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Eastwood and ex dig wife swapping?
Any which way you can, eh, Clint? Maybe chick-bait Clint Eastwood has a thing for women with the last name Fisher. He spent 5 years shacking up with actress Frances Fisher and now, after a highly publicized split from wife …
The 1887 graduating class of the San Diego branch of the Hollywood Secretarial School Group
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/sep/04/52622/ TOP ROW: Mike Rosoft, Ward Processor, I.B.M. Selectric, Virginia MacWrite, Al Phasmart, and M.S. Dos. BOTTOM ROW: Florence 'Floppy' Diskette, Diablo Qume, Brother P. Touch, P.F.S. Wright, and Dorthea 'Dot' Matrix.
Interview: John Crowley, director of Closed Circuit
To date, John Crowley has directed Intermission, Boy A, Is Anybody There?, and now Closed Circuit, which opened last Friday at a theatre near you. In my book, that makes the Irish filmmaker 4 for 4. An anti-Hollywood suspenser modeled …
Fox Theatre San Diego, BCSH: Before Copley Symphony Hall
Plus tips on how to train an usher, c.1929
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/sep/02/52466/ By the time I made my first visit to San Diego, the longhairs on Copley's dime had already overtaken the Fox Theatre. The closest I came to seeing something cinematic in what was once the third largest single screen …
San Diego Film Critics Society 2013 class photo
Updated to feature director's cut of photo
Hey, how 'bout that Matthew Lickona joining the ranks of the San Diego Film Critics Society, huh? Congratulations! Keep at it, buddy boy! The only thing more difficult for the group to arrive at than a consensus on a movie …
Eastwood marriage plunges off heartbreak ridge
The 17 year marriage of Clint Eastwood, 83, and his second wife, Dina Ruiz Eastwood, 48, has been shot down in the line of fire. The impact wasn't so sudden. According to a source quoted in US Weekly, "Clint fell …
New releases opening this week: Drinking Buddies, Closed Circuit and more
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/aug/30/52357/ This is really Scott's week. I mean, every week is Scott's week, but he usually doesn't make it quite so obvious. He's kind that way. Anyway, let's get the big news out of the way: FIVE STARS FOR ONE …
Cloudy with no chance of meatballs on the Foodimobile
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/aug/29/52310/ Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2. Not Cloudy With a Chance of Fresh Fruit and Yogurt Parfait 2 or Cloudy With a Chance of Diced Watermelon 2. Cloudy with a Chance of MEATBALLS 2. Imagine a Junior Executive …
Don Bauder moonlighting at Kensington Video?!
Here's something I failed to mention in this week's cover story on Kensington Video. When Guy Hanford shaves in the morning, he sees Don Bauder's face in the mirror. Thanks to dwbat, Reader lifer and President of the Don Bauder …
Kensington Video: movie lover's paradise
If you're wondering why all of The Reader boxes are empty, it's because this week's cover story -- my scintillating journey through the inner-workings of Kensington Video -- is going like hotcakes! Happy 50th birthday, Kensington Video! To Guy, Pam, …
Review: Getaway
Keep away!
Who'd have thought spending 90 minutes in a car with Selena Gomez could be this stagnant? A disembodied voice orders a former race car driver (Ethan Hawke) whose wife he holds hostage, and a banker’s daughter (Gomez) to do his …
It's curtains for Digiplex Mission Valley
I haven't been in the big #7 house since Hazard Center was taken over by Digiplex. Something was noticeably different about the auditorium. I couldn't see the screen for the drapes! Is there another movie theatre in San Diego that …
Holy Top Ten Movie Moseses! Ridley Scott to direct Exodus
Christian Bale stars as swaddling-clothed crusader
Does the umpteenth telling of a Bible story qualify as a reboot? http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/aug/27/52219/ According to Deadline, Ridley Scott's Exodus, or Bible Runner: Conquest of Israel, will star Christian Bale as everybody's favorite Jewish lawgiver and Joel Edgerton as the Egyptian …
Que Viva! Cine Latino Returns to Otay Ranch
Attention culture buffs, students of language, and seekers of free fun in South County. Que Viva! Cine Latino returns to Otay Ranch Town Center September 4, 11, 18, and 25. In order to drain el ultimo trago — or the …
Not getting the full picture at he Big Scree
It happened so long ago, the name of the talk show I heard it on escapes me. Sir Alec Guinness was paneling with either Merv Griffin or Mike Douglas. After coming back from a commercial he apologized to the audience …
Details leaked on Beetlejuice sequel at the VMA's?
C'mon people, you think that suit was an accident? We're through the looking glass here.
Okay, so Miley Cyrus apparently saw Ke$ha get hot and heavy with some furries in her video for "C'Mon" and thought, "Ooh, me too!" http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/aug/26/52070/ But in the interests if keeping it real, Miley decided to make her public proclamation …
Casting call: Headlock'd: The Bob Filner Story
Who will star as Mayor Pat Tush? Or Jan Goldsmith? Or Accuser #147?
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/aug/26/52054/ "In a town as sunny as San Diego, only the shady survive." Somewhere in a San Diego Starbucks, someone is penning a future Ace Award-winning screenplay. The reflection of the computer screen bouncing in their bifocals can be seen …
A fleck on the fanboy's windshield
Given the twittering hubbub made over Hollywood's latest casting choice, you would think that Ben Affleck had committed murder, not been chosen to replace Christian Bale in the next Batman movie. What's the matter, widdle fanboys? Did big bad Warner …
New releases opening this week: Drug War, The World's End and more
To err is human, but (contrary to the thesis advanced near the end of The World's End) that does not mean that erring is the defining difference of humanity. So perhaps it's not uniquely human that I seem to have …
Another Filner accuser comes forward...honest!
If Lickona can sneak one in, why not me? It's over, Bobby, but not before I parade one last alleged alleged accuser -- who squealed like a stuck pig to KPBS -- before the media spotlight. I found the following …