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May 18, 2013
By Dax Carlisle, DD, CHt Spoiler Alert! Having been a life-long fan of the Star Trek franchise, I admit I was skeptical when I heard there would be a re-boot movie, helmed by JJ Abrams. However, he pulled it off, with his 2009 Star Trek, featuring the original series characters, but with fresh young faces [...]
May 10, 2013
by chris carpenter - A Great Gatsby Roadsters roar, flappers flap and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s words often leap literally from the page—in 3D no less–in Baz Luhrmann’s flashy new take on the classic novel. Livelier than any previous screen version (notably the sleep-inducing 1974 iteration that starred Robert Redford and Mia Farrow), it is now [...]
May 9, 2013
by tim parks - That time of year is upon us once again, when pure escapism is encouraged during a two-hour period or so, while buttery contents of popcorn tubs are eaten right down to the “old maids” and sodas are drained of their last fizzy drop. It’s time for the summer movie season, arguably [...]
May 7, 2013
Man of Mettle by chris carpenter - That Tony Stark, aka Iron Man, is capable of saving the world from mass destruction has already been proven in Iron Man, Iron Man 2 and The Avengers, not to mention his popular 50-year run in Marvel Comics. What the superhero hasn’t always been shown capable of, at [...]
April 17, 2013
In anticipation of their 15th Anniversary Film Festival Wednesday, May 29 through Sunday, June 2nd, 2013, FilmOut San Diego (San Diego’s only LGBT film festival) will continue its Monthly Screening Series on Wednesday, April 17, 7 p.m., at the Birch North Park Theatre, with Stanley Kubrick’s vision of Stephen King’s Masterpiece of Modern Horror: The [...]
March 29, 2013
Diversity is an understatement when it comes to these new DVD releases! by chris carpenter Sexual Tension: Volatile (TLA Releasing) Critic’s Rating: B Talented Argentinian director Marco Berger (Plan B, Absent) and porn writer Marcelo Monaco deliver this compilation of six stories involving straight or questioning men who find themselves in steamy situations with another [...]
March 22, 2013
FilmOut San Diego (San Diego’s only LGBT film festival) will continue its Monthly Screening Series on Saturday, March 23 at the Birch North Park Theatre, with a HITCHCOCK MARATHON. The four film marathon will take place from 12:45 p.m. to 11 p.m., with: REAR WINDOW, VERTIGO, THE BIRDS & PSYCHO. The All-Access Pass is only [...]
March 15, 2013
Kooky & Spooky by chris carpenter – The violent yet artful stylings of Korean director Park Chan-Wook (Oldboy, Thirst) are applied to a contrived, Southern Gothic plot in Stoker, now playing nationwide. The result is artistically queasy and may induce physical queasiness in some viewers. Written by Wentworth Miller, who formerly starred on TV’s Prison [...]
March 13, 2013
by chris carpenter James Franco proved himself the King of Hollywood this past weekend. Despite mixed reviews for his performance in the title role of Oz the Great and Powerful, he helped drive the film to an international blockbuster debut. Further cementing his industry immortality—literally—the 34-year old, Oscar-nominated actor/filmmaker also received a star on the [...]
March 8, 2013
Teen Tunes & Tales by chris carpenter – For those of us who came of age in the late 1970s-1980s, the songs of Journey provided much of the soundtrack for our adolescent lives (along with Queen, Eurythmics, Prince, Cyndi Lauper and, of course, Pet Shop Boys). The popular rock band put out such now-classics as [...]