[Reel Pizza] update Sept 10 - 16

And this week's films!  I know this was included in last week's "schedule" email, but MANY people have signed up for this mailing on the website recently, so they might not have received it.  And sorry if the earlier email was oversized!
-L

Fri Sept 10 - Thurs Sept 16
SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD  (PG-13)  112min  5:30 and 8:00
The director of Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead, Edgar Wright, brings an original, inventive comic book sensibility to his entertaining adaptation of Bryan Lee O�Malley�s manga-inspired graphic novel series.  Michael Cera (Juno, Superbad) stars as Scott, the guitar-playing, slacker wannabe boyfriend of Ramona, the new punk girl in town.  However, she comes with seven former boyfriends who are all dead set on eliminating him for winning her attention; he has to vanquish each (in a videogame setting; as they fall, he gains extra lives and hits the jackpot), while also unraveling his relationship with his number one fan, and ignoring his sister (Anna Kendrick, Up In the Air) and his roommate (Keiran Culkin) who are texting about his every move.  This is a fast-paced and hilarious film that could become a cult-classic.

Fri  Sept 10 - Mon Sept 13
WINTER�S BONE  (R)  100min   6:00 and 8:15
This rich and emotionally complex story, based on Daniel Woodrell�s novel becomes a powerful, tense and naturalistic thriller in the hands of sophomore filmmaker Debra Granik (Down to the Bone).  Her young and excellent new star, Jennifer Lawrence, plays Ree, a teen-age girl taking care of her mentally ill mother and two younger siblings in a backwoods Ozark community where most are on the wrong side of the law.  Her missing crystal-meth cooking daddy put their family farm up as bond collateral and if he doesn't make his court appearance, they are all homeless.  So she sets off to find him, but most of her neighbors and kin are suspicious and reticent, and few, except maybe her scary addict uncle Teardrop (John Hawkes) will help.  This winner of two prizes at Sundance, one of the most critically acclaimed films of the year, is culturally authentic and altogether remarkable. 

Tues Sept 14 - Thurs Sept 16
EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP (R) for some language    87min   6:00 and 8:15
This raucously entertaining survey of guerilla street art turns on its head as initial director (Thierry Guetta) and subject (Banksy) swap places part way through the process.  For years antic French expatriot and LA resident Guetta has been convincing outlaw graffiti artists to let him film them as they go about their clandestine nightwork and has gathered hundreds of hours of tape.  Then he finally meets the renowned, elusive, and reclusive British artist Banksy who encourages Guetta to turn his footage into a film.  What he creates is an unwatchable mess, so Banksy takes over the film, while Guetta becomes the subject.  He reinvents himself as Mr. Brainwash, a pop-artist whose art is also talentless, yet his knack for self-promotion makes his event a rousing success.  Or maybe it is all a hoax, but either way, this film is totally outrageous and subversively funny.  Narration is by Rhys Ifans.