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The Weekly Wire: This Week’s Recommended Events

How Should I Handle Aqualung Molesting My Monitor?

Where Do Old Boeing Jets Go?

I wonder what I'll be in my next life​Why they become luxury homes and hotels, of course. Or so the P-I's Aerospace blog has discovered. Last week, they reported on the Boeing 727 "fuselage suite" in Hotel Costa Verde in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica. Today's find is a 727 private residence wit ... More >>

Iron Man: Robert Downey Jr. Makes a Comic Book Movie We Actually Like

I wonder what I'll be in my next life​Why they become luxury homes and hotels, of course. Or so the P-I's Aerospace blog has discovered. Last week, they reported on the Boeing 727 "fuselage suite" in Hotel Costa Verde in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica. Today's find is a 727 private residence wit ... More >>

Major League IV: Scripting the Sonics Movie

The uncertainty surrounding the city’s oldest pro sports franchise is worthy of a sequel to its cinematic progenitor. Here’s the script.

The Hoax

Richard Gere as less-than-fabulous '70s faker.

Tea and Cate

A chat with the prickly star of three big holiday movies.

Nov. 15-23, 2006

The best movie George Lucas ever made, Gina Lollobrigida in her prime, and a Bogie-Bacall retro begins.

Bad Boys

A Bellingham biker thought he could clean up a notorious motorcycle gang, but his reform efforts crashed and he's pleaded guilty to conspiracy.

Unknown White Male

Opens at Harvard Exit, Fri., March 17. Rated PG-13. 88 minutes.

Jan. 25-Feb. 1, 2006

This week's specialty screenings and venues.

This Week's Reads

Christopher Sorrentino and Jennie Erdal.

This Week's Reads

Holiday Reinhorn and Vicki Constantine Croke.

Sweet and Sour Tooth

Director Tim Burton embraces the idea of family—it's the reality that gives him a stomachache.

F for Fake

Criterion Collection, $39.99.

This Week's Reads

Curtis Sittenfeld, Michael Cunningham, Jon Winokur, and Rudolph Chelminski.

The Motorcycle Diaries

Universal/Focus, $29.98

The 10 Best Films

No list is definitive, and this year we can expect plenty of critical disagreement.

The Sky's the Limit

In his best film since GoodFellas, Scorsese picks a tragic hero who couldn't master his life on the ground.

This Weeks Attractions

In his best film since GoodFellas, Scorsese picks a tragic hero who couldn't master his life on the ground.

Mind Games

A madcap paean to the missed 'potential' of Gong Show creator Chuck Barris.

Man-eater

Boys will be boys for a taste of the good life.

Concealed Weapons

Hollow-points, steel jackets, and the arsenal of history.

Will power

It's never too early to plan for your death—or is it?

Control freak-alt-delete

Reading the Findings of Fact as a riveting novel.

Worshipping Dick

Nixon's shrine brings up the Northwest's Watergate connection.