Screening tonight at Silverdocs is Best Worst Movie, Michael Paul Stephenson's look at the B movie to end all B movies, Troll 2.

Stephenson starred in Troll 2 as Joshua, a boy whose dead grandfather would appear to him to warn of vegetarian goblins -- not trolls -- that were out to get his family. Naturally, Joshua's folks don't believe him and pack the clan up for a nice vacation in the farming village of Nilbog. But that's...goblin spelled backward! Cheesy pseudo-terror ensues.

Troll 2 is so entertainingly bad that it's reached cult status, its devotees hosting annual parties during which they dress up, serve green food, and, of course, show the film, which most of them probably know by heart. (The big line? "You can't piss on hospitality!" a gem yelled by Joshua's dad after the boy pees on a feast left by the goblins to prevent his family from eating it.) Read More "Q&A With Best Worst Movie Director Michael Paul Stephenson" »

Haven't been to Silverdocs yet? Haven't even made plans? What are you waiting for?!? Check out our complete coverage for details on the rest of the fest.

Here are some highlights from today's slate:

Racing Dreams, Marshall Curry's look at tween go-kart racers who have their eyes on professional racing careers. According to our critic Matt Siblo, the three main protagonists have a "universal appeal extend far beyond the confines of the track." 3:30 p.m. Read More "Today at Silverdocs: No Impact Man, Racing Dreams, Splitting Hairs…and a Mustache Contest!" »

Lots, lots more. Today's the first full day of the fest; here's a smattering of what's being screened from noon 'til midnight. For the entire schedule and ticket information, go to Silverdocs.com.

Albert Maysles Shorts Program, Part I, a 68-minute collection of five short films from this year's Guggenheim Symposium honoree. 12:15 p.m.

Another Planet, a doc on child laborers that Aaron Leitko calls "powerful viewing." 12:30 p.m. Read More "Today at Silverdocs: Facing Ali, Afghan Star, Off and Running, and More" »

The AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival kicks off big tonight at 7 p.m., with fest opener More Than a Game playing in all three houses at AFI Silver.

The film follows LeBron James and four other Akron, Ohio basketball players in their teen years, their talent and perseverance taking them from inner-city courts to championships and fame.

James will be in attendance along with former teammates Sian Cotton, Willie McGee, Little Dru Joyce III, Romeo Travis, and their coach, Dru Joyce II. A post-screening discussion with them and the doc's director, Kristopher Belman, will follow.

More good stuff slated for the rest of the week; check out our full Silverdocs coverage and clear your calenders.

With a slate of iffy new releases -- and Silverdocs kicking off Monday -- you might want to save your ass for an AFI Silver marathon and catch the few glimpses of sun promised this weekend.

But if you simply must go to the movies, here are your fresh choices:

Away We Go: Both the story's heart and John Krasinski's face are buried beneath indie quirkery in Sam Mendes' follow-up to Revolutionary Road.
Read More "Film Openings This Week: Away We Go, Taking of Pelham 123, Michael Keaton, Eddie Murphy, and Sparrows" »

...but wait, there's more! Hit links for reviews.

Easy Virtue: An adaptation of a Noel Coward play that stars Jessica Biel as a family-dividing American bride of a young British gent. It seems I've been living in Bizarro World, since I loved this yet pretty much hated

The Hangover, a Todd Phillips comedy about three very dudely dudes who lose their fourth dude while celebrating his last days of bachelorhood in Vegas.

Land of the Lost: Will Ferrell and Danny McBride's slightly risque adaptation of the '70s kids cheesefest. I thought it was pretty funny; see above.

Adoration: Atom Egoyan's drama about a high-school student who invents a family story and becomes a viral superstar.

Enlighten Up!: Director and yoga devotee Kate Churchill tries to make a journalist downward-dog his way to spiritual nirvana.

My Life in Ruins: Nia Vardalos' big fat Greek bomb.

Nick de Semlyen of London-based Empire magazine does a bit of self-analysis regarding the one-sheets that decorate his walls.

Because I just moved into my house a couple of years ago (OK, I'm obviously lazy) I've only got two in my office: Sin City, the one with Benicio del Toro wielding a gun and looking as cool as humanly possible, and Batman Begins, the version with the Batman in silhouette, hanging his head like a kid who just got his iPod taken away.

I'd rather not dig too deeply about how these reflect my psyche. Let's just say I like the films and I like how their posters look, so throwing them on my walls was win-win.

Anyone else still decorate their living quarters like a college student?

Pixar vet Pete Docter has made you laugh with his directorial debut, Monsters, Inc. And now -- well, he's going to make you laugh again with Up, a rather odd-sounding story about the friendship that develops between a 78-year-old widower named Carl (Ed Asner) and an 8-year-old boy named Russell (Jordan Nagai) when the kid becomes an unintentional stowaway in Carl's balloon-propelled home.

But Docter wouldn't mind if you also cried a bit, too. Carl's decision to take to the air is inspired by his recently deceased wife and a long-planned trip they never got to take. He repeatedly talks to her throughout the film; we see her hanging portrait and watch him thumb through their book of memories.

And in Up's introduction, there's an exquisite, silent montage of the couple's years together that shows an implied miscarriage and Ellie's illness and death. Bring tissues. Or possibly an entire box of Kleenex. Interview after the jump. Read More "Q&A With Up Director Pete Docter" »

Or just go to the art houses and avoid that conundrum altogether. Follow the links for reviews:

Up: Can't imagine what an animated movie about an old geezer, a boy scout, and a floating house could possibly offer? It's Pixar, so plenty.

Drag Me to Hell: Sam Raimi's return to horror is at an astonishing 94 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Evil Dead fans rejoice; anyone else remotely interested in the genre should get to a theater and get spooked old-school, pronto.

Moscow, Belgium: This Belgian romantic dramedy about a separated mother and her fling with a much younger anti-stud is more comic than depressing, though not a bit like Hollywood romcoms. For most of you, that will register as a good thing.

Revanche: A Ukrainian prostitute, an ex-con, and a police officer -- it may sound like the setup of a joke, but they're actually the main characters of this Austrian drama that goes a bit deeper than you might expect from any film that includes a brothel and a bank robbery gone awry.

Little Ashes: Edward Cullen...er, Robert Pattinson stars in this Salvador Dali biopic. Reportedly, Pattinson doesn't suck in his Twilight follow-up, but the film sure does.

Did you know there is 14-acre community garden in South Central Los Angeles? Well, there's not any more -- now it's a bulldozed, unused patch of land.

But from 1994 to 2006, the South Central Farm was a thriving, verdant paradise to the predominantly Mexican and Latino residents who tended to it. Then the property's long-absent owner, Ralph Horowitz, decided he once again wanted control of the land, minus the crops.

The battle that ensued got ugly, involving backhanded political deals, name-calling, and, of course, greed -- and Scott Hamilton Kennedy was there to document it all in The Garden, which opens today.

Below, the director of the Academy Award-nominated documentary talks about the making of the film, the politics involved, and what's next on his plate.

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The story "New Moon Gets Trashed" isn't at ALL what it sounds like: Yahoo News.

The Embassy of Brazil's second annual Reel Time Brazil - Documentary Film Week isn't exactly a week: It runs May 15 - May 17. The good news is that all five features that will be presented this year are free.

Here's the lineup, with the embassy's descriptions:

--Palavra (En)cantada (The Enchanted Word), a documentary that weaves together performances and interviews with singers, songwriters and poets to reflect the interplay between these art forms. Winner of the Best Documentary award at the 2008 Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival;

--Pan-Cinema Permanente, the winner of the 2008 "It's All True" Documentary Film Festival award, about the late poet Waly Salamao;

--Panair do Brasil, a film that revives the incredible story of the most important Brazilian commercial aviation company, whose history is intimately linked with Brazil's economic development and progress;

--So Dez Por Cento e Mentira (Only Ten Percent is a Lie), a film that paints a revealing portrait of Manoel de Barros, one of Brazil's best-selling poets and winner of several literary awards; and

--Simonal: Ninguem Sabe O Duro que Dei (Simonal - No One Knows How Tough It Was), a film that provides answers to long-standing questions of the sudden disappearance of Wilson Simonal, one of the most successful popular singers in Brazil.

Find out more about the festival's locations and schedule at Brazilian Embassy.

Or for at least the first two weeks. The new Avalon Theatre Cafe -- a space formerly occupied by Ben & Jerry's -- will be serving the following wacky treats:

--ice cream in Andorian Ale and Vulcan Mocha flavors
--Rokeg Blood Pie
--Komar cookies
--Klingon Bloodwine
--Vulcan Raktajino
--Klingon Gagh
--Vulcan Plomeek Soup

Of course, recipes weren't followed to a T: The gagh, for instance, does not actually contain serpent worms as called for. It's just noodle salad. But all you role-players out there are free to pretend.

Looks like rain. What a surprise! Luckily there are plenty of fresh options should you want to run from the office to the shelter of a movie theater. Hit the links for reviews.

--Star Trek: Duh.

--The Limits of Control: Jim Jarmusch goes Dada again, this time dragging Tilda Swinton, Gael García Bernal, John Hurt, and Bill Murray along for the ponderous ride.

--Next Day Air: This "comedy" is approximately as offensive as Star Trek is impressive. Scrubs' Donald Faison and Mos Def allegedly star, but the film spends more time trying to force laughs out of decidedly less charming thugs who admit they'd rob their own family members or kill their best friend over a brick of coke. Wants to be an urban Pineapple Express; epic fail.
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Ramin Bahrani, director and co-writer of the drama Goodbye Solo, will be appearing for Q&As after the 7:30 p.m. and 9:40 p.m. showings at Landmark E Street this Friday and Saturday.

Winner of the Venice Film Festival's FIPRESCI International Critics Prize, Goodbye Solo "deftly explores the passing of a generation as well as the rapidly changing face of America." Souleymane Sy Savane and Red West star; the film opens tomorrow.

Go to Landmark E Street for more information and tickets.