Movies
Puss In Boots
MRS. TIGGY WINKLES FAMILY MATINEES Antonio Banderas reprises his role as the frisky feline fencer in this purr of a prequel to the Shrek franchise. Also featuring the voice talents of Salma Hayek, Zach Galifanakis, Billy Bob Thornton, Amy Sedaris and Guillermo del Toro.
Nightmare
AKA Nightmare in a Damaged Brain and Blood Splash, this flick, which follows a recently (and apparently, prematurely) released mental patient as he hacks his way through New York, is a rare combination of skill and absolute sleaze [that pushes] the slasher film to (literally) illegal levels [a UK
Mill and the Cross, The
Majewskis stunning, nearly wordless film dives into the canvas of Pieter Bruegels The Way to Calvary which depicts both the Crucifixion and the Spanish Inquisition and finds inside a film of great beauty and attention watching it is a form of meditation. (Roger Ebert) English subtitles
Monster Brawl
OTTAWA PREMIERE | OFFICIAL SELECTION FANTASIAN 2011 Its the fight of the living dead as eight classic creatures including Frankensteins monster, the Mummy, the Wolfman and the Cyclops battle it out, WWF-Pay-Per-View-style in an abandoned, cursed graveyard. This is the movie Freddy vs. Jason wishes it had been.
J. Edgar
We want you to be comfortable when you come to see Clint Eastwoods masterful biopic of the man who was the head of the FBI for nearly 50 years (Leonardo DiCaprio in a brilliant performance (Roger Ebert)) so please feel free to dress, or cross-dress, however you please.
Happy Feet Two
The dancing penguin cast and crew of the original Happy Feet reunite this time joined by a pair of krill (really little shrimp) voiced by Brad Pitt and Matt Damon to save their beloved Antarctic home (and to dance and sing about the process of saving their beloved
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
Director Padilhas (Bus 174) story of a cop taking on an overwhelmingly corrupt system packs an entire seasons worth of The Wires dirty cops, self-serving politicians, serpentine plotting, and gruesome, wasteful collateral damage into just under two hours. (Village Voice) Action packed and politically divisive, this film is as important
Divide, The
OTTAWA PREMIERE | OFFICIAL SELECTION, SXSW 2011 Locked together in a fallout shelter beneath a decimated New York, Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Rosanna Arquette, Courtney B. Vance and others pass their time playing Lord of the Flies in this profoundly intense cinema experience. (Quiet Earth)
Cannonball!
SATURDAY NIGHT SINEMA | FREE FOR MEMBERS This tale of a secret, cross-country road race (from the director of Death Race 2000) predates The Cannonball Run by five years, and earns the exclamation point in its title, delivering the definitive drive-in car chase flick (Austin Chronicle), plus cameos by Roger
Coming To America
SAY IT LOUD Prince Akeem of Zamunda (Eddie Murphy) travels to New York to bring home a bride and justify his love in this, the funniest fish-out-of-water movie ever made.