Harry Potter

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The Hipster Harry Potter Midnight Sale: SF Weekly Dons Cape, Whiskey Bottle

SF Main Library Bathroom: 'Glory Hole' No More'

2007th Heaven: Recapping The Snitch’s Most Glorious Year On Record, Part V

How to Scam the Scammer: Make a Nigerian Con Man Do Anything You Want

Stanford Attorneys vs. Harry Potter

Top Ten Hip-Hop Albums Of 2008

By Dan Leroy A couple of weeks ago, an expert on the Harry Potter series told an audience of high school kids how lucky they were to have this Big Shared Experience--these seven books and 41,000 words in common. What does Harry Potter have to do with hip-hop in 2008? In an age when many year-end ... More >>

10 Movie Sequels We're Not Looking Forward to This Year. . . At All

Alvin and the Chipmunks will return this year in a Squeakuel, unfortunately.Not every sequel can be The Empire Strikes Back or even Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, and there seems to be a disproportionate amount of potentially rotten ones coming out in 2009. None of these turkeys would have gotten t ... More >>

The Magic of Intimacy

Alvin and the Chipmunks will return this year in a Squeakuel, unfortunately.Not every sequel can be The Empire Strikes Back or even Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, and there seems to be a disproportionate amount of potentially rotten ones coming out in 2009. None of these turkeys would have gotten t ... More >>

Some People Just Won't Shut Up

Alvin and the Chipmunks will return this year in a Squeakuel, unfortunately.Not every sequel can be The Empire Strikes Back or even Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, and there seems to be a disproportionate amount of potentially rotten ones coming out in 2009. None of these turkeys would have gotten t ... More >>

Numerologist Skot Jonz Picks the Next President

Alvin and the Chipmunks will return this year in a Squeakuel, unfortunately.Not every sequel can be The Empire Strikes Back or even Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, and there seems to be a disproportionate amount of potentially rotten ones coming out in 2009. None of these turkeys would have gotten t ... More >>

Killer Climax

Alvin and the Chipmunks will return this year in a Squeakuel, unfortunately.Not every sequel can be The Empire Strikes Back or even Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, and there seems to be a disproportionate amount of potentially rotten ones coming out in 2009. None of these turkeys would have gotten t ... More >>

Knocked-Up's cousin 'Freaks and Geeks' Gets Its Revenge in 'The TV Set'.

Alvin and the Chipmunks will return this year in a Squeakuel, unfortunately.Not every sequel can be The Empire Strikes Back or even Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, and there seems to be a disproportionate amount of potentially rotten ones coming out in 2009. None of these turkeys would have gotten t ... More >>

Harry's End

Alvin and the Chipmunks will return this year in a Squeakuel, unfortunately.Not every sequel can be The Empire Strikes Back or even Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, and there seems to be a disproportionate amount of potentially rotten ones coming out in 2009. None of these turkeys would have gotten t ... More >>

Letters to the Editor

Week of 6-20-2007

Coming Soon

The summer season always brings out the worst in Hollywood, but there are also gems to be found

Don't Believe the Hype

Despite a nonexistent marketing campaign, Cuarón's latest is not to be missed

Unreal Estate

Cartoon kids poke around Spielberg's Monster House

The Masculine Mystique

Good intentions don't always make for good art

Here's Your Insight, Pal

James Redfield's Prophecy is one divine mess

Lion in Winter

C.S. Lewis' world comes to life in The Chronicles of Narnia

Cassetteboy

Dead Horse

Fire Flies

The fourth Harry Potter rushes through its paces

Where the Wild Things Are

A haunting mix of Indonesian music and Shakespearean mystery

Battlebots

Rock 'em sock 'em family fun

Harry Goes Scary

Prisoner of Azkaban takes a Sirius-ly dark turn

Not Kidding Around

Taking children's books back where they came from

Bean Scene

In which we tour the Jelly Belly factory and gag on the Harry Potter flavors

Listen Up

The guilty pleasure of audio books

She-Devil

Life's a bitch -- and, apparently, so are the editors at the top fashion magazines

Dog Bites

Details, Details; Problem Is, It's Hard to Read in the Dark; PG&E Strikes Back

What, Them Worry?

As Mad celebrates its 400th issue, its editors wonder how to stay funny in a world gone mad

Dog Bites

You Hate Me! You Really Hate Me!; Harry Potter and the Imaginary Suitcase of Cash; Lite Reading

Leave Your Cell Phone On BART -- On Purpose -- To Benefit the Environment

Time to recycle that museum piece, Mr. Gekko...Anyone who has left behind a scarf, umbrella, or electronic device on a BART train and actually managed to recover it deserves the level of awe and adoration from the general public Harry Potter received after surviving Voldemort's death curse. Harry wa ... More >>

SF Harry Potter Convention: Not As Sad As Expected

Before an angry mob of Snapes and Dementors attacks my apartment with giant goblets of fire (note to mob:I do NOT live in the Castro so you should probably mosey on down to the Mission or anywhere that is again, NOT THE CASTRO) I should say I really enjoyed myself at Azkatraz, this year's Harry Pott ... More >>

Guinea Pig Rampage! S.F. Animal Control Notices Spike In Piggie Adoptions as Talking Rodent Movie Tops Box Office.

Some one-sentence movie summations tell you all you need to know about a film -- and its sure-fire financial success: "Jessica Alba is a stripper" or "Will Ferrel drives a stock car" or, the box office champ du jour, "Guinea Pigs talk and operate high-tech gadgetry." That G-Force edged out Harry Po ... More >>

Best Films of the Decade

Some one-sentence movie summations tell you all you need to know about a film -- and its sure-fire financial success: "Jessica Alba is a stripper" or "Will Ferrel drives a stock car" or, the box office champ du jour, "Guinea Pigs talk and operate high-tech gadgetry." That G-Force edged out Harry Po ... More >>

Seen in S.F.: Slytherin Graffiti

Spotted at 19th and Valencia​For those of you not familiar with the Harry Potter cannon (ahem, pushes up glasses) a mudblood is a wizard of Muggle-born descent. Still don't know what that means? Then you should probably stop reading, because you're never going to care. Oh, you're still here? Aren' ... More >>

Five Reasons Why Bird is the Word For Local Band Names

​Birds are entrenched in popular culture. Putting aside The Eagles, To Kill a Mockingbird, and "Blackbird" by The Beatles, consider more recent winged occurrences: Harry Potter lives for a time with the Order of the Phoenix, and his pet is Hedwig the owl. Morgan Freeman lent his voice to a flick a ... More >>

Saving the River and the Woods

​Birds are entrenched in popular culture. Putting aside The Eagles, To Kill a Mockingbird, and "Blackbird" by The Beatles, consider more recent winged occurrences: Harry Potter lives for a time with the Order of the Phoenix, and his pet is Hedwig the owl. Morgan Freeman lent his voice to a flick a ... More >>

The Top Ten Most Disgusting Halloween Candies Ever

The surest and quickest way into the hearts of young children (as anyone who has been a young child or spends time with young children knows) is not through cajolling or pulling pennies out of ears -- it's through appealing to their love of candy and all things disgusting. Combine both elements and ... More >>

The Millennial generation defends itself online

The surest and quickest way into the hearts of young children (as anyone who has been a young child or spends time with young children knows) is not through cajolling or pulling pennies out of ears -- it's through appealing to their love of candy and all things disgusting. Combine both elements and ... More >>

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows": The kids are not all right

The surest and quickest way into the hearts of young children (as anyone who has been a young child or spends time with young children knows) is not through cajolling or pulling pennies out of ears -- it's through appealing to their love of candy and all things disgusting. Combine both elements and ... More >>

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2": Magnificent Finale for Fantasy Opus

The surest and quickest way into the hearts of young children (as anyone who has been a young child or spends time with young children knows) is not through cajolling or pulling pennies out of ears -- it's through appealing to their love of candy and all things disgusting. Combine both elements and ... More >>

King of the Nerds Is Looking for Bay Area Geeks

Making nerds popular ​When television producers say they're looking for the biggest nerds out there for a new reality show, it's hard to tell whether it's one of those laughing with you, or laughing at you situations. But for those adult nerds out there who are proud of their Silicon Valley style ... More >>

OccupySF Protesters Surfing Craigslist to Find Missed Connections and Sex

​The 99 percent: bringing sexy back.​Revolution is to sex what Republicans are to comb-overs. Think about it: rugged Che in his Mao cap, the Black Panthers rocking their rad fros, Subcomandante Marcos in his mysterious Zapatista facemask -- sex appeal is as crucial to any self-respecting revolut ... More >>

Arthouse Movie Listings November 16-22

​The 99 percent: bringing sexy back.​Revolution is to sex what Republicans are to comb-overs. Think about it: rugged Che in his Mao cap, the Black Panthers rocking their rad fros, Subcomandante Marcos in his mysterious Zapatista facemask -- sex appeal is as crucial to any self-respecting revolut ... More >>

Party with Johnnie Walker, Whole Foods this Friday at Back to the Roots

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