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“Katy Perry: Part of Me” Directed by Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz I had mixed feelings and fairly low expectations going into “Katy Perry: Part of Me.” It’s fair to say I’m not her target demographic and although I know most of her songs, I have a tendency to identify several of them with “Glee” rather than with Katy Perry. I had also seen her in a recent interview in which she sounded a little ditzy and came across seeming like a better musical guest than an interviewee. That said, I actually enjoyed the movie, albeit still with mixed feelings overall. For starters, there are enough relatively complete performances for this to feel like a concert movie as much as a documentary. And it’s f
The highlight for the next two weekends in Sacramento’s film scene is the Sacramento French Film Festival at the Crest Theatre – always an excellent experience. For more details visit www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org or read the separate profile here: LINK. It’s also a week for multiple interesting and diverse film openings: Probably the highest profile and glitziest of the new films is “Rock of Ages,” a film adaptation of the stage musical of the same name. It’s a fun story about a small town girl from Oklahoma who arrives in Hollywood with $17 to her name and who almost immediately, in the manner seemingly only possible in musicals, gets robbed and then finds work at the Bourbon –