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LOVELACE Starring Amanda Seyfried, Peter Sarsgaard Directed by Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman It seems that you can remove filmmakers from the realms of documentary but you cant ask them to stop using talking heads to get the heart of their subjects.

ELYSIUM Starring Matt Damon, Jodie Foster Directed by Neill Blomkamp Now that Neill Blomkamp has two features to his credit, his filmmaking traits and tendencies can be fairly assessed.

Creativity rarely follows a straight line. Its not always good at following directions, either. Instead, it likes to wander, curious about what comes next. Eric Dicksteins creativity is a case in point.

As any good girl will tell you, sometimes it's fun to be bad.

Presented by Ensemble Theatre Company (ETC), this is a brainy play about brainy people and it crackles with nastiness and intrigue. If you don't know how your TV works, you won't know much more when the curtain falls on The Farnsworth Invention.

On a particularly unspectacular stretch of East Hastings between Boundary and Kootenay there are nine bridal and wedding-related businesses, explaining the blocks nickname "Bridal Row.

The Wolverine Starring Hugh Jackman, Tao Okamoto Directed by James Mangold Hugh Jackman is back as the Wolverine and, although the actors in the best shape of his life, his latest big screen adventure succumbs to some excessive padding.

BLUE JASMINE Starring Cate Blanchett, Sally Hawkins, Alec Baldwin Directed by Woody Allen With 2011s Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen confirmed that he could still spin an enchanting, whimsical tale capped with a charming epiphany.

FRUITVALE STATION Starring Michael B.

Sorry State screens at Powell Street Festival