[Reel Pizza] update now - July 5

It has been movie schedule week again, and my addled brain spaced the update.....again!  SORRY.  In my defense, we are also preparing to install a POS touch screen system for ordering which has been a challenge to wrap my head around, and some serious sadness with the totally unexpected death of a younger friend....I hate cancer!  (so, thank you all at JAX!)

Through this Thursday we are showing Ridley Scott's Alien prequel PROMETHEUS (R) at 6:00 and 8:30.
We are also showing Pixar's latest BRAVE (PG) at 5:30 and 7:45, which continues through next week.
Friday also starts MEN IN BLACK 3 (PG-13) at 6:00  and 8:30, a traditional Fourth of July film if there ever was one!

Please remember that on Wednesday July 4, we will only be showing the early shows of our two films, so that everyone is able to attend the fireworks display down at the pier.  Pray for a clear, calm night this year!

thru 6/28  PROMETHEUS (R) at 6:00 and 8:30
thru 7/5  BRAVE (PG) at 5:30 and 7:45
6/29 - 7/5  MEN IN BLACK 3 (PG-13) at 6:00  and 8:30

Next schedule will be e-mailed out to you this weekend.  Let's hope the sun comes out to stay for a bit and dries us all off!

-Lisa

ps we now have VEGAN SOY CHEESE (by Daiya) for your pies!

[Reel Pizza] update June 15 - 22

Sending out Big-Time graduation congratulations to all our island 8th graders this week, a group which includes both our kids!  (Oh my! it's hard to believe, but it's true...)  MDI HS here they come! 

And Happy Father's Day to all the hardworking, fun-loving dads out there!  Perhaps you will celebrate by attending the TEMPO Youth Orchestra performance at the St Savior's Church beginning at 2pm.  We will be there watching our Chloe and many other talented local kids make beautiful music with a (mostly) Celtic theme. 
 
This coming week we have two brand-new popular movies, both running the full week, to start off summer vacation with a bang.  See you soon!

-Lisa

Fri 6/15 - Thurs 6/21
MADAGASCAR 3: CONTINENTAL DRIFT  (PG) 85min  5:30  and 7:30
ROCK OF AGES (PG-13)  123min   6:00 and 8:30


Friday June 15 - Thursday June 21
MADAGASCAR 3: CONTINENTAL DRIFT  (PG) 85min  5:30  and 7:30
Alex the Lion (Ben Stiller), Marty the Zebra (Chris Rock), Gloria the Hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith), and Melman the Giraffe (David Schwimmer) are still fighting to get home to their beloved Big Apple and of course, King Julien (Sasha Baron Cohen), Maurice (Cedric the Entertainer) and the Penguins are all along for the ride. Their journey takes them through Europe where they find the perfect cover without attracting attention: a traveling circus, but soon they are being chased down by a psychotic animal control officer (Frances McDormand).  It’s a silly and very fun action adventure that is sure to please the whole family.

Friday June 15 - Thursday June 21
ROCK OF AGES (PG-13)  123min   6:00 and 8:30
A small town Midwestern girl (Julianna Hough) and an aspiring rocker and city boy (Diego Boneta) meet on the Sunset Strip while pursuing their Hollywood dreams. The romance of these young dreamers working in a rock club plays out through the heart-pounding hits of Def Leppard, Joan Jett, Journey, Foreigner, Bon Jovi, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison, Whitesnake and more, while a wily developer is trying to convince the city to remake the strip from its “sex, drugs and rock’n’roll” image into one of “cleaner living.”  Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Paul Giamatti, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Russell Brand and Mary J. Blige co-star in the new film from director Adam Shankman (Hairspray) based on the Broadway show.

[Reel Pizza] Schedule June 15 - July 5

Weekend Greetings!  Here is our next schedule - In full summer swing!  Cheers!  -Lisa

“What is up with this schedule?” you regulars might be wondering.  This is different than what we are used to, certainly.  Each of these brand new titles will be screening for a full week this time around.  Over the past several years we have been sharing new summer releases with a couple of other Downeast cinemas, and this summer many of the studios’ promising titles are jammed into this timeframe; sometimes this is just what happens!   We will be booking our second screen for the week including 4th of July in late June and expect it will be one of the titles below.  Back to normal next time--promise!

NEW ART  CHALESE CARLSON   Wilson, Wyoming
“For this project I used Mount Desert Island as a space to explore ecological functions that are habitually lost amidst the clutter of everyday experience and make them vivid and expressive for my audience. I'm especially trying to pay homage to the notion of the material and the indefinite together by using the aesthetic of landscape as a tool to incite discussion of conservation and ecology, and ultimately what humans enjoy and value in the appearance of landscape. I have re-ordered disparate imagery of the natural world, such as bits and pieces from the land, and spliced it with manual and mechanical imagery, with the intention of creating bodies that blend the different components of a particular space. I hope to have created a visual space that portrays this island on many aesthetic and scientific levels-aligning ecology and design.”

ps PLEASE remember ON WEDNESDAY JULY 4th, Reel Pizza will only have early shows of the scheduled films, which will both be out in time for Bar Harbor’s Independence Day fireworks display at 9:00pm.  Happy 4th!

Friday June 15 - Thursday June 21

MADAGASCAR 3: CONTINENTAL DRIFT  (PG) 85min  5:30  and 7:30

Alex the Lion (Ben Stiller), Marty the Zebra (Chris Rock), Gloria the Hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith), and Melman the Giraffe (David Schwimmer) are still fighting to get home to their beloved Big Apple and of course, King Julien (Sasha Baron Cohen), Maurice (Cedric the Entertainer) and the Penguins are all along for the ride. Their journey takes them through Europe where they find the perfect cover without attracting attention: a traveling circus, but soon they are being chased down by a psychotic animal control officer (Frances McDormand).  It’s a silly and very fun action adventure that is sure to please the whole family.

Friday June 15 - Thursday June 21

ROCK OF AGES (PG-13)  123min   6:00 and 8:30

A small town Midwestern girl (Julianna Hough) and an aspiring rocker and city boy (Diego Boneta) meet on the Sunset Strip while pursuing their Hollywood dreams. The romance of these young dreamers working in a rock club plays out through the heart-pounding hits of Def Leppard, Joan Jett, Journey, Foreigner, Bon Jovi, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison, Whitesnake and more, while a wily developer is trying to convince the city to remake the strip from its “sex, drugs and rock’n’roll” image into one of “cleaner living.”  Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Paul Giamatti, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Russell Brand and Mary J. Blige co-star in the new film from director Adam Shankman (Hairspray) based on the Broadway show.

 
Friday June 22 - Thursday July 5 (two weeks)

BRAVE (PG)  min  5:30 and 7:45

Set in Scotland in a rugged and mythical time, this newest animation from the Pixar masters features Merida, an aspiring archer and impetuous daughter of King Fergus (Billy Connolly) and Queen Elinor (Emma Thompson). Determined to carve her own path in life, Merida defies an age-old custom sacred to the uproarious lords of the land: massive Lord MacGuffin (Kevin McKidd), surly Lord Macintosh (Craig Ferguson) and cantankerous Lord Dingwall (Robbie Coltrane). She makes a reckless choice that inadvertently unleashes unintended peril and chaos and forces her to spring into action to set things right.  When she turns to an eccentric old Witch (Julie Walters) for help, she is granted an ill-fated wish. The ensuing peril forces Merida to discover the meaning of true bravery in order to undo a beastly curse before it's too late.

 
Friday June 22 - Thursday June 28

PROMETHEUS (R) 124min   6:00  and  8:30

Returning to the genre he helped define, director Ridley Scott (Blade Runner) creates a groundbreaking mythology in this prequel to Alien.  A team of explorers discovers a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe to investigate other life forms. These scientists become stranded on an alien world, and, as they struggle to survive, it becomes clear that the horrors they experience are not just a threat to themselves, but to all of mankind. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.  Starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbinder, Charlize Theron, and Guy Pierce.

 
COMING ON SCREEN #2 FOR WEEK OF JULY 4TH?

MIB3 (MEN IN BLACK 3) (PG-13) 103min

A crazy alien (Jemaine Clement), put in jail by reticent Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) years ago, has escaped his lunar prison and travels back in time to 1969 to wreck his revenge on both his captor and the Earth.  Agent J (Will Smith) must also travel back in time to save his partner and put things to right.  Josh Brolin is spot on as the younger Agent K, giving a performance that uncannily channels Jones.  Full of self-knowing humor, excellent action set pieces, and an interesting story this is a rare sequel, again directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, which is full of the spirit of the first film, and way better than the first sequel.

 

BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL  (PG-13) 124min

A group of British retirees (played by Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, Bill Nighy and others) decide for various reasons to move their retirement to less expensive and seemingly exotic India, enticed by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel.  Bolstered with visions of a life of leisure, these disparate expats arrive to find the palace, run by young Sonny (Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire), a shell of its former self. This delightful ensemble, based on Deborah Moggach’s novel These Foolish Things, is directed with charm by John Madden (Shakespeare in Love).

 

SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN  (PG-13)  127min

This brand-new film turns the classic fairytale into an epic action adventures.  Charlize Theron is the evil queen out to destroy the fairest maiden in the land (Kristen Stewart).  But Snow White, rescued by the huntsman (Chris Hensworth) has been training in the arts of war with him.  Sam Claflin plays the prince enchanted by her beauty.

 

COMING NEXT?
Monsieur Lazhar
Damsels in Distress starts July 6
Bernie
Jeff Who Lives At Home
Bully
The Dark Knight Rises
Ice Age: Continental Drift
The Dictator

[Reel Pizza] update June 8 - 14

You can always tell when it is the week I put together the next movie schedule for the printer:  The update is LATE!  Sorry!  The next schedule will be coming later this afternoon (I am off on a field trip with my kids' class today.)

Here is the program for the next week at Reel Pizza.  We have gone all romantic this weekend; you can choose "before marriage" or "after marriage"!  And the first film of this summer's SIERRA CLUB ENVIRONMENTAL FILM SERIES is this Sunday afternoon, complete with free screening and book signing!  

Fri June 8 - Mon June 14  WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING (PG-13)  6:00 and 8:30
Fri June 8 - Mon June 11  THE FIVE YEAR ENGAGEMENT (R)  5:30 and 8:00
Tues June 12 - Thurs June 14  MARLEY  (PG-13)  5:30 and 8:15

Sun June 10  FORCE OF NATURE (NR) 2pm Free Film with Speaker and book signing

Congratulations if you are or have someone graduating from High School this weekend!  Good luck to all of you!

-Lisa

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Sunday June 10  FORCE OF NATURE: The David Suzuki Movie  (NR)  2pm  FREE

Maybe the most inspiring, charming, eloquent, compelling voice for environmental sanity in the world today, geneticist David Suzuki is an icon, host of the long-running CBC show The Nature of Things and a pioneering and passionate environmentalist. This film, weaving together his last lecture with scenes from the places and events that shaped Suzuki's life, will inspire you by the thinking and enthusiasm of this scientist committed to helping people understand the importance of environmental impacts on life.  This film will be introduced by well-known nature writer, biologist and naturalist Harry Thurstone of Nova Scotia, the author of the newly published The Atlantic Coast, A Natural History. There will be a drawing for several copies of Mr. Thurston's new book.  The Maine Chapter of the Sierra Club presents this summer series at no cost to get people thinking about environmental issues.   (Future dates are July 8, Aug 12, Sept 16 and Oct tbd)

Fri June 8 - Thurs June 14

WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING  (PG-13)  110min  6:00 and 8:30

This light and fun comedy-drama from director Kirk Jones (Waking Ned Devine) stars Cameron Diaz, Anna Kendrick, Jennifer Lopez, and Elizabeth Banks as the moms-to-be;  Chris Rock, Dennis Quaid, Ben Falcone are the dads.  A high-octane celebrity couple find pregnancy demanding; a baby-crazy author gets a taste of her own militant mommy advice while her husband struggles not to be outdone by his competitive Dad, whose trophy wife is expecting twins; a woman is prepared to travel the globe to adopt a child, while her panicked husband attends a dudes support group; and rival food truck chefs' one-night stand results in an unexpected quandary.

Friday June 8 - Monday June 11 

THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT  (R)  124min   5:30 and 8:00

Star-writer Jason Segel and writer director Nicholas Stoller (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) reteam for this sweet and smart comedy about the long wait for an engaged couple to make their walk down the aisle.  Recently engaged, Tom gives up his good job as a chef in an upscale San Francisco restaurant so that his fiancée Violet (Emily Blunt) can attend a post-graduate program in Michigan; and they delay the wedding until they return home.  Two years pass while Tom works well below his potential in a sub shop, and Violet is excelling and wants to continue her program; they start to lose sight of what attracted themselves to each other in the first place. 

Tuesday June 12 - Thursday June 14 

MARLEY  (PG-13)  144min   5:30 and 8:15

Here is the definitive life story of the ground-breaking reggae musician and Rastafarian, from his early days on Jamaica through his rise to international stardom, to his death from cancer 31 years ago when he was just 36.  This ambitious and respectful film, made with the support and participation of his family from Oscar-winning director Kevin MacDonald (One Day in September, Last King of Scotland) celebrates Bob Marley’s spirit and creativity and features rare footage, incredible performances and revelatory interviews with the people who knew him best.

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