As someone who instinctively loves it when Gen X and post-Gen X viewers see their cherished childhood fetish objects re-created as things deservedly ripe for good-natured laughs at the expense of alpha bros, I had way more fun than I expected at Street Fighter.

I may have been disappointed in Other Mommy, but it's hardly an ignoble failure, and it was kind of thrilling to see several genre norms smartly upturned before the picture was a half-hour old.

In director Michael Showalter's adaptation of Colleen Hoover's Verity, the title figure is a fabulously wealthy celebrity who appears willing to go to psychotic extremes to get a little peace and quiet. Having now appeared in five films over the past six months, and with a new baby on the way, it's no wonder Anne Hathaway is so good in the role. She must relate to Verity Crawford like crazy.

On October 5, staffers at Davenport venue The Last Picture House are proud to present a special, one-night-only screening of the new documentary This Is Buzz, this exploration of the celebrated cult magazine series also featuring a Q&A session with the film's writer/director Mark Pellington, famed for Hollywood thrillers including Arlington Road with Jeff Bridges and Tim Robbins and The Mothman Prophecies with Richard Gere and Laura Linney.