Movies
Man With The Golden Gun, The
007/12′ Bond finds himself in the sights of the worlds most expensive assassin, the supernumerarily-nippled Francisco Scaramanga (Christopher Lee) in this, Roger Moores second outing as 007. Joining him are Bond girls Britt Ekland and Maude Adams (see also: Octopussy), and Herve Villchaize as Lees hench-midget, Nick Nack.
Moonraker
007/12′ The mission: investigate a mid-air theft of a space shuttle. The gadget: wrist dart gun. The villain: Hugo Drax. The Bond girl: Dr. Holly Goodhead (Lois Chiles). The cable-car cable Jaws bites through: licorice.
Never Say Never Again
007/12′ Connery returns as Bond in this non-canonical entry in the 007 series a curious quasi-remake of Thunderball made possible by a complicated copyright dispute. Director Kershner (The Empire Strikes Back) assembles a strong supporting cast, including Kim Basinger as Bond girl Domino Petachi and Max von Sydow as
Octopussy
Is the 13th Bond film lucky? If you like action it is! Roger Moore refuses to act his age as he dodges buzz-saw yo-yos, brawls atop a speeding train and has a knife fight on the wing of a flying airplane!
Diamonds Are Forever
Theres little in the way of romance in this Bond outing (unless you count the one between hit men Wint and Kidd), despite the nuptial overtones of its title. Nevertheless, with Bond hot on the trail of smuggled diamonds a trail that leads directly to Blofeld this film
Annie Hall
LOVE AT 24 FPS Woody in love: A relationship, I think, is like a shark. You know? It has to constantly move forward or it dies. And I think what we got on our hands is a dead shark. (Did you know Annie Hall won four Oscars? Against Star Wars?
84th Annual Academy Awards – Live Telecast
PRESENTED BY CKCU FM | FREE FOR MEMBERS | LICENSED FOR ALCOHOL Feb. 26, the biggest and best Oscar party in Ottawa takes place right here at the Mayfair! Walk the red carpet, enjoy fit-for-a-star refreshments and watch as motion picture history unfolds where its supposed to on the
Yakuza Weapon
OTTAWA PREMIERE | OFFICIAL SELECTION, FANTASIA 2011 The director of Mutant Girls Squad and the writer of Versus team up for this tender tale of a hit man with a Gattling gun for an arm and a rocket launcher for a leg. Bloody, brilliantly choreographed and utterly insane. (Quiet Earth)
Les Femmes du 6e étage (The Women on the 6th Floor)
In 1960s Paris, a bourgeois couples life is turned upside-down by their Spanish maid, who lives you guessed it! on the 6th floor of their building in this genial fantasy (Austin Chronicle) about finding friendship and fulfillment where you least expect it. English subtitles
Trading Places
SAY IT LOUD Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy) travels across social strata to bring two manipulative millionaires to ironic justice in this, the funniest movie about race and class ever made.