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MACSD's screening venue passes white glove test
The Media Arts Center's new screening room has been open to the public for over a week. Today marked my maiden visit. Located on the main floor of the MACSD, 2921 El Cajon Blvd, the intimate, 48-seat projection facility brought …
A closer look at the poster for Iron Man 3
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/09/43459/ Um, Tony? Maybe don't punch things with the hand that doesn't have any armor on it. Did you learn nothing from Iron Man 2? When did things go bad for the bad guy? When he stopped the drone assault …
Death imitates art
Oh, man. FilmDrunk reports on an English film director who died while trying to live like a homeless person. Basically, Sullivan's Travels without the happy ending. RIP.
David Elliott remembers Roger Ebert
Former Chicago rival recalls Ebert before Siskbert
Where was I when Roger Ebert died? He'd have been proud. I was all alone in the Clairemont Town Square with pen in hand covering G.I. Joe Retaliation. Ebert lived to be the most influential film critic the world has …
Iron Man 3 director refuses to comment on whether or not he added nipples to the Iron Man suit
Dept. of No, Not really
Is it Batman all over again? http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/08/43381/
So, what are you doing tonight?
A couple of things you might have missed.
http://vimeo.com/56897454 People, I Am Not A Hipster. But then, you knew that. A hipster would never write for anything so mainstream as an alternative weekly. Also, I Am Not a Hipster is a movie - made right here in San …
See the book, read the movie 2
A pictorial history of title credits from literary adaptations N thru Z
More storybook openings from a time when Hollywood proudly used literacy as a selling tool. A thru M can be found here. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/04/43254/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/04/43255/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/04/43256/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/04/43258/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/04/43259/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/04/43260/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/04/43253/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/04/43261/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/04/43290/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/04/43262/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/04/43263/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/04/43264/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/05/43313/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/04/43265/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/04/43266/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/05/43314/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/04/43267/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/04/43268/ …
New releases opening this week
Scott Marks must have changed his meds to something that softens the heart. Either that, or the Aussies know how to handle sentiment and singing. At any rate, he really liked The Sapphires. He was less impressed with the "easy …
Why I walked out on Evil Dead
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/04/43244/ Never one to second guess my partner in print, in light of Matthew's one star review of Evil Dead, I have no problem contributing a few nasty thoughts of my own. Sam Raimi's The Evil Dead (1981) and it's …
RIP Roger Ebert
I'm sure my partner will have much more to say about the death of critical giant Roger Ebert. But I wanted to note this, from the early paragraphs of his obituary: Ebert, 70, who reviewed movies for the Chicago Sun-Times …
See the book, read the movie
A pictorial history of title credits from literary adaptations A thru M
Read any good movies lately? Long before hardbound comic books like Harry Potter and Twilight began passing for literature, and the subheading "Based on a True Story" became a lazy screenwriters raison d'etre, Hollywood did it's fair share or ransacking …
The Shining is The Evil Dead
Paging Room 237: I got yer fancy explanation right here.
So there's a movie coming out on Friday called The Evil Dead. It's an updated remake of Sam Raimi's 1981 cult horror classic by the same name. And next Friday, there's a film coming out called Room 237. It's an …
Breakdowns, blow-ups, and boners from the Warner Bros. vault
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/03/43107/ Television's last great gasp of inventiveness came when Kermit 'Mr. Blooper' Schaefer passed the boner baton to Dick Clark. Forget about balls dropping or kids dancing on the bandstand; Dick Clark's greatest contribution to American culture was the recycling …
Sandler v. Apatow on middle age
Remember This is 40, Judd Apatow's meditation on what his life would be like if he looked like Paul Rudd? http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/03/43098/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/03/43099/ Well, Adam Sandler has his own "man faces middle age" movie coming out. It's called Grown Ups 2, …
Shia LaBeouf is the gift that keeps on giving.
So the kerfuffle between Shia LaBeouf and Alec Baldwin from a while back came up again when The Beef went on Letterman, and that gives me a chance to do what I should have done back then: illustrate various lines …
Pixar announces second Finding Nemo sequel for 2017
Dept. of No, Not Really
So Finding Nemo 2, er, Finding Dory, is due for 2015. Because while Albert Brooks as a father reconnecting with his son was nice, I think we can all agree that Dory the forgetful fish was why we were there …
Fox News and Jim Carrey gum it out
Fox News' Greg Gutfeld called Jim Carrey, "probably the most pathetic tool on the face of the earth...He's such a pathetic, sad little freak. He's a gibbering mess...He's a marionette and he's fading." Laura Ingraham said, "Carrey has not been …
Tyson tweets tattoo adieu
The following post appeared in Mike Tyson's Twitter feed yesterday: http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/02/42962/ Has the Champ finally come to his senses or did Mike suddenly realize that when he dies, his head can't be buried in a Jewish cemetery? Stop the music! …
Pac-Arts Spring Showcase goes 'Linsane!'
Trailblazing Asian American NBA player, Jeremy Lin, subject of new documentary
As a die hard sportsophobe, I wouldn't know Jeremy Lin from Lynn Swann. Well, that last statement isn't entirely true. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/01/42919/ Lynn's work on the Bagful haunts my every Christmas. That cultural touchstone aside, were it not for his work …