PREVIEWS OF SAN DIEGO’S LATINO AND BURNING MAN FILM FESTS

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Previews of San Diego’s Latino and Burning Man film fests

Juan of the Dead Photo from San Diego City Beat

Considering San Diego’s proximity to the border, I’ve always found it strange that there aren’t more Spanish-language films screened here. You can find Bollywood films on a regular basis, and Horton Plaza has a semi-regular Filipino film series. But aside from the San Diego Latino Film Festivalalmost no one shows movies for the area’s enormous Spanish-speaking population.

That’s too bad. The good news, though, is that there’ll be a massive influx of Spanish-language films when SDLFF kicks off its 19th season on Thursday, March 8. More than 150 films will be screened throughout the 11-day fest, including the Cuban film Juan of the Dead, which is a nice blend of Romero (social commentary) and Shaun of the Dead (seriously funny). I’ve seen several other films that’ll be screened as part of this year’s festival, including the horror flick El Paramo, which finds a squad of Colombian soldiers in a military compound that’s seen some supernatural hard times, and Sal, a film I really enjoyed, about a young Spanish screenwriter who lands in a real-life Western when he visits a remote Chilean town to do research, only to be mistaken for a local badass and targeted by a slew of bad guys. Like the previous two films, it’s clever, sharply written and well-made.

There’s also a bunch of documentaries, including Reportero, which looks at journalism in Tijuana, as well as shorts, animation, family films and the annual CineGay, as well as celebrity appearances and parties. Your best bet is to throw down for a festival pass, but individual tickets are available, as well. SDLFF runs through Sunday, March 18, at UltraStar Mission Valley.

The San Diego Burning Man Film Festival is also happening this week. This one-day event, featuring films about the art circus in the wasteland, kicks off on Saturday, March 10, at the Victory Theater (2558 Imperial Ave.) in Logan Heights. It runs from 11 a.m. to midnight, with five different programs that cost $10 apiece, but you can buy a whole-day pass for $40—and then find some funky spider robot to take you down there.

Opening

A Thousand Words: It’s a safe bet that when they originally scheduled this Eddie Murphy comedy to open, he was still slated to host the Oscars.

Coriolanus: Ralph Fiennes stars in his own directorial debut as the former champion of Rome who’s sworn to avenge himself upon the city.

Crazy Horse: Legendary documentarian Frederick Wiseman takes his cameras to Paris’ most famous strip club.
Friends With Kids: Adam Scott and Jennifer Westfeldt, who also directed, play best friends who decide to have a kid together while keeping their relationship platonic.

John Carter: This epic 3-D sci-fi adventure stars Taylor Kitsch (Friday Night Lights) as a Civil War veteran transported to Mars. It’s directed by Andrew Stanton, who also made Finding Nemo and Wall*E, but it’s much more traditional than either of those.

Let the Bullets Fly: Wen Jiang’s latest historical action flick pits him against Chow Yun-Fat. The film lives up to its title.

Silent House: Elizabeth Olsen is in a lakeside house trapped by something scary.

Unofficially Yours: This rom-com is the latest in Horton Plaza’s Filipino film series.

We Need to Talk About Kevin: It’s tragic that Tilda Swinton didn’t get an Oscar nomination; she’s amazing as the mother of a bad kid who does some terrible things at his school. See our review here.

One Time Only

The Lie: Joshua Leonard stars in his own directorial debut as a 30-something parent whose marriage is starting to fade. Screens at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, at the Central Library, Downtown. Free.

Avatar: Not as awesome in 2-D. Screens at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, at The Pearl Hotel in Point Loma. Free.
Poetry: An aging Korean woman in the early stages of Alzheimer’s enrolls in a poetry course to help her face the shame of uncovering a nasty crime in the family. Part of the Coming of Age film series, it screens at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 8, at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park.

The Philadelphia Story: Tough call for Katharine Hepburn: Cary Grant or James Stewart. Screens at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 8, at Reading Cinemas Town Square in Clairemont.

Granito: How to Nail a Dictator: Director Pamela Yates turns her lens on Guatemala for another look at that nation’s troubled past. Screens at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 8, at The Loft at UCSD.

The Ballad of Cable Hogue: The Library’s Sam Peckinpah series continues with this western comedy, starring Jason Robards as a hobo who accidentally discovers a way to get rich in the middle of the desert. Screens at 2:30 p.m. Friday, March 9, at the Central Library, Downtown. Free.

Donnie Darko: So good and so weird. Jake Gyllenhaal is a teen who can sort of see the past, or the future, or something, and has recurring visions of a 6-foot-tall rabbit. Screens at midnight, Friday and Saturday, March 9 and 10, at the Ken Cinema.

Citizen Kane: The best movie ever made? Screens at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 10, and Tuesday, March 13, at Reading Gaslamp Cinemas.

The Mark of Zorro: Did you just love The Artist? Believe it or not, all movies used to be silent, including this one, which is accompanied by a pipe organist. Screens at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 10, at Copley Symphony Hall, Downtown.

Living Without Money: Documentary about a 68-year-old German woman who quit using money almost 15 years ago. Screens at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 12, at the Central Library, Downtown.

Top Hat: Fred Astaire accidentally wakes up Ginger Rogers with his tap dancing. Romantic misunderstandings ensue. Screens at 7 p.m. Monday, March 12, at Reading Cinemas Town Square in Clairemont.

Mountains That Take Wing: Angela Davis and Yuri Kochiyama: This discussion between the two activists, shot in 2009, screens at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 13, at the WorldBeat Cultural Center in Balboa Park.

The Bodyguard: FilmOut pays tribute to Whitney Houston at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 14, at the Birch North Park Theatre.

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off: Matthew Broderick’s Bueller-inspired Super Bowl commercial was one of the better ones. Screens at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 14, at The Pearl Hotel in Point Loma. Free.

Now Playing

Project X: Todd Phillips, the guy behind Old School and The Hangover, produces this R-rated teen comedy about a monster party that totally turns into every parent’s worst nightmare.

Coral Reef Adventures: Skip the SCUBA lessons and go underwater in this gorgeous IMAX film screening at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park.

Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax: Let’s hope the voice talents of Zac Efron and Taylor Swift don’t overshadow the good Doctor’s environmental message.

Everest: Plenty of people get killed trying to scale the world’s tallest mountain. But you can do it on Fridays from the comfort of the IMAX theater at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park.

In Darkness: Oscar-nominated Polish film about a sewer-maintenance man who hides a group of Jews during WWII.
Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West: Call it the original American road trip, screening Fridays in the IMAX theater at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park.

Rampart: The first time Oren Moverman made a movie (The Messenger), Woody Harrelson got an Oscar nomination. Here, Harrelson shines as a bad cop in Moverman’s second feature, which was co-written by James Ellroy, a guy who knows a thing or two about writing about bad cops.

Secret of the Cardboard Rocket: Two kids build a rocket in their garage and end up in outer space in this IMAX film screening Saturday mornings in March at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park.

Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie: Based on the Adult Swim show, Tim and Eric are forced to skip town when they totally blow the billion bucks they were given to make a movie. Ends March 8 at the Ken Cinema.

Thin Ice: Greg Kinnear and Alan Arkin reunite for this twisty little crime comedy that’s like a weird cross between Fargo and Little Miss Sunshine.

Act of Valor: Navy SEALS go after a bunch of brown-skinned guys who have kidnapped a CIA agent. The movie stars real-life SEALS, so it’s worth wondering if it’s an action movie or a recruitment video.

Chico & Rita: A surprise entry in the Best Animated Film Oscar field, it tells the story of a young piano player (Chico) and a gorgeous singer (Rita) whose pursuit of their dreams and each other sends them from Havana to Vegas to Hollywood to Paris in the 1940s and ’50s. Ends March 8 at La Jolla Village Cinemas.

Gone: Two years earlier, Amanda Seyfriend’s character escaped from a nasty kidnapper. Now he’s got her sister, and she’s not happy about it.

Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds: Depending upon your point of view, his good deeds may not include making movies.
Wanderlust: After Paul Rudd is laid off, he and Jennifer Aniston leave New York, only to end up on a commune with the likes of Justin Theroux, Alan Alda and Malin Akerman.

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance: Man, Nicolas Cage must really need the money.

The Secret World of Arrietty: Legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki wrote the screenplay for this anime take on The Borrowers.

This Means War: Chris Pine and Tom Hardy are secret-agent best friends who face off against each other when they both fall for Reese Witherspoon while trying to capture a Eurotrash terrorist. It’s as stupid as it sounds, but everyone is so good-looking and charming that you might be willing to overlook that.

Journey 2: Mysterious Island: Sort of a sequel to Journey to the Center of the Earth, in that it’s an adaptation of a Jules Verne book made family-friendly and in 3-D.

Pina: Wim Wenders directed this film about dance legend Pina Bausch. Don’t miss it, and make sure you see it in 3-D.

Safe House: Young CIA buck Ryan Reynolds must team up with wily veteran Denzel Washington to kill a bunch of bad guys.

The Vow: After Rachel McAdams loses her memory in a car crash, husband Channing Tatum has to make her fall in love with him again.

Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity: Liam Neeson narrates this IMAX film, screening at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park.

Chronicle: Three Seattle high-schoolers discover that in order to enjoy their newfound superpowers, they have to face the dark side.

The Woman in Black: Daniel Radcliffe tries to break out of the Harry Potter mold with this PG-13 horror movie.
The Grey: Liam Neeson, who somehow became an action star in the last few years, is the lead in Joe Carnahan’s film about a group of Alaskan oil workers trying to survive a pack of wolves after a plane crash.

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: Stephen Daldry’s new film about an awkward little boy whose father, Tom Hanks, died in the World Trade Center on 9/11, will polarize audiences, who’ll either experience an intense emotional connection or find it sentimental and exploitative.

A Separation: Lovely Iranian movie about a couple going through a divorce who have to endure that country’s labyrinthine legal system when their housekeeper is injured. Just won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film.

The Iron Lady: Not even Meryl Streep can solve the problems faced by this ham-handed biopic.

Rescue: This IMAX movie looks at first-responders across the globe and includes footage shot during the 2010 Haiti earthquake. It screens at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park.

The Artist: This silent film about a silent-film star (Jean Dujardin) whose world begins to collapse as the talkies take over is a fully realized vision and a legitimate Best Picture contender.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Now with more English! David Fincher’s reboot is far slicker than the Swedish original, but not, perhaps, particularly necessary.

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: Gary Oldman is great as George Smiley, the semi-retired British spy brought back in to unmask a traitor during the Cold War, but the entire exercise is probably too slow for American audiences.

War Horse: Spielberg’s other big holiday film is about a horse that’s taken from the boy who raised him, serves as an officer’s mount in WWI and ends up seeing action from opposite trenches.

Hugo: Hell hath apparently frozen over—Martin Scorsese has made a 3-D PG family film.

My Week with Marilyn: Eddie Redmayne is Colin Clark, an assistant to Sir Laurence Olivier (Kenneth Branagh), who has to manage his boss’ relationship with Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams) during a production of The Prince and the Showgirl.

The Descendants: Alexander Payne’s first film since Sideways is more straightforward than his previous work, but just as rewarding. George Clooney’s terrific as Matt King, a father trying to reconnect with his daughters after his wife’s injured in an accident.

Midnight in Paris: Woody Allen’s most charming film in years stars Owen Wilson as a Jazz Age-infatuated screenwriter and aspiring novelist who ends up hanging with the likes of Hemingway and Fitzgerald.

Born to be Wild 3-D: Despite sounding like yet another animated animal movie, this is an IMAX film about baby elephants and orangutans and the people who love them. Oh, and it’s narrated by Morgan Freeman. Collective sigh for the baby monkeys, please.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: The camp classic continues its ongoing run, Fridays at midnight at La Paloma Theatre in Encinitas.

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SNOOKI AND JIONNI LAVALLE CONFIRM PREGNANCY AND ENGAGEMENT

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Snooki & Jionni LaValle Confirm Pregnancy & Engagement

The “Jersey Shore” can officially add another “babino” to their crew.

US Weekly has confirmed exclusively that Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi is 15 weeks pregnant and engaged to boyfriend of a year and a half Jionni LaValle.

In the cover story for the magazine, both Polizzi and LaValle addressed the speculation that has been surrounding the rumors and the two’s abilities as parents.

“I have different priorities now,” the famous party girl said. “I don’t care what anybody else thinks. As long as I know I’m ready and he’s ready.”

Her fiancé LaValle added, “We are not going to screw this up.”

The Chilean mom to be revealed that she discovered she was pregnant in the beginning of January.

The “Jersey Shore” star told the mag, “‘S–t, I’ve been drinking!’ I was worried. It was New Year’s Eve and we were in Vegas, so I did go crazy.”

Earlier this week, Polizzi was spotted wearing a giant diamond on her ring finger which only fueled the pregnancy rumors.

Until today, Snooki had kept mum and had not confirmed nor denied the engagement.

While Snooki plans her wedding, she is also continuing to shoot her “Jersey Shore” spin-off with BFF Jenni “JWOWW” Farley.

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MITT ROMNEY WINS SUPER TUESDAY

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Mitt Romney Pulls Ahead on Super Tuesday But Faces Challenges

Mitt Romney secured a decisive advantage on Super Tuesday but also suffered several defeats, highlighting the frontrunner’s inability to unite the Republican Party behind his nomination.

Romney had a home-state win in Massachusetts to go with victories in Vermont and in Virginia, where neither Santorum nor Newt Gingrich qualified for the ballot. He also led in early Idaho caucus returns and — most important — padded his lead for delegates to the Republican National Convention.

But a resurgent Santorum broke through in primaries in Oklahoma and Tennessee and in the North Dakota caucuses, while Newt Gingrich scored a home-field win in Georgia — fresh evidence that they retain the ability to outpace the former Massachusetts senator in parts of the country despite his huge organizational and financial advantages.

Texas Rep. Ron Paul pinned his hopes on Alaska as he scratched for his first victory of the campaign season.

The most contentious electoral battlefield was Ohio, where Romney trailed for much of the night before forging ahead. With 96 percent of the ballots counted, Romney led by only 12,000 of the 1.1 million votes cast — a one percentage point advantage.

Likely Latino voters favor Mitt Romney for the GOP nomination with 35 percent support, compared to Texas Rep. Ron Paul’s 13 percent, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich’s 12 percent, and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum‘s 9 percent, according to a Fox News Latino poll released Monday.

None of the Republican candidates inspire Hispanic voters much, however. No GOP hopeful earned more than 14 percent support in head-to-head matches against Obama, the poll found.

Romney’s expected victories in Massachusetts, Virginia and Vermont, coupled with his struggle against Rick Santorum in Ohio, will not change GOP operatives’ conviction that he is the likeliest nominee. He still has the most delegates, money, organization and experience. And his opposition is still divided among three rivals.

“This is a process of gathering enough delegates to become the nominee, and I think we’re on track to have that happen,” Romney told reporters as he arrived home in Massachusetts to vote in the primary.

Later, he told supporters, “I’m going to get this nomination.”

Romney picked up at least 129 delegates during the evening, Santorum 47, Gingrich 42 and Paul at least 10.

That gave the former Massachusetts governor 332, more than all his rivals combined, a total that included endorsements from members of the Republican National Committee who automatically attend the convention and can support any candidate they choose. Santorum had 139 delegates, Gingrich 75 and Paul 35. It takes 1,144 delegates to win the nomination at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., this summer.

Santorum waited until Oklahoma and Tennessee fell into his column before speaking to cheering supporters in Ohio.

“We’re going to win a few. We’re going to lose a few. But as it looks right now, we’re going to get a couple of gold medals and a whole passel of silver,” he said.

Santorum’s recent rise has translated into campaign receipts of $9 million in February, his aides announced last week.

Even so, Romney and Restore our Future, the super PAC supporting him, outspent the other candidates and their supporters on television in the key Super Tuesday states.

In Ohio, Romney’s campaign purchased about $1.5 million for television advertisements, and Restore Our Future spent $2.3 million. Santorum and Red, White and Blue, a super PAC that supports him, countered with about $1 million combined, according to information on file with the Federal Election Commission, a disadvantage of nearly four to one.

In Tennessee, where Romney did not purchase television time, Restore Our Future spent more than $1 million to help him. Santorum paid for a little over $225,000, and Winning our Future, a super PAC that backs Gingrich, nearly $470,000.

In Georgia, where Gingrich acknowledged he must win, the pro-Romney super PAC spent about $1.5 million in hopes of holding the former House speaker below 50 percent of the vote, the threshold needed to maximize his delegate take.

In all, there were primaries in Virginia, Vermont, Ohio, Massachusetts, Georgia, Tennessee and Oklahoma. Caucuses in North Dakota, Idaho and Alaska rounded out the calendar.

Some 419 delegates were at stake in the 10 states.

Based on reporting by the Associated Press

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PRESIDENT OBAMA RESPONDS: WHY IMMIGRATION REFORM WAS NOT PASSED IN FIRST TERM

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On GOP‘s Super Tuesday, Obama Talks Immigration Reform

President Barack Obama acknowledged Tuesday that his administration was unable to pass comprehensive immigration reform, a promise he made during his 2008 campaign, but said that was because immigration had become a partisan issue.

“When I came into office I said ‘I’m going to push to get this done.’ We didn’t get it done,” Obama said during a press conference at the White House. “The reason we haven’t got it done is because what used to be a bipartisan issue, agreement that we should fix this, ended up becoming a partisan issue.”

Obama was responding to a question about recent polls showing the president holding a favorable lead among Latinos against the GOP candidates in the run-up to November’s elections, despite growing disappointment among the community about the failure of any immigration reform.

A Fox News Latino/Latin Insights poll released Monday of likely Latino voters indicated that 73 percent of them approved of Obama’s performance in office, with over half those questioned looking favorably upon his handling of the healthcare debate and the economy, at 66 percent and 58 percent respectively.

More than half of the poll’s respondents, however, said they felt U.S. immigration policy was too strict and an overwhelming majority – 85 percent – would like to see undocumented immigrants have a chance to legalize their status. A huge percentage, 82 percent, believe undocumented immigrants do work that Americans will not do. They feel the undocumented workers help expand the economy.

“My hope is that after this election the Latino community will have sent a strong message that they want a bipartisan effort to pass comprehensive immigration reform that involves making sure that we got tough border security, and this administration has done more for border security than just about anybody,” Obama said, adding that immigration reform also needed to include making sure companies don’t take advantage of undocumented workers and that there was a clear path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.

An overwhelming majority of those polled –nine out of ten– support the DREAM Act, which would allow undocumented immigrants brought as children to gain legal U.S. residency if they attend college or join the military.

Obama praised former President George W. Bush and his advisors for saying that immigration reform should not be something that just the Democrats support. “That was good advice then, it’s good advice now,” Obama said.

The president continued on to say that Congress needs to unify under this matter if any progress is going to be made toward passing immigration reform.

“Ultimately I can’t vote for Republicans. They’re going to have to come to the conclusion that this is good for the country and that this is something that they themselves think is important,” Obama said. “Depending on how Congress turns out, we’ll see how many Republican votes we’ll need to get it done.”

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WILMER VALDERRAMA IN NEW THRILLER ‘AWAKE’

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Best known as his character Fez on “That 70’s Show,” Wilmer Valderrama will take on a very different role this season as Detective Vega, on NBC’S new thriller “Awake.”

The thriller premiered Thursday, March 1st.

“I’ve never played a cop before,” the actor told FOX News Latino. “I do a lot of stunts on the show and there is a lot of action that requires me to be very physical.”

“Awake” follows detective Michael Britten (Jason Isaacs) who finds himself awake in two separate realities: one where his teen son, Rex (Dylan Minnette, “Saving Grace,”) died in a car crash and his wife, Hannah (Laura Allen, “Terriers”) survived, and another where Hannah has perished, leaving Michael and Rex to pick up the pieces. In order to keep both of his loved ones alive, Michael begins living in two dueling realities.

In the one-hour network drama, the Venezuelan actor plays two roles.

“In one reality I’m his partner as Detective Vega,” Valderrama said. “In the other world I play an LAPD officer.”

Valderrama said “to be able to play dual realities and have a character that’s alive in two different worlds,” has “proven to be one of the most fun and challenging characters I’ve played  in my career.”

The actor continued, “in every episode we solve two cases that intertwine with both realities,” “watching the episodes reminds of the feeling that I got when I first saw the X-Files.”

From playing a foreign exchange student in “That 70’s Show” to voicing an animated character in “Handy Manny” and hosting “Yo Momma” on MTV, Valderrama’s versatility cannot be denied.

For Valderrama shared with FOX News Latino his secret for surviving the movie-making industry.

“I came to America to work, I didn’t come to ask anybody for anything,” Valderrama said. “I came here to earn it.”

“I’ve been given an opportunity to go out there and  prove that I definitely belong in this industry,” he added.

“I’ve been around it for many years [and] as long as  I’m having a good time with it then people will buy it.”

Aside from acting, Valderrama has also created his own production company, WV Enterprises, whose main mission is to produce programming for both cable and network television.

His most recent producing project will premiere on MTV3 in March. The show, called the Ricardo Laguna project, focuses around a Mexican BMX biker who comes to the States in search of the American Dream.

Valderrama keeps in constant contact with his fan base through his twitter handle @WillyVille.

“I’m flattered that people follow me on twitter,” said Valderrama. “It’s important to keep a direct line with your fans.”

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