Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Re: Certified Copy?

we'll look into it.
-L

> Hi Lisa-
>
> I'd love to see Certified Copy.
> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1020773/
>
> -Michael
>

[Reel Pizza] update March 25 - 31

hey there everyone~

To start, the Senior Matinee this Thursday 3/24 is going to be THE COMPANY MEN (R) at 1:30pm.  We plan to continue them through the screening on April 7th, at least.

Here is a reminder about our movies this coming week.  Don't forget that RABBIT HOLE (at 5:30 and 7:45) and THE COMPANY MEN (at 6:00 and 8:30) continue through Thursday evening. 

Just ignore the weather outside (good night for a movie?), and have a great day!

-Lisa

3/25 - 3/31     THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (PG-13)  99min   6:00 and 8:30
3/25 - 3/28     BARNEY�S VERSION (R)  132min  5:30 and 8:15
3/29 - 3/31     OUTSIDE THE LAW  (NR)  137 min  [in FRENCH with subtitles]   5:30 and 8:15

Fri March 25 - Thurs March 31
THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (PG-13)  99min   6:00 and 8:30
Do we have free-will over our actions or do the unseen Fates manipulate us to keep things going according to a master plan?  In his directing debut, screenwriter George Nolfi (Ocean�s Twelve, Bourne Ultimatum) adapts a Philip K. Dick short story making an entertaining science-fiction action thriller with a believable and refreshing romantic energy.  Matt Damon and Emily Blunt share great chemistry as an ambitious but recently knocked-down US Representative, and the woman he unexpectedly meets and feels is his soul mate.  He soon discovers a mysterious group of Men in Hats (fedoras) whose job is to keep them apart, so that predestined events can unfold. 

Fri March 25 - Mon March 28
BARNEY�S VERSION (R)  132min  5:30 and 8:15
Paul Giamatti (American Splendor, Sideways) won the Golden Globe for his standout performance of four decades in the life of Barney Panofsky.  This fun and engaging comedy-drama follows the loves and life of this hard-living, Montreal-based soap opera producer, three times married, who is accused of murder late in life.  Based on the semi-autobiographical novel by late Canadian author Mordecai Richler, this debut feature from TV director Richard J. Lewis highlights outstanding supporting work by Rosamund Pike (Made in Dagenham) as the love of his life, and Dustin Hoffman as his rapscallion father.

Tues March 29 - Thurs March 31
OUTSIDE THE LAW  (NR)  137 min  [in FRENCH with subtitles]   5:30 and 8:15
Algeria�s Oscar-nominated film for Best Foreign Language film, from previously nominated director Rachid Bouchareb (2002�s Days of Glory) is a decades-spanning historical action epic set against the backdrop of the Algerian war of independence from France after WW2.  The personal career paths of three brothers are intertwined as they work towards freedom for themselves and their people, their losses beginning when their family is evicted by the French from their ancestral land when they are children.  One brother joins the French military as a soldier fighting in Indochina, another becomes a wealthy but shady boxing promoter in Paris, and the third is a revolutionary helping organize the resistance.

Friday, March 18, 2011

[Reel Pizza] schedule Mar 25 - Apr 14

Hi Everyone

Here is the schedule that runs March 25 - April 14. 

For the first two weeks, we have all three films booked, so I have included times.

Some regular reminders:
*       Don't forget we have infra-red transmitters in both our screening rooms.  If you would like to use a headset so you can better hear the film, please just ask at the concession counter. They are free of charge and always available.

*       If you have a cell phone, by sending a blank text message to times@reelpizza.net you will get a message back with the titles and showtimes for that evening's two films .

*       Don't forget we are now on FACEBOOK, where I post odd bits, like any kitchen specials or soups, the Senior Matinee, and  other items that I think might be of interest.  And then you can "like" them if you choose.  Feel free to join us.

Make Syrup.  Plant Peas.  Happy Equinox.

-Lisa

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Fri March 25 - Thurs March 31
THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (PG-13)  99min   6:00 and 8:30
Do we have free-will over our actions or do the unseen Fates manipulate us to keep things going according to a master plan?  In his directing debut, screenwriter George Nolfi (Ocean's Twelve, Bourne Ultimatum) adapts a Philip K. Dick short story making an entertaining science-fiction action thriller with a believable and refreshing romantic energy.  Matt Damon and Emily Blunt share great chemistry as an ambitious but recently knocked-down US Representative, and the woman he unexpectedly meets and feels is his soul mate.  He soon discovers a mysterious group of Men in Hats (fedoras) whose job is to keep them apart, so that predestined events can unfold. 

Fri March 25 - Mon March 28
BARNEY'S VERSION (R)  132min  5:30 and 8:15
Paul Giamatti (American Splendor, Sideways) won the Golden Globe for his standout performance of four decades in the life of Barney Panofsky.  This fun and engaging comedy-drama follows the loves and life of this hard-living, Montreal-based soap opera producer, three times married, who is accused of murder late in life.  Based on the semi-autobiographical novel by late Canadian author Mordecai Richler, this debut feature from TV director Richard J. Lewis highlights outstanding supporting work by Rosamund Pike (Made in Dagenham) as the love of his life, and Dustin Hoffman as his rapscallion father.

Tues March 29 - Thurs March 31
OUTSIDE THE LAW  (NR)  137 min  [in FRENCH with subtitles]   5:30 and 8:15
Algeria's Oscar-nominated film for Best Foreign Language film, from previously nominated director Rachid Bouchareb (2002's Days of Glory) is a decades-spanning historical action epic set against the backdrop of the Algerian war of independence from France after WW2.  The personal career paths of three brothers are intertwined as they work towards freedom for themselves and their people, their losses beginning when their family is evicted by the French from their ancestral land when they are children.  One brother joins the French military as a soldier fighting in Indochina, another becomes a wealthy but shady boxing promoter in Paris, and the third is a revolutionary helping organize the resistance.

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Fri April 1 - Thurs April 7
ANOTHER YEAR (PG-13)  129min   5:45 and 8:30
Master filmmaker Mike Leigh (Topsy Turvey, Vera Drake) again uses his unorthodox, collaborative style of script development to create a rich, involving and understated drama (Oscar-nominated for original screenplay) about happiness and growing old.   Jim Broadbent and Ruth Sheen play a long-time happily married couple with a grown son.  Over a year they share their home with friends, colleagues, and family whose lives have not turned out the way they'd hoped. 

Fri April 1 - Mon April 4
RANGO (PG)  107min   5:30  and 7:45
This new animated picture, the first from Industrial Light and Magic, and director Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean) is not the traditional fart-joke cartoon.  It is a gorgeous, weird, exciting and totally original ride through the Wild West.  Rango (Johnny Depp) is a sheltered pet chameleon with aspirations to be an actor who is jostled out of the back of his people's car on a trip through the Mojave Desert.  He ends up in the lawless, gun-slinging town of Dirt where at that moment they are looking for someone to become the new sheriff (the last one lasted less than a week).  Although he's always blended in, all of a sudden he is asked to be the hero.  This is one fun film for both kids and adults.

Tues April 5 - Thurs April 7
COLD WEATHER  (NR)  97min   5:30 and 7:45
Doug (Cris Lankenau) has just dropped out of college where he was studying forensic science, and moved in with his older sister (Trieste Kelly) in Portland.  He gets a dead-end job in an ice-packing factory and befriends co-worker Carlos (Raúl Castillo).  When Carlos's new girl friend goes missing, these three join forces, with a ramshackle, Sherlock Holmes-style, to solve the mystery of her whereabouts.  With deadpan humor and natural performances, independent filmmaker Aaron Katz has created a comfortable, lived-in world for his charming offbeat detective story that also shows a brother and sister becoming friends.

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Fri April 8 - Mon April 11
BLUE VALENTINE (R)  114min
This commanding film is a hard-hitting love story about a marriage slowly yet undeniably falling apart.  Oscar-nominee Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain, Wendy and Lucy) and Ryan Gosling (Lars and the Real Girl, Half Nelson) bury themselves in their roles both as the current weary, working couple with a young daughter – he's content, with no ambition beyond free-lance house painting while she feels held back – as well as their characters at the beginning of their relationship when their love was sweet and happy.  Co-writer (with improvisational input from his leads) and young Brooklyn-based documentary filmmaker Derek Cianfrance fills the intimate story with telling details that make what happens feel absolutely real.

Tues April 12 - Thurs April 14
POETRY  (NR)  149min  [in KOREAN with subtitles]
This exceptional film, for which the great Korean actress Yun Jung-hee came out of retirement, explores the emotional setbacks of an older woman and the direction these challenges take her.  Winner of the best screenplay prize at last year's Cannes Film Festival for writer-director Lee Chang-dong (Secret Sunshine, Oasis), the story is of a seemingly unremarkable, aging pensioner raising her sullen teenaged grandson, implicated in the death of a schoolmate, who finds strength and purpose through a poetry class she takes at the local cultural center. 

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COMING SOON ON OUR SECOND SCREEN?

THE LINCOLN LAWYER
(R)  119min
Matthew McConaughey stars as a scrappy and charismatic LA criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his sedan.  After a career defending petty criminals, he unexpectedly lands the job that will solve his financial woes, defending a rich kid (Ryan Phillippe) accused of rape and attempted murder, but what initially appears to be a straightforward case develops into a deadly match between two masters of manipulation.  This gripping new thriller based on the popular best-seller by Michael Connely, is directed by Brad Furman.
 
CEDAR RAPIDS  (R)   87min
Insurance agent Tim Lippe (Ed Helms, The Hangover) is beyond naïve.  Though he does have a girlfriend, his former 7th grade teacher (Sigourney Weaver), he has never been out of his sleepy Wisconsin hometown.  Yet now he's been chosen to represent his company at the regional convention in the big city of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  New experiences, like a plane ride, car rental, a hotel stay, and meeting a black person, are only part of his future.  His initiation by three convention veterans (Isaiah Whitlock Jr., John C. Reilley, and Anna Heche) finds him in an urban jungle he's only ever seen on DVD.  This consistently funny, sweet and charming film with an excellent ensemble cast is from director Miguel Arteta (The Good Girl).
 
THE LAST LIONS (PG)  88min
Over the past 50 years, the world's lion population has fallen from 450,000 to approximately 20,000, the decline led by human encroachment of their habitat.  Stunning footage, shot over six years by longtime lion researchers Derek and Beverly Joubert of a family group of lions in Botswana's Okavanga Delta anchors this riveting tale of survival.  A small family of lions is evicted from their home after a ferocious fight that kills the male.  The now single mother with three cubs to raise must relocate as the winning, larger pride will kill the cubs if given the chance, but she is seriously limited in where she can go.  Her tale of survival is gripping; the increasing plight of the king of the beasts is disturbing.  Jeremy Irons narrates.

COMING SOON NEXT SCHEDULE?

UNKNOWN
RIO
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
JANE EYRE
PAUL
OF GODS AND MEN
WIN WIN
THE CONSPIRATOR

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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

[Reel Pizza] update Mar 18 -24

hey good morning everyone

Happy Spring!

Here are this coming week's films.  I have the next schedule completed and at the printers, so will get that to you shortly also.

Tomorrow's (3/17)  Senior Matinee will be BLACK SWAN at 1:30.

Have a good week~
-Lisa

Fri 3/18 - Thurs 3/24   THE COMPANY MEN (R)  113min    6:00 and 8:30
Fri 3/18 - Mon 3/21     THE ILLUSIONIST (PG)  82min   5:30 and 7:30
Tues 3/22 - Thurs 3/24  RABBIT HOLE  (PG-13)  92min   5:30 and 7:45



Friday March 18 - Thursday March 24
THE COMPANY MEN (R)  113min   6:00 and 8:30
Engrossing and nuanced, this keenly observed drama from executive producer turned writer-director John Wells (ER, West Wing) presents the disconnect between those with resumes and those with a skill set.  Featuring strong performances by Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Costner, Craig T. Nelson, Maria Bello and Rosemarie DeWitt, three American Dream winners, each having given his all to their company, are forced to redefine their lives as men, husbands, and fathers, with varying levels of success, when they face corporate downsizing. 

Friday March 18 - Monday March 21
THE ILLUSIONIST (PG)  82min [nearly dialog-free]    5:30 and 7:30
Inspired animator Sylvan Chomet (Triplets of Belleville) makes a second exquisite masterpiece, working from an early, unpublished autobiographical script by French director and comic Jacques Tati.  Paying homage to Tati�s onscreen persona, Monsieur Hulot, Chomet�s virtually dialog-free tale (because, like Triplets, it is so easy to understand) follows an aging magician from Paris to Scotland where, looking for work, he meets a young orphaned woman who believes in his magic and becomes his traveling companion.  This enchanting, very unique, and often quiet and sad film about the passing of an era (this is not a cartoon, although it is filled with delicious sight-gags) is one of three animated films nominated for an Oscar.

Tuesday March 22 - Thursday March 24
RABBIT HOLE  (PG-13)  92min    5:30 and 7:45
Eight months after the accidental death of their young son, Becca and Howie Corbett (Oscar-nominated Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart) are still dealing with their grief, but each is working toward healing, forgiving and resuming life, although in seemingly opposite directions.  Maverick director John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) shows restraint and uses humor in this sad but ultimately hopeful story of life beginning again, adapted by playwright David Lindsay-Abaire from his own Pulitzer Prize-winning play.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

[Reel Pizza] update 3/11 - 17

hi everyone

Here is the update on our upcoming week.  Join us to watch Oscar Winner Natalie Portman, Oscar Nominee Javier Bardem and Irishman Colin Farrell.  If you don't forget to change your clocks this weekend, you will arrive rather early to everything next week!

This week's Senior Matinee will be MADE IN DAGENHAM at 1:30pm on Thursday.

See you soon!

-Lisa

Fri 3/11 - Thurs 3/17   THE WAY BACK (PG-13)  132min    6:00 and 8:30
Fri 3/11 - Mon 3/14     BLACK SWAN  (R)  110min   5:30 and 8:00
Tues 3/15 - Thurs 3/17  BIUTIFUL (R)  147min  [in Spanish with subtitles]    5:15 and 8:15


Fri March 11 - Thurs March 17
THE WAY BACK (PG-13)  132min
This epic and old-fashioned adventure story of survival, solidarity and indomitable human will is the latest film from director Peter Weir, whose last picture was 2003's Master and Commander, while his other films include Picnic at Hanging Rock, Gallipoli, The Truman Show, Witness, The Dead Poets Society…all classics.  This remarkable and beautifully photographed film, inspired by true events, follows a ragtag group of prisoners of a Soviet gulag during WW2 who would rather face suicide by Mother Nature than imprisonment, and so escape, crossing Siberia, the Gobi Desert and the Himalayas over the course of a year on their way to freedom.  Jim Sturgess (Across the Universe) as a Polish soldier, Ed Harris (Pollock) as an American engineer, Colin Farrell (In Bruges) as a Russian with a knife, star, with Saoirse Ronan co-starring as a young Polish refugee who joins the group along the way.

Friday March 11 - Monday March 14
BLACK SWAN  (R)  110min
Set in the world of performance ballet, this multi-Oscar-nominee (including for best director, picture and actress) from visionary director Darren Aronofsky (Pi, The Wrestler) features an amazing performance by Natalie Portman.  She plays a young, dedicated but sheltered dancer who is chosen for the lead in Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.  But though she is technically capable, is she emotionally?  As she prepares for the part of the Black Swan, she tries to explore her dark side, even as she receives conflicting messages from the women in her life; her zealous, jealous mother (Barbara Hershey), the ballerina she dethroned (Winona Ryder), and her understudy (Mila Kunis).  In her confusion, she descends into mental chaos.

Tuesday March 15 - Thursday March 17
BIUTIFUL (R)  147min  [in Spanish with subtitles]
Mexico's Oscar-nominated Foreign Language film is from director Alejandro González Iñárritu (Amores Perros, Babel).  Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men, Eat Pray Love) earns another Best Actor Oscar nomination for his powerful and brave performance as Uxmel, a single father with his estranged, bipolar ex to his two young children.  He works as a middle man between two groups of illegal immigrants – the Chinese who make counterfeit luxury goods in a sweatshop and the Senegalese who sell them on the streets – and the crooked Barcelona cops who let it all happen, for a price.  When fate hands him a terminal diagnosis, he tries to put his house in order to provide for his children.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

[Reel Pizza] update Mar 4 - 10

hi everyone

LOTS of films this week!   The TOURNEES FESTIVAL OF FRENCH FILM that Reel Pizza and College of the Atlantic are bringing to Bar Harbor this weekend is a special opportunity to see some worthy French language films.  We are offering a discount pass for all five films for $25; individual tickets are, of course, available at our regular prices.  There is a broad range of film, even one that is suitable for kids who read (A TOWN CALLED PANIC), a wonderful opportunity to introduce the next generation to the international world of film. 

I forgot to put the times on MADE IN DAGENHAM in the "schedule" email (oops) but they're on this "update"

The Senior Matinee tomorrow (3/3) is going to be FAIR GAME.

Hope to see you soon!
-Lisa and Chris


Friday 3/4
GNOMEO & JULIET  (G)  84min   5:30 and 7:45
and
AROUND A SMALL MOUNTAIN (NR)  84min  5:00  [in French with subtitles]
A TOWN CALLED PANIC (NR)  75min   7:00   [in French with subtitles]
THE WEDDING SONG (NR)  100 min  8:30    [in French with subtitles]

Sat 3/5
GNOMEO & JULIET  (G)  84min   5:30 and 7:45
and
LORNA'S SILENCE (R)  105min  5:00    [in French with subtitles]
AROUND A SMALL MOUNTAIN (NR)  84min  7:15    [in French with subtitles]
COCO BEFORE CHANEL (PG-13)  105min  9:00    [in French with subtitles]

Sun 3/6
GNOMEO & JULIET  (G)  84min   5:30 and 7:45
and
COCO BEFORE CHANEL (PG-13)  105min  5:00    [in French with subtitles]
A TOWN CALLED PANIC (NR)  75min   7:15    [in French with subtitles]
THE WEDDING SONG (NR)  100 min  8:45    [in French with subtitles]

Mon 3/7
GNOMEO & JULIET  (G)  84min   5:30 and 7:45
and
A TOWN CALLED PANIC (NR)  75min   6:00    [in French with subtitles]
LORNA'S SILENCE (R)  105min  8:00    [in French with subtitles]

Tues 3/8 - Thurs 3/10
127 HOURS   (R)    94min     6:00 and 8:15
and
MADE IN DAGENHAM (R)  113min  5:30 and 8:00

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