http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/15/38449/ We're kidding, of course. He's just signed up for Pirates 5.

...following her amazing Golden Globes speech.

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/15/38448/ (The relevant quote, for those of you who haven't read the whole thing yet: "I will continue to tell stories, to move people by being moved, the greatest job in the world. It’s just that from now on, I …

We missed a few on the first go-round!

Once again, full speech here. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/14/38365/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/14/38366/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/14/38367/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/14/38368/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/14/38369/

As she said, "I have given everything, up there [on the screen], from the time that I was three years old."

The full speech is here... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/14/38350/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/14/38351/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/14/38352/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/14/38353/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/14/38354/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/14/38355/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/14/38356/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/14/38357/

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An embarrassment of riches for animation fans, other sort of fans as well.

UPDATE - We should have mentioned: these are 35mm prints! Tonight, Friday, the festival opens with Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wSba9hwCaU Best crawly insect monster ever? Best crawly insect monster ever. Saturday, you get Princess Mononoke: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ4pxURy5-I …

I hear that some movies got nominated for something or other this week. That's good news, because the new stuff? Not so much - well, except for Amour, the painful French story about old folks that Scott liked. I got …

What's in a handshake? And yes, spoilers!

Much has been made of director Quentin Tarantino's foot fetish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfnVbYKKQ_Y But after seeing Django Unchained, I'm beginning to think maybe he's got a thing for hands, too. Not necessarily a fetish, but a regard for the hand as a …

Dept. of No, Not Really

In Wake of Outcry Over Django Unchained Slave Action Figures, NOW Releases Statement Accusing Protest Industry of Double Standard http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/10/38221/ "How is this okay?"

Why that ending?

Remember, this is supposed to be post-viewing chat. Spoilers abound. The other day, Samuel L. Jackson expressed a thought that I suspect has been rattling around in a lot of heads: why didn't Lincoln end after his butler handed him …

Ooof. First, a word of warning: both of these earn that whole red-band thing. Nudity, foul language, and general rudeness abound: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UGVWBSvxl98 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VneW1vtcWY Well now. Here we have a couple of "star-studded" ensemble sketch comedy flicks. The first leans harder …

No, not the unchained version. The original. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEmErQjGptg SPECIAL VIEWING BONUS: Django Strikes Again http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbzQxgE1ROM

I know what you're thinking. Bodybuilders (Pain & Gain) have the edge, cuz they're got The Rock. But that dude in the wrestling outfit (Foxcatcher) with the really high forehead? That's the Hulk.

Well, of course, the big bad entry is Zero Dark Thirty, which I admired for the way it told the protagonist's story without letting that story distract from the overall mission. Solid tradecraft. But it wasn't mine to review: it …

Not much to say, but please enjoy these screencaps of the Necronomicon.

Oh, and be forewarned, it's really, really gross and violent and nasty. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pvDLWlxxcak I do love this opening shot: it's what Wes Anderson would do if he were a little less controlled and a little more interested in viscera. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/04/37865/ …

This time, they found The Most Interesting Villain in the World

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=i2Y2PpY6fNo Go ahead, tell me I'm wrong: http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/03/37840/ They even included a reference to the chess bit in this wonderful spot. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/03/37841/ Stay hungry for world domination, my friends. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/03/37842/

A place to hash things out after you've seen the film.

Happy 2013, everybody. Let's get things started, shall we? First up: Andrew Dominik's Killing Them Softly - which may be a poor choice, since almost nobody saw it. But here at The Big Screen, we've always valued passion over popularity, …

In a more perfect world, supercuts would find their way into the screenwriting collective unconscious, so that cliches such as "we've got company," "no time to explain," and perhaps most importantly, "you just don't get it, do you?" would disappear …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqKnD-g9QhY ...otherwise known as Mulholland Falls? Or maybe The Untouchables? I dunno, it's all mixed up. Let's start with Mulholland Falls. Lessee, you got yer organized crime boss who comes West to Los Angeles at mid-century: http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/02/37769/ You got yer …

This is the way the year ends, not with a star, but a starless night...

Dad-burn it! In keeping with Big Screen's promise to bring you, the reader, more interviews with beautiful young actresses in 2013, we were all set to chat with Alexandra Daddario, star of Texas Chainsaw 3D - coming Friday to a …