SFist regrets not following up on our coverage of the Castro Theater controversy sooner, but we really wanted to get the perspectives of the involved parties. more ›

If you've ever read this feature before, it will be no surprise to you that our big budget pick of the week is The Grudge. Our love for Buffy is well documented, as is our fondness for crappy movies (see: every Movies This Weekend post ever). We feel like this is going to be chock full of both (SMG and crap), plus that shot with the scary fingers or whatever coming out of SMG's head! Sure, we loved Ju-On(the Japanese original) as much as the next guy, but sometimes a remake can be as good or better than the original. Let's all hope this movie is more The Ring and less Nightwatch. We'll also recommend that instead of seeing it at our Bay Area metroplexes, you make the trek out to the Richmond to the beautiful Coronet theater, which has the power to make even a bad movie seem better. more ›

There are so many reasons why Team America: World Police is our big budget pick of the week. Let us count the ways: 1)Dude, puppets. Who f**k. Yeah. 2)That pompous ass Sean Penn is lampooned in the film. We already thought his performance in Mystic River approached brilliant self-parody, but this takes the extra step into genius. Finally, there's 3) Our sworn Nemesis Mick LaSalle who gives it an empty chair. Given that our (and we know we're not alone) long-standing motto is to believe exactly the opposite of whatever LaSalle writes, TAWP must be the greatest movie of all time. Did we mention the f**cking puppets? Anyway, you can catch it at any of our local metroplexes. more ›