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22 Jul 2011

Broke-Ass Giveaway: Tix to Advanced Screening of ‘The Devil’s Double’

Like FREE advanced movie screenings? So do we. And this one on Wednesday, July 27, for Lionsgate’s The Devil’s Double, opening in select theaters August 5, sounds like the Scarface of Arabia: check out the trailer on the movie’s Facebook page. Basically an Iraqi army lieutenant is commissioned to be

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29 Jun 2011

Win A Pair of Tix to ‘Happy’ Screening at the Roxie

Happiness is one of those elusive emotions that I’ve always thought is really interesting to hear psychologists and social-whatever experts talk about and try to quantify.  I’m pretty sure Oscar-nominated director Roko Belic agrees, because his new non-profit feature documentary, called Happy, explores societal factors, like money, fame and relationships,

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10 Jul 2024

This New Literary Magazine is a Gift to the People of San Francisco

I’ve got some awesome news! We received a grant from the Civic Joy Fund to put out a literary magazine celebrating SF and acting to counter the stupid “Doom Loop” narrative. It’s a gift to the people of San Francisco. And after months of working on this project it’s now available

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31 May 2011

FREE Tix to ‘The Best and the Brightest’ Starring Neil Patrick Harris and Amy Sedaris (!)

Heyoooo, Bay Area!  This week we’re stoked to be giving away four pairs of tickets to this Thursday’s advance screening of the new Neil Patrick Harris, Amy Sedaris and Bonnie Somerville comedy ‘The Best and the Brightest.’ To be honest, we don’t even really care what the movie, set to

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02 Apr 2011

Premieres, Parties and Ug at the Paley Center

In case you too have the “Salute Your Shorts” theme song running through your head at any given moment, and used to get up in the middle of the night to watch old TV shows like “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis” and “Mister Ed” on TV Land while eating

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09 Jul 2010

Pay What You Can to See Tommy Wiseau’s Cult Classic The Room

Few films have affected me as deeply as 2003’s The Room, starring, written and directed by the now cult icon Tommy Wiseau.  This movie really gets at serious, universal issues, such as breast cancer, infidelity, betrayal, and (SPOILER ALERT!) suicide in the most hilarious manner possible, which can be described only as

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21 May 2010

$1 Ice Cream Cones at Three Twins on Saturday!

There’s nothing better than ice cream.  Wait, I take that back.  There’s nothing better than organic ice cream.  You know, good for the earth and the animals and all that shit.  BUT wait again.  There’s nothing better than CHEAP, organic ice cream.  Good thing Three Twins is turning one this

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