Movies
American Graffiti
American Graffiti – 50th Anniversary screenings on December 2, 5, 7! Advance tickets now available for American Graffiti! A group of teenagers in California’s central valley spend one final night after their 1962 high school graduation cruising the strip with their buddies before they pursue their varying goals. Academy
Once Upon A Time In China Part II
The Drunken Masters Dojo presents the return of the legendary Wong Fei-Hung (Jet Li) in the second chapter of the Once Upon series. This time, Wong faces the White Lotus Society, a cult bent on violently expelling all Europeans from China. Martial arts epics dont come much more epic.
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
As we get farther away from the original Planet of the Apes, we actually get closer to it, in this, the final official Apes film, which pits man against ape against ape, with the fate of a world at stake!
Shattered Ceiling Cabaret
On International Women’s Day, celebrate women through comedy, song, spoken word, burlesque, dance and more! Hosted by the infamous Martha Chaves and headlined by Kate Davis, this cabaret benefits Immigrant Women Services Ottawa. Mar 8 | 7:00 PM | Tickets at Singing Pebble Books, Mother Tongue Books, Yuk Yuk Comedy
People vs. George Lucas, The
OTTAWA PREMIERE Documentary? Not quite. This investigation into how Lucas second trilogy of Star Wars films, along with his endless tweaking of the original trilogy, has alienated legions of fans is more of an open-sourced rant, spiked with enlightening interviews with, among others, Francis Ford Coppola and Ahmed (Jar Jar
Return to the Planet of the Apes
Hollywood just couldnt keep its damn dirty hands off the Planet of the Apes franchise and so, two years after the final official film (Battle), animated and live-action TV series appeared. And now it returns, with three of the best episodes (two animated and one live action) for those who
Biutiful
OSCAR NOMINEE BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM & BEST ACTOR Uxbal (Javier Bardem) is a low-level criminal, supervising the production of knock-off luxury items in squalid sweatshops. When he learns he has only a short time to live, the counterfeiter sets out to do something real and good
Illusionist, The
OSCAR NOMINEE BEST ANIMATED FEATURE The director of The Triplets of Belleville returns with more beautiful, beguiling and utterly unique animation, this time working from an unproduced script written by Jacques Tati. For its 80 minutes, the movie creates the illusion that not just Tati but his form of
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
In the wake of the events of Beneath the Planet of the Apes, two ape-stronauts land on a planet with an Earth-like atmosphere, but quickly discover that irony works both ways. Keep an ear out for Jerry Goldsmiths fantastic score.
Maximum Overdrive
LOST MARBLES GEEK NIGHT Imagine your worst nightmare. Now forget it and imagine this, instead: The worlds machines come to life! And theyre all homicidal! And only Emilio Estevez can save us! And Stephen King wrote and directed it, based on his own short story! And the soundtrack is pure