Subject: George Lucas

• Comic-Con 2007: Last Post

  Comic-Cons are a bit like film festivals -- most people there just want to go to the big-name stuff, but you really get more out of the experience if you mix it up a little. So rather than see Kevin Smith tell his stories about Jon Peters for the umpteenth time, it seemed a better use of the moment to go watch Ray Harryhausen do a live commentary while screening the new DVD of his 1957 movie 20 Million Miles to Earth. (It bows on Blu-Ray Dec. 4.) Harryhausen is, of course, a living legend of ci

  July 31, 2007

• "Golden" Eye

  If you're wondering how a book about a little girl hanging out with an armored polar bear can have so many religious conservatives scared, you're probably not alone. With THE GOLDEN COMPASS having screened in a nationwide sneak on Saturday, many may wonder where the God-bashing was that they've heard so much about? That is, if anyone actually saw the film at all, because those fundamentalist boycotts can be pretty effective at times. Remember the last fantasy movie based on a book about a young

  December 3, 2007

• LYT's Film Pick of the Weekend 5-21-08

  Film pick of the weekend comes early this week, because when weekends go long, the movies open sooner. And we all know what you're going to go see at midnight tonight. I call it INDIANA JONES AND THE KICKING OF YOUR CRYSTAL ASS. (Don't tell me that "crystal ass" makes no sense. If Echo and the Bunnymen can sing about shattering your crystal heart, I can move the metaphor to other regions of the body.) [EDIT: A friend posing as an anonymous reader informed me via my personal blog that the Echo

  May 21, 2008

• The Death Ray

  October 7, 1999

• FaultyTowers

  December 26, 2002

• The Matrix Recycled

  November 13, 2003

• [Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'The Haunting,' 'American Graffiti,' More

  October 9, 2008

• Boneheads To Open New Restaurant At Irvine Spectrum

  Like anyone who lives in South Orange County, I've been going to Irvine Spectrum like a lemming since it first opened in 1995.  I've got my reasons: The theaters are good for when you want opening night rowdiness and enthusiasm, even if the movie ends up sucking.  But Irvine Spectrum food? That's a different matter entirely. To put it kindly, I usually ate before I came. But much to my surprise, Irvine Spectrum's restaurant selection seems to actually be improving lately.  Fish Market,

  March 17, 2009

• The Dark Knight: Heath Ledger peers into the void as Christopher Nolan's Batman returns

  July 17, 2008

• [Game On] Steven Spielberg Goes Direct-to-Video-Game With 'Boom Blox' for the Wii

  May 22, 2008

• 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' Is Its Own Temple of Doom

  May 22, 2008

• [Web Exclusive!] Summer Grows Up: The Season of Big-Budget Bangs Uses Its Brain

  May 15, 2008

• Hotter Than the Temperature at Coachella? Black Lips, Animal Collective, Duffy and 43 More

  April 17, 2008

• The Everyman

  April 3, 2008

• [DVDish] Wookiee Mistake

  Seth MacFarlane sends up Star Wars in Blue Harvest

  January 17, 2008

• Innocence Lost

  December 6, 2007

• Snow Job

  Amanda Bynes updates another classic—but why?
  

  September 20, 2007

• Stuck In The Middle With Neo

  May 22, 2003

• Letters

  'What is this nonsense? Geek goes to San Diego+geek buys toys=cover story?'

  August 16, 2007

• Aural Reports

  Wizard Rock No Kidding! The Hermoine Crookshanks experience sings Harry Potter to life

  July 26, 2007

• Use the Force

  Art Institute professor brings Star Wars to the classroom

  June 21, 2007

• Weird and Wonderful

  Eraserhead, A History of Violence, Star Wars Episode IV and more

  January 4, 2007

• Special Screenings

  It's up to you to put the 'special' in Special Screenings

  November 16, 2006

• Special Screenings

  Movie of the Week: The Searchers

  November 9, 2006

• The Best of the Rest

  June 7, 2007

• Aquawoman

  July 20, 2006

• Talk to the Hand

  April 13, 2006

• Sometimes Dead Is Better

  March 16, 2006

• Is Moviegoing on the Bubble?

  December 29, 2005

• Roddenberry: The Next Generation

  July 28, 2005

• The Emperors New Groove

  July 7, 2005

• Lords of Acid

  July 7, 2005

• Feels Like Old Times

  May 19, 2005

• Him with His Books

  May 19, 2005

• Identity Crisis

  July 22, 2004

• The Heartbreak Kid

  June 17, 2004

• Alls Well in the Shire

  December 18, 2003

• Black Beauty

  June 13, 2002

• The Fandom Menace

  June 6, 2002

• Girls Gone Wild

  May 2, 2002

• The Great Escape

  October 11, 2001

• Repo Men

  August 30, 2001

• The Last Movie

  August 9, 2001

• Letters

  March 18, 1999

• Something About Marry

  August 20, 1998

• Disneyland Urged to Bring Back Michael Jackson's Captain EO

  On various Internet sites, including the "Captain EO @ Disneyland" Facebook page, Disneyland is being urged to bring back the Captain EO attraction to honor Michael Jackson.Captain EO, which debuted at Disneyland on Sept. 18, 1986 (six days after its world premiere at Walt Disney World's Epcot Center in Orlando, Florida), and ran continuously through April of 1997, was the 17-minute film you see YouTubed in two parts above.Other sites where people are calling for EO's return to Disneyland in

  June 26, 2009

• Star Wars: In Concert

  September 24, 2009

• Star Wars: In Concert--Go, You Must!

  Chris VictorioShawn Crosby plays a mean Obi-Wan, along with his authentic (!) Yoda puppet.​Star Wars: In Concert stopped by the Honda Center in Anaheim on 10/01. The show continues again tonight, but will be making its way to a city not so far, far away near you soon. Check out StarWarsinConcert.com for a full schedule and more info. Meanwhile, check out the best of attendees from last night after the jump--young Padawans and all sorts of other nerds (it's a good thing, promise!) in costume an

  October 2, 2009