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It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s Parking in the Handicapped Spot!

Political thriller State of Play is adrenaline for a dying industry: ours.

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Our critics weigh in on local theater

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Our critics weigh in on local theater

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Our critics weigh in on local theater

Coronado

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Heroes and Zeroes at Sundance '08

Morgan Spurlock makes us look bad, plus (separate!) films on baseball and steroids shine.

Down in the Valley

Morgan Spurlock makes us look bad, plus (separate!) films on baseball and steroids shine.

Past Action Hero

Even with the Mac kid at his side, John McClane is just ... old

What Garry Didn't Know

Even with the Mac kid at his side, John McClane is just ... old

Ace Up His Sleeve

Joe Carnahan's overly slick, heavily edited dark comedy works despite itself

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Joe Carnahan's overly slick, heavily edited dark comedy works despite itself

Detective Comics

Showbiz noir investigates TV Superman's real-life tragedy

Dreams of Syndication

Showbiz noir investigates TV Superman's real-life tragedy

Bet on Black

Glory Road relives the season college hoops smashed the color barrier

"Imperfect" Is Right

Boring game play mars Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects.

Special Ed

Young teens become super-empowered in Sky High

Happy Surprise

Tom Arnold leads a large ensemble cast. Yep, you read it right.

U.S.A.-holes

Team America takes no prisoners and spares no swear words

Stop and Go

Red Lights has its moments, but not nearly enough of them

Bouncer

Find out what dancers at "The Crib" thought of last week's debates

Stander Delivers

Thomas Jane, as folk hero, robs banks and steals a movie

Mother Courage

Hanif Kureishi's new drama is like life, sharpened to its finest points

Jersey Gurgle

Kevin Smith is Silent Bob? Dude, my butt he is.

Punk Monk

Paul Bettany gets medieval in The Reckoning

Farrelly Mediocre

The idiots what brung you Dumb & Dumber ain't funny no more

Hasta la Vista, Baby!

Are Gavin and Kimberly doomed? Their future subjects voice their opinions.

Love-In

Free Bard in the park

Think Different

Could it be that this year's crop of summer movies actually requires a brain cell or two?

A Sainted Devil

Happy 108th birthday to the late Rudolph Valentino, screen lover extraordinaire

Reps Etc.

Happy 108th birthday to the late Rudolph Valentino, screen lover extraordinaire

Rising Sun

Philip Kaufman directs Ashley Judd in a new thriller set in San Francisco

Just Say "Super-Size It!"

Summer 2002 sees the little guys getting up to a lot of big things

New Yakkers

Edward Burns' Sidewalks does more talking than walking

White Dopes on Dope

Jay and Silent Bob tells the ultimate inside joke, without a punch line

Master of the Games

Jay and Silent Bob tells the ultimate inside joke, without a punch line

From Schlubs to Sharks

Jay and Silent Bob tells the ultimate inside joke, without a punch line

In God He Trusts

Jay and Silent Bob tells the ultimate inside joke, without a punch line

Y1981

Jay and Silent Bob tells the ultimate inside joke, without a punch line

As We Like It

Jay and Silent Bob tells the ultimate inside joke, without a punch line

Reel World

Jay and Silent Bob tells the ultimate inside joke, without a punch line

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Jay and Silent Bob tells the ultimate inside joke, without a punch line

One of Us Stinks

Jay and Silent Bob tells the ultimate inside joke, without a punch line

Female Trouble

Jay and Silent Bob tells the ultimate inside joke, without a punch line

Beantown Boys Make Good

The Brothers Affleck come through with a complex, sophisticated Boston crime drama

“The Town”: Ben Affleck is a bank robber seeking redemption

The Brothers Affleck come through with a complex, sophisticated Boston crime drama

Mario Elie, Dana Stubblefield: Bad Day For Former Bay Area Athletes

​Three's a trend -- and, as any outside shooter with his foot on the line knows all too well, two ain't three. Still, Thursday was a bad day for two former Bay Area superstars whose names remind local fans of better days. Former Golden State Warrior Mario Elie, currently an assistant coach with th ... More >>

"The Company Men": Pity for the emasculated executive

​Three's a trend -- and, as any outside shooter with his foot on the line knows all too well, two ain't three. Still, Thursday was a bad day for two former Bay Area superstars whose names remind local fans of better days. Former Golden State Warrior Mario Elie, currently an assistant coach with th ... More >>

Dennis Herrera Implies Homosexuality Is a Choice; Upsets Gays

Weighing the gay vote​The gay-friendly, Dennis Herrera, San Francisco's city attorney who last year filed a lawsuit challenging the state's ban on gay marriage, "accidentally" referred to homosexuality as a sexual preference rather than an orientation. In other words, he made it sound like being g ... More >>

How To Be in Your Boyfriend or Girlfriend's Music Video (Without Looking Like an Idiot)

JiveBritney Spears and boyfriend Jason Trawick in the new "Criminal" video​We've all been there. You're at home, doing the dishes or washing the dog, and in swans your famous partner and demands that you be in their latest music video. Nightmare, eh? We understand that this is a really common prob ... More >>