As promised, it's the new schedule for Reel Pizza from May 28th - June 17th. We are moving right along into full summer mode, with some special late night fun (ImproVision is back!), and new blockbuster films to complement our regular program of smaller, quality films.
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This is an unusual schedule for us, in that it is all booked, both screens, for the entire three week period. Therefore, I have included times for every film, and offer the program in brief first, with the details below. Never fear, I will also send out weekly updates, as a gentle reminder of what is happening here. Hope you find something that interests you or your company, as this lineup runs from Memorial Day weekend, through Graduation, and right up to the end of school.
Please notice the irregular lineup on Thursday May 27th, due to the early opening of SEX AND THE CITY 2, and the odd start times for some films due to extreme length and scheduling accommodation. Remember, tickets go on sale at 4:30pm the day of the show.
See you soon!
-Lisa and Chris
Fri June 4th 11pm LATE NIGHT FUN: IMPROVISION ITS BACK! and Better than ever!
Check out our occasional, wacky collaboration with the talented ImprovAcadia crew! With the sound turned off, this ever-changing group of up and coming comedians improvise the dialogue, music tracks and sound effects to a cheesy, grade B movie, THAT THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE! Their talents make the pictures on the screen way funnier than they were ever anticipated. It's a totally new show every time. Don't miss out on all the fun.
Thurs 5/27
Fri 5/27 - Thur 6/3
Fri 5/27 - Mon 5/31
Tues 6/1 - Thur 6/3
Fri 6/4 - Thur 6/10
Fri 6/4 - Mon 6/7
Tues 6/8 - Thur 6/10
Fri 6/11 - Thur 6/17
Fri 6/11 - Thur 6/14
Tues 6/15 - Thur 6/17
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Fri May 28 - Thurs June 3
ALSO Thurs 5/27 at 8:30pm
SEX AND THE CITY 2 (R) 147min 5:30 and 8:30
Sometimes you just have to get away with the girls. Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Samantha (Kim Cattrall), Charlotte (Kristin Davis) and Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) carry on with their busy lives and loves with fun, fashion, and friendship. After marriage, life is everything the ladies ever wished it to be, but it still holds a few more surprises...this time in the form of a glamorous, sun-drenched adventure that whisks the women away from New York to one of the most luxurious, exotic and vivid places on earth, where the party never ends and there's something mysterious around every corner. It's an escape that comes exactly at the right moment for the four friends, who are finding themselves in--and fighting against--the traditional roles of marriage, motherhood and more.
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Fri 5/27 - Mon 5/31
OCEANS (G) 74min 5:45 and 7:45
With few words (minimal narration is by actor Pierce Brosnan), symphonic music, and exquisite cinematography using cutting edge underwater photography, filmmakers Jacques Perrin (Winged Migration, Microcosmos) and Jacques Cluzaud present both the bizarre, otherworldly species and common critters that inhabit various niches of the Earth's ocean's ecosystems for our viewing pleasure. From the Great Barrier Reef to the Arctic Ocean, to the Mediterranean and Caribbean Seas, discover a part of the life of a blanket octopus, mobula ray, marine iguana, sea nettle, stonefish, blue whale, walrus, garden eel, spinner dolphin, sea lion, baby sea turtle, penguin, sea urchin larva, horseshoe crab, and much more, all of whose mysterious existences combine to keep life in the balance in the watery realm beneath the waves. Also included are the unfortunate effects that humans continue to make on this forgiving but fragile habitat.
Tues 6/1 - Thur 6/3
GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (NR) 154min [in SWEDISH with subtitles] 5:15 and 8:15
Forty years ago, teenaged Harriet Vanger disappeared from her powerful family's island during a reunion; her bereft, aging uncle still believes she was murdered, and by a relative, and he hopes to solve the mystery before he dies. He hires a middle-aged, disgraced journalist (Michael Nyqvist) and a tattooed, troubled but genius young computer hacker (an unforgettable Nooni Rapace). These two begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history. Based on the first of Stieg Larsson's posthumously published and popular worldwide Millennium trilogy, this grippingly suspenseful and grittily intense film from Danish director Niels Arden Oplev is faithful to its source material.
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Fri 6/4 - Thur 6/10
SHREK FOREVER AFTER (PG) 93min 5:30 and 7:45
Ogre Shrek (Mike Myers) has become a domesticated family man, much to his dismay. Now instead of scaring villagers, he has reluctantly been reduced to autographing pitchforks. While longing for the days when he was a real ogre, he is duped by smooth talking Rumpelstiltskin into signing a pact, and he ends up in a twisted, alternate version of Far Far Away where ogres are hunted, Rumpelstiltskin is king, and Shrek has never even met Fiona (Cameron Diaz). He must undo all he has done in hopes of saving his friends, restoring his world and reclaiming his one True Love. Eddie Murphy and Antonio Banderas return to voice Donkey and Puss-in-Boots.
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Fri 6/4 - Mon 6/7
CITY OF YOUR FINAL DESTINATION (PG-13) 114min 6:00 and 8:30
Director James Ivory (Remains of the Day, Room with a View, Howard's End), in his first film since the death of his producing partner Ishmael Merchant, collaborates with his long-time screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, and cinematographer Javier Aquirresarobe (The Sea Inside, Talk to Her). Like his others, his new film, based on Peter Cameron's 2002 novel, is a charming, sophisticated, intelligent, and gorgeous drama. Omar is a graduate student whose continuing financial aid depends on him getting published; he lied to his committee that the estate of a Latin American author has agreed to let him write a biography; in fact they rejected him. His girlfriend urges him to travel to Uruguay, unannounced, to plead his case to the family (played by Anthony Hopkins, Laura Linney, and Charlotte Gainsbourgh) hoping to change their minds; once there, he becomes entwined into a web of secrets, complicated relationships and unexpected romance.
Tues 6/8 - Thur 6/10
NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT PERSIAN CATS (NR) 101min [in Farsi with subtitles] 6:00 and 8:15
Kurdish-Iranian filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi (A Time for Drunken Horses) secretly filmed this docudrama about music in Iran, based on a screenplay he wrote with his fiancée, journalist Roxana Saberi (who was recently released after a 5 month stint in an Iranian jail for espionage). In Iran, rock music is against the law, as is singing in English, as well as any single female singing. This wonderful small movie tells a story of Negara and Ashkar, two young, bohemian artists who want to sing indie-folk-rock and dream of playing in Europe at a festival, but are unable to make the arrangements legitimately. They connect with Nader, a fast-talking manager who takes them on a revelatory journey through the actual underground music scene of Tehran. Making this clandestinely filmed story landed the crew in jail twice, and won the Un Certain Regarde Special Jury Prize at Cannes
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Fri 6/11 - Thur 6/17
PRINCE OF PERSIA: SANDS OF TIME (PG-13) 116min 5:30 and 8:00
This new family-friendly epic action-adventure set in the mystical lands of Persia, based on the video game, is from the producers of Pirates of the Caribbean (based on a theme park ride). A rogue prince named Dastan (Jake Gyllenhaal) was once a street kid but long ago was adopted by the king and raised alongside the blood princes. Ben Kingsley plays his uncle who trains him in his sword skills. Wrongly accused in the death of the king, Dastan reluctantly joins forces with a mysterious princess Tamina (Gemma Arterton) and together, they race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable of releasing the Sands of Timea gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world. Mike Newell (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) directs.
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Fri 6/11 - Thur 6/14
GREENBERG (R) 107min 6:00 and 8:15
Filmmaker Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale) directs Ben Stiller (Tropic Thunder) in his latest intelligent, incisively observed character examination/ romantic comedy. Perpetually dissatisfied, Roger Greenberg fled LA years ago to NYC and became a carpenter. After a recent breakdown, he is back on the west coast to recover, staying at his affluent brother's home while they are on vacation. He's not doing much, although he promised to build a doghouse, and he does try to make a connection with an old friend and bandmate (Rhys Ifans), as well as his old girlfriend (Jennifer Jason Leigh). But most of his time is spent with his brother's aimlessyoung house assistant (Greta Gerwig) who he alternately is attracted to and repelled by. As they get to know each other, they find they know themselves a little better too.
Tues 6/15 - Thur 6/17
EVERYONE ELSE (NR) 119min [in GERMAN with subtitles] 6:00 and 8:30
This true-to-life, as opposed to generic Hollywood, romantic drama features a relationship that is not always perfect or happily ever after. Chris, a quiet architect, and Gitti, an out-spoken publicist, are taking a romantic vacation to Sardinia, staying at his parent's villa. They seem to be much in love, but little things trigger uncomfortable reactions. Meeting an older, established couple for dinner, (he works with Chris) the differences in the strength of the relationships are apparent to all, as the more successful couple unintentionally destabilizes the younger's relationship. But as their fears and insecurities are exposed, Chris and Gitti find a second chance to discover themselves and each other. This second film from German director Maren Ade is authentic, intimate and sweet, yet also fearless, and all-together fascinating.
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COMING SOON?
ROBIN HOOD (PG-13)
Russell Crowe (Gladiator) joins forces again with his five-time director Ridley Scott in this origin story of the fabled outlaw full of exhilarating, epic medieval battle scenes, An archer in the army of ruthless King Richard the Lionhearted, virtuous rogue Robin Hood rises from an unlikely background when fellow Crusader Sir Loxley is killed in battle, and he takes his identity, returning the knight's sword to Nottingham, where Loxley's own father (Max von Sydow) demands he maintain the deception. Loxley's wife, the beautiful Lady Marion (Cate Blanchett), does not, at first approve; soon, however, the romantic fires smolder between the two leads. And Robin Hood is poised to become a hero to the impoverished people of Nottingham.
LETTERS TO JULIET (PG) 105min
When a young American (Amanda Seyfried) travels to the Italian city of Verona, home of the star-crossed lover Juliet Capulet of Romeo and Juliet fame, with her restaurateur fiancé (Gael Garcia Bernal), she finds he is too busy with wine and cheese tastings. Thus after visiting Juliet's home, she joins a group of volunteers who respond to letters to Juliet seeking advice about love. After answering one letter dated 1957, she inspires its author (Vanessa Redgrave) to travel to Italy in search of her long-lost love. Arriving with her grandson (Christopher Egan) these three try to find the one Lorenzo Bartolini and set off a chain of events that will bring a love into both their lives unlike anything they ever imagined. This is a lovely, high-quality romantic comedy from director Gary Winick (13 Going on 30) written by Jose Rivera (The Motorcycle Diaries).
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COMING NEXT?
Twilight: Eclipse
Toy Story 3
City Island
Babies
Karate Kid
Secret in their Eyes
Please Give
Exit Through the Gift Shop
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