[Reel Pizza] update

good morning everyone.

Just a reminder that through Thursday (1/24) at 6:00 and 8:30 we are showing the Oscar front-runner NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, which garnered 8 Academy Award nominations this morning, for Best Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Supporting Actor, Film Editing, Sound Editing, and Sound Mixing.  This link (I hope) will take you to the entire list of nominees: http://www.oscar.com/nominees/ where you will also find a printable ballot and much other Oscar trivia.

And don't forget to come share BABETTE'S FEAST with Cas Dowden and eat lots of yummy treats on Sunday 1/27 at 2pm (doors open at 1:30). 

And this week's senior movie on Thursday at 1:30 is the romantic comedy OUTSOURCED.

See you soon
-Lisa and Chris

Starting on Friday 1/25 - Thursday 1/31
CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR (R)  102min  5:30 and 7:45
Director Mike Nichols (The Graduate, The Birdcage, Primary Colors) and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing) have made late CBS producer George Criles' bestselling non-fiction book into a clever, fast-paced and entertaining film.  This screwball political satire tells the true story of how a playboy Democratic congressman from Texas (Tom Hanks), a beautiful, wealthy, right-wing Houston socialite (Julia Roberts) and an oddball, renegade CIA agent (Oscar-nominated Philip Seymour Hoffman) joined forces to covertly provide missiles to the Afghan freedom fighters who were trying to repel their Soviet invaders.  Traveling the world, these three form unlikely alliances among the Pakistanis, Israelis, Egyptians, lawmakers, arms dealers, and a bellydancer.

also
Friday 1/25 - Monday 1/28
GONE BABY GONE  (R)  114min  6:00 and 8:30
Oscar-winning screenwriter (Good Will Hunting) and Boston native Ben Affleck makes an auspicious directing debut with his adaptation of the Dennis Lehane (Mystic River) novel.  His moody noir mystery surrounding the disappearance of a young girl in Dorchester is authentic and mesmerizing with his insider�s sense of place.  Oscar-nominated Amy Ryan gives a widely lauded and compelling performance as the missing girl�s drug-addicted mother.  Casey Affleck is also excellent as a reluctant private detective hired by the girl�s aunt to dig for information when the local cops (Ed Harris and Morgan Freeman) come up empty-handed. 
 
and
Tuesday 1/29 - Thurs 1/31
MARGOT AT THE WEDDING (R)  93min   6:00 and 8:00
Writer-director Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale) has made another daringly funny and bracingly honest exploration and dissection of a dysfunctional family.  Pauline (Jennifer Jason Leigh, Georgia) is a free-spirited single mom about to marry her boyfriend, a good-hearted loser (Jack Black).  When her hypercritical, estranged sister Margot (Nicole Kidman), who creates chaos where ever she goes, shows up for the festivities with her teenaged son, she immediately begins to plant seeds of doubt about the union.  Past and present conflicts explode as alliances shift, and the two sisters find themselves at the precipice of an unexpected transformation. 

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