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Filmography 2012

Written on 12 Dec, 2012 in Screening Room | No comments

A compilation of the movies of 2012, for your Wednesday 12/12/2012 from You-tube user genrocks (indeed). For best results select full screen and HD. Genrocks posted a list of the movies and music used on a tumbler, if you were... (Continue reading)

Genius behind delivery of high speed “Hobbit” in SLO

Written on 6 Dec, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 8 comments

By LISA RIZZO The worldwide movie premier of “The Hobbit” next week will unveil the fastest imaging in cinema history during a journey through ‘Middle-earth,’ thanks in part to technology designed and manufactured by USL, Inc. in San Luis Obispo.... (Continue reading)

Movie review: Killing Them Softly

Written on 6 Dec, 2012 in Discovered, Featured | One comment

By MIRANDA FORESMAN I like mob movies, all kinds of mob movies. Everything from The Departed (2006) to Scarface (1983), all the way back to The Big Sleep (1946). Killing Them Softly is not like those movies. It doesn’t have... (Continue reading)

Producer of new indie film tied to Cal Poly

Written on 23 Nov, 2012 in Discovered, Featured | No comments

By LISA RIZZO A new independent film hoping to spark attention at film festivals around the world has roots in San Luis Obispo. The producer of “Along the Roadside,” which just completed post production after summer shooting, is 2005 Cal... (Continue reading)

Movie review: Skyfall

Written on 16 Nov, 2012 in Discovered, Featured | 4 comments

By MIRANDA FORESMAN I have a soft spot for 007, and I always have. Like many women, when I was younger, Sean Connery as James Bond was the ideal man, shaken, not stirred. And the accent. That’s not a voice... (Continue reading)

Movie review: Argo

Written on 16 Oct, 2012 in Discovered, Featured | No comments

By MIRANDA FORESMAN My Entertainment Weekly told me about Oscar whispers for Argo back in the summer. Even though, by nature, I am not typically a fan of political or historical movies, I’ve been keeping an eye out. As the... (Continue reading)

Mysterious man behind anti-Muslim film to appear in court

Written on 10 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 24 comments

A California man credited with producing an anti-Muslim film that has led to violent protests across the Middle East will appear in court Wednesday for arraignment on probation violation charges. Mark Basseley Youssef, who claims to have written the script... (Continue reading)

Movie review: Looper

Written on 3 Oct, 2012 in Discovered, Featured | 2 comments

By MIRANDA FORESMAN I love a good mind trip. More than that, though, I really love a Bruce Willis flick. Count me in, it matters not volume of bloodshed or the lack of plot. The man does what he does... (Continue reading)

Congalton sells movie script to Hollywood

Written on 30 Aug, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

San Luis Obispo radio talk show host and writer Dave Congalton spent most of August in Los Angeles for the filming of the motion picture comedy Scribble, based on his original screenplay [Deadline: Hollywood]. The movie, which stars Chris Klein,... (Continue reading)

Movie review: The Artist, silence is golden

Written on 28 Feb, 2012 in Discovered, Featured | 2 comments

By Miranda Foresman Ever the skeptic, I questioned the critical hullabaloo when I heard about The Artist and all of its splendor. This weekend, courtesy of the Fair Oaks Theater in Arroyo Grande, I became a believer. The novelty of... (Continue reading)