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"The Paperboy": Getting Filthy in Sweaty South Florida

Brangelina: Guess What's Wrong With This Photo

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been poked, prodded, and splayed across so many pages that one could be forgiven for ceasing to consider them real, live people. Instead, they're a tabula rasa, an abstract concept -- beautiful wax figures. You'll certainly get this impression if you read the Examin ... More >>

Bringing Down da "Great House"

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been poked, prodded, and splayed across so many pages that one could be forgiven for ceasing to consider them real, live people. Instead, they're a tabula rasa, an abstract concept -- beautiful wax figures. You'll certainly get this impression if you read the Examin ... More >>

"Rock of Ages": Corporate Rock Still Sucks

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been poked, prodded, and splayed across so many pages that one could be forgiven for ceasing to consider them real, live people. Instead, they're a tabula rasa, an abstract concept -- beautiful wax figures. You'll certainly get this impression if you read the Examin ... More >>

"Haywire": Soderbergh and His MMA Star Make an Impact

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been poked, prodded, and splayed across so many pages that one could be forgiven for ceasing to consider them real, live people. Instead, they're a tabula rasa, an abstract concept -- beautiful wax figures. You'll certainly get this impression if you read the Examin ... More >>

"Tower Heist": Action Caper Is Funny, Fleet, and Inconsequential

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been poked, prodded, and splayed across so many pages that one could be forgiven for ceasing to consider them real, live people. Instead, they're a tabula rasa, an abstract concept -- beautiful wax figures. You'll certainly get this impression if you read the Examin ... More >>

"The Big Year": Star-Studden Comedy Fails to Take Flight

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been poked, prodded, and splayed across so many pages that one could be forgiven for ceasing to consider them real, live people. Instead, they're a tabula rasa, an abstract concept -- beautiful wax figures. You'll certainly get this impression if you read the Examin ... More >>

"The Ides of March": George Clooney for President!

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been poked, prodded, and splayed across so many pages that one could be forgiven for ceasing to consider them real, live people. Instead, they're a tabula rasa, an abstract concept -- beautiful wax figures. You'll certainly get this impression if you read the Examin ... More >>

"The Green Hornet": Seth Rogen's superhero can't save this movie

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been poked, prodded, and splayed across so many pages that one could be forgiven for ceasing to consider them real, live people. Instead, they're a tabula rasa, an abstract concept -- beautiful wax figures. You'll certainly get this impression if you read the Examin ... More >>

Film director Sofia Coppola's journey to "Somewhere"

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been poked, prodded, and splayed across so many pages that one could be forgiven for ceasing to consider them real, live people. Instead, they're a tabula rasa, an abstract concept -- beautiful wax figures. You'll certainly get this impression if you read the Examin ... More >>

"You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger": Woody Allen grinds on

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been poked, prodded, and splayed across so many pages that one could be forgiven for ceasing to consider them real, live people. Instead, they're a tabula rasa, an abstract concept -- beautiful wax figures. You'll certainly get this impression if you read the Examin ... More >>

It’s an Honor Just to Be Aggravated

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been poked, prodded, and splayed across so many pages that one could be forgiven for ceasing to consider them real, live people. Instead, they're a tabula rasa, an abstract concept -- beautiful wax figures. You'll certainly get this impression if you read the Examin ... More >>

Valentine's Day: So many stars, so many story lines

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been poked, prodded, and splayed across so many pages that one could be forgiven for ceasing to consider them real, live people. Instead, they're a tabula rasa, an abstract concept -- beautiful wax figures. You'll certainly get this impression if you read the Examin ... More >>

Desperate Housewife: The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been poked, prodded, and splayed across so many pages that one could be forgiven for ceasing to consider them real, live people. Instead, they're a tabula rasa, an abstract concept -- beautiful wax figures. You'll certainly get this impression if you read the Examin ... More >>

Summer of Salvation

The film snob's guide to the best cinema the season has to offer.

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

The film snob's guide to the best cinema the season has to offer.

Sean Penn to Portray Another Gay Icon? Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuk!

Never thought you'd read the words 'Three Stooges' and 'Oscar' in the same sentence? You just did.Erm, maybe not. But the word on the Web is that Sean "Best Actor" Penn will be playing Larry in a big screen homage to the Three Stooges. Let's all let that sink in for a moment. Sean Penn -- who may be ... More >>

Don’t Disappoint the Governess

Never thought you'd read the words 'Three Stooges' and 'Oscar' in the same sentence? You just did.Erm, maybe not. But the word on the Web is that Sean "Best Actor" Penn will be playing Larry in a big screen homage to the Three Stooges. Let's all let that sink in for a moment. Sean Penn -- who may be ... More >>

Year of the Ram

Mickey Rourke climbs back in the ring with The Wrestler.

The Man Who Nearly Killed Hitler

An interview with Valkyrie's star and director, Tom Cruise and Bryan Singer.

Chazz Palminteri revives A Bronx Tale in San Francisco

An interview with Valkyrie's star and director, Tom Cruise and Bryan Singer.

Ladies Light

Once grand, The Women is now just another chick flick.

Short Memories for British Film, or: Another Sign of the Apocalypse, Now

Once grand, The Women is now just another chick flick.

Presenting the only Cannes awards that really matter: Ours.

Once grand, The Women is now just another chick flick.

Chick Flick, Two Ways

In Keaton vs. Heigl, girl power (Mad Money) trumps bridesmaid fashion (27 Dresses)

Getting Off Scot Free

In Keaton vs. Heigl, girl power (Mad Money) trumps bridesmaid fashion (27 Dresses)

Multiple Personalities

In Keaton vs. Heigl, girl power (Mad Money) trumps bridesmaid fashion (27 Dresses)

Vince Vaughan's Bad Santa Bro Targets Teens in Fred Claus

In Keaton vs. Heigl, girl power (Mad Money) trumps bridesmaid fashion (27 Dresses)

The House Always Wins

Ocean's Thirteen is a washed-up threequel. How much you wanna bet Hollywood makes a bundle?

A Masterpiece on Canvas

Ocean's Thirteen is a washed-up threequel. How much you wanna bet Hollywood makes a bundle?

Always a Bridesmaid

Skirt-chasing Vince Vaughn is Wedding Crashers' master of ceremonies

Bat Cave-In

The Dark Knight's origin story can't overcome its Baleful side

Leaning Sideways

In a year when small movies came up big, picking the best was a Payne

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

The year in local film, plus the passing of a cinematic champion

Kitty Litter

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

Vanity Fare

Ray Liotta wants to know why he loses roles to...Owen Wilson?

Orc Chops

The action's much meatier in Jackson's second Rings film

Just Say "Super-Size It!"

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

Tongues Untied

An East Bay filmmaker documents the life of Invisible Man author Ralph Ellison

Royal's Screwups

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

American High

With Traffic, Steven Soderbergh takes on the unwinnable war

The Tired Gun

Or: Why winning an Oscar sometimes means losing sight of a career

Cinema Paradiso

The 43rd San Francisco International Film Festival

Eight Isn't Enough

Michael Sragow finds eight good films, and countless condescending duds, in a year at the movies

The Waiting Was the Hardest Part

Michael Sragow finds eight good films, and countless condescending duds, in a year at the movies

The Cyberpostman Always Writes Twice

Michael Sragow finds eight good films, and countless condescending duds, in a year at the movies

Be-Siege'd

Michael Sragow finds eight good films, and countless condescending duds, in a year at the movies

From Chinatown to Niketown

Robert Towne, the best screenwriter in the business and the man who invented Jake Gittes, is back with a bio of Olympic runner Steve Prefontaine

Air Force One -- Audience Nothing

Robert Towne, the best screenwriter in the business and the man who invented Jake Gittes, is back with a bio of Olympic runner Steve Prefontaine