Movies This Week: Madea and Anna Wintour Might Get Loud

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It Might Get Loud

Are you having one of those longer than the number of working day weeks?  Me, too.  Never fear, there are lots of movie options for you. 

New Releases

9  -- As I said in my review, personally, I much prefer the short. This stitch-punk animated film may be your cuppa, but I don't like that much filler in my movies.   

It Might Get Loud -- All you guitar heroes, if you love the sound of an electric guitar, this is a must-see documentary, with Jimmy Page, The Edge and that upstart Jack White (pictured above). Directed by Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth, Gracie). Look for a full review later today.

Lorna's Silence -- Awarded Best Screenplay at Cannes 2008, it's another short story in a feature length, only Lorna's Silence needs time to draw the point out.  Not for the ADD crowd.  The performances are good, but a major plot twist is so contrived it dimished the slow build to the conclusion. Look for a full review on Saturday.

Sorority Row -- Sorority slasher flick. You know what you're getting into, don't you?

September Issue -- If you're addicted to Ugly Betty or adored The Devil Wears Prada, then this documentary about creating Vogue's 2008 September issue is for you.  If not, you'll easily be bored with editor-in-chief Anna Wintour's transparent efforts to control her image.  Even the hinted-at battles between Wintour and Grace Coddington, the chief stylist, feel like window dressing.

Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself -- It's Tyler Perry as Madea, and who knows how many other characters, disciplining rowdy teens.  *Yawn* [Jette will be reviewing the movie this weekend for Cinematical, all by herself. Pray for her.]

Whiteout -- Thriller in a remote research station in Alaska. A body is discovered just before it shuts down for the winter, by the director who brought you Kalifornia, Gone In 60 Seconds, and Swordfish.

Picks of the week

Jenn: Free Saturday Morning Cartoons at South Lamar, as part of aGLIFF. This animated shorts program is free for LGBT and ally kids ... and the adults who accompany them. No festival badge is needed so show up early if you want to attend. No confirmation yet, but there may be a chance for cereal.

Debbie:  With the major announcement this week of SCARE for a CURE haunt moving to Richard Garriott's new uncompleted Britannia Manor, I'm looking forward to the benefit screening of the SyFy Channel's Original Movie Lightning Strikes at La Zona Rosa on Saturday, Sept. 12. I'm a sucker for SyFy Channel's movies, but it's the first time that I've known one of the stars. No, I wish I knew Kevin Sorbo, but our own APD detective Jarrett Crippen has a role in this film. He claims he did all his stunts, but what I want to know is, what was it like working with Hercules?

Jette: Please go see this week's Music Monday selection at Alamo Ritz: Of All the Things. This is a sweet, funny and sharp documentary about 1970s songwriter Dennis Lambert, who released one solo album of his own that has ended up being immensely popular in the Philippines. A few years ago, although he had settled down to life as a Florida real-estate agent, Lambert decided to tour the Philippines with the music from that solo album. The doc was directed by Jody Lambert, the musician's son, and played SXSW in 2008. Admission is a mere $2.

Remember, you can use the Slackerwood Event Calendar to find film-related events any day of the week.