Movies
King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, The
SUNDAY NIGHT GEEK NIGHT When unemployed teacher Steve Wiebe sets out to break the world-record high score on Donkey Kong, glory seems just a flaming barrel away until he confronts the current record holder, the egomaniacal Billy Mitchell. Truth doesnt any stranger than this screen-killing documentary.
How To Train Your Dragon
This one may surprise you: it has a kinetically dreamy, soaring-through-the-air effervescence. On some level, though, it’s just the sweetly simple tale of a boy and his dog… [reminiscent of] the stirring bond you remember from Old Yeller. (Entertainment Weekly)
Great Escape, The
THE MAYFAIR GOES TO WAR Colonel Von Luger, it is the sworn duty of all officers to try to escape. If they cannot escape, then it is their sworn duty to cause the enemy to use an inordinate number of troops to guard them, and their sworn duty to harass
Two Evil Eyes
Two of the greatest horror filmmakers of all time tag-team the works of Edgar Allan Poe in this anthology, which sees Romero direct The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar and Argento helm The Black Cat. Featuring Harvey Keitel, Adrienne Barbeau and the FX work of Tom Savini!
Ip Man
OTTAWA PREMIERE | THE MAYFAIR GOES TO WAR Not only was this semi-historical biopic of Yip Man Bruce Lees kung fu master voted the best Asian film at the 2010 Fantasia Film Festival, its received rave reviews on the art house circuit as well. Add action direction by
Splice
If you like early Cronenberg, youll love this film, which shows why Sarah Polley and Adrien Brody should not experiment with human cloning: not because its illegal and ethically questionable, but because theyre just really, really bad parents.
Done The Impossible: The Fans’ Tale Of Firefly And Serenity
OTTAWA PREMIERE | SUNDAY NIGHT GEEK NIGHT Adam Baldwin hosts this fan-centric chronicle of the rise and fall and rise of Joss Whedon’s cult sci-fi western series Firefly, and its feature-film reincarnation, Serenity. Miss this, and I will curse you in Chinese.
Grown Ups
Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade and Rob Schneider urinate in public pools, suffer hilarious injuries and learn heartwarming life lessons. They grow up so fast.
Das Boot
THE MAYFAIR GOES TO WAR They made us all train for this day. To be fearless and proud and alone. To need no one, just sacrifice. All for the Fatherland. Oh God, all just empty words. It’s not the way they said it was, is it? I just want someone
Ballad of Ramblin’ Jack, The
PRESENTED BY THE OTTAWA FOLK FESTIVAL Before you see Ramblin’ Jack Elliott at the 2010 OFF, see this documentary portrait of him, and learn how he links Woody Guthrie to Bob Dylan. The film travels America and unearths rare current and archival footage and interviews to prove, as Arlo Guthrie