Alec Baldwin

The Summer Movie Rises: Twenty Films to Watch Out For

Double Dutch Dog, Vegan M&Ms and Whale Trainer Barbie!

​ Hey you aspiring vegan TV stars and sandwich lovers! Head over to Ike's SFSU this afternoon to get super famous! Well, vegan famous. It's similar to being regular famous, but only vegans care. You get to keep your dignity, though (overrated). Now I'd like to talk about a topic very near a ... More >>

William Shatner Really Doesn't Want You to Fry Your Turkey the Wrong Way

State FarmWilliam Shatner, burned by his passion for deep-fried turkey, hurls the fryer gizmo into the pit.​Apparently, State Farm Insurance is so sick of paying out for fire damage from deep-fried turkey disasters that it's pouring thousands of dollars into a public-info campaign starring Willia ... More >>

Director Judd Apatow Talks Filmmaking, Pee Wee Herman, and S.F. (VIDEO)

​Back in September, we gave our readers a chance to interview director Judd Apatow-- the man behind the TV show Freaks and Geeks, and director of movies like Knocked Up and The Forty Year Old Virgin. Readers sent in three sample questions they would ask Apatow, and we picked the ones we liked best ... More >>

It’s an Honor Just to Be Aggravated

​Back in September, we gave our readers a chance to interview director Judd Apatow-- the man behind the TV show Freaks and Geeks, and director of movies like Knocked Up and The Forty Year Old Virgin. Readers sent in three sample questions they would ask Apatow, and we picked the ones we liked best ... More >>

It's Complicated : Nancy Meyers keeps making the same movie

​Back in September, we gave our readers a chance to interview director Judd Apatow-- the man behind the TV show Freaks and Geeks, and director of movies like Knocked Up and The Forty Year Old Virgin. Readers sent in three sample questions they would ask Apatow, and we picked the ones we liked best ... More >>

Basebrawl: Denver Rapscallions Bid Adieu to San Francisco With Questionable Taste -- and Accuracy

​The other day, we noted that, once again, Giants fans will have the unenviable task of determining which other teams they detest least in the postseason. It's a difficult and unpleasant task akin to deciding which kidney you'd rather part with or which non-Alec Baldwin brother you'd want to sit n ... More >>

My Sister's Keeper is honest about illness but false about everything else

​The other day, we noted that, once again, Giants fans will have the unenviable task of determining which other teams they detest least in the postseason. It's a difficult and unpleasant task akin to deciding which kidney you'd rather part with or which non-Alec Baldwin brother you'd want to sit n ... More >>

Giants Fans Aren't Panicking, But Slashed Ticket Prices Indicate Team Brass May Be

The San Francisco Giants are a hell of a team. Only a few games into the nascent season and they've already got me feeling like a naive jackass for writing that "Hope Springs Eternal on Opening Day." Perhaps, with this team, hope really is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane. And yet, the ... More >>

Fresh Lyme

The San Francisco Giants are a hell of a team. Only a few games into the nascent season and they've already got me feeling like a naive jackass for writing that "Hope Springs Eternal on Opening Day." Perhaps, with this team, hope really is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane. And yet, the ... More >>

Why Him?

The San Francisco Giants are a hell of a team. Only a few games into the nascent season and they've already got me feeling like a naive jackass for writing that "Hope Springs Eternal on Opening Day." Perhaps, with this team, hope really is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane. And yet, the ... More >>

Baby Mama Needs a Diaper Change

The San Francisco Giants are a hell of a team. Only a few games into the nascent season and they've already got me feeling like a naive jackass for writing that "Hope Springs Eternal on Opening Day." Perhaps, with this team, hope really is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane. And yet, the ... More >>

Running with Arnold

The San Francisco Giants are a hell of a team. Only a few games into the nascent season and they've already got me feeling like a naive jackass for writing that "Hope Springs Eternal on Opening Day." Perhaps, with this team, hope really is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane. And yet, the ... More >>

The Big Valley

The San Francisco Giants are a hell of a team. Only a few games into the nascent season and they've already got me feeling like a naive jackass for writing that "Hope Springs Eternal on Opening Day." Perhaps, with this team, hope really is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane. And yet, the ... More >>

Royal Flush

The San Francisco Giants are a hell of a team. Only a few games into the nascent season and they've already got me feeling like a naive jackass for writing that "Hope Springs Eternal on Opening Day." Perhaps, with this team, hope really is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane. And yet, the ... More >>

Burning the Yule Log

The San Francisco Giants are a hell of a team. Only a few games into the nascent season and they've already got me feeling like a naive jackass for writing that "Hope Springs Eternal on Opening Day." Perhaps, with this team, hope really is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane. And yet, the ... More >>

A Guide to Recognizing Your Shrinks

Coming of age and coming out in the Me Decade

Now Dirtier Than Ever

Coming of age and coming out in the Me Decade

Backhanded Slapstick

Jim Carrey's brand of fun warms a reheated Dick and Jane

Crowe Flies Home

Elizabethtown is a mess, not that its director should care

Notes From Underground

Listening to letters read onstage isn't as compelling as reading them yourself

Focking Wonderful

Streisand and Hoffman save a family -- and a movie, too

Crash and Yearn

Howard Hughes gets what he wants, in this case a fun and loving biopic

Hip to Be SquarePants

There's nothing absurd about the appeal of SpongeBob's first movie

The Dog Bites Interview: Richard Lewis

In which the tormented comedian sucks up to our items column by barking. Right. Like a dog.

U.S.A.-holes

Team America takes no prisoners and spares no swear words

Lucky in Love

The Cooler, somewhat unbelievably, asks us to swallow a Las Vegas fairy tale

Kitty Litter

The Cat in the Hat forms clumps for easy scooping and disposal

Sucks, Dickie

Just how does David Spade keep getting work?

Royal's Screwups

Wes Anderson's film is like its characters: flawed genius

From Schlubs to Sharks

Wes Anderson's film is like its characters: flawed genius

House Of Tudor

Zmrzlina, Little Jimmy Scott, Hank Crawford, and Jimmy McGriff

Hard Times

Outside Providence

Nothing Hill

Outside Providence

House of Tudor

Outside Providence

Pulling the Gimp String

Outside Providence

Films for a Tired and Cynical Age

Outside Providence

Building the Perfect Beast

As the movie industry contemplates a new age of computer-generated features, Berkeley's Phil Tippett fights to keep the art of special effects honest, messy, and true

Savage Love

As the movie industry contemplates a new age of computer-generated features, Berkeley's Phil Tippett fights to keep the art of special effects honest, messy, and true

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

As the movie industry contemplates a new age of computer-generated features, Berkeley's Phil Tippett fights to keep the art of special effects honest, messy, and true

Author! Author!

As the movie industry contemplates a new age of computer-generated features, Berkeley's Phil Tippett fights to keep the art of special effects honest, messy, and true

Shortchanged

Two Bits swindles with syrupy sentimentality; The Convent turns out stone cold

Oriental to Occidental

The twain meet at Orocco, a supper club for the '90s