Here is the program for Reel Pizza for the Labor Day weekend and the first week of back-to-school...our kids start on FRIDAY!! Guess summer is really over...
On our website's home page (www.reelpizza.com), there are links to pages with the film descriptions and the schedule for MIFF By-the-Sea, our condensed version of the Maine International Film Festival, which is coming up next weekend Sept 7 - 10. I will be sending you this information tomorrow morning via email. I am rather behind after being out of the office all last week with a sick kid...we are slowly moving back to normal; thanks for your patience.
Enjoy these last few glorious days~
-Lisa, Chris and crew
Fri 8/31 - Thurs 9/6 BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (PG-13) 6:00 and 8:30
Fri 8/31 - Mon 9/3 Woody Allen's follow-up to MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
TO ROME WITH LOVE (R) 5:30 and 8:00
Tues 9/4 - Thurs 9/6 "an electrifying epic emotional thriller" (Boston Globe)
POLISSE (NR) [in FRENCH with subtitles] 5:30 and 8:15
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Friday, August 24, 2012
[Reel Pizza] Fwd: update Aug 24 - 30
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hi everyone WAH! It is the last week of summer vacation! Hope you can make the most of it! This has been a crazy kind of week in our world, even more than usual, which is why this is coming just today...no way around it this time.... For those of you on our snail mail list, you will soon be receiving a flyer with the films and schedule for our fourth MIFF By-the-Sea film festival coming to Reel Pizza the weekend after Labor Day; the paper version is also available at Reel Pizza and you are welcome to pick one up. I will try to get the email out with the descriptions asap. Either way, we hope you find a film or two that interests you; please look over the offerings - there are many wonderful films coming - many about and from Maine, and several filmmakers will be attending to talk about their work. For those of you who might be interested in seeing more than one or two films, we will be selling discount passes...they should be available at the box office by the beginning of next week. Here is the round-up of this weeks films. Looking forward to seeing you soon. -Lisa and Chris Fri 8/24 - Mon 8/27 THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN (PG-13) 137min 5:30 and 8:15 Fri 8/24 - Thurs 8/30 BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD (PG-13) 93min 6:00 and 8:00 Tues 8/28 - Thurs 8/30 HEADHUNTERS (R) 101min [in Norwegian with subtitles] 5:30 and 8:15 Aug 24 - 30 BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD (PG-13) 93min 6:00 and 8:00 This extraordinary debut film, winner of the Cannes Camera d’Or for best first film and the top Sundance prize for fiction film, is a strikingly original, beautiful film and an altogether unforgettable experience. Young Quvenzhané Wallis inhabits the role of Hushpuppy, who lives with her ailing, alcoholic father Wink (played by a New Orleans baker named Dwight Henry) in a defiant bayou community called the Bathtub on the other side of the levee from “civilization”. While he is trying to prepare her for survival after he’s gone, she believes that the natural world is in balance with the universe, …until catastrophe strikes. Director Benh Zeitlin and playwright Lucy Alibar adapt her play Juicy and Delicious into a magical, spellbinding poetry. Aug 24 - 27 THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN (PG-13) 137min 5:30 and 8:15 This fun, new version of the Spiderman genesis story stars Andrew Garfield (Social Network) as our young hero and Emma Stone (The Help) as his high school sweetheart Gwen. Director Marc Webb ((500) Days of Summer) provides more interesting character development without sacrificing any of the exciting action adventure. Peter Parker lives with his aunt and uncle (Sally Field and Martin Sheen) and is trying to solve the mystery behind the death of his parents. When goes to see a former colleague of his dad’s (Rhys Ifans) who is doing experiments on reptile DNA, he gets bit by the infamous arachnid and gains his super powers. Aug 28 - 30 HEADHUNTERS (R) 101min [in Norwegian with subtitles] 5:30 and 8:15 This gutsy and engaging Norwegian thriller is based on the best-selling mystery novel from Jo Nesbø. Roger Brown (Aksel Hennie), a corporate executive recruiter, lives well beyond his means to keep his statuesque wife satisfied, by moonlighting as an art thief, partnering with his buddy who works in home security. When he meets Clas (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, TVs Game of Thrones), a recently retired mercenary in possession of a priceless painting, he disregards his initial impression, and decides to risk it all to get the art. What he discovers makes him a hunted man. -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange
Monday, August 13, 2012
[Reel Pizza] time adjustment
Please notice that the show times for this midweek's movie:
The second show will start 15min later than was previously advertised.
-Lisa
Tues Aug 14 - Thurs Aug 16
SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED (R) 86min 6:00 and 8:00
The second show will start 15min later than was previously advertised.
-Lisa
Tues Aug 14 - Thurs Aug 16
SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED (R) 86min 6:00 and 8:00
Saturday, August 11, 2012
[Reel Pizza] Schedule Aug 17 - Sept 6
Hi everyone
Here is the schedule of events at Reel Pizza for the time frame Aug 17 - Sept 6. A little bit of everything! Both screens are booked so times are included. Hurrah! Another IMPROVISION happens Sunday Aug 19. And don't forget the Free Sierra Club matinee this Sunday (tomorrow) at 2pm with two films, one an Oscar-nominated film on sea levels; the other on the ocean's health, with UMIO Prof Joseph Kelley speaking. We are looking forward to these last few weeks of summer; by the time this group of films is over, most people's worlds (ours included) will have segued into fall! It's that giant whooshing sound again!
See you soon!
-Lisa
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Fri Aug 10 - Thurs Aug 23 THE BOURNE LEGACY (PG-13) 135min 5:30 and 8:15 (2 weeks)
Fri Aug 17 - Thurs Aug 23 PARANORMAN (PG) 96min 5:00 and 7:15
Sunday Aug 19 IMPROVISION 11:00pm
Fri Aug 24 - Thurs Aug 30 BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD (PG-13) 91min 6:00 and 8:00
Fri Aug 24 - Mon Aug 27 THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN (PG-13) 137min 5:30 and 8:15
Tues Aug 28 - Thurs Aug 30 HEADHUNTERS (R) 101min [in Norwegian with subtitles] 5:30 and 8:15
Fri Aug 31 - Thurs Sept 6 BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (PG-13) 124min 6:00 and 8:30
Fri Aug 31 - Mon Sept 3 TO ROME WITH LOVE (R) 112min 5:30 and 8:00
Tues Sept 4 - Thurs Sept 6 POLISSE (R) 127min [in French with subtitles] 5:30 and 8:15
Starting Fri Sept 7 thru Mon Sept 10 MAINE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (MIFF) By-The-Sea #4
more info will be headed your way soon....
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Fri Aug 10 - Thurs Aug 23 THE BOURNE LEGACY (PG-13) 135min
Screenwriter for the previous three Bourne movies, Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton) has created an original story and also now directs this exciting, new adventure that focuses on a new character Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker), another special CIA agent in a related program whose existence has been compromised by the exposure of Jason Bourne’s operation. He and all this program’s trainees are targeted by the program’s director (Ed Norton) to be terminated in a purge of this department. Barely escaping an assassination attempt, he joins forces with another target, a bio-chemist (Rachel Weisz, The Deep Blue Sea) who he needs to keep him alive.
Fri Aug 17 - Thurs Aug 23 PARANORMAN (PG) 96min
Misunderstood and outcast, weird kid Norman is able to speak with the dead. When his town is overrun by zombies, he enlists his friends and enemies to take them on, as well as ghosts, witches and, worst of all, grown-ups to save his town from a centuries-old curse. From Laika, the stop-motion animation studio that made Coraline, and from an original script by co-directors Sam Fell (Flushed Away, Tale of Despereaux) and Chris Butler, with voice work by Casey Affleck, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Anna Kendrick, Kodi Smit-McPhee, and John Goodman, this is clever, captivating and spooky fun.
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Fri Aug 24 - Thurs Aug 30 BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD (PG-13) 93min
This extraordinary debut film, winner of the Cannes Camera d’Or for best first film and the top Sundance prize for fiction film, is a strikingly original, beautiful film and an altogether unforgettable experience. Young Quvenzhané Wallis inhabits the role of Hushpuppy, who lives with her ailing, alcoholic father Wink (played by a New Orleans baker named Dwight Henry) in a defiant bayou community called the Bathtub on the other side of the levee from “civilization”. While he is trying to prepare her for survival after he’s gone, she believes that the natural world is in balance with the universe, …until catastrophe strikes. Director Benh Zeitlin and playwright Lucy Alibar adapt her play Juicy and Delicious into a magical, spellbinding poetry.
Fri Aug 24 - Mon Aug 27 THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN (PG-13) 137min
This fun, new version of the Spiderman genesis story stars Andrew Garfield (Social Network) as our young hero and Emma Stone (The Help) as his high school sweetheart Gwen. Director Marc Webb ((500) Days of Summer) provides more interesting character development without sacrificing any of the exciting action adventure. Peter Parker lives with his aunt and uncle (Sally Field and Martin Sheen) and is trying to solve the mystery behind the death of his parents. When goes to see a former colleague of his dad’s (Rhys Ifans) who is doing experiments on reptile DNA, he gets bit by the infamous arachnid and gains his super powers.
Tues Aug 28 - Thurs Aug 30 HEADHUNTERS (R) 101min [in Norwegian with subtitles]
This gutsy and engaging Norwegian thriller is based on the best-selling mystery novel from Jo Nesbø. Roger Brown (Aksel Hennie), a corporate executive recruiter, lives well beyond his means to keep his statuesque wife satisfied, by moonlighting as an art thief, partnering with his buddy who works in home security. When he meets Clas (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, TVs Game of Thrones), a recently retired mercenary in possession of a priceless painting, he disregards his initial impression, and decides to risk it all to get the art. What he discovers makes him a hunted man.
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Fri Aug 31 - Thurs Sept 6 THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (PG-13) 124min
Back by popular demand! 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).
Fri Aug 31 - Mon Sept 3 TO ROME WITH LOVE (R) 112min [partly in Italian with subtitles]
Woody Allen moves from the City of Lights to the Eternal City in his follow-up to last year’s Midnight in Paris. He intercuts four clever and funny stories set in the Italian capital that show his love for a beautiful city. An older architect revisits the places of his youth; a middle class man becomes wildly famous for no reason at all; a newlywed couple gets separated and they each have different romantic encounters; the first meeting of a girl’s parents and her soon-to-be in-laws doesn’t go as planned. Alec Baldwin, Ellen Page, Jesse Eisenbaum, Greta Gerwig, Roberto Benigni, Penélope Cruz, Judy Davis and director Allen himself are among the actors.
Tues Sept 4 - Thurs Sept 6 POLISSE (NR) 127min [in French with subtitles]
This Cannes Grand Jury prize-winner (2nd) is a powerful and dramatic, multi-character police thriller, based on actual cases researched by director-co-writer Maiwenn inspired by a documentary film she saw. She explores the dynamics of the Child Protection Services Unit of the Paris police force and the toll their jobs have on the lives of the individuals who work this beat day in and day out. With an excellent ensemble she weaves a web of the daily routine of this group of dedicated but affected officers into a gripping and unsentimental story that you won’t forget.
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Sunday Aug 19 IMPROVISION
So Wrong for all the Right reasons 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.
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Sept 7 - Sept 10 MAINE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (MIFF) By-The-Sea For a fourth year, our non-profit arm, First Light Film Society, in association with Reel Pizza, is pleased to bring to MDI a selection of films from this summer’s 15th edition of the Maine International Film Festival, held each July in Waterville. This year the selections, comprising fiction features, documentaries and short films, include a strong slate of films made in or about Maine, or by Mainers. We anticipate hosting several filmmakers who will attend their respective screenings to talk about their work. Soon we will be sending out a list of films with descriptions and a screening schedule, (please look for it or ask us for one.) We hope you will find time this first weekend after the summer rush to take in one or more of these exceptional films that might not otherwise make it to a theater near you!
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Coming After the Film Festival?
The Campaign
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Hope Springs
The Intouchables
Ruby Sparks
The Well-Digger’s Daughter
Farewell My Queen
Trishna
and more....
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Here is the schedule of events at Reel Pizza for the time frame Aug 17 - Sept 6. A little bit of everything! Both screens are booked so times are included. Hurrah! Another IMPROVISION happens Sunday Aug 19. And don't forget the Free Sierra Club matinee this Sunday (tomorrow) at 2pm with two films, one an Oscar-nominated film on sea levels; the other on the ocean's health, with UMIO Prof Joseph Kelley speaking. We are looking forward to these last few weeks of summer; by the time this group of films is over, most people's worlds (ours included) will have segued into fall! It's that giant whooshing sound again!
See you soon!
-Lisa
******************************
Fri Aug 10 - Thurs Aug 23 THE BOURNE LEGACY (PG-13) 135min 5:30 and 8:15 (2 weeks)
Fri Aug 17 - Thurs Aug 23 PARANORMAN (PG) 96min 5:00 and 7:15
Sunday Aug 19 IMPROVISION 11:00pm
Fri Aug 24 - Thurs Aug 30 BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD (PG-13) 91min 6:00 and 8:00
Fri Aug 24 - Mon Aug 27 THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN (PG-13) 137min 5:30 and 8:15
Tues Aug 28 - Thurs Aug 30 HEADHUNTERS (R) 101min [in Norwegian with subtitles] 5:30 and 8:15
Fri Aug 31 - Thurs Sept 6 BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (PG-13) 124min 6:00 and 8:30
Fri Aug 31 - Mon Sept 3 TO ROME WITH LOVE (R) 112min 5:30 and 8:00
Tues Sept 4 - Thurs Sept 6 POLISSE (R) 127min [in French with subtitles] 5:30 and 8:15
Starting Fri Sept 7 thru Mon Sept 10 MAINE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (MIFF) By-The-Sea #4
more info will be headed your way soon....
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Fri Aug 10 - Thurs Aug 23 THE BOURNE LEGACY (PG-13) 135min
Screenwriter for the previous three Bourne movies, Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton) has created an original story and also now directs this exciting, new adventure that focuses on a new character Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker), another special CIA agent in a related program whose existence has been compromised by the exposure of Jason Bourne’s operation. He and all this program’s trainees are targeted by the program’s director (Ed Norton) to be terminated in a purge of this department. Barely escaping an assassination attempt, he joins forces with another target, a bio-chemist (Rachel Weisz, The Deep Blue Sea) who he needs to keep him alive.
Fri Aug 17 - Thurs Aug 23 PARANORMAN (PG) 96min
Misunderstood and outcast, weird kid Norman is able to speak with the dead. When his town is overrun by zombies, he enlists his friends and enemies to take them on, as well as ghosts, witches and, worst of all, grown-ups to save his town from a centuries-old curse. From Laika, the stop-motion animation studio that made Coraline, and from an original script by co-directors Sam Fell (Flushed Away, Tale of Despereaux) and Chris Butler, with voice work by Casey Affleck, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Anna Kendrick, Kodi Smit-McPhee, and John Goodman, this is clever, captivating and spooky fun.
Fri Aug 24 - Thurs Aug 30 BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD (PG-13) 93min
This extraordinary debut film, winner of the Cannes Camera d’Or for best first film and the top Sundance prize for fiction film, is a strikingly original, beautiful film and an altogether unforgettable experience. Young Quvenzhané Wallis inhabits the role of Hushpuppy, who lives with her ailing, alcoholic father Wink (played by a New Orleans baker named Dwight Henry) in a defiant bayou community called the Bathtub on the other side of the levee from “civilization”. While he is trying to prepare her for survival after he’s gone, she believes that the natural world is in balance with the universe, …until catastrophe strikes. Director Benh Zeitlin and playwright Lucy Alibar adapt her play Juicy and Delicious into a magical, spellbinding poetry.
Fri Aug 24 - Mon Aug 27 THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN (PG-13) 137min
This fun, new version of the Spiderman genesis story stars Andrew Garfield (Social Network) as our young hero and Emma Stone (The Help) as his high school sweetheart Gwen. Director Marc Webb ((500) Days of Summer) provides more interesting character development without sacrificing any of the exciting action adventure. Peter Parker lives with his aunt and uncle (Sally Field and Martin Sheen) and is trying to solve the mystery behind the death of his parents. When goes to see a former colleague of his dad’s (Rhys Ifans) who is doing experiments on reptile DNA, he gets bit by the infamous arachnid and gains his super powers.
Tues Aug 28 - Thurs Aug 30 HEADHUNTERS (R) 101min [in Norwegian with subtitles]
This gutsy and engaging Norwegian thriller is based on the best-selling mystery novel from Jo Nesbø. Roger Brown (Aksel Hennie), a corporate executive recruiter, lives well beyond his means to keep his statuesque wife satisfied, by moonlighting as an art thief, partnering with his buddy who works in home security. When he meets Clas (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, TVs Game of Thrones), a recently retired mercenary in possession of a priceless painting, he disregards his initial impression, and decides to risk it all to get the art. What he discovers makes him a hunted man.
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Fri Aug 31 - Thurs Sept 6 THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (PG-13) 124min
Back by popular demand! 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).
Fri Aug 31 - Mon Sept 3 TO ROME WITH LOVE (R) 112min [partly in Italian with subtitles]
Woody Allen moves from the City of Lights to the Eternal City in his follow-up to last year’s Midnight in Paris. He intercuts four clever and funny stories set in the Italian capital that show his love for a beautiful city. An older architect revisits the places of his youth; a middle class man becomes wildly famous for no reason at all; a newlywed couple gets separated and they each have different romantic encounters; the first meeting of a girl’s parents and her soon-to-be in-laws doesn’t go as planned. Alec Baldwin, Ellen Page, Jesse Eisenbaum, Greta Gerwig, Roberto Benigni, Penélope Cruz, Judy Davis and director Allen himself are among the actors.
Tues Sept 4 - Thurs Sept 6 POLISSE (NR) 127min [in French with subtitles]
This Cannes Grand Jury prize-winner (2nd) is a powerful and dramatic, multi-character police thriller, based on actual cases researched by director-co-writer Maiwenn inspired by a documentary film she saw. She explores the dynamics of the Child Protection Services Unit of the Paris police force and the toll their jobs have on the lives of the individuals who work this beat day in and day out. With an excellent ensemble she weaves a web of the daily routine of this group of dedicated but affected officers into a gripping and unsentimental story that you won’t forget.
Sunday Aug 19 IMPROVISION
So Wrong for all the Right reasons 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.
******************************
Sept 7 - Sept 10 MAINE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (MIFF) By-The-Sea For a fourth year, our non-profit arm, First Light Film Society, in association with Reel Pizza, is pleased to bring to MDI a selection of films from this summer’s 15th edition of the Maine International Film Festival, held each July in Waterville. This year the selections, comprising fiction features, documentaries and short films, include a strong slate of films made in or about Maine, or by Mainers. We anticipate hosting several filmmakers who will attend their respective screenings to talk about their work. Soon we will be sending out a list of films with descriptions and a screening schedule, (please look for it or ask us for one.) We hope you will find time this first weekend after the summer rush to take in one or more of these exceptional films that might not otherwise make it to a theater near you!
******************************
Coming After the Film Festival?
The Campaign
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Hope Springs
The Intouchables
Ruby Sparks
The Well-Digger’s Daughter
Farewell My Queen
Trishna
and more....
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Friday, August 10, 2012
[Reel Pizza] update Aug 10 - 16
hi everyone
Here is today through Thursday's schedule at Reel Pizza.
We have a special program this weekend. The third installment of the SIERRA CLUB FREE ENVIRONMENTAL FILM SERIES will be held on Sunday starting at 2pm. There will be two films screened on the topic of climate change; first the Oscar-nominated SUN COME UP about the relocation of the residents of Carteret Island in the South Pacific, a low-lying island which is losing the battle with rising sea levels. Also A SEA CHANGE a documentary about ocean acidification, caused by burning fossil fuels, and its effects on the marine ecosystem. The speaker will be UMO professor, Joseph Kelley, Ph.D, who is a marine geologist and an internationally known expert on sea-level change and other coastal issues.
We open the brand-new BOURNE film today, THE BOURNE LEGACY starring Jeremy Renner who was so good in THE HURT LOCKER and from director/screenwriter Tony Gilroy, who wrote the first three BOURNE screenplays. Steven Soderbergs's dramady MAGIC MIKE and indie comedy SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED will fill the other screen this week. Film descriptions below.
One kitchen note, we are serving our seasonal fresh basil pie thanks to HAPPYTOWN FARM, and our organic salad greens are coming from SOUTHPAW farm in central Maine. YUM!
See you soon!
-Lisa
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Fri Aug 10 - Thurs Aug 23 (two weeks)
THE BOURNE LEGACY (PG-13) 135min 5:30 and 8:15
Fri Aug 10 - Mon Aug 13
MAGIC MIKE (R) 110min 6:00 and 8:30
Tues Aug 14 - Thurs Aug 16
SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED (R) 86min 6:00 and 7:45
Sunday Aug 12
SUN COME UP and A SEA CHANGE (NR) 2:00 FREE
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Here is today through Thursday's schedule at Reel Pizza.
We have a special program this weekend. The third installment of the SIERRA CLUB FREE ENVIRONMENTAL FILM SERIES will be held on Sunday starting at 2pm. There will be two films screened on the topic of climate change; first the Oscar-nominated SUN COME UP about the relocation of the residents of Carteret Island in the South Pacific, a low-lying island which is losing the battle with rising sea levels. Also A SEA CHANGE a documentary about ocean acidification, caused by burning fossil fuels, and its effects on the marine ecosystem. The speaker will be UMO professor, Joseph Kelley, Ph.D, who is a marine geologist and an internationally known expert on sea-level change and other coastal issues.
We open the brand-new BOURNE film today, THE BOURNE LEGACY starring Jeremy Renner who was so good in THE HURT LOCKER and from director/screenwriter Tony Gilroy, who wrote the first three BOURNE screenplays. Steven Soderbergs's dramady MAGIC MIKE and indie comedy SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED will fill the other screen this week. Film descriptions below.
One kitchen note, we are serving our seasonal fresh basil pie thanks to HAPPYTOWN FARM, and our organic salad greens are coming from SOUTHPAW farm in central Maine. YUM!
See you soon!
-Lisa
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Fri Aug 10 - Thurs Aug 23 (two weeks)
THE BOURNE LEGACY (PG-13) 135min 5:30 and 8:15
Fri Aug 10 - Mon Aug 13
MAGIC MIKE (R) 110min 6:00 and 8:30
Tues Aug 14 - Thurs Aug 16
SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED (R) 86min 6:00 and 7:45
Sunday Aug 12
SUN COME UP and A SEA CHANGE (NR) 2:00 FREE
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THE BOURNE LEGACY (PG-13) 135min
Screenwriter for the previous three Bourne movies, Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton) has created an original story and also now directs this exciting, new adventure that focuses on a new character Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker), another special CIA agent in a related program whose existence has been compromised by the exposure of Jason Bourne’s operation. He and all this program’s trainees are targeted by the program’s director (Ed Norton) to be terminated in a purge of this department. Barely escaping an assassination attempt, he joins forces with another target, a bio-chemist (Rachel Weisz, The Deep Blue Sea) who he needs to keep him alive.
MAGIC MIKE (R) 110min
Set in the world of the all-male dance review, this latest film from prolific and multi-disciplinary director-cinematographer Steven Soderbergh (Ocean’s 11, Traffic, sex lies and videotape) might be this summer’s guilty pleasure for half the population. It is also a charming and entertaining story (albeit with a bit of wonderfully campy eye-candy) of a guy with dreams. Based on a brief period in star Channing Tatum’s (21 Jump Street) real life, the story follows a construction worker who does stripping on the side, trying to raise the money he needs to start his dream business. He takes a young, aimless dropout under his wing and gets him a job at the club. Matt McConaughey (Bernie) continues his recent excellent work playing Texan characters as the club’s sleazy owner.
SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED (R) 86min
An unusual classified ad (purportedly real) seeking a companion for a time-travelling expedition leads three Seattle-based alternative weekly magazine employees to the coast where they find paranoid grocery clerk Kenneth (Mark Duplass, Your Sister’s Sister). Jeff, a cynical reporter, heads off to rekindle an old high school flame, while Darius (Aubrey Plaza, TV’s Parks and Recreation) and Arnau (Karan Soni) prepare for their adventure. This multi-layered, sweetly eccentric and freshly offbeat comedy won the screenwriting award at Sundance for writer Derek Connolly, and is the inspired feature debut for director Colin Trevorrow.
SUN COME UP (NR) 36min
A multiple award-winner at several festivals, this Academy Award-nominated film shows the human face of climate change, provoking discussion about climate change, displacement, and the rights of vulnerable communities around the globe and is an inspiring glimpse into how one community is adapting to climate change. The film follows the relocation of the Carteret Islanders, a community living on a remote island chain in the South Pacific Ocean, and now, some of the world’s first environmental refugees. When climate change threatens their survival, the islanders face a painful decision to leave their ancestral land in search of a new place to call home. A group of young islanders try to search for land and build relationships in war-torn Bougainville, 50 miles across the open ocean.
A SEA CHANGE (NR) 60min
This film documents how the pH balance of the oceans has changed dramatically since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution and examines how the dramatic changes we are seeing in the chemistry of the oceans will affect the future of life on Earth. With near unanimity, scientist now agree that the burning of fossil fuels is fundamentally reshaping ocean chemistry and the steady increases in carbon dioxide emissions and resulting rise in acidity of the oceans will cause a bottom-up collapse of the world's fisheries that could last for millions of years.
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