I must admit, SIFF has worn me out. I haven’t even been the most conscientious viewer this year—for a time I was mustering around one movie per day—but I must be hovering around .8 movies a day now. Even having seen about forty movies before the festival began, I’m not going to finish anywhere near 100. The shame!

But we’re coming into the home stretch, and this weekend is packed with great stuff. Onward, ho!

I saw Beowulf & Grendel last week, which I liked a little more than Lindy West, but not a ton. (My historical epic-lovin’ boyfriend, however, dug it.) My biggest gripe is the very Clan of the Cave Bear-esque troll rape digression—what the hell was up with that? The movie begins its US theatrical run in Seattle at the Varsity tomorrow (7 and 9:30 pm), and the publicist is promising “VIKINGS & WENCHES TO DESCEND ON SEATTLE PREMIERE.” Apparently,

There’ll be Vikings in the streets, and in the seats, complete with broadswords, axes, and fierce visages.  And then there are the G.A.L.S., which stands for Gerry Addicted Lust Syndrome, an international fan club made up of adoring women who just can’t get enough of the hunky actor who stars as Beowulf, Gerard Butler. Now, while that may sound typical, these gals take their mission one step further—all the way to the box office! G.A.L.S. have been flying and driving from all over the country to be in Seattle on July 16th to flood the theatres in support of Mr. Butler’s latest film. Their efforts raked in over a half-million in sales so far for this independent film when it screened in Canada. Now on the heels of their recent 3 day convention in Las Vegas, the GALS are gearing up for film’s upcoming American release this summer.

Who Killed the Electric Car? is a strong addition to the agitdoc ranks, although it would have been nice to have a few more subjects as captivating as the elderly inventor of a industry-suppressed car battery. There are too many speculative interviews and too little inside scoop. But my parents liked it, and it does the job.

New stuff: The screening at 4:30 pm at the Egyptian is In Bed. There was another screening of Frostbite today, but you missed it already. (Sorry!) And on Sunday, there will be an encore screening of one of the movies that’s won the Gold Space Needle audience award or one of the juried prizes. That’s at 6:30 at Broadway Performance Hall.

Tonight, the computer-animated kid-eating house movie, Monster House, plays at the Egyptian at 7 pm. (It’ll open locally at the end of the month.) The excellent, locally produced doc Walking to Werner plays at the Neptune at 6:30 pm. And then there’s the Face the Music Rock Party at Neumo’s—the lineup includes our very own Sean Nelson, plus Razrez, Awesome, and more.