Robert Downey Jr.

"The Avengers": Superheroes Need Rescue From Predictability

The 84th Academy Awards: a Timeline

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Arthouse movie listings for January 12-18, 2010

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

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"Due Date": Zach Galifianakis steals a road movie from Robert Downey Jr.

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Arthouse movie listings for May 12-18, 2010

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Arthouse movie listings for May 5-11, 2010

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"Iron Man 2" will lead to 3, but that doesn't mean it's good

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Iron Man 2

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"Losers" not a winning comic-book thriller

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In The Soloist, Joe Wright turns Steve Lopez' Los Angeles Times series into schlock

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Driver's Eddie

As Happy-Go-Lucky's angry road instructor, character actor Eddie Marsan enters the fast lane.

Arthouse movie listings for January 14-20

As Happy-Go-Lucky's angry road instructor, character actor Eddie Marsan enters the fast lane.

Nowhere to Go But Downey

As Happy-Go-Lucky's angry road instructor, character actor Eddie Marsan enters the fast lane.

Apocalypse Whatever

Ben Stiller's Hollywood sendup lacks firepower.

The Not Terrible Hulk

In the shadow of Iron Man, the latest from Marvel can't live up to its billing.

Summer Grows Up

The season of big budget bangs uses its brain

Mighty Avenger

Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man is a thing to marvel.

Pretend You're Drunken Iron Man at Comic Outpost and Win Cool Stuff

Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man is a thing to marvel.

X-Files 2, Iron Man, Street Fighter IV: WonderCon News and Notes

Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man is a thing to marvel.

Teen Comedy Charlie Bartlett Could Use a Dose of Mean

Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man is a thing to marvel.

Boy Trouble

Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man is a thing to marvel.

John Woo, Robert Palmer, and Jake Gyllenhaal: SF Weekly DVD Reviews

Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man is a thing to marvel.

Chow Time Again

Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man is a thing to marvel.

Diamonds in the Rough

Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man is a thing to marvel.

Killer Instinct

David Fincher's Type-A approach to filmmaking pays off

Freak, Out

Playing legendary photographer Diane Arbus, Nicole Kidman is an unconvincing weirdo

Hometown Legend

Coming of age and stayin' alive on the mean streets of Astoria, Queens

Truly, Madly, Darkly

Richard Linklater's Scanner is a rotoscoped feast for freaks

Helluva Swing

Game 6 redeems Michael Keaton after he almost fouled out

Repertory Film Listings

Game 6 redeems Michael Keaton after he almost fouled out

A Star Is Born

Strange things happen when actors sing

Private Dicks

Downey and Kilmer make perfect detectives in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Exhuming McCarthy

The Red Scare returns in Good Night, and Good Luck

Mighty Aphrodite

Three great directors serve up a sampler of love and desire

All Is Full of Luck

On Anú, DJ Polywog, and finding new year luck where you least expect it

Icky, Icky, Icky

Nicole Kidman falls in love with a 10-year-old boy ... sorry, her dead husband

Restoration Project

At "R_xehab," there's sure to be a cure for whatever ails you

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

The Tired Gun

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

Wonder Bread

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

Still a Beautiful Mess

Once considered just another L.A. rock casualty, former Thelonious Monster leader Bob Forrest returns to the land of the living with the Bicycle Thief

Old School

Once considered just another L.A. rock casualty, former Thelonious Monster leader Bob Forrest returns to the land of the living with the Bicycle Thief

Charley's Angel

Once considered just another L.A. rock casualty, former Thelonious Monster leader Bob Forrest returns to the land of the living with the Bicycle Thief