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"Frankenweenie": The Pleasures of Reanimation

John Vanderslice on Seeking Discomfort, Tripping on Acid, and Making Pure Art

John Vanderslice and Magik*Magik's Minna Choi​It's a rare artist who, upon realizing all great art is danger, seeks first to test the idea upon their own nerves. This Friday night at the Herbst Theater, S.F. indie rock powerhouse John Vanderslice will play his acclaimed new album White Wilde ... More >>

Monsters vs. Aliens

In this latest round of effects vs. storytelling, effects win. Big.

F-Line Milan Car Reveling in its 15 Minutes of Fame

Ready for its feature film appearance. By far the classiest model of the MUNI system, the historic F-line streetcar that runs along the Embarcadero and up Market to the Castro hit the silver screen lately with its appearance in the background in Milk. But as Angelina Jolie can attest (she voiced a p ... More >>

Aliens and Monsters to Destroy San Francisco, Golden Gate Bridge

"Hey, nothing personal here. I love your sourdough bread!" A Wall Street Journal blog announced yesterday that, starting on March 27, our picturesque city will be decimated by fighting monsters and aliens. Those of you who are older than eight - and if you read this Web page, you&nbs ... More >>

Disabled Folk Protest "Tropic Thunder" at the Metreon

DreamWorks Acquires Rights to "Ghost in the Shell"

Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week:

Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week:

Genuine Fake Robots

They Killed the Dog

The Artists Behind Michael Jackson, Sigur Ros and God of War -- A curated tour by Creep Machine's Josh

Crisis in Suburbia

Juices Flowing

Typhoon in a Teacup

Asian action movies don't get much less significant than this one

Shell Game

Over the Hedge wants you to feel bad about what it's selling, which is everything

Clay's the Thing

Our top DVD picks for the week of January 10

Our top DVD picks for the week of November 15

Requiem for a Dreamer

This horse movie needs to be put down as soon as possible

The Little Animation Company That COULD

After struggling uphill in the difficult yet potentially profitable world of computer animation films, Wild Brain is on the cusp of success

Our top DVD picks for the week of Sept. 20

Animal Crackers

In Madagascar, the wild things romp, then roam

Talkin' 'Bot Love

Like Big Fish for little kids, Robots works hard to please everyone

Floundering

Cruel, vapid, and unfunny, this Shark bites

Turner's Death, Taxes, & Prozack

Oakland MC Prozack was headed for the big time. Then his major-label deal fell apart.

Nice Pussy

A killer cat steals a wonderful movie

Think Different

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

Persistent Visions

This season's cinema demands attention

Manhattan

On Woody Allen's Hollywood Ending, Téa Leoni's ass, and The Hulk's S.F. schedule

Reel World

Woody Allen ponders a career move after making his new film

Under Ogre

Shrek offers an amusing, if empty, fractured fairy tale

Reel World

Local effects

Good Cop, Bad Cop

Denis Leary is on The Job, but can ABC find him an audience?

Reel World

Opening Dates for Megamovies; Julian Schnabel

Coop D'état

Chicken Run is finger lickin' good

Toy Story

The creators of Chicken Run find soul in a lump of clay

Creeping Toward Bethlehem

A major label recording contract. Big-name producers. Lazy nights in the Jacuzzi. San Francisco's Creeper Lagoon has got it made, right? Not exactly.

Handsome Dan

Dan "The Automator" Nakamura loves hip hop -- but he loves music more

The Way We Live Now

American Beauty

Reviews

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

The Greatest Story Never Told

Making a Mountain Out of an Anthill

Riff Raff

Bomb

Riff Raff

Recordings

Riff Raff

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