The only reason we haven't been out to see Batman Begins (besides the fact that Katie Holmes is really starting to freak us out) is because we hate big, rowdy crowds. Any recommendations on where we can see this movie without ringing cell phones, encouragement shouted from the crowd, and with decent sound and projection? If so, please please share with us in the comments. In any case, Londonist Mike has our backs with......

SFist tells you what to go see in the theaters this weekend. Trust us....

This has been a long week for SFist, and we're in the mood for some mindless escapism, something where hilarity ensues. No, not Guess Who, the horrifying-looking reimagining of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, with Ashton Kutcher in the Sidney Poitier role, as if you haven't seen the relentless advertising. Needless to say, LaSalle loved it, so y'all know to run away. But you know what we are kind of into? D.E.B.S. Check out......

SFist admits that we already have plans to see Constantine, which we hear is crap but the opportunity to see friends we haven't seen in ages, plus a pan from LaSalle makes us psyched to see it. That we're actually leaving the house, cats, and dog to see this movie in an actual theater in enough to make this film our Big Budget Pick of the Week, and we'll see you at one of......

At first we were stunned by the fact that Mick LaSalle got something right, because he gives a glowing review to our Big Budget pick of the week, Assault on Precinct 13. Then, we read on: "Assault on Precinct 13" has the feel, the look and the energy of a really strong crime thriller from the 1970s. This is easy to say, as it's a remake of a 1976 John Carpenter film of the same......

SFist is a big a sucker for inspirational sports movies as anybody. Heck, we come from the land that inspired Hoosiers, so we're quite well-versed in the cinematic genre of the coach who changed his players' lives forever. And we want to give props to Coach Carter, according to Yahoo the "inspired by true-life story of controversial high-school basketball coach Ken Carter, who received both high praise and staunch criticism when he made national news......

SFist always feels vindicated when our nemesis, the Chron's Mick LaSalle, disses a movie we're interested in. As we might have mentioned before, he is our Bizarro-self when it comes to films, as everything he feels we feel in exactly the opposite. This week's tiny triumph of the SFist spirit (and our Big Budget Pick of the Week)is his dislike of Closer, which we have been (uncharacteristically, since there aren't any car chases, zombies, or......

Maybe SFist is just in a crappy mood (which we will attempt to cure by adopting a dog and getting her a t-shirt, but enough about us), but we're underwhelmed by this weekend's selection of mainstream movies opening in the Bay Area. We're going with the benefit-of-the-doubt thing and hope that all the cool stuff is being saved up for next Wednesday, when all of us wil either be with our families and eager for......