X-Men Origins: Wolverine
July 24th, 2008
emWolverineem is a spinoff of the popular emX-Menem movie franchise focused entirely on Hugh Jackmans Wolverine character.
Review: ‘Step Brothers’ - 40-year-old goobers
July 24th, 2008
RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) Step Brothers: Comedy. Starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly. Directed by Adam McKay. (R. 95 minutes. At Bay Area theaters. For complete movie listings and show times, and to buy tickets for select theaters, go to sfgate.com/movies.)...
Film: How Many Superheroes Does It Take to Tire a Genre?
July 23rd, 2008
“The Dark Knight,” “Iron Man” and “Hancock” test the limits of the superhero film.
Books of The Times: Creating a Wave and Riding It to Film’s Pantheon
July 23rd, 2008
Richard Brody demystifies Jean-Luc Godard’s legend to elucidate his life, his times and his work.
Movie Review | ‘Wonderful Town’: In Thailand, Two Lovers Among a Tsunami’s Ruins
July 23rd, 2008
Everything is, for a good long while, very nice indeed in “Wonderful Town.”
Review: ‘Step Brothers’ - 40-year-old goobers
July 23rd, 2008
RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) Step Brothers: Comedy. Starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly. Directed by Adam McKay. (R. 95 minutes. At Bay Area theaters. For complete movie listings and show times, and to buy tickets for select theaters, go to sfgate.com/movies.)...
Movie Review | ‘Boy A’: Trying to Pay the Interest on His Debt to Society
July 22nd, 2008
An ingenuous 24-year-old man-child is at the center of John Crowley’s wrenching melodrama “Boy A.”
Celebrations in Cinema by a Longtime Aficionado of Point and Pliés
July 22nd, 2008
The Film Society of Lincoln Center is honoring Dominique Delouche, a filmmaker whose documentaries celebrated great ballet dancers.
‘Dark Knight’ Star Denies Assault
July 22nd, 2008
Christian Bale, Warner Brothers’ latest Batman in its smash hit “The Dark Knight,” denied allegations of assault made against him by his mother and sister.
Step Brothers
July 22nd, 2008
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Starring: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Mary Steenburgen, Richard Jenkins, ... Review: Starting at infantile and regressing hysterically from there, Step Brothers flies on the comic chemistry of Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly. They riffed on the baby Jesus in Talladega Nights. Now they're goofing on grown men who stay babies. Are you ready to see Ferrell rub his hairy nut sack on Reilly's drum set? You better be. Step Brothers, directed by Adam McKay from a story by McKay, Ferrell and Reilly (so you know who to hold responsible), pushes its R rating to the merry max. I'd better explain. Ferrell plays Brennan Huff, 39, a sleepwalker and chronic masturbator who lives with his divorced mom (Mary Steenburgen). Reilly plays Dale Doback — even more of a slacker, since he's a year older — who lives with his widowed dad (Richard Jenkins). When the parents marry, Brennan... Rating: 2 Stars |