Check It. Youth in Revolt on DVD.

Yes, we told you about Youth in Revolt back in January, and even about the band the Fruit Bats who are featured on the soundtrack. If you didn't listen then (or just didn't want to invest theater money), please at least rent this now.

It's available on DVD tomorrow, and I highly recommend it for some laughs. If you did see it in the theater, it's just as good the second time 'round. (I got my hands on an early copy over the weekend.) Michael Cera is at his best in two roles, Nick Twisp and Francois Dillinger. His newcomer co-star Portia Doubleday holds her own on the big screen among a cast of stars including Justin Long, Steve Buscemi, Ray Liotta, and Zach Galifianakis (who is hilarious as Nick Twisp's mother's deadbeat boyfriend).

-- Leslie Anne Wiggins

Photo credit: filmofilia

Check It. Fruit Bats.

When you see Youth in Revolt, you'll undoubtedly notice the song "When U Love Somebody". Let me save you the trouble of googling the lyrics to figure out who it's by (or staying till the end of the credits and squinting at the song titles) -- Fruit Bats. The song is from their 2003 album, Mouthfuls.

Cut to: 2010. With a new album, The Ruminant Band, released in August of 2009, they're on tour. Check them out on January 28 at EchoPlex.

-- Leslie Anne Wiggins

Photo credit: band's MySpace

Advance Notice. Youth in Revolt.

Somehow, through his various roles as the lovable George Michael (Arrested Development) to the kind-of-ass Michael Cera (Paper Heart), Michael Cera has become that actor people love to love or love to hate. He's always playing the same sort of character, but it's one that you can't help but like, and goshdarnit if Cera isn't just a cute, bumbling Canadian.

But this next movie may be a test of Cera's staying power. In Youth in Revolt, Cera not only plays Nick Twisp--a by-the-book coming-of-age Cera character--but also Francois, Twisp's cooler, more confident alter ego. Can Cera defy us all and become someone actually different?

See for yourself at a sneak preview screening of the film at the Hammer Museum this Thursday. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Miguel Arteta and Cera himself. If that feels like it'll be too much Cera for you (unbelievable!), you can always check out the film when it's released on Friday.

**BONUS TRACK: Perhaps we have underestimated Mr. Cera...-- Chau Tu

Photo credit: Hammer Museum, digg.com