Russell Crowe

"Broken City": A Miserable Film Full of Miserable People

"Les Misérables": The Follies of 1832

"The Man with the Iron Fists": The RZA Gets Good and Weird

Top Six Celebrities Who Should Never Sing Again

Brace yourself, everybody. Not content with torturing us back in 2006 with her debut album, Paris Hilton is apparently preparing to unleash a second one. So, in her honor and as a means to prepare ourselves, here's our list of the top six celebrities who should never make music ever again. Oh, and f ... More >>

"The Next Three Days": Russell Crowe is a bored actor in a dumb project

Brace yourself, everybody. Not content with torturing us back in 2006 with her debut album, Paris Hilton is apparently preparing to unleash a second one. So, in her honor and as a means to prepare ourselves, here's our list of the top six celebrities who should never make music ever again. Oh, and f ... More >>

"Robin Hood": An old-fashioned adventure epic

Brace yourself, everybody. Not content with torturing us back in 2006 with her debut album, Paris Hilton is apparently preparing to unleash a second one. So, in her honor and as a means to prepare ourselves, here's our list of the top six celebrities who should never make music ever again. Oh, and f ... More >>

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

Brace yourself, everybody. Not content with torturing us back in 2006 with her debut album, Paris Hilton is apparently preparing to unleash a second one. So, in her honor and as a means to prepare ourselves, here's our list of the top six celebrities who should never make music ever again. Oh, and f ... More >>

Lies We Can Believe In

Ridley Scott's latest is the post-9/11, tech-savvy terror thriller we deserve.

American Gangster: Unrated Extended Edition Among This Week's DVD Releases

Ridley Scott's latest is the post-9/11, tech-savvy terror thriller we deserve.

Boy Trouble

Ridley Scott's latest is the post-9/11, tech-savvy terror thriller we deserve.

American Gangster Treats '70s Smack Game Like It's NASDAQ

Ridley Scott's latest is the post-9/11, tech-savvy terror thriller we deserve.

Jay-Z Gets Gangster With Help From Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott's latest is the post-9/11, tech-savvy terror thriller we deserve.

Unfair Lawsuit Act

SF Weekly moves to dismiss the Guardian's lawsuit, which is light on witnesses and evidence

Unfair Lawsuit Act

SF Weekly moves to dismiss the Guardian's lawsuit, which is light on witnesses and evidence

Unhappy Ending

In this tragedy, humanity is drowned in a sea of artifice

Weed Killer

In this tragedy, humanity is drowned in a sea of artifice

Heart Attack

Attempting romantic comedy, Sir Ridley Scott conquers neither

Film Orgy

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

Sweat Along With Russell

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

Sweat Along With Russell

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

Broke, But Not Broken

With Cinderella Man, Ron Howard finally scores a knockout

Method Rocking

Juliette Lewis and Minnie Driver have started bands. Come on, you know you're curious.

Lost in the Male

When a Latin lover suddenly splits town, his ex-boyfriend goes postal

House of Tudor

Anyone good enough for Laugh-In and David Bowie is good enough for you, right?

Shakedown Cruise

On his maiden voyage, veteran director Peter Weir masters the sea epic

Carved in Rock: Short Stories by Musicians

Rock 'n' roll may make you famous, but it doesn't make you a good writer

Think Different

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

Buffy Band

Spike the Vampire has a posse

Reps Etc.

Spike the Vampire has a posse

Reps Etc.

Spike the Vampire has a posse

Child's Play

Teenage actors stage a world premiere about an American girl mysteriously transported through time to become a gladiator

Internal Despair

In The Believer, a Jewish student explores his inner Nazi

Manhattan

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

Best Non-Regis Philbin Trivia Game

"Trivia Night" at the Bitter End Bar & Grill

Up the Academy

The Oscar telecast has, for a decade, been Gil Cates' golden moment

The Regular Guys

They follow sports, wear flannel shirts, smoke, drink, belch, and make crude jokes. Oh, one other thing. They're gay.

Chicken Caesar

Russell Crowe stars in Gladiator

The Men Who Did Too Little

Russell Crowe stars in Gladiator

Northern Lights

Russell Crowe stars in Gladiator

Kooky Proles and Gucci Buddhism

A neo-noir, an Ur-neo-noir, and a black political satire color a pallid year of retreads, bogus events, and charity cases.

One of Us Stinks

A neo-noir, an Ur-neo-noir, and a black political satire color a pallid year of retreads, bogus events, and charity cases.

City of Angles

How Curtis Hanson brought James Ellroy's epic crime novel L.A. Confidential to the screen

Magical Mystery Tour

How Curtis Hanson brought James Ellroy's epic crime novel L.A. Confidential to the screen