Movies
The Sword and the Sorcerer
SATURDAY NIGHT SINEMA | FREE FOR MEMBERS The titular sword has three blades, and our hero will need every one of them to defeat the evil Lord Cromwell (Richard Lynch, Invasion USA), slay the even evil-er sorcerer Xusia (Richard Moll, Night Court), win the heart of the clothing-impaired princess Alana
Smashed
WINNER, SPECIAL JURY PRIZE, SUNDANCE 2012 After a string of films that have kept her talents bottled up, Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Scott Pilgrim vs. The World) gives the performance of her career (Austin Chronicle) as an alcoholic who decides to get sober, even as her husband Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad)
The Spy Who Loved Me
007s mission: investigate the hijacking of British and Russian submarines. The gadget: Lotus Esprit. The Villain: JAWS! The Bond girl: Major Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach). Note: Stanley Kubrick supervised the lighting (under condition of secrecy).
Red Dawn (2012)
This update of the 1984 Commie-combatting quasi-classic swaps North Korea for Russia and Chris Hemsworth (Thor) for Patrick Swayze, but its smartest move is swapping John Milius for stuntman-turned director Dan Bradley, who delivers propulsive and kinetic action throughout. (Exclaim)
Quantum of Solace
The first ever sequel in the Bond franchise finds 007 out for action-packed revenge and circling the globe to prevent the evil Quantum organization from taking control of Earths water supply.
Ping Pong
This doc, which follows eight senior citizens to the World Over-80s Table Tennis Championships, is not a film about ping pong; [its] about living in the moment and not being afraid of your own mortality, and it puts anyone whos ever complained about a sore joint to shame. (Empire)
Midnight’s Children
With a screenplay by Salman Rushdie based on his own acclaimed novel about a pair of children born on the first morning of Indias independence from Britain this is a magical, enchanting epic as powerful a reimagining of Indias history as Rushdies epic novel. (Cinemablographer)
The Man with the Iron Fists
See Wu-Tang chairman RZA pay homage to his chopsocky influences in a gore-spurting kung-fu riot [full of] eye-bulging visuals and non-stop action every scene crammed with karate-flick clichés, skulls, dragons, ribbons, smoke, and gushing geysers of gore. (TotalFilm) for just 10 dolla dolla bills, yall (6 for members).
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
OTTAWA PREMIERE The original UniSols Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren are back (although not the main characters), and theyve brought with them one of the best action movies of the year it uses genre to explore post-traumatic stress in allegorical terms [and] delivers a remarkably satisfying action-thriller
Highway Gospel
OTTAWA PREMIERE | OFFICIAL SELECTION, HOT DOCS 2012 Chronicling the state of skateboarding in Canada from mountain highway longboarders to an Ottawa boarder fighting to keep his skate park and creaky knees operational, this hilarious doc is also a surprisingly engaging and intimate look at the characters involved in [skateboarding]