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OTTAWA PREMIERE | OFFICIAL SELECTION, WHISTLER FILM FESTIVAL Reprising his role from the first film, director McDonald this time mockuments punk songstress Care Failure (playing herself) who claims to be channeling the spirit of HCL’s Joe Dick — whose death still weighs on the filmmaker. In the process, McDonald “doesn’t

The Guantanamo Trap

GENIE AWARD NOMINEE, BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY In telling the stories of four people whose lives have been irrevocably changed by Guantanamo Bay — and exposing the hypocrisy regarding Guantanamo on both ends of the political spectrum — Wallner has made “an eminently fascinating and moving film… that stands as one

Goon

Seann William Scott (Role Models) is no Paul Newman, but director Dowse (Fubar) and screenwriter Evan Goldberg (Superbad) have produced a hockey movie with a “remarkable eye and ear for the nuances of the rituals of male behaviour… [that] not only approaches the glories of Slap Shot, but may very

Going Blind

PRESENTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA EYE INSTITUTE “The word ‘inspirational’ is so overused as to be hackneyed, but writer-director Joe Lovett’s documentary Going Blind — in which he chronicles his excruciating battle with glaucoma while using his experiences to connect with five other people living with degrees of blindness

Friends With Kids

Jennifer Westfeldt (writer and star of Kissing Jessica Stein) makes her directorial debut helming an all-star cast (including Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Jon Hamm, Adam Scott, Edward Burns and Megan Fox) in this rom-com about two platonic friends who decide to have a kid together. Surprisingly, things don’t go as

Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax

When nature’s in trouble, each tree and mosquito, there’s just one Lorax to call — and it’s Danny Devito! With Barbalots, Once-lers and Truffala Trees, an Efron, a Swift, Ed Helms and some Thneeds, this fable-ous fable is just what you need! To learn more, buy a ticket (why not

Dolphin Tale

MOVIE FOR HOPE FUNDRAISER FOR RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE Unfortunate titular puns aside, this based-on-a-true-story of a boy who forms an enduring friendship with an injured dolphin is “a kid’s movie without condescension.” (Variety) All tickets $5 | Presented by Mr. Firestone’s grade four class at Mutchmor Public School and Mark Lalonde of

Coriolanus

Screenwriter John Logan (Hugo, Rango, Gladiator) is working from pretty good source material (Shakespeare’s tragedy about a fierce warrior who is banished from, and vows revenge on, Rome), and director/star Fiennes brings his script to visceral life, confronting “issues of class, duty, valor, and civilian-military relations and dynamics… with a

Casa de Mi Padre

OTTAWA PREMIERE Proyectando en una forma de ahorrar rancho de su padre, los hermanos Álvarez se encuentran en una guerra con el señor de las drogas en México más temido en esta película rodada íntegramente en español. Con Will Ferrell, Gael García Bernal y Diego Luna. English subtitles (Which is

Going Blind