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Grand Budapest Hotel, The

What a rare pleasure it is to watch a movie and slowly realise it will soon become one of your favourites. Wes Anderson joints always threaten to wedge their way into your heart for all time, and his latest, cuckoo caper comedy The Grand Budapest Hotel, wedges with gusto. I’ve lived with Rushmore for fifteen years,

Horror Remix: Halloween

FREE with the purchase of a small drink and popcorn! Don’t be a jerk-o-lantern, get the most boo for your bucks with three (!) spook-tacular movies from 1988 carved up into their best bits like so many ripe celluloid pumpkins. Featuring HOLLOW GATE, HACK-O-LANTERN and NIGHT OF THE DEMONS, this 2 hour show, while

Under The Skin

You can feel the cold. That’s the simplest way to explain Jonathan Glazer’s success with Under the Skin, the new movie starring Scarlett Johansson as an alien force who seduces human beings, and sucks away their life force. Human skin can feel. It forms the outermost envelope of self and

Frozen Sing-A-Long

Capital Daycare Centre will be hosting Disney’s “Frozen” the singalong version on May 25th at 3pm.  Everyone is encouraged to dress in their best prince and princess costume.  There will be door prizes, face painting, and more.  All proceeds will go to support our non-profit daycare purchase equipment and supplies. $10 for tickets.  Under 2

Cabin Fever: Patient Zero

Back in 2002 Eli Roth brought horror fans a new film entitled Cabin Fever. The film did exceptionally well at the box office and many wondered if there would be a sequel. Nearly seven years passed until Ti West took on the story, directing Cabin Fever 2: Spring Break (2009). Receiving mixed

The Railway Man

The Story: Decades after the fact, a former World War II prisoner of war suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder faces up to his past. The Lowdown: The kind of adult, thoughtful and solid entertainment that is little seen these days, The Railway Man is first-rate filmmaking with terrific — and terrifically human — performances throughout.

Fire In The Blood

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Canada presents: A free screening of award-winning documentary Fire in the Blood and discussion of access to medicines in light of the most damaging trade agreement MSF has ever seen.  Join MSF Canada on Tuesday, June 17 for a free screening in Ottawa and meet the

Sagrada: The Mystery of Creation

One of the most iconic structures ever built, Barcelona’s La Sagrada Familia is a unique and fascinating architectural project conceived by Antoni Gaudi in the late 19th century. More than 125 years after construction began, the basilica still remains unfinished. Sagrada: The Mystery of Creation celebrates Gaudi’s vision and

Spring Digi60 Filmmakers’ Festival

The Spring Digi60 Filmmakers’ Festival challenges filmmakers to write and shoot a short digital film in 30 days based around a “catch”. Previous spring catches have included using a specific location, and making a short about culture in a digital world. This year’s catch ? Make a two minute film

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (Jay Stone’s Retirement Party)

Jay Stone’s Retirement Party  The longest 82 minutes since the Spanish Inquisition – Four Christmases The cinematic low point of the millennium – The Human Centipede Shockingly crass, sloppy, repetitive and thin – The Love Guru After 20 years as Ottawa’s film critic with a forte for hating things in

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