Movies
Nashville
Y’all take it easy now. This isn’t Dallas, it’s Nashville! They can’t do this to us here in Nashville! Let’s show them what we’re made of. Come on everybody, sing! Somebody, sing! 0
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
Popeye
You know what I like about this movie? It is what it is. 0
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.
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!
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.
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
Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space
OTTAWA PREMIERE This startling doc examines the origins and reality of the militarization of space, and asks: will we weaponize space or keep it for peace? Must the world accept one super-power cop on the global beat? And what if it doesn’t?
Socalled Movie, The
OTTAWA PREMIERE If Woody Allen and Lil Wayne had a lovechild, it would be Josh Dolgin, a.k.a. Socalled, the Montreal-based hip-hop-klezmer-funk musician at the centre of this kaleidoscopic documentary about one mans incredible creative process. English with French subtitles | Josh Dolgin in attendance June 18!
Who Am I
This month, the Drunken Masters Dojo says, if you think Jackie Chan is too old to thrill you, think again! This action-packed spectacle (never released theatrically in North America) will renew your appreciation for the worlds greatest living entertainer.