At The Movies: Indie Picks This Weekend

Remember last week when we said that awards season movies were going to start flooding the marketplace and to see movies as quickly as possible? Well, there's one huge example of that this week, but the other lesson to be learned is that the biggest Hollywood pictures are making it rough for smaller films to hit town for the next two weeks.

With the latest Harry Potter film opening today along with next Wednesday's releases of Burlesque and Tangled, there's not a lot of screens to spare. Hell, even the Drafthouse has their OWN release, Four Lions, down to one showing a day at South Lamar by the time Wednesday rolls around.

127 Hours is the only limited release film opening for the next two weeks, but it's worth noting for those of you south of town that Fair Game expands to Tinseltown 17 today and financial documentary Inside Job is at the Regal Metropolitan 14. Otherwise, the box office is pretty squarely in Mr. Potter's corner.

127 Hours (Alamo South Lamar, Regal Arbor)
Danny Boyle's career has been fascinating to watch because all of his films have been so different. From Trainspotting to the family film Millions to his Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire, his creative and visually inventive style has brought a wildly varied group of stories to the big screen.