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

Death Wish 3

If he can’t find justice… he’ll make his own! When Charles Bronson returns to NYC to vigilante it up against a neighbourhood-terrorizing gang, he starts by shooting them with regular guns, but eventually resorts in what is undoubtedly the greatest climax in film history to a rocket launcher.

Good, The Bad, The Weird, The

Cult filmmaker Ji-woon Kims kimchi-marinated remix of Leones classic transplants the familiar three-way outlaw rivalry to 1930s Japanese-occupied Manchuria, and fills it with an eye-popping train robbery, followed by a balls-out siege, and then a super-cool heist (AV Club) for starters.

Long Pigs

OTTAWA PREMIERE This mockumentary profile of a cannibalistic killer manages a neat trick, making the most of its low budget and effectively mixing very unsettling horror with clever comedy and media-critical commentary. (Eye Weekly) Whats a long pig, you ask? You are.

Karate, Kid, The (2010)

We at the Mayfair love the original Karate Kid. In fact, the figure standing in our north balcony is a prop from that film a life-sized cutout of Martin Sensei Kove. So if were playing the remake, you know its worth seeing. If it werent, wed have no mercy.

Year of the Carnivore

If youve seen Short Bus, you know why Canadian media darling Sook-Yin Lee couldnt plausibly star in this story of an innocent girls quest to gain some sexual experience, and had to content herself with just writing and directing it.