Movies
Tokyo Gore Police
extreme asia In the Tokyo of the future, its the privatized police force vs. the Engineers, genetically modified killers who can morph their bodies into grotesque weapons. In case youre wondering, yes, it lives up to its title.
Sorcerer’s Apprentice, The
It’s Nic (Ghost Rider) Cage vs. Alfred (Doctor Octopus) Molina as master sorcerer Balthazar Blake recruits a reluctant protégé (Ottawa’s own Jay Baruchel) to help him defend NYC from his arch-nemesis Maxim Horvath, and the forces of darkness.
Robogeisha
EXTREME ASIA Rotten Tomatoes called the preview for RoboGeisha 2009s Most Insane Trailer, which is predictable when you pair the makers of Machine Girl and Tokyo Gore Police with a title like this. Geisha is Japanese girl. Geisha is beautiful and wild. Geisha is robot! Japanese with subtitles
Pecker
LOST MARBLES GEEK NIGHT | ART IN REVERSE He never realized how far 35 millimeters would take him. Waters cautionary tale of outsider art brought inside follows a teenaged photographer from a Baltimore sandwich shop to New Yorks pretentious art scene, and is undeniably full of grace.
Machine Girl
extreme asia When Japanese schoolgirl Ami loses an arm in a fight with local mobsters, she naturally enough has it replaced with an eight-barrel machine gun and goes out for vengeance (which involves fire hoses of blood, a drill bra and human sushi). So, yeah, not for everyone. Japanese with
Kids Are All Right, The
When two teens seek out their biological father, the family life that their two mothers have built for them is re-defined, and then re-re-defined by his presence. Starring the great romantic triangle of Julianne Moore, Annette Bening and Mark Ruffalo. There isnt an ounce of inauthenticity here. (National Post)
Jack Goes Boating
Philip Seymour Hoffman makes his directorial debut, and turns in another amazing performance as Jack, an awkward man whose awkward blind date with an awkward woman is the catalyst for this tale of working-class love, betrayal, friendship, and grace. A messy, warm-hearted, complicated pleasure of a film. (Village Voice)
I Spit On Your Grave (2010)
OTTAWA PREMIERE A writer, who was brutalized and left for dead, confronts her attackers in this unrated remake of one of the purest, cruelest revenge films of all time. This is the second film given a zero-star review by Roger Ebert to show at the Mayfair in as many months
Inception
Nolan and company, hot on the heels of the success of The Dark Knight, dreamt up a sci-fi world where corporate spies are able to enter the human mind during sleep. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily.
Fight Club
First rule of Fight Club: you do not talk about Fight Club. Second rule of Fight Club: you do not talk about Fight Club. Third rule of Fight Club: if this is your first time seeing Fight Club, you have to see it at the Mayfair. If you could fight