Movies
Hopefuls who risk it all
Susan Boyle has got nothing on the contestants of "Afghan Star," Afghanistan's version of "American Idol."
Packs a spellbinding punch
"District 9" is so brilliantly and fully imagined that real life, when it resumes after the credits, arrives with a new sense of dread.
A big screen sideshow
"Not Quite Hollywood" director Mark Hartley gathers a comprehensive account of the history of "Ozploitation" filmmaking.
What is your favorite movie about time travel?
Reunited for heckling
"Plan 9 From Outer Space," famous for being a bad movie, will get the "Mystery Science Theater 3000" treatment at a reunion event.
What's Opening?
Hayao Miyazaki's "Ponyo"; the romantic drama "The Time Traveler's Wife"; Jeremy Piven's "The Goods"; and more.
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Review: 'Time Traveler's Wife'
Romantic drama. Starring Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams. Directed by Robert Schwentke. (PG-13. 107 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) It...
Review: 'Cold Souls'
Comedy. Starring Paul Giamatti. Written and directed by Sophie Barthes. (Rated PG-13. 101 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) The premise...
Review: 'English Surgeon' grim, enlightening
Documentary. With Dr. Henry Marsh. Directed by Geoffrey Smith. (Not rated. 95 minutes. In English and in Ukrainian with English...
Review: Piven fails to deliver 'The Goods'
Comedy. Starring Jeremy Piven, Kathryn Hahn and James Brolin. Directed by Neal Brennan. (R. 90 minutes. At Bay Area theaters....
- The Hurt Locker - 8.5
- Up - 8.4
- Food, Inc. - 8.3
- Star Trek - 8.3
- Burma VJ - 8.2
- Drag Me to Hell - 8.1
- Summer Hours - 8.1
- Munyurangabo - 7.8
- Herb & Dorothy - 7.7
- $9.99 - 7.6
- District 9 - $37
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra - $225
- The Time Traveler's Wife - $192
- Julie & Julia - $124
- G-Force - $69
- The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard - $54
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - $52
- The Ugly Truth - $45
- Ponyo - $35
- 500 Days of Summer - $3
