Movies
Moonrise Kingdom
Andersons tale of summer (camp) love (starring Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and Jason Schwartzman) works because of its understated gravity. None of the actors ever play for laughs the film’s entire world is fantastical. But what happens in a fantasy can be more involving
Magic Mike
Soderberghs story of an experienced male stripper (Channing Tatum) teaching a newbie (Alex Pettyfer) the ropes is a spicy yet lucid, surgingly high-energy yet smartly modernistic musical (New Yorker) in short, its magic. But given the 14A rating, dont expect to see any wands.
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
The Madagascar franchises third installment is, fittingly, a three-ring circus of adventure as the animal amigos, still trying to get back to New York, find themselves on the job at a traveling carnival and on the run from Interpol. Co-written, improbably enough, by Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the
Juan of the Dead
OTTAWA PREMIERE | PRESENTED BY ZOMBIE INFO Deadbeat dad Juan has survived 50 years of the Castro regime, so its no big deal to him when a zombie apocalypse hits Havana in fact, he takes it as an opportunity to try a little Capitalism on for size in
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Were up to four Ice Age movies already?! Okay, well, in this one, the prehistoric pals (Ray Romano, John Leguizamo and Denis Leary) are set adrift on an iceberg and besieged by pirates, but still find time for several musical numbers.
The Bridge on the River Kwai
MAYFAIRS 80TH BIRTHDAY FUNDRAISER | 8 GREAT DECADES: THE 60S David Lean returns as we continue our celebration of the Mayfairs 80th birthday with your pick for the best film of the 50s an epic war film that explores the complexities of conflict not through battle scenes, but through
Beasts of the Southern Wild
WINNER, GRAND JURY PRIZE, SUNDANCE 2012 In post-Katrina Louisiana, a young girl named Hushpuppy cares for her hard-drinking father while prehistoric creatures roam the swamps around her. A game-changer that gets you excited about movies again it creates a world to get lost in, a world of beauty, terror
The Amazing Spider-Man
Created by Sony to prevent their screen rights from reverting back to Marvel, this reboot of the Spider-Man franchise swaps Sam Raimi for Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer) Tobey Maguire for Andrew Garfield (The Social Network) and organic webshooters for mechanical ones. Considerably more fun and, yes,
2 Days in New York
Writer/director Julie Delpys sequel to 2007s 2 Days in Paris swaps the City of Lights for the City That Never Sleeps, Adam Goldberg for Chris Rock and offers great charm, and considerable insight, in [its] ideas about romance, cultural misunderstanding and daily life in a modern metropolis. (NY Times)
Raiders of the Lost Ark
MAYFAIRS 80TH BIRTHDAY FUNDRAISER | 8 GREAT DECADES: THE 80S We continue our celebration of the Mayfairs 80th birthday with your picks for the best films of the 80s. The whip. The hat. The theme song. It all starts here, as Spielberg and Lucas recapture the magic of the movie