Movies
Greenberg
“What Ben Stiller does with the role is fascinating. We can’t stand Greenberg. But we care about him. Without ever overtly evoking sympathy, Stiller inspires identification. You don’t have to like the hero, but you have to understand him–better than he does himself, in some cases.” (Roger Ebert)
Firewalker
Chuck Norris has-and is-a lot of fun as Indiana Jones surrogate Max Donigan, who, alongside Louis Gossett, Jr, is on a hunt for gold in this very entertaining slice of American cheese. 1986 was a great year for genre filmmaking; Firewalker is one of the year’s standouts!
SAW Video presents world premiere of PUBLIC DOMAIN
This is the premiere screening of SAW Videos national media art commissioning project, Public Domain, which brings seven artists from across Canada to Ottawa to create contemporary video works drawn from the traces of the past. Launched in June 2009, Public Domain is the first commissioning project of this scope
Day of the Dead
Romero proves its actually darker after the dawn in this, the third in the of the Dead series, which finds the last remnants of humanity hunkered in a bunker, becoming ever more ghoulish, as the ghouls around them become more human. Zombifyingly rare 35 mm print! 0
City Island
Truth is stranger than family. The Rizzo are a secretive family, but when patriarch Vince (Andy Garcia) brings home a young ex-con, its only a matter of time until all those secrets are revealed. Also featuring Julianna Margulies, Alan Arkin and Emily Mortimer.
Lifeforce
Lifeforce – 40th Anniversary / Director’s Cut screenings on January 27, 29! Advance tickets now available for Lifeforce! A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, beginning an apocalyptic descent into chaos. Sitges – Catalonian International Film Festival: Best Special Effects award winner! Academy
Sex and the City: The Movie
RELAY FOR LIFE BENEFIT Plan a ladies night out, because all proceeds from this special screening benefit the Keystone Groups Relay for Life team in support of the Canadian Cancer Society. All tickets $10. (Not bad for 145 minutes of Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda.)
Serenity + Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
CANT STOP THE SERENITY | DOOR PRIZES If theres a more entertaining space-western-based-on-a-prematurely-cancelled-television-series in the verse, I aint yet clapped eyes pon it. Action packed, unpredictable and totally gorram quotable watch how it soars. JUST ADDED: Special screening of the Emmy Award-winning Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog starring Neil Patrick
Secret In Their Eyes, The
OSCAR WINNER BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM When a retired criminal-court investigator revisits the decades-old unsolved rape and murder of a young bride, he comes face to face with his own past, discovers a new sense of purpose in the present and may not live to see tomorrow. A
Heavy Metal
Heavy Metal – 40th Anniversary screenings of the partially produced in Ottawa classic on July 16th, 18th, 19th, and 20th! Advance tickets for Heavy Metal now available via events.com! A glowing green orb – which embodies ultimate evil – terrorizes a young girl with an anthology of bizarre and