Screens & Tech:
United States Navy SEAL teams — or as the public has rightly come to know them, the biggest badasses on Planet Earth, thanks to their well-documented, action-thriller-esque missions to rescue hostages — kill Somali pirates, kill Osama bin Laden, and general
By Justin Strout
2/22/2012
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By Dean Robbins
2/22/2012
Screens & Tech:
Since 2006's Jammin', a TV documentary of the early years of Girl in a Coma, the band's circumstances have changed a bit. "Back then, we were trying to find out when we were...
By Enrique Lopetegui
2/22/2012
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Chris Pine (of J.J. Abrams' Star Trek reboot) and Tom Hardy (Inception, Warrior) are two of the most appealing actors working; Pine's charm is one of cocksure swagger and...
By Justin Strout
2/22/2012
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The Return of Johnny V (dir. Aaron Lee López, Ryan Young) follows the character of Johnny V (2009's The Curse of the Lechusa … and it's "Lechuza," guys) in what...
By Enrique Lopetegui
2/22/2012
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"I think the best part of CineFestival is that we are not L.A. And we're not New York," said festival curator Jim Mendiola, who lives in Los Angeles but regularly comes back to...
By Enrique Lopetegui
2/22/2012
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All movies shown at the Guadalupe Theater; tickets $8-$20; festival pass $50; VIP pass $150; 1301 Guadalupe, (210) 271-3151, guadalupeculturalarts.org
By Enrique Lopetegui
2/22/2012
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It is a shame that the short film category at the Oscars is so underrated. Some of the best films frequently come from this group, and this year is no different.
By Enrique Lopetegui
2/15/2012
Screens & Tech:
The rules are fairly easy in Hollywood if you're a filmmaker wanting to direct a movie. Prove yourself a moneymaker like Michael Bay and budgets will usually swell.
By Kiko Martínez
2/15/2012
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Black film (or films dealing with black reality) didn't start with '70s blaxploitation. There was black film in the early part of the 20th century, and not just any film...
By Enrique Lopetegui
2/15/2012
Primal Screen:
In 2008, American Experience presented a whitewashed portrait of President George H.W. Bush’s presidency, presumably to avoid Republican charges of liberal bias.
By Dean Robbins
2/15/2012