Movies
Super 8
Abrams, who brought new life to Mission: Impossible and revitalized the ailing Star Trek franchise, now pays tribute to Spielbergs classics with this tale of one boys unforgettable summer. (Is Spielberg allowed to produce an homage to himself?) See the films that inspired Super 8 all month long, including E.T.,
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure
OTTAWA PREMIERE | OFFICIAL SELECTION SUNDANCE 2011 This long-overdue doc details how, when two friends tape-recorded the fights of their violently noisy neighbors, they accidentally created a phenomenon that became one of the world’s first viral pop-culture sensations a decade before most people had heard of the internet.
Project Nim
Taken from his mother days after birth, raised by a succession of human hosts and taught sign language, chimpanzee Nims life was one long experiment. In exploring Nims life, this film from the Oscar-winning team behind Man on Wire becomes an endlessly fascinating, moving documentary [that] shows the
Missing In Action 2: The Beginning
A prisoner to strong too hold. A soldier too dangerous to let go. A one-man time bomb set to explode! Who could it be but Chuck Norris? The first two Missing in Action films were shot simultaneously, but producers judged part two stronger and released it first; thus the sequel
Missing In Action
There were many copycats after Stallone established the Rambo-style action hero in 1982s First Blood. But this, Chuck Norris contribution, feels more Rambo-esque than most, because as it was on a story treatment written by James Cameron for the Rambo sequel. See Missing in Action 2: The Beginning the same
The Jerk
The Jerk – 40th Anniversary! Thursday February 21st at 9:20pm – an I Can’t Believe You Haven’t Seen screening, presented by Embarrassing Humans! —– 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
Ingredients
It started with chefs who formed relationships with nearby farmers. But now, the slow- and local-food movements are something much larger, and are responding to a much larger crisis. This documentary introduces the people including restauranteur Alice Watersdetermined to bring real food back to the table and health back
Horrible Bosses
From the director of The King of Kong (Best. Documentary. Ever.) comes a very dark comedy (that had to fight to get its R-rating in the US) about a trio of friends who conspire, Strangers-on-a-Train-style, to murder their horrible bosses. A very entertaining mixture of black comedy, colorful energy, and
From the Back of the Room
OTTAWA PREMIERE Covering 30 years of female involvement in the DIY punk/Riot Grrrl scene, this is a lovely and important film about people who’ve fallen in love with music, and why they’ve chosen to pursue that path despite a seemingly endless array of obstacles.” (Worcester Telegram & Gazette) Including interviews
Every Which Way But Loose
How could Clint Eastwood possibly top a run of films in the that included Dirty Harry, High Plains Drifter and The Outlaw Josey Wales? Why, by starring as a laid-back, truck-driving, bare-knuckle prizefighter who takes on all comers with the help of his orangutan sidekick, of course! Any Which Way