Fuel

115 min. | Rated NR
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The heavy-handed first three-quarters of Fuel mirror other recent enviro-docs like An Inconvenient Truth--outlining director Joshua Tickell's crusade to save the planet, Fuel tells us that we have to find another way to fuel our lives. (Yeah, no duh.) Tickell's answer is biodiesel. But wait: Isn't biodiesel the stuff that's pushing out food crops on the world's finite arable land, and driving up food prices? This cannot possibly be the answer. But then Tickell redeems himself: The last quarter of the film is astounding, explaining how biodiesel from algae and from trees that can be grown in the crappiest of soils might really be the answer. Put aside your green Portlander know-it-all attitude (ahem), do yourself a favor, and go check it out. By Amy J. Ruiz

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Official Site: thefuelfilm.com
Director: Joshua Tickell
Writer: Johnny O'Hara
Cast: Richard Branson, Barbara Boxer, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Sheryl Crow, Larry David, Laurie David and Deborah Dupre