Movies
Winds of Heaven: Emily Carr, Carvers, and the Spirits of the Forest
VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2010 SELECTION All our previous screenings of Winds of Heaven sold out. If you missed it last time, dont miss it this time! Five years in production, this Ottawa-made doc about the work of Emily Carr and the inspiration she drew from the land and its
Morning Glory
Whats the story? Well, up-and-coming TV producer Becky (Rachel McAdams) tries to revitalize a failing morning show while dealing with its warring hosts (Harrison Ford vs. Diane Keaton!) and falling in love. Sounds like ratings gold!
Blacula
LOST MARBLES GEEK NIGHT In yet another example of Whitey keeping a brother down, Count Dracula curses African prince Mamuawalde who, centuries later, awakens with a powerful thirst in 1970s Los Angeles. Watch for Canadian acting icon Gordon Pinsent in a supporting role!
Unstoppable
Its Denzel Washington vs. a runaway train full of toxic chemicals in Tony Scotts latest action-thriller, and this is a choo-choo that takes off like a crazy-ass rocket. Your head will spin. Your palms will sweat. Your nerves will fry this movie delivers so hard it shoots off sparks.
Dreamcoat: A Documentary
FUNDRAISER FOR TAMIR FOUNDATION Join us for the screening of Ottawa filmmaker Pixie Cram’s documentary Dreamcoat which tracks the progress of Tamir participants and community actors alike throughout the process of preparing for a professionally managed, fully integrated theatrical production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Jan. 27
Saw Video’s Resolution 2011
Celebrate the New Year with SAW Videos annual screening of new works including drama, comedy, animation, documentary and experimental films by its members! Filmmakers in attendance | $5
Plastic Planet
OTTAWA PREMIERE Travelling from Tupperware parties to a vast garbage patch in the Pacific to inside our own bodies, this “engaging examination of the environmental and health problems associated with plastic is that rare call-to-action documentary that might rouse viewers to do something.” (Variety)
Never Let Me Go
This adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguros (Remains of the Day) novel casts Keira Knightly, Carey Mulligan (An Education) and Andrew Garfield (The Social Network) as friends who discover theres a sinister purpose behind their seemingly-idyllic boarding schools existence and their very lives. “Meticulous and devastating.” (Salon)
Megamind
Will Ferrell voices Megamind, a super-villain forced to turn super-hero to save the city he once menaced, in this animated comedy that also features a rogues gallery of celebrity voices, including Brad Pitt, Tina Fey, Jonah Hill, David Cross, Ben Stiller and J.K. Simmons.
Megamind (EN FRANÇAIS)
What better way to celebrate a day off school than with a matinée at the Mayfair? This is a special French language presentation of the new animated film about a super-villain forced to turn super-hero to save the city he once menaced. Incroyable!