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Drive-By Cinema brings 'art' to the masses tonight
Far be it from me to drop a movement in Pac-Arts Movement's swimming pool, but the word "art" appears 6 times in their one paragraph press release announcing tonight's Drive-By Cinema. Fun, camp, unique, kitsch, a night out, a way …
Hold that lion: a pictorial history of the MGM logo
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jun/27/48233/ How is it that MGM decided to put a lion on its payroll and act as studio mascot and corporate logo centerpiece? "Löwe" is German for "lion" and many are quick to credit studio co-founder Marcus Loew with the …
Movies are still "the cathedral."
But who goes to church any more?
In the wake of the sad news that James Gandolfini had died of a heart attack at the age of 51, I wound up reading two articles, "An American Family" and "The Night Tony Soprano Disappeared". Both stories touch on …
Brainy Q&A this Friday and Saturday evenings at Reading Town Square 14
New documentary "Free the Mind" opens this weekend
Emma Seppala, Ph.D. (Head Scientist of the Veteran Study, Associate Director at Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, Stanford University School of Medicine) and John Osborne (Project Welcome Home Troops) will be at Reading Town Square 14 this …
Why not variable pricing?
Seriously, why not?
Man of Steel cost $225 million. It runs 2 hours and 23 minutes. It depicts the destruction of an entire city. The Bling Ring cost $8 million. It runs 1 hour and 30 minutes. It depicts some teens robbing fancy …
Dead movie theatres: Downtown Los Angeles edition
Sunday morning found me roaming the streets of downtown Los Angeles. Don't ask. Better 9:30am than 9:30pm, right? Here amidst the gold buyers, Quinceanera dressmakers, pawnshops, and Starbucks outlets stand the shells of what used to be some of the …
Bob Hope as Grand Marshal of the Chula Vista Azalea Parade?
Idn't that wild?
In an unending quest to catalog every scrap of film and video footage that contains the effigy of Hope, I recently stumbled across this rarity. Bob played golf with Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, but this was the first time he …
"Save the bulb!"
Save the bulb. Those three words spoken in that order haven’t passed my lips since the winter of ‘98. Or was it ‘97? Who in hell remembers? That was 6,000 films ago. I was managing a 5-screen art house for …
Liam Neeson, unmanned
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jun/25/48120/ NEESON is lying in hospital bed, wearing a huge diaper-bandage. He is approached by CIA Operative RUSSELL CROWE. CROWE: How do you feel? NEESON: Like someone kicked me in the...hey, wait a second! CROWE: Settle down. I know how …
Chuck Heston explains the MPAA rating system
Now do you understand?
Chuck Heston took time away from his busy schedule of parting the Red Sea, fighting the Boxer Rebellion, and loading his gun to stop by a local tennis court and explain the ins and outs of the MPAA rating system. …
The funniest clip of Alfred Hitchcock you've never seen
Join Hitch as he promotes "The Six Million Dollar Man" and the Universal Studio Tour
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jun/24/48015/ The summer of 1977 saw my first road trip from Chicago to Los Angeles. My buddy and I stayed at the Nomad, a little motel on Sunset, tucked away from the noise of the 405. Before VCRs came into …
Movies opening this week: World War Z, Monsters University, and more
Okay, for starters, Scott was unable to complete his viewing of The Painting (trailer above) due to technical difficulties. (And no, I do not mean to suggest that one of his cyborg eyes shorted out, resulting in a lack of …
On the street (named after me) where you live
Here we have the quiet little intersection of Scott & Jarvis. Located in Des Plaines, Illinois, the crossroads are tucked away off the main highway. As you see, it's perfectly harmless looking, when in fact, it is has come to …
Interview with Much Ado About Nothing director Joss Whedon
Joss Whedon shot his modern-day Much Ado About Nothing in his own home over 12 days with a cast composed largely of friends (who also happened to be actors). The project was a welcome change of pace after the super-sized …
DVD Rentals: Frank Sinatra, from Tony Rome with love
If Charles Bronson can pull the old Paul Kersey/Kimball switcheroo in the Death With series, I feel no remorse in referring to The Detective (1968), book-ended by Tony Rome (1967) and Lady in Cement (1968), as part of the unofficial …
Black spot/one star
Two sides of a fine line
So I black-spotted Monsters University, in part because of its hackneyed plot: lovable band of losers must rally via their particular skills to defeat the overbearing jerkball champions. (But only in part.) And a couple of weeks ago, I one-starred …
4th row center: The 'movie hole'
The Parkway was the first movie theatre ever placed in my managerial care. It was a 700-seat single screen situated at the bustling intersection of Clark & Diversey on Chicago's near North side. Before Landmark took over the lease in …
**L@@K** RARE VINTAGE RETRO CLASSIC OZU WIFE-BEATER T-SHIRT - CHEAP **L@@K**
I can hear the t-shirt printer now: "Ozu wife-beaters? I thought you said O.J." It must have been all of the karate and flying people in Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story that brought this about. What next, the Mahatma Gandhi AK-47? …
Chilling, exclusive images from World War Z!
Dept. of No, Not Really
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jun/18/47725/ Zombie hordes fill the streets of New York City. Mindless, soulless, bent only on consumption, they prepare their assault on the lucky few with access to safety via the red carpet. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jun/18/47727/ Star Brad Pitt flashes a brief smile, …
Clean slate: A brief pictorial tribute to the clapboard
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