Some people had to have been chuckling to themselves when they decided to screen a film about diminished fortunes in the moneyed regions of La Jolla. Anyway, here are a few things I heard on my way out the door: …

Well, not really a spoiler, but it does make reference to a conversation between Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle that comes toward the end of the film... Anyway, we here at The Big Screen are pleased to report that we …

...of the poster for The Watch, it's time to play Who Got 'Shopped? Just tell us which of these stars received the most thorough Photoshop treatment, and you win! What's the prize? Your name in the comments! Poster images are …

Hey, stars of The Watch! What was your last really memorable comic performance? http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/20/28338/ Here's hoping, Mr. Ayoade.

The final installment of director Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy is long and loud and chock-full of his great love for plotting and abstraction. Sometimes, it works, but often, it doesn't, and the honest interaction of characters is ground under the …

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/20/28328/ Yeah, this particular scene may not play quite as well now. I'm glad Mr. Marks took the awful job of reporting on the Colorado shooting at the Dark Knight Rises screening. I kept thinking, "What is there to say? …

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/19/28301/ Plus ca change... This weekend, you've got Marilyn in Let's Make Love at Cinema Under the Stars: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfbMtSs2P8A Meanwhile, 30 Beats is opening down at Reading Gaslamp: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3miXLlp7NfU I dunno. I mean, I enjoy listening to Jennifer Tilly's knowing …

In preparation for the release of Finding Nemo 3D, Disney is seeking to raise juvenile interest in the project via games like the one below. Why not play along? http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/18/28254/ In the lower image, Bubbles is not concentrating on Nemo, …

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/18/28252/ That should probably read "sit." Time now to consider which San Diego movie theater has, for your money, the most comfortable seating. Director Christopher Nolan loves him some complicated plotting, but sometimes (okay, all the time), it takes more …

Kal-El takes a moment to look down and consider his new look... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/16/28075/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9ZTP2k0DRc Just a couple of thoughts here, because mostly I'm worrying over whether CGI really has ruined the human imagination. Don't believe me? Check that brief shot of the flying monkeys. Are they half, are they a quarter as terrifying …

There were three things I enjoyed about Ice Age: Continental Drift. One, Scrat's relentless pursuit of acorny pleasure, especially when he comes to his journey's end. (Wile E. Coyote would admire his purity...unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality.) …

Yep, you can buy her hair. You know, to go with the dress. Get in the lineup, Princess Merida. Pity you weren't a blacksmith's daughter. When is someone gonna do something like this for the Disney Princesses? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32oQvMusxac

Let a thousand fanboys squee; there is a poster to go along with the plot synopsis for Guillermo Del Toro's upcoming giant-robots-vs.-giant-monsters film Pacific Rim: http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/11/27680/ And the synopsis: "When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from …

They don't call him Gandalf the Grey for nothing... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/10/27645/

Apparently, in Middle Earth, the Wizard is off to see you. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/10/27644/

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/09/27551/ Look, a thousand people have already blogged about how Ron Perlman and the crew at Spectral Motion teamed up to make a little boy's wish come true. I don't have anything to add except my own praise and the …

Well, it's official: on the eve of The Dark Knight Rises' release, Christopher Nolan has announced (via The Associated Press) that he is done with Batman. But of course, DC and Warner Brothers aren't done with Batman. Superhero movies tend …

Spotted at Horton Toy Store, Horton Plaza: http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/09/27529/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkChbEu3hKE&NR=1&feature=endscreen

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/09/27519/ Here come the sequels, The Amazinger Spider-Man and The Amazingest-Spider Man.