Arts & Entertainment Friends, Family, And Growing Up: <i>Finding Dory</i>, Reviewed In my list of favorite Pixar movies, 2003's Finding Nemo is closer to the bottom than the top. Not because it's bad — it's actually pretty great — more because I never really felt a
Arts & Entertainment Ghosts, Busted: <i>The Conjuring 2</i> The Conjuring was one of those rare kinds of of horror movies: An impressive cast, some solid scares, and almost universal critical praise. A sequel was inevitable, especially since there's a tall pile
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Ask a San Francisco Native: Is Fisherman's Wharf The Worst? In these Troubled San Francisco Times, there is a lot of talk about who was here when, and what that does (or doesn't) mean. In an effort to both assist newcomers and take
Arts & Entertainment Fame, Skewered: <i>Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping</i> When I saw Judd Apatow was a producer of Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, a mockumentary that basically got its start as a series of Lonely Island shorts on Saturday Night Live, I
Arts & Entertainment Smart People Making Stupid Decisions: <i>Maggie's Plan</i> Since paying money to see a Woody Allen movie these days is becoming harder and harder to justify, for oh so many reasons, it's nice to see there are alternatives out there if
Arts & Entertainment Ask A San Francisco Native: When Did Your Family Arrive in SF? Dear Rain, What hospital were you born in? When did your family arrive in SF? Signed, KB I'm a first generation San Franciscan, born at San Francisco General, in 1970. My family's ties
Arts & Entertainment SFist At The Movies: <i>The Nice Guys</i>, <i>Love & Friendship</i> The Nice Guys will prove once and for all that Ryan Gosling is more than just that cute guy from The Notebook. Frankly, he proved that to me a long time ago, with
Arts & Entertainment Thrilling And Serious: <i>Money Monster</i>, Reviewed Going into Money Monster, I had some worries. Julia Roberts' presence in a film hasn't boded well for a while now, and Jodie Foster's work directing movies has been hit or miss, (hit:
Arts & Entertainment Etiquette Week: How To Go To The Movies It's Etiquette Week at SFist, in which SFist's editors dole out some prescriptive advice for how to behave in this city we all share in order not to overly annoy, offend, or otherwise
Arts & Entertainment Ask A San Francisco Native: What's The Best Depiction Of SF In A Movie? (Part Two) Last time in Ask a San Francisco Native, I answered a question about the best depiction of San Francisco in a movie, and I decided to go decade by decade, starting with 1940s,
Arts & Entertainment The Anti-<i>Batman V Superman</i>: <i>Captain America: Civil War</i> Reviewed Coming out a month after the miserable bomb that was Batman V Superman has only helped to make Marvel's latest entry into the Avengers franchise look like a damn classic in comparison. Captain
Arts & Entertainment Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta (Kitten): <i>Keanu</i>, Reviewed In 2014 Keanu Reeves starred in a movie called John Wick, which was essentially two hours of Keanu killing gangsters because they killed his puppy. It's a good movie, but a hell of
Arts & Entertainment Ask A San Francisco Native: What's The Best Depiction Of SF In A Movie? (Part One) Dear Rain, What is the best depiction of SF in a movie? Signed, J Dear J, Hollywood loves San Francisco, which shouldn't come as a surprise. It's the definition of photogenic and provides
Arts & Entertainment Nazi Punks Must Die: <i>Green Room</i>, Reviewed Having white supremacist skinheads as the villains in a horror movie seems like such an obvious idea, I’m surprised I haven’t seen it done before. (And before you scream Surf Nazis
Arts & Entertainment What To Watch At The SF International Film Festival, Kicking Off Thursday The 59th Annual San Francisco International Film Festival, or SFIFF for those in a hurry, kicks off this Thursday and runs through May 5th. The festival's made a big change this year, moving
Arts & Entertainment Zero Fun: <em>Criminal</em>, Reviewed Criminal is an utterly ridiculous action movie with a central premise straight out of a 1950's B-horror movie, although that makes it sound like a lot more fun than it actually is, which
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Ask A San Francisco Native: On North Beach And Italian Food Dear Rain, Best Italian restaurant in North Beach? Signed, Hungry Dear Hungry, Until you asked me that question I hadn't really realized that when I'm looking to get some Italian food, North Beach
Arts & Entertainment SFist At The Movies: Demolition, The Boss, Miles Ahead Demolition - Everywhere Demolition is an odd movie that attempts to wrench emotions out of its audience, but left me feeling about as numb as its hero. Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Davis Mitchell,
Arts & Entertainment SFist At The Movies: <em>Everybody Wants Some!!</em>, <em>Born To Be Blue</em>, <em>I Saw The Light</em>, <em>Midnight Special</em> Richard Linklater's Everybody Wants Some!! is being billed as a "spiritual sequel" to his breakout 1993 movie Dazed and Confused, and that makes sense. Both take place in a Texas of days-gone-by, and
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Ask A San Francisco Native: On Table Saving And Placards Dear Rain, A lot of restaurants in this town, you order at the register then get a placard to take to your table. Those lines can be long though, and if it's that
Arts & Entertainment SFist At The Movies: <em>City Of Gold, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, They're Watching</em> Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice - Everywhere Big, loud, and ugly, but DC is hoping this "blockbuster," (can you really call a movie a blockbuster before its even opened?), will launch a
Arts & Entertainment Thank God For Wonder Woman: <em>Batman V Superman</em> Is A Colossal Waste Of Time Batman Vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice is not so much a movie as it is an extended warning: You comic book movie fans better like this, because there's going to be a hell
Arts & Entertainment SFist At The Movies: Allegiant Part 1, Eye In The Sky, The Bronze, Hello My Name Is Doris Hello, My Name Is Doris - Embarcadero Sally Field's first starring role in more than 20 years is a retooling of the romantic comedy formula that contains virtually no actual romance and gets
Arts & Entertainment 'Wicked' Returns To SF, Is Still A Lot Of Fun Wicked, the 10th longest-running musical on Broadway, has returned to San Francisco for the first time since 2013. But Wicked and San Francisco have a long history, as it was here that the
Arts & Entertainment SFist At The Movies: 10 Cloverfield Lane, The Knight of Cups, The Brothers Grimsby 10 Cloverfield Lane - Everywhere 10 Cloverfield Lane arrived almost out of the blue, with a trailer dropping before anyone even knew the movie existed. Since it was produced by J.J. Abrams
