It's a great week here at your local video store, whether you're young or old, hairy or bald, barefoot or tastefully shod, innie or outtie, eccentric unicyclist or bow-tie wearing stamp collector, genius or illiterate, hot young vampire or monocle-wearing cyclops, earthling or alien, animal or vegetable but NO MINERALS. We don't want your business.
CRAZY HEART
Jeff Bridges and Maggie Gyllenhayjafjallokull star in this critically acclaimed, award-winning film about a rugged Townes van Zandt-type and a not so rugged li'l lady. Played at Ragtag
THE YOUNG VICTORIA
Sumptuous, elegant look at the early years of the English monarch, and her romance with Prince Albert. Also played at Ragtag
THE LOVELY BONES
Peter Jackson's adaptation of a popular novel
PRESSURE COOKER
A smash hit at T/F '09, Pressure Cooker follows a likeable group of inner city high schoolers as they aim for culinary scholarships
GLASS: A PORTRAIT OF PHILLIP IN 12 PARTS
Fine look at the modern composer, featuring compelling interviews with him and many contemporaries, and segments with him at work
THE HORSE BOY
Parents of an autistic child take hime to Outer Mongolia for some good ol' fashioned shamanistic healing. Played T/F (under the title OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY)
SUMMER HOURS
From fantastic French director Oliver Assayas comes a story of a family restructuring after a death
HOW WEED WON THE WEST
I'm going to guess it was by getting everybody really high.
LORD SAVE US FROM YOUR FOLLOWERS
Documentary about those with exuberant faith
PROM WARS
Alia Shawkat (Arrested Development) stars in this high school comedy
Have a great week everyone, unless you're a MINERAL, in which case have a crappy week.
