PRESENTED BY OTTAWABROWNCOATS.CA The Shakespeare of our age (Joss Whedon) takes on the Shakespeare of Shakespeares age, adapting The Bards feather-light comedy into a bubbly cocktail party of a movie.” (Salt Lake Tribune)
THE DRUNKEN MASTER’S DOJO Massive martial-arts master Sammo Hung (spiritual brother of Jackie Chan) stars in and directs this western/comedy/adventure mash-up about a plan to sabotage the titular train and gives the story a serious kung-fu kick delivering a flick thats “goofy, silly and also plain good fun.” (Apollo
PRESENTED BY LOST MARBLES Still faster than a speeding bullet and more powerful than a locomotive, but now in a world where the American way doesnt mean what it used to, Superman finds it’s hard to be a hero especially when General Zod (Michael Shannon) shows up with global
Chronicling the true story of Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahls 1947 trip across the Pacific on a balsa wood raft, this film is “awesome in the true sense of the word: You sit in awe of the bravery, audacity, stupidity and natural power on display. Ah, to imagine and dream. And
Three teenage friends spend the summer building a house in the woods and living off the land in this comedy that makes its own rules. “Coming-of-age tales are a dime a dozen, but here’s one pretty much guaranteed to make viewers feel like a million bucks.” (Creative Loafing)
This true story of a hitman (Michael Shannon), who kept his death-dealing day job hidden from his wife (Wynona Ryder) and daughters for several years, rests on the power of one hell of a performance from Shannon, with this monster of an actor playing a monster of a man with
OTTAWA PREMIERE | PRESENTED BY ZOMBIEINFO.COM Heroine Marybeth, who barely survived the first two Hatchets, tries to convince a new crop of victims how hard Victor Crowley (Kane Hodder) is to kill in this third entry, which “is almost as much gleefully gory fun as the original a comedy-horror
MARILYN MONROE FILM FESTIVAL Diamonds are Marilyn Monroe’s best friend in this joyous musical about two showgirls (Monroe and Jane Russell) who, while on a boat trip to Paris, tangle romantically and comically with a private eye, a diamond merchant and a very lucky young boy. “One of the most
Frances (Greta Gerwig, who co-wrote with director Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale)), a freewheeling woman with an unsettled life, is the centre of this refreshingly contemporary story of twenty-something uncertainly and in-the-moment living that is “an absolute delight.” (Quickflix)
PRESENTED BY MRS. TIGGY WINKLES A teenage girl, transported into a strange universe and caught in the middle of a war between good and evil, meets fierce warriors and sly villains voiced by such talents as Beyonce, Colin Farrell, Amanda Seyfried, Christoph Waltz, and yes, Steven Tyler of Aerosmith (thereby