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File this under "better late than never"
Two very dedicated Ghostbusters fans – Matt Provencal and Phil Trottier – showed up at our November Ghostbusters double bill in full uniform. And after the show, they powered up their proton accelerators and got rid of an ugly little spud who’d been hanging around the North balcony since the
Fantastic Anthropomorphic Fox
‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ looks, well…fantastic. Hate to sound like a bad film critic looking to get his quote tagged onto the add campaign…but it does. A stop motion animation movie directed by cult indie visionary Wes Anderson (‘Rushmore’, ‘Royal Tenenbaums’), based on a book by Roald Dahl, starring George
Fall from Innocence
‘Stand by Me’ used to be the movie and story that Stephen King fans would point to in defense of his ability to write more than just straight horror tales. Sure, he’ll always been known most for bringing us stories of haunted cars, evil dogs, anger inducing hotel’s and
Fake trailers/real call for submissions!
FAKE TRAILERS/REAL FILM FESTIVAL! Friday June 24 at 9:30pm The Mayfair challenges you to produce and submit a fake movie trailer for a non existent film, 2 to 3 minutes in length! The trailer cannot be for a pre-existing film or for a film that the filmmaker
Fake Trailers Reel Festival round III
NEVER COMING TO A THEATRE NEAR YOU! Mayfair Theatre presents The FAKE TRAILERS/REEL FESTIVAL An evening of real trailers — for fake movies! Plus, ultra-rare trailers for real cult movies presented on 35mm! In the tradition of Robert Rodriguez’s and Quentin Tarantino’s Grindhouse, the Mayfair presents the
Fake Trailers Reel Fest 2012
The Fake Trailers Reel Festival makes its triumphant return to the Mayfair Theatre on Saturday June 30th at 10:30pm. Our second annual coming attraction themed screening will include an hour long program of new original fake trailers, followed by an hour of rarely seen
Faces Magazine 2022 Ottawa Awards nomination for the Mayfair!
The Mayfair Theatre has been nominated in the Faces Magazine 2022 Ottawa Awards, under the Events & Entertainment / Event Venue category! You can vote for the Mayfair Theatre right now (and once a day if you’d like) through January 31. https://facesmag.ca/awards/#//
EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED…HE DOES
Buckaroo Banzai is a renaissance man, a top neurosurgeon, particle physicist, race car driver, rock star and comic book hero. He and the Hong Kong Cavaliers, his super team of sidekicks / band-members, must save the world by defeating inter-dimensional aliens called Red Lectroids from Planet 10. Like a
Exiles 2 Days only!
The Exiles out of exile Hailed as a `masterpiece of indie cinema’ The Exiles is finally released into theatres. By Jay Stone, Canwest News ServiceFebruary 23, 2009 The exiles in The Exiles are a group of American Indians who have left their reserves in the Southwestern United States
Ernest Borgnine (1917-2012)
Oscar winning actor Ernest Borgnine passed away today at the age of 95. The Mayfair salutes one of cinema’s warmest and most likable character actors, who had over 200 film and TV credits to his name. He even shot a film here in Ottawa back in 2000 called