Movies
Journey To The West
One rule of comedy is to make it big. Instead of a single pie to the face, try a fusillade and a slippery shoving match. Rather than a couple of anchormen trading insults, why not a street fight? And when it comes to a battle royal, you
Tim’s Vermeer
Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, (Video Toaster, LightWave, TriCaster) attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did 17th century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer (“Girl with a Pearl Earring”) manage to paint so photo-realistically – 150 years before the invention of photography? The epic research
Special I.D.
OTTAWA PREMIERE Martial arts master Donnie Yen (Ip Man) is a special undercover agent who is dangerously close to being revealed to the crime syndicate he is investigating. “Insanely dangerous stunts? Check. Obnoxious evil baddie? Check. Intricately choreographed fight sequences that are the film’s raison d’être? Check, check, check. ”
C.R.A.Z.Y.
A middle-class teenage misfit living in ’70s era Montreal dreams of abandoning his familiar hometown surroundings to seek a brighter future in director Jean-Marc Vallée’s character-driven drama. A sexually-confused Christmas Day baby who likes to march to the beat of his own drummer, Zachary Beaulieu (Marc-André Grondin) nevertheless longs to
Algonquin
*DIRECTOR JONATHAN HAYES IN ATTENDANCE Jake, a bored high school teacher, reunites with his estranged father, Leif, who is a once famed but washed up travel adventure writer. Leif offers Jake the chance to co-author what he claims will be his masterpiece; a book about Algonquin Park. When things take
Husband, The
A darkly comic drama about a man left to care for his infant son when his wife is imprisoned for cheating on him with a minor. *** Somewhere in the low end of his 30s, life went offside for Henry Andreas (Maxwell McCabe-Lokos), and The Husband is the story of
Alan Partridge
OTTAWA PREMIERE Steve Coogan’s love-to-hate-him television character finally comes to the big screen! When DJ Alan Partridge’s radio station is taken over by a new media conglomerate, it sets in motion a chain of events which see Alan having to work with the police to defuse a potentially violent siege. *** Steve
Fateful Findings
OTTAWA PREMIERE Written, produced, directed by and starring Neil Breen, this “paranormal thriller where a computer hacker exposes worldwide secrets” is destined to be the next true cult classic. *** Neil Breen is another poor schmo who has thrown his time and his money not to mention his heart into
Particle Fever
OTTAWA PREMIERE A documentary that follows six brilliant scientists who launch a radical experiment that could unravel major secrets about the universe. “It plays out with all the suspense of a thriller.” (The Washington Post) *** Imagine being able to watch as Edison turned on the first light bulb, or
Enemy
A history professor (Jake Gyllenhaal) discovers he has a doppelganger when he sees him as a bit player in a movie. Both men meet and their lives become dangerously intertwined. “[this film] will have you talking and the mindboggling film will mull around in your noggin for days to come.”