Movies
Sixteen Candles
This is Samantha Baker and today is her 16th birthday. The problem is, nobody remembers. This is John Hughes directorial debut, which reminds me, can I borrow your underpants for ten minutes?
Whistleblower, The
Rachael Weisz stars (with David Strathairn, Vanessa Redgrave and Monica Bellucci) in this based-on-a-true-story of the police monitor who exposed UN complicity in sex trafficking in post-war Bosnia. The issue is the spark that drives the story, [but] the filmmakers have taken considerable care to create a full-bodied drama instead
Winnie The Pooh
One of the best-reviewed films of the summer, this feature-length trip to the Hundred-Acre Wood is as jolly as Tigger, as sweet as honey and as undemanding as a balloon ride, [and] will delight the wee’uns and put a smile on the face of animation fans of all ages. (Empire)
Platform Talent
Platform Talent is just what the name implies: a platform for local artists to stand up and do what they love. Come, support them and share an enchanting show put on by people with a burning passion to perform. Music, poetry, theatre and more! Oct. 2 | 6:00 PM |
Young Frankenstein
Embarrassing Humans Presents: I Can’t Believe You Haven’t Seen Young Frankenstein. Saturday October 27th at 3:20pm! Halloween Month! How many times have you brought up a movie you consider to be essential viewing only to hear someone say they’ve never seen it? I can’t believe you haven’t seen… YOUNG
Trip, The
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon set out on a foodie tour of Northern England the perfect venue for their hilarious verbal sparring, one-upsmanship and uncanny Michael Caine impressions in this colicky, melancholy comedy that is all shadings and little arc. It’s terrific. (Austin Chronicle)
Smurfs, The
How do you get along in the Big Apple when youre only three apples tall? Just smurfily, it turns out. Featuring Neil Patrick Harris and the voices of Jonathan Winters, Katy Perry, Anton Yelchin, Alan Cumming, Fred Armisen and George Lopez along with a smurf-load of others.
Senna
This documentary about the astonishing and astonishingly short career of Brazilian Formula 1 driver Ayrton Senna is ambitiously constructed, deeply compelling, thrilling and in no way only for those who like watching cars drive in circles. (Empire)
Prowler, The
A soldier who returned from WWII to a Dear John letter soothes his heartbreak by butchering teens (with help from gore effects master Tom Savini) at the local spring dance. Watch for the inimitable Lawrence Tierney (Reservoir Dogs) as a wheelchair-bound peeping tom.
Poltergeist
Poltergeist – Halloween Month! – 40th Anniversary screenings the Week on October 7, 12, 13! Advance tickets now available for Poltergeist! A family in Southern California moves into a newly built suburban neighbourhood. Strange happenings begin with just a few odd occurrences, such as broken dishes and furniture moving