Continuing the good work we began in Part 1...

There's a movie star mural in the lobby at Edwards Mira Mesa, which is not all that surprising. What is maybe a little bit surprising was the muralist's choice to include contemporary movie stars, instead of the more stable stars …

Someone left the back door to the Reader's print department unlocked, and guess who slipped in and snuck some reviews onto the page! I found The Woman in Black to be a minor sort of success, albeit an exceedingly good-looking …

David Elliott paints it grey this week. Sorry. Terrible joke, even if you do remember "Paint it Black" by U2. Sorry. Another terrible joke. Moving right along: "The Grey has some visceral feel for men finding their nature amid cruel …

Four-word review of Chronicle: Screw you, Spider-Man. You remember Spider-Man, right? (It's okay if not: a new version is due this summer.) Teenage outcast gains incredible powers, lets said powers go to his head, loses beloved parental figure, ultimately learns …

Why I'll be seeing this movie. Look, hooray for The Hunger Games, okay? By all accounts, it's a better YA buzz than Twilight, and now that Harry Potter is over and Daniel Radcliffe gets to play a grownup (Woman in …

We'll have a review of the angsty teen drama Chronicle up in a little bit, but in the meantime, remember James Dean? It's okay if you don't. Dude only made like three movies, and two of 'em were angsty teen …

Bear with me a moment: I am fond of the author Walker Percy. But when I read this bit from lit-blogger Maud Newton, I couldn't help but nod in knowing agreement: "I used to fall in love with a book …

While Mr. Marks was busy hating on the brilliant high-concept vehicle that is (or should be) Tim Burton's Candy Land, I was busy casting the thing, striving for just the right mix of excellent character actors, former stars in need …

I think it's pretty clear that casting should have begun on a film based on Marisol Valles Garcia the day she took the job of Police Chief of Guadalupe. Guadalupe! You know, like the Virgin! The one that Catholic Mexicans …

Nicolas Cage has had his share of financial troubles - remember when he had to sell this fabulous house? So now, instead of wondrous Cage insanities like Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call: New Orleans, we get phone-it-ins like Seeking Justice, …

Trailers these days are sometimes like shortened forms of the movies they're selling. So we're gonna start reviewing them via short-form poetry! 28 Hotel Rooms http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MCxrYpTA8E Sex in hotel rooms Someone else washes the sheets It will end in tears …

Lessee, now...Steven Spielberg is reported to be close to directing a Moses picture that features the "gritty reality of Saving Private Ryan," and is "a real warrior movie." (Lest anyone forget, the first great military victory of Moses' life? It …

(Day 3 of the San Diego Black Film Festival is tomorrow, Saturday, January 28, of course, but we're posting this today because we know you check The Big Screen only when you're at work, and damned if you come in …

My invitation to the San Diego Black Film Festival got delivered to the crazy squatter who lives in my front yard by mistake, so I missed last night's opening films, including two of the festival's Big 8. (The Big 8 …

A Feast! feature in which your humble correspondent visits a restaurant and orders the specialty of the house. Yee-haw! "It's between the tongue & cheek ($26) and the butt ($24)," mused The Wife innocently after hearing our waitress's suggestions. She …

A Feast! feature in which your humble correspondent visits a restaurant and orders the specialty of the house. Subtle! Up first, the appetizer. Like Quality Social, Searsucker is good at elevating the familiar. Triple cheese toast + tomato-tarragon soup ($8)? …

Is David Elliott doing the best work of his career here at the Reader? Hard to say. But there is surely much to enjoy in this week's installment, beginning with his black-spot assessment of Best Picture nominee Extremely Loud and …

Well, Mr. Marks was his usual wonderfully grumpy self in his coverage of this year's Oscar nominations - no sense in blaming it on the early hour, he's always like that. But what struck me is that, grumpiness aside, there …

A Feast! feature in which your humble correspondent visits a restaurant and orders the specialty of the house. Me, last Friday afternoon: "Apparently, Quality Social isn't fucking around any more." The Wife: "What makes you say that?" Me: "They just …