Movies
Shark is Still Working, The
OTTAWA PREMIERE There’s an old Hollywood adage: the more fun a movie was to make, the worse it will be. Keep that in mind while watching this doc about the endless stress and hardship that was the making of Jaws. (See it with Jaws June 5!)
At Home by Myself with You
OTTAWA PREMIERE Romy hasnt left her apartment in six years. Why? Because shes afraid. Of storms. Boxes. Kissing. And lobsters. So when a handsome new neighbour disrupts her life, its a classic story of girl-meets-boy-girl-falls-for-boy-girl-cant-leave-her-apartment. Or can she?
Thank You Girls, The
OTTAWA PREMIERE A group of drag queens and their entourage journeys from one small-town beauty pageant to the next in this glam-tastic outing thats being called the next Priscilla, Queen of the Desert! In Visayan and Tagalog with English subtitles $12 | Advance tickets at eventbrite.com | Producer James
Ashes of American Flags: Wilco Live
OTTAWA PREMIERE | Sponsored by Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival and CKCU In this award-winning doc, which follows Wilcos 2008 tour, the performances are the focus, and as anyone whos seen Wilco recently knows, theyve never been hotter. (Rolling Stone) So, great film? Roger. Prizes? Roger
Popeye
You know what I like about this movie? It is what it is. 0
Secret of Kells, The
OTTAWA PREMIERE OSCAR NOMINEE BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Young Brendan lives an isolated life in the Abbey of Kells until a man arrives with an ancient book, brimming with mysterious power, that leads him on a dangerous quest into an enchanted forest. With its jewel-bright colors and intricate use
Shock Waves
1977: Peter Cushing appears in Star Wars and what we consider the greatest non-Romero American zombie film ever. When shipwrecked yacht-mates wash up on an island run by a former SS commander, they predictably end up food for Nazi zombies.
1941
Charlton Heston and John Wayne begged Spielberg not to make this unpatriotic WWII comedy. Although it was trashed by American critics, this star-studded romp was highly regarded outside the US, and is highly recommend by us!
Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, The
GEEK NIGHT Buckaroo Banzai: physicist. Neurosurgeon. Samurai. Rock star. Comic-book hero. Leader of the Hong Kong Cavaliers. Driver of the dimension-hopping Jet Car. And the worlds only hope against the evil Red Lectroids of Planet 10. If you haven’t seen this, it’s the coolest thing you’ve never seen.
PROGRAM CHANGE: Peacock King
Our screening of A Kid From Tibet has been unavoidably delayed. In its place, the Drunken Masters Dojo presents Yuen Biao in a kung fu fantasy directed by the man responsible for The Story of Ricky. (Remember that film? Or are you still trying to forget?) Biao plays a Tibetan monk