT STREAMING SCREENERS!
When did it become a critic's responsibility to provide the screening venue? It's bad enough that 30% of the films I cover are shipped to me on a shiny disc to be viewed in my living room. I refuse to …
4th row center: King Kong
By the time I was old enough to take the elevated train to Chicago's Loop, The Clark Theatre had all but died. Under the leadership of legendary Chicago movie theatre impresario, Bruce Trinz, the Clark was the forerunner of what …
Double features from hell: What Ever Happened to the Music Man?
Oh, we got trouble!
"But you are, Harold. You are in River City!" http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/01/48390/