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The Summer Movie Rises: Twenty Films to Watch Out For

The 84th Academy Awards: a Timeline

​ People plan parties around this stuff, so we assume you probably watched too. But just in case you didn't, here's a timeline of the 84th Academy Awards ceremony. They make it this long just to mess with us all, in case you didn't know...

Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie Stop in Oakland Tonight

​Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, the Hollywood power couple better know as "Brangelina," will be in downtown Oakland tonight for Pitt's premiere of Moneyball, a flim based on the Oakland A's 2002 season.

Early Summer Movie Guide: What to See, When to See It

​Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, the Hollywood power couple better know as "Brangelina," will be in downtown Oakland tonight for Pitt's premiere of Moneyball, a flim based on the Oakland A's 2002 season.

Ten films to watch for in 2011

​Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, the Hollywood power couple better know as "Brangelina," will be in downtown Oakland tonight for Pitt's premiere of Moneyball, a flim based on the Oakland A's 2002 season.

Quel Brute!

​Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, the Hollywood power couple better know as "Brangelina," will be in downtown Oakland tonight for Pitt's premiere of Moneyball, a flim based on the Oakland A's 2002 season.

(100) Days of Summer Movies

​Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, the Hollywood power couple better know as "Brangelina," will be in downtown Oakland tonight for Pitt's premiere of Moneyball, a flim based on the Oakland A's 2002 season.

Fuck Vampires

​Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, the Hollywood power couple better know as "Brangelina," will be in downtown Oakland tonight for Pitt's premiere of Moneyball, a flim based on the Oakland A's 2002 season.

Five Greats preview: Our guide to the season’s must-see movies

​Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, the Hollywood power couple better know as "Brangelina," will be in downtown Oakland tonight for Pitt's premiere of Moneyball, a flim based on the Oakland A's 2002 season.

Tony Tony Tony

​Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, the Hollywood power couple better know as "Brangelina," will be in downtown Oakland tonight for Pitt's premiere of Moneyball, a flim based on the Oakland A's 2002 season.

Apocalypse Whatever

Ben Stiller's Hollywood sendup lacks firepower.

On Comics: Did A.O. Scott Just Ruin 'Hancock' for Everyone?

Ben Stiller's Hollywood sendup lacks firepower.

Cannes Class of 2008

A jury divided unites around Laurent Cantet's schoolhouse drama

Summer Grows Up

The season of big budget bangs uses its brain

Not Taylor-Made

Owen Wilson is a bad fit for an ass-kicking bodyguard.

Support Group

The year's best characters

Coming Soon

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

Hold Your Horses

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

Woman's Glib

The awful truth about Nancy Meyers

Film Orgy

An abundance of the best international cinema at the 2006 Telluride and Toronto film festivals

Get Inside!

Your forecast of the summer's top movies

Wars of the Tom

Tom Cruise has been getting into all sorts of weird confrontations, all over the place. But he's still your Tom Cruise, right? Take quiz, find out.

Color Bind

What's black and white and red all over? Sin City, pal.

From Major to Minor

Why the best films of 2004 look like indies but aren't

Crash and Yearn

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

Faker's Dozen

A rare superior sequel, Ocean's Twelve entertains with cinematic sleight of hand

Summer Film Previews

A rare superior sequel, Ocean's Twelve entertains with cinematic sleight of hand

The Dreamlife of Angels

The year ahead in local film

Farrelly Mediocre

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

Free Will

Another SNL vet may be the next Bill Murray. Seriously.

Fallen Angels

Charlie's high-flying heroines kick ass, but not the sequel syndrome

Think Different

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

My Favorite Year

It's easy to be positive about the upcoming year in local film

The Year of Living Dangerously

Michael Fox recaps the best in Bay Area film for 2002 and recounts the first annual awards handed out by the S.F. Film Critics Circle

Persistent Visions

This season's cinema demands attention

A Quality Year

After years of creative drought, inspiration was again in long supply

Nothing Hill

After years of creative drought, inspiration was again in long supply

Y1981

After years of creative drought, inspiration was again in long supply

Love for Sale

After years of creative drought, inspiration was again in long supply

Dead Zone

After years of creative drought, inspiration was again in long supply

Reel World

After years of creative drought, inspiration was again in long supply

Know When to Fold 'Em

After years of creative drought, inspiration was again in long supply

Advertisement for Itself

After years of creative drought, inspiration was again in long supply

One of Us Stinks

After years of creative drought, inspiration was again in long supply

Identity Crisis

American movies once enthralled the world with their exuberance and clarity. What happened in the 1990s?

Women Under the Influence

American movies once enthralled the world with their exuberance and clarity. What happened in the 1990s?

Send in the Costellos

American movies once enthralled the world with their exuberance and clarity. What happened in the 1990s?

Bananas

American movies once enthralled the world with their exuberance and clarity. What happened in the 1990s?

Author! Author!

American movies once enthralled the world with their exuberance and clarity. What happened in the 1990s?

Dish

American movies once enthralled the world with their exuberance and clarity. What happened in the 1990s?