Pixar's 'The Incredibles'

4 out of 5 stars
By Chris Lee
INTERMISSION| In light of one of the most historic baseball seasons in recent memory, perhaps it’s only fitting to start off with an overwrought metaphor for that hallowed American pastime.

Director Brad Bird on 'The Incredibles'

By Chris Lee
INTERMISSION| Writer/director Brad Bird has one of those storied histories that make you admire the idea of self-determination. At age 11 he was already making his own stop-motion animation films, and by age 15 he’d found his way into working for Disney under the mentorship of one of the company’s most important executives.

‘Alfie’ continues our obsession with (drool)Jude Law

By Nicole Beckley
INTERMISSION| He’s lying in bed. And when you look over at him, you realize you just woke up next to a mussy-haired silver-tongued playboy.

The sun set on this one

By Tom Hanada
INTERMISSION| “After the Sunset” — starring Pierce Brosnan, Selma Hayek and Woody Harrelson — opens at a Los Angeles Lakers game. Has any movie that starts with a sporting event (if the movie is not about sports) been good?

Intermission salutes the Mix Tape

By Tam Vo and Sam Tanzer
INTERMISSION| Remember that time in the eighth grade when you had a crush on the girl who sat in front of you in math class?

Casting call: Election 2004, THE MOVIE, biatch

By Tom Hanada
INTERMISSION| Audiences around the nation watched for hours. There was suspense. There were villains and saviors. The dialogue was filled with lies, greed, corruption and deceit.

Jack and Bobby: It’s really not about the Kennedys — well, kinda

By Darren Franich
INTERMISSION| My roommate Andrew is a viciously smart and intensely cultured type. His wall boasts Dali, Bosch, Van Gogh (“Starry Night,” of course) and Picasso, to say nothing of the mini-Buddha statue and the Hindi sculpture.

Sometimes all I want from a man is his bone — and organs

By Roxy Sass
INTERMISSION| Did you ever suspect that Roxy Sass could get off during a visit to a science museum?