The Roommate

A college student grows fearful of her new dorm mate in this thriller which costars Minka Kelly and Leighton Meester.

"...as gratuitous as the extreme close-ups in the film’s shower sequence. On that aforementioned Thanksgiving trip, Sara also discovers..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wish List

Here's your chance to give back to the areas of our community that need it the most

"...have those to give, call your intended recipient and shower them with your tangible affection...."

Dec. 10, 2010 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Letters to Juliet

There's a lovely little arthouse movie buried in this romance starring Amanda Seyfried, although the film's commercial aspirations get in its way.

"...– then Letters to Juliet is like the safety shower in your high school chemistry class, delivering an unsubtle..."

May 14, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Top 9 Letters of 2009

"...Rhett Flowers 6) FILM SUPPORT LIKE A COOL SHOWER (AUG. 27)..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Features Feature by Mark Fagan

Nine

Quick. Put down that Victoria's Secret catalog. More women in corsets are on display in this musical than on any lingerie catwalk in your dreams.

"...them to have kept their singing confined to their shower stalls at home. Ultimately, nothing truly embarrassing makes it..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Helpful Resources: COP15 and Beyond

"...it features the Brazilian YouTube video "Pee in the Shower. Save the Rainforest.") Mother Nature Network..."

Dec. 11, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Wish List

Here's your chance to give back to the areas of our community that need it the most

"...Shower transfer benches..."

Dec. 12, 2008 News Feature by Kate X Messer

For Mature Audiences Only

How did Kevin Smith prep to make a movie about two kids making a porn? Years of research.

"...a bad thing, and why he used to take showers with all his clothes on after gym. (Note: This..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Thanks, Canada

Blood-soaked nights on the road to punk rock with the Krum Bums

"...we all stink like hell and look like shit. Showers are few and far between, and a whore's bath..."

July 11, 2008 Music Feature by David Rodriguez

Wish List

Give 'Til It Helps, Part 2

"...Shower chairs and tub- transfer benches..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Features Feature

And the Loser Is ...

The biggest winner in the Chronicle's Bacheloser contest

"...After that I enjoy some cereal, then take a shower. Yes, I use Axe shower gel in hopes of..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Features Feature by Audra Schroeder

Barack and Donnie, K-i-s-s-i-n (His Queer Vote Goodbye)

Obama lost Getty's vote.

"...lineup, and calls it even. Wow. I need a shower. Keeping this man on his Southern Gospel tour (a..."

Nov. 5, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Kate Getty

Broken

Heather Graham is an L.A. transplant whose dreams of a music career become soiled by her relationship with her junkie boyfriend, played by Jeremy Sisto.

"...no other contemporary actor does that certain type of makes-you-wanna-take-a-scalding-hot-shower-crazy like Sisto – and the various predawn denizens of..."

Oct. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lack of Consideration Is a Real Problem

"...down, drink a beer, read a book, take a shower, etc., whereas the homeless citizens' "homes" are outside, where..."

Oct. 8, 2007 Postmarks

Surf's Up

This animated avian surf epic is most alive when its radio-friendly pop hits accompany beautiful CGI waves.

"...a big penguin gave a little penguin a golden shower to heal a stingray wound. Elsewhere in the film,..."

June 8, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Premonition

Sandra Bullock again turns toward the supernatural in this thriller in which she plays a housewife who's uncertain whether her husband is alive or dead.

"...in which Linda finds an again-alive Jim in the shower is intended to pay homage to the final episode..."

March 23, 2007 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Be Water Wise

You can play a role in holding off the need for a new water treatement plant

"...Shower Wise: Pick up your free new showerheads at 625..."

Feb. 23, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Catch and Release

An archetypal date movie with a good heart, Catch and Release is the lightweight story of a widow (Jennifer Garner) who discovers that you never really know a person.

"...the bathroom while a grief-stricken Gray cowers in the shower. Introduced as a bad boy, his character arc warps..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Giveable City

The treat of Austin eats

"...was on the fritz, and we were unable to shower prior to our arrival. With greasy, lank hair, we..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Little Man

If you can accept the very idea of Shawn Wayans’ face on the body of an infantilized baby-man in diapers, who’s to care about the quality of anything else in the movie?

"...97% of the movie will make you need a shower. Possibly two...."

July 21, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Drawing Restraint 9

Iconoclastic artist Matthew Barney and his paramour Björk flood the screen with arresting images and sounds, and though little of it makes ordinary sense, it's compelling nevertheless.

"...other plans in a desperate bid for a scalding shower. Out, damn spot, indeed.) Barney is all those things..."

June 30, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hightower Report

Doing Something About Global Warming; and Taking Care of Number One at the ATF

"...executives, and whether the agency's new gym should have shower curtains or shower doors...."

March 24, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

Rent

Despite the grating, workmanlike direction of Chris Columbus, this boisterous film is a vivacious, wiseacre musical and an inarguable morality lesson: Love is all you need.

"...and bathe their restless souls in a heady, revivifying shower of art and intellect, sex and drugs and rock..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

The film story of Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson's tough road to success is so melodramatic that if it weren't real it would be laughable.

"...Hustle & Flow) and gets some down time for shower-room shiv battles and solitary-confinement rapping practice. Get Rich or..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Eureka! Outsource Iraq!

"...on. All that gold. Coming down like, like a shower. Yeah, like a golden shower...."

Sept. 27, 2005 Postmarks

Saint Ralph

This strange youth dramedy from Canada has a brisk, sunny aplomb.

"...our young hero drinks bourbon, peeps at the girls’ shower, and burns down a house...."

Aug. 26, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Bargains in the Mist

Where to find the missing link

"...Shower Curtain – Monkeys on clear curtain – $26..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Features Feature

Me and You and Everyone We Know

Performance artist Miranda July's feature-length debut is packed with arresting images, moments, and single lines of dialogue – enough to earn the film top awards at Sundance and Cannes.

"...dreamily inhales the chemical smell of a newly opened shower liner; a goldfish’s life hangs in the balance; a..."

July 15, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Carrie: Special Edition

Some kind of first for nearly everyone involved, the incredible 'Carrie' is done justice by its incredible DVD extras

"...though notably, the book contained two scenes of a "shower of stones" from the sky that De Palma had..."

April 1, 2005 Screens Review by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Summer Fun

Can the tan: options for the pale and pasty

"...looked so good. So, we made our volunteers don shower caps and duct tape (to make fabulous designs, of..."

May 14, 2004 Features Feature by Diana Welch

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