Movies
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Disney’s “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day”follows the exploits of 11-year-old Alexander (Ed Oxenbould) as he experiences the most terrible and horrible day of his young life-a day that begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by one calamity after another. But when Alexander tells
Why Don’t You Play In Hell?
CANADIAN PREMIERE! | STARTS DECEMBER 12 Gangsters meet cinema buffs violently in this deliriously over-the-top comedy Sion Sono’s Why Don’t You Play in Hell? delivers adrenaline, chutzpah, and fake blood by the bucket-load, continually confounding audience expectations while offering up a twisted valentine to moviemaking in general and
Theory of Everything, The
Starring Eddie Redmayne (“Les Misérables”) and Felicity Jones (“The Amazing Spider-Man 2”), this is the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde. Once a healthy, active young man, Hawking received an
Fury
April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy (Brad Pitt) commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and outgunned, and with a rookie soldier thrust into their platoon, Wardaddy and
Nightcrawler
Dan Gilroy’s thriller “Nightcrawler” is about about an amateur cameraman who parlays his eye and his nerve into a successful small business, deceiving, manipulating and exploiting everyone who stands in his way. Shot by Paul Thomas Anderson’s regular cinematographer Robert Elswit through what could be a Night Vision Rot filter, it’s a
Book of Life, The
THE BOOK OF LIFE, a vibrant fantasy-adventure, tells the legend of Manolo, a conflicted hero and dreamer who sets off on an epic quest through magical, mythical and wondrous worlds in order to rescue his one true love and defend his village. (c) Fox
Dead Snow 2: Red Vs. Dead
OTTAWA PREMIERE | STARTS DECEMBER 26 Dead Snow features a scene in which a man rappels down the side of a cliff using a zombies intestines as a climbing rope. If you like that scene, writer/director Tommy Wirkola has something to show you. His follow-up, Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead is akin to
SAW Video: Resolution 2015
Resolution 2015 Thursday February 5th 2015, Doors: 6pm / Screening: 6:30pm Mayfair Theatre, 1074 Bank Street, Ottawa Admission $5 SAW Videos members are a vital part of Ottawa/Gatineaus media arts community and the driving force of our centre. Join us at the Mayfair Theatre
Force Majeure
A critical favorite and word-of-mouth sensation at this year’s Cannes Festival, where it took the Jury Prize in Un Certain Regard, this wickedly funny and precisely observed psychodrama tells the story of a model Swedish family-handsome businessman Tomas, his willowy wife Ebba and their two blond, pre-teen children-on a
Culture High, The
The NORML Women’s Alliance of Canada is proud to present the Ottawa premiere of The Culture High at the Mayfair Theatre, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014, 6:30pm Q&A with producer Adam Scorgie to follow. The Culture High is 1 of 134 features qualified to contend for this year’s Academy Awards. The film