Movies
Hitchcock
OTTAWAHORROR.COM PRESENTS Hitchcock once famously said, I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man. The same could be said of filmmaking as this chronicle of the production of Psychoamply proves. A sparkling and unexpectedly poignant look at how to sustain
A Late Quartet
Members of a string quartet (including Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Catherine Keener) struggle to find harmony in this intelligent and engaging juxtaposition of music philosophy with the fragile egos and consuming passions common to group relationships. (Exclaim)
Yes, Madam
DRUNKEN MASTERS DOJO In her first starring role, Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) plays a high-kicking Hong Kong cop who teams up with a British police inspector (Cynthia Rothrock, Blonde Fury). Directed by the legendary Corey Yuen, this is one action-packed buddy cop movie that wont take no for
Wreck-It Ralph
PRESENTED BY LOST MARBLES | OSCAR NOMINEE, BEST ANIMATED FEATURE The director of several of the best-ever episodes of The Simpsons helms this tale of a videogame villain who desperately wants to overcome his programming and be a hero and the result is an arcade-generation Roger Rabbit [thats] worth
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
LOVE AT 24 FRAMES PER SECOND Twi-hards rejoice: the final installment in the saga sparkles like a vampire in the daylight easily the franchises most eventful and exciting entry. (Variety)
Rust and Bone
GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINEE, BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM From the Palme DOr-winning director of A Prophet, this story of a woman (Marion Cotillard) who loses her legs in a freak accident, and then finds unconventional solace in the arms of bare-knuckle boxer (Matthias Schoenaerts) is a haunting movie, one that connects
Promised Land
Co-stars Matt Damon and John Krasinski also co-wrote this drama that drills deep into the economic benefits and environmental consequences of natural gas fracking to tell the story of a moral conflict in which there are no true villains or heroes a true reflection of the way the
Pink Floyd The Wall
All in all, this film is without question the best of all serious fiction films devoted to rock It combines wickedly powerful animation with a surrealistic trip through the memory and hallucinations of an overdosing rock star [to create ] a bold, relentless visualization. (Roger Ebert)
Inch’Allah
A Canadian doctor working in a clinic in Palestine while living in Israel befriends women on both sides of the security wall in this examination of Middle East conflict that is smart to leave politics aside instead focus[ing] on framing the bloodshed through a humanist perspective [and making
The Fruit Hunters
OTTAWA PREMIERE | OFFICIAL SELECTION, TIFF 2012 Award-winning documentarian Yung Chang (Up the Yangtzee, China Heavyweight) returns with a look into the little-known subculture of people (including, oddly enough, Hollywood actor Bill Pullman) who scour the world in search of rare, endangered and exotic fruit. Its a feast for the