Tyler Perry

"Tyler Perry's Good Deeds": The Only Novelty Is the Setting

"Joyful Noise": Nothing Is Sacred in This Gaudy Mess

The Game's The R.E.D. Album: A First Listen

​ The Game needs no introduction. The man who was kicked out of G-Unit and made a whole album about whinily stalking ex-benefactor Dr. Dre has most recently performed two actions: 1) Releasing a diss track called "Uncle Otis," whose targets include Tyler, the Creator; and 2) releasing a collab ... More >>

Best Practices for Shopping High at Costco

​clarksworth/FlickrSmoke up in the car first, and this can feel like a fucking blast.​Like complaining about people on welfare while collecting unemployment yourself, eating 99-cent double-bacon cheeseburgers while voting down health care, shopping at Costco is one of our God-Given Right ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

​clarksworth/FlickrSmoke up in the car first, and this can feel like a fucking blast.​Like complaining about people on welfare while collecting unemployment yourself, eating 99-cent double-bacon cheeseburgers while voting down health care, shopping at Costco is one of our God-Given Right ... More >>

"For Colored Girls": Tyler Perry mangles Ntozake Shange's play

​clarksworth/FlickrSmoke up in the car first, and this can feel like a fucking blast.​Like complaining about people on welfare while collecting unemployment yourself, eating 99-cent double-bacon cheeseburgers while voting down health care, shopping at Costco is one of our God-Given Right ... More >>

Hannah Montana gets upstaged by sea turtles in "The Last Song"

​clarksworth/FlickrSmoke up in the car first, and this can feel like a fucking blast.​Like complaining about people on welfare while collecting unemployment yourself, eating 99-cent double-bacon cheeseburgers while voting down health care, shopping at Costco is one of our God-Given Right ... More >>

Precious locates the heart — and hell — of its heroine's struggle

​clarksworth/FlickrSmoke up in the car first, and this can feel like a fucking blast.​Like complaining about people on welfare while collecting unemployment yourself, eating 99-cent double-bacon cheeseburgers while voting down health care, shopping at Costco is one of our God-Given Right ... More >>

Art House

​clarksworth/FlickrSmoke up in the car first, and this can feel like a fucking blast.​Like complaining about people on welfare while collecting unemployment yourself, eating 99-cent double-bacon cheeseburgers while voting down health care, shopping at Costco is one of our God-Given Right ... More >>

In the Heat of the Knight

Summer '08: Batman saved the season, while a little Sex went a long way and the indies went south.

Jill Scott's Sexual Healing

Summer '08: Batman saved the season, while a little Sex went a long way and the indies went south.

Church Boys

Ice Cube and Tracy Morgan get religion in First Sunday

Letter Perfect

Akeelah spells out a fantasy that feels wonderfully real

Summary of a Bad Black Movie

Tyler Perry's Diary will make audiences mad