Movies This Week: Help The Devil's Final Future

Let's see. We've got one movie about young men preparing for a post-apocalyptic future, one about a couple's last hurrah before they adopt a new family member, one about a man forced to pose as a body double, one about a man forced to rob a bank, one about Mississippi women in the 1960s, and one about the benefits of Auto-Tune.

We've also got lots of special screenings in Austin. Alamo Drafthouse on South Lamar will show Fantastic Fest 2010 selection Cold Fish late-night Monday through Thursday. Kyle Newman will be in town for a screening of his film Fanboys, written by Austinite Ernie Cline, on Thursday night at Blue Starlite Drive-In. And Weird Wednesday at Alamo Ritz has an especially good selection this week: The Outfit, an excellent film from 1973, adapted from a Donald Westlake novel and starring Robert Duvall and Joe Don Baker. (I'm already going to be down there to see Slacker ... I should just stick around, now that Weird Wednesday has moved to 10 pm.)

Movies We've Seen:

• Bellflower --Don calls this SXSW 2011 selection "flawed but intriguing" in his review. He also refers to Evan Glodell's movie as "a cross between Max Max and a typical dating-is-hell indie film" -- like me, he favors the visuals and the cars but not the characterizations and acting. Even though I was divided on this movie, it's a great weekend choice. (Alamo South Lamar)
• The Devil's Double -- Dominic Cooper "gives the performance of a lifetime," Mike says in his review, with a dual role as Uday Hussein and his stand-in Latif. (Arbor)
• The Help -- Despite the 2.5-hour running time, Elizabeth says in her review that this movie about Mississippi women and race relations in the 1960s is one of the best she's seen all year. By all accounts I've read, it's worth seeing for Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer alone. (wide)
• 30 Minutes or Less -- Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer and star Jesse Eisenberg team up again, this time in an action comedy about a pizza delivery guy forced to rob a bank. Look for Mike's review this weekend. Hint: He was not particularly impressed. (wide)

Other Movies Opening in Austin:

• Final Destination 5 -- Once again, we learn that You Can't Cheat Death, and if you survive a bridge collapsing or whatever it is this time, you could end up dying in a much more cinematically interesting way. And yes, it's in 3D. (wide)
• The Future (pictured above) -- Miranda July's latest film returns to Austin after screening at SXSW this year. Of all this week's new movies, this is the one I really want to see, hopefully soon. (Arbor, Violet Crown)
• Glee: The 3D Concert Movie -- The title says it all, really. I've heard there's a shocking lack of Jane Lynch. (wide)