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, Terrence Malick's retelling of the fourth verse of Peggy Lee's "Fever", but all we could think when we'd watch the trailer is "BORING!" Well, our disinterest has been validated yet again by our nemesis Mick LaSalle, who terms it "a masterpiece". Yeah, that tears it -- we won't be seeing that. more ›

Y'all know that the first thing on your movie plate this weekend should be the San Francisco International Film Festival -- that's pretty much all we got going on. So many great movies this weekend and beyond, do youself a favor and break out of your usual routine and hit some of these fantastic shows and events. more ›

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 in 1999 for benching his entire undefeated basketball team for poor academic performance", as the true-life story took place in the Bay Area's own Richmond. But, dude, it just doesn't look very good! So, we politely nod in Coach Carter's direction, but will be forgoing a Big Budget pick this week. more ›