Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle columnist and film critic, will give his annual “Oscar Talk” Feb. 26 at the Blue Note ...

Take a look back at movies that explore worlds in which viruses and diseases (or related metaphors) run rampant.

Daisy Ridley, left, and Matthew Tuck star in the action film “Cleaner.” ...

Even Cary Grant couldn't turn this one around, but to be fair, it was hardly his fault. Luckily, it didn't hamper his prospects as a star.