Movies
Paul
LOST MARBLES GEEK NIGHTS Two comic book geeks (the Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz team of Nick Frost and Simon Pegg) encounter an alien who, since hes voiced by Seth Rogan, is a smart-assed, perpetually-stoned slacker. Together, they race to escape the feds and reference/parody as many sci-fi
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
R.I.P. Elizabeth Taylor (Feb. 27, 1932Mar 23, 2011) What is the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof? Just staying on it, I guess, long as she can. Elizabeth Taylor stayed on the hot tin roof of stardom for decades, and her performance here, as the frustrated wife
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
R.I.P. Elizabeth Taylor (Feb. 27, 1932Mar 23, 2011) What is the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof? Just staying on it, I guess, long as she can. Elizabeth Taylor stayed on the hot tin roof of stardom for decades, and her performance here, as the frustrated wife
Lemon Tree
PRESENTED BY INDEPENDENT JEWISH VOICES Neighbourly relations turn sour as a Palestinian woman disputes her property line with the man next door who happens to be the Israeli defense minister. If that sounds like it might be a metaphor for something, you might be right. But its a beautifully
Daydream Nation
OTTAWA PREMIERE | OFFICIAL SELECTION: TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL First-time director Goldbach spent six years on this tale of a city girl (Kat Dennings, Nick and Norahs Infinite Playlist) caught in a love triangle with her teacher and her classmate and his laboring has not gone to waste this film
Mars Needs Moms
Based on the book by Bloom County creator Berkeley Breathed, this film (for the plot, see the title) finally puts Robert Zemeckis motion-capture animation (as seen in Beowulf and A Christmas Carol) to its proper use, producing an entertaining, accomplished movie that shows off what its signature technology can do.
Chocolat
RELAY FOR LIFE BENEFIT What could be sweeter? You get to see this indulgently romantic, Oscar-nominated tale of a woman whose chocolate shop helps her unwrap a small towns sensual nature and seduce Johnny Depp. And you get to help “The Super Heroes” Relay for Life team raise money
Karate-Robo Zaborgar
OTTAWA PREMIERE | MAY MAYHEM | BENEFIT FOR JAPANESE RECOVERY The director of Mutant Girl Squad and RoboGeisha isnt done yet! This time, hes got a bigger budget than ever, and hes using it to do a big-screen adaptation of the popular 70s Japanese TV series about a secret agent
Your Highness
This sword-and-sorcery-and-slackery comedy from Danny McBride (Eastbound and Down, The Foot Fist Way) is awfully vulgar fun when it works, which is much of the time And, seriously, where else are you going to see [Academy-Award winner] Natalie Portman with a severed Minotaur penis thrust in her face? (Austin Chronicle)
Does This Canoe Make Me Look Fat?
FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE What happens when a group of seven very different women all with limited outdoor experience but great senses of humour heads out on a wilderness adventure in Northern Ontario? And will it make them look fat? If the film doesnt answer those questions to your