Oscars 2015: Watch All the Trailers from the Documentary Shortlist
Every Oscar season, the focus falls on the top actor races, how many times Meryl Streep has been nominated, and what people might wear to the ceremony. The award for best documentary of the year is...
View Article2015 Oscars: The Snubs and Surprises That Are Making the Internet Angry
This morning at the ungodly hour of 5:30am, the Oscar nominations were unveiled (and an heir to Adele Dazeem was born). You would think that, this late in the award season, most of the nominations...
View ArticleAngela Lansbury Retrospective: Why She’s So Much More than ‘Murder She Wrote’
Dame Angela Lansbury, she of the gentle consonants and quintuple Tony Awards, has landed in San Francisco! The beloved, 89-year-old star of stage, screen and television is starring in Noël Coward’s...
View ArticleKristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy Lead the All-Female Ghostbusters Cast of...
There are some movies that you can watch a gazillion times and still find something new to laugh at. Bridesmaids is one of these movies (if you disagree: what is wrong with you?!?). Kristen Wiig has,...
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From Emily Dickinson to Iranian Vampires: The Heart Wants What It Wants
In 1862, Emily Dickinson wrote, “The heart wants what it wants, or else it does not care,” and we’ve gone about proving this inscrutable wisdom true ever since. Each of us is a patchwork; who we think...
View ArticleDon’t Have a TV? Here’s Where You Can Watch The Oscars in the Bay Area
After what has seemed like a longer than usual awards season, the Oscars are upon us at last (Sunday, February 22, 2015 at 4pm). Even if you’re not into this year’s batch of movies, let’s be real: you...
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The Very Best Gifs from the 2015 Oscars
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a gif must be worth at least a million (math!). With the advent of this bite-sized animated wonder, award shows have become less about who won what and more...
View ArticleBeyond Spock: 10 Videos to Celebrate the Long and Prosperous Life of Leonard...
Some actors are so ingrained in our popular culture that it is difficult to imagine things carrying on without them. Leonard Nimoy, best known for his role as Mr. Spock on Star Trek, is one of these...
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‘The Sound of Music’ Turns 50: 8 Things You Don’t Know About the Film
Right alongside whiskers on kittens and warm woolen mittens, The Sound of Music is one of my favorite things, and arguably the best musical of all time. What’s not to love? You have Julie Andrews in...
View ArticleFrozen 2: Disney Announces Sequel, Kristen Bell and Josh Gad Are In
Do you want to build a snowman…again? Disney is hoping your answer is yes. The announcement of a sequel to the absurdly popular film was made at the Disney shareholders meeting this morning. Unlike the...
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Obsessed with Ana Lily Amirpour’s A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night? Watch...
Fans of this blog know that we are huge devotees of the Iranian vampire spaghetti western, A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night. We’ve drawn a line between it and Emily Dickinson and just straight up...
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Can’t Afford A Vacation? Live Vicariously Through These Movies
If your childhood family vacation felt like less comical versions of the National Lampoon’s Vacation series, trust me, you’re in good company. Between the stories I could tell of epic nose bleeds in...
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The Avengers: Which Marvel Movies You Need To See Before Age Of Ultron
By Rachel Noelle Wood Superhero movies have grown up. Gone is the campy strangness of the ’90s and the adolescent angst of the 2000s. The recent Marvel superhero movies have managed to find a smart...
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Beyond Soccer Moms: Why We Need to Broaden Our Ideas of Motherhood
The cultural debate over having kids vs. not having kids continues strong, with impassioned think pieces, statistics and the word “selfish” bandied about in both directions (even the Pope has weighed...
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The Most Beloved and Frightening Fictional Moms
Mothers’ Day is right around the corner, a day about finally remembering to return your mom’s phone calls and crafting bad macaroni art that expresses your appreciation for her. It’s also a day to...
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Look Away, ’80s Kids: Jem and the Holograms Trailer Is So Bad, Even William...
The trailer for Jem and the Holograms has landed. And it’ll leave you wishing air control hadn’t given it permission. The only time I wasn’t cringing, while watching my childhood being ravaged, was...
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Why ‘The Craft’ Remake Is Bad News for the Future of Film
Sony is remaking The Craft. Be right back, gotta work some witchcraft to stop this from happening. I bind you, Sony, from doing harm, harm against other people and harm against yourself. Okay, while we...
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Miss A Particular Season? Here’s A Boatload of Movies That’ll Help
Living in the Bay Area, we are used to weather shifting sporadically between cool windy days pinching at our cheeks and unexpectedly sunny stretches that have everyone shedding layers. Any time a heat...
View ArticleWatch Pixar Slam San Francisco Pizza in This Clip From ‘Inside Out’
The heartstring-tugging animation wizards over at Pixar are known for slipping winks and visual references to real Bay Area locations into just about every one of their films. It makes sense, since the...
View ArticleA Live Blog of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 Trailer
The trailer for the very last Hunger Games movie has landed! This is an historic moment and the end of an era so what better way to experience it than with a live blog of the minute and 46 seconds?...
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