This adaptation of the bestselling novel about an aspiring journalist (Emma Stone) who tells the tales of black maids in Jim Crow-era Mississippi could easily have been a disastrous exercise in cultural appropriation. But instead, its a deeply touching human story filled with humor and heartbreak The Help is an
A self-help seminar inspires a sixty-something woman to romantically pursue her younger co-worker.
Ottawa Premiere on Friday March 10th! A young junior hockey player’s life is shattered by an in-game act of violence. In an instant his life is abruptly turned upside down; torn from the fraternity of the team and the coinciding position of prominence, he is cast as a pariah and
In HELL OR HIGH WATER, two brothers, Toby (Chris Pine) and Tanner (Ben Foster), go on a calculated bank robbery spree that puts them on a collision course with a West Texas Ranger (Academy Award©-winner Jeff Bridges) determined to take them down.
PRESENTED IN GLORIOUS 35MM! No one does zombies like the Italians, and this ultra-gory genre mashup is a prime example of them delivering the ghoulish goods. The story? An elaborate plan to end overpopulation results in, well, flesh eaters having the population for dinner.
OTTAWA PREMIERE | MAY MAYHEM | BENEFIT FOR JAPANESE RECOVERY The director of Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl and Tokyo Gore Police isnt done yet! This time, hes back with his biggest film yet: the epic tale of the thin line that prevents a post-zombie-apocalypse Japan from being overrun by
‘Hell’ is the name of the hero of the story. He’s a prisoner of the women who now run the USA after a nuclear/biological war. Results of the war are that mutants have evolved, and the human race is in danger of extinction due to infertility. Hell is given the
Prolific Ottawa filmmaker Brett Kelly is back and this time, hes wearing cowboy boots! In this love letter to the Italian westerns of the 60s and 70s, two men, bound together and left for dead in the middle of the desert, must fight for survival and their chance
WINNER – BEST CENTRAL AMERICAN DOCUMENTARY –Mittelamerikanisches Filmfestival 2018 Love, doubt, disillusionment and a changing Nicaragua Gloria’s parents are revolutionary Sandinistas, fighting to liberate Nicaragua from decades under dictatorship. In 1979, they are finally successful, plunging the nation into civil war. Living life on the front line, the greater good
Director Mitchell (Rabbit Hole) dragged himself onscreen to star in his first feature, an anatomically incorrect rock odyssey that is irrepressible, weaving consistently infectious and memorable songs through an operatic tale that’s by turns playful, witty, and disarmingly emotional. (A.V. Club) Probably the best modern musical you will ever see.