Get Low bills itself as "Based on a True Tall Tale" which suggests that the story is more likely folklore than factual. However, what's far more important for cinematic purposes is that what allegedly transpired in 1938 in Roane County, Tennessee be presented in a plausible and entertaining fashion up on the screen.

You know you're watching a groundbreaking documentary when it not only forces you out of your comfort zone but also manages to persuade you to reassess your point-of-view without resorting to potentially-alienating polemic.

For movies opening August 27, 2010

Growing up in an East Indian-American enclave in suburban New Jersey, pretty Palini "Linny" Shah (Pooja Kumar) had a hard time adjusting to the dysfunction created by her mother's (Madhur Jaffrey) mental illness. That was because in her community a bipolar disorder was considered a shameful affliction better left untreated and hidden under a veil of secrecy rather than openly approached with a combination of compassion and professional healthcare.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Spike Lee's new HBO documentary starts on a high note: Super Bowl Sunday 2010, when the New Orleans Saints claim victory over the Indianapolis Colts.
Saints fans, many still reeling from Hurricane Katrina's aftershocks, are deliriously happy

The legendary George Andrew Romero, best known for his "Dead" franchise, is still making monster movies some forty-plus years after making an unforgettable directorial debut with Night of the Living Dead (1968).
"Survival of the Dead" will not disappoint diehard Romero fans who know what to expect of a campy production from the B-movie maven.

As kids, my friends and I periodically engaged in debates about which of our favorite comic book superheroes was the mightiest. Could Batman beat Superman? The Expendables is the closest cinema has come to staging such a fantasy showdown, though featuring famous Hollywood icons instead of beloved comic book characters

Whenever possible, I studiously avoid reading any book upon which an upcoming movie is being based. This practice has added immeasurably to my enjoyment of screen adaptations, for it frees me to judge a film merely on its own merits instead of having to compare it to its invariably-superior source material. Thus, this positive assessment of Eat, Pray, Love comes from a critic who entered the theater blissfully-unaware of the contents of Elizabeth Gilbert's globetrotting memoir.

MUSKEGON, Mich. (AP) -- A hometown company of fledgling filmmakers isn't waiting for big-time movie producers to discover their new company MoeBoog Films, or Muskegon and the advantages film supporters believe this area offers. Muskegon-area men and women with film school backgrounds are relying on each other in taking that first step in pursuit of their "Hollywood" dreams.

Wilson Cruz and Karin Anna Cheung star in 'The People I've Slept With', a sexy comedy about 21st Century mating habits. As apt to leave you in stitches as in shock over the ever-evolving state of the human relating