A few interesting flicks just traded in:

Marie Antoinette played by the bubbly Kirsten Dunst in this candy colored story of a queen bound to lose her head (as all teenagers do). Soundtrack is awesome, the visuals rock….but if you are looking for serious substance you are out of luck.

Woody Allen’s Sweet and Lowdown about jazz in the 1930’s. Great performance by Sean Penn as Emmet Ray, an eccentric guitarist who loves two very different women, a mute laundress (Samantha Morton) and an eccentric heiress (Uma Thurman).

More unconventional romances – Julie Johnson, starring Lili Taylor and Courtney Love as friends who discover they are much more to each other; Tattoo A Love Story about a straight laced schoolteacher who falls for a tattooed bad boy and loosens up; and The Cooler starring William H. Macy, Maria Bello, and Alex Baldwin. Macy plays Bernie Lootz, the unluckiest man in Las Vegas who falls for Bello’s character and changes his luck.

Gus Van Sant’s Last Days, a fictional story inspired by the last days of Kurt Cobain. Doomsday “an action packed thrill ride through the beating heart of hell! ” (That is from the back of the box. I just think the cover looks super cool.)

And two kid flicks to round out the selection; The Wild and Wallace and Gromit The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, a feature length film from that claymation genius Nick Park.