The Sacramento Film & Music Festival pre-screened Paper Heart Friday evening. Paper Heart was co-written by actress Charlene Yi and Nick Jasenovec, and directed by Nick Jasenovec. The film opens with Yi holding a microphone shyly in the middle of the Las Vegas strip, asking the question, “Does anyone really love?” A love-skeptic, she embarks on a cross-country tour to gain perspective on love from couples, divorce lawyers and children at a playground. Her findings are recorded in a way that combines faux-documentary filming and traditional storytelling, only part of which is scripted. Some of the storytelling is done through sequences of puppetry reminiscent of Science of Sleep. The s

Adventureland Written and directed by Greg Mottola By Tony Sheppard Capitol Weekly “Adventureland” is a movie I almost loved but instead had to settle for really liking. Imagine a story about a man who gives up on the idea that chance will ever favor him or that he could ever be lucky again. In the end, he regains his faith in good fortune and buys a lottery ticket. That act demonstrates his change of heart. We don’t need to see whether he wins or not. James (Jesse Eisenberg – drama’s counterpart to comedy’s Micheal Cera) had planned a post-college summer exploring Europe, but his hopes are dashed when his father’s demotion results in the loss of his cash graduation gift. With no market