Before I forget, let me mention that there will be NO SENIOR MATINEE on this coming Thursday April 2. Among many reasons, Chris is out of town. We will resume the following week into April though. Stay tuned for what is next.
Here is next week's schedule. Happy Easter everyone! Hope the Easter Bunny is still wearing his warm white coat this year.
-L
4/3 - 4/9 FOCUS(R)105min 6:00 and 8:30 4/3 - 4/6 MCFARLAND, USA(PG)129min5:30 and 8:00 4/7 - 4/9 RED ARMY(PG)85min5:30 and 7:30
Fri Apr 3 - Thurs Apr 9 FOCUS(R)105min 6:00 and 8:30 Will Smith stars as Nicky, a seasoned con artist who becomes romantically involved with beautiful novice Jess (Margot Robbie, Wolf of Wall Street). As he's teaching her the tricks of the trade, she becomes an unwanted distraction and gets too close for comfort and he abruptly breaks it off. Three years later, the former flame--now an accomplished femme fatale--shows up in Buenos Aires in the middle of the high stakes racecar circuit. In the midst of Nicky's latest, very dangerous scheme, she throws his plans for a loop...and the consummate con man off his game.Directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (Crazy, Stupid, Love) have made an enjoyable, breezy escapist fun rom-com-con between two people who can never trust each other. trailer
Fri Apr 3 - Mon Apr 6 MCFARLAND, USA(PG)129min5:30 and 8:00 This fully entertaining and heartwarming film about the unexpected success of an immigrant community's high school sports team rises well above expectation with straightforward direction by Niki Caro (Whale Rider); this film isn't sappy or filled with cliché and earns its payoff.Kevin Costner is great as a disgraced coach who finds himself moving his family to California's central valley, to a poor town of Mexican immigrants where kids work the fields both before and after school.Based on a true story, he tries to convince them to run cross country instead of failing at football, while the locals wonder about their new, non-Latino neighbors.trailer Tues Apr 7 - Thurs Apr 9 RED ARMY(PG)85min5:30 and 7:30 This fascinating documentary, both humorous and enlightening, explores the geopolitical consequences of cold war politics and national pride on the Russian ice hockey dynasty.Fully entertaining for both fans and non-fans of sports, filmmaker Gabe Polsky explores the history of this incredibly talented and successful team and its members, especially team captain Slava Fetisov, as these athletes' lives cross some of the most earth-shattering political events of the past century and they are transformed from national heroes to political enemies.trailer
I don't care what the weatherman says, Spring arrives at 6:45pm on Friday evening!! We have film options whether you are needing florals or technicolor to brighten your day, or just want to wallow in the grey. See you soon!
-Lisa
Fri - Thurs THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL(PG)122min5:30 and 8:00 Fri - Mon 50 SHADES OF GREY(R)125min6:00 and 8:30 Tues - Thurs INHERENT VICE(R)148min5:15 and 8:15
Fri Mar 20 - Thurs Mar 26 (will continue thru April 2) THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL(PG)122min5:30 and 8:00 In the sequel to the popular 2011 comedy, co-managers Muriel Donnelly (Maggie Smith) and Sonny Kapoor (Dev Patel) dream of expansion while Sonny also plans for his wedding.As the big day nears, family and guests alike find themselves swept up in the irresistible intoxication of an Indian wedding. In this spirited film with endearing characters again directed by John Madden, co-stars Judy Dench, Bill Nighy, Ronald Pickup and Celia Imrie return, joining new cast members Richard Gere and David Straitharn. trailer
Fri Mar 20 - Mon Mar 23 50 SHADES OF GREY(R)125min6:00 and 8:30 This highly anticipated steamy romance, based on the best-selling page-turner by EL James, follows the unlikely and unusual relationship between a college co-ed and a highly eligible businessman.Dakota Johnson plays Ana, a shy senior English lit major who steps in for her ill roommate to interview handsome and intimidating tycoon Christian Grey, and soon becomes intimately involved with him, complete with helicopter rides, non-disclosure agreements, and kinky sex in his playroom.trailer Tues Mar 24 - Thurs Mar 26 INHERENT VICE(R)148min5:15 and 8:15 Reclusive author Thomas Pynchon adapts his own novel for director PT Anderson (There Will Be Blood, The Master).Like a cross between Altman's THE LONG GOODBYE and the Coen brother's THE BIG LEBOWSKI, this detective caper comedy is convoluted, indulgent, and funny.A shaggy Joachin Phoenix stars as a stoner private investigator who is pulled into a world of trouble that includes two missing men, a heroin addict, a corrupt dentist, and a schooner called the Golden Fang, after an unexpected visit from his ex.The supporting cast includes Owen Wilson, Josh Brolin, Reese Witherspoon, Benicio del Toro, Jena Malone, and Maya Rudolph.trailer
Here is the next schedule of films on the split-week screen playing from Fri Mar 20 thru Thurs April 9. I have info on a special program that happens right at the beginning of the next schedule, so you can put it on your calendars now.
See you soon! -Lisa
Coming soon
Sunday April 12 BENEFIT for Healthy Acadia's GENDER IDENTITY PROJECT LADY VALOR (NR) 90min $10 2pm Former U.S. Navy SEAL Christopher Beck embarks on a new mission as Kristin Beck. Kristin's journey in search of the American ideals that she protected have a whole new meaning as she lives her life truthfully as a transgender woman. Following the screening, stay for discussion with Jenn Burleton, Director of the TransActive Gender Center, the oldest transgender education organization in the country. All proceeds benefit Healthy Acadia's Gender Identity Project, dedicated to improving the lives of transgender and gender nonconforming people. trailer
Fri Mar 20 - Mon Mar 23 50 SHADES OF GREY(R)125min
This highly anticipated steamy romance, based on the best-selling page-turner by EL James, follows the unlikely and unusual relationship between a college co-ed and a highly eligible businessman.Dakota Johnson plays Ana, a shy senior English lit major who steps in for her ill roommate to interview handsome and intimidating tycoon Christian Grey, and soon becomes intimately involved with him, complete with helicopter rides, non-disclosure agreements, and kinky sex in his playroom.trailer
Tues Mar 24 - Thurs Mar 26
INHERENT VICE(R)148min
Reclusive author Thomas Pynchon adapts his own novel for director PT Anderson (There Will Be Blood, The Master).Like a cross between Altman's THE LONG GOODBYE and the Coen brother's THE BIG LEBOWSKI, this detective caper comedy is convoluted, indulgent, and funny.A shaggy Joachin Phoenix stars as a stoner private investigator who is pulled into a world of trouble that includes two missing men, a heroin addict, a corrupt dentist, and a schooner called the Golden Fang, after an unexpected visit from his ex.The supporting cast includes Owen Wilson, Josh Brolin, Reese Witherspoon, Benicio del Toro, Jena Malone, and Maya Rudolph.trailer
Fri Mar 27 - Mon Mar 30
STILL ALICE(PG-13)109min
Julianne Moore was this year's Best Actress Oscar winner for her mesmerizing performance in this moving and powerful exploration of the devastating consequences of the living nightmare that is Alzheimer's.She plays a renowned linguistics professor who begins to forget words; her diagnosis and struggle to stay connected as her mind dims causes the bonds in her family to be tested, including with her husband (Alec Baldwin) and youngest, rebellious daughter (Kristen Stewart).This is the latest film from the filmmaking team of Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland (Quinceañera).trailer
Tues Mar 31 - Thurs Apr 2
LEVIATHAN(R)140min[in Russian with subtitles]
One of this year's Oscar-nominated foreign films, this Russian drama from director Andrey Zvyagintsev (The Return) tells a story of corruption and loss, and one ordinary man's fight against the system as a metaphor for the problems of an entire nation.Kolya is an auto repairman who lives with his teenaged son and his second, younger wife in a seaside home on the Barents Sea that has been in his family for generations.But the corrupt mayor covets this land and intends to take it for himself using eminent domain.Kolya calls in an old army buddy, now a hotshot Moscow lawyer to help him fight, with unintended consequences.trailer
Fri Apr 3 - Mon Apr 6
MCFARLAND, USA(PG)129min
This fully entertaining and heartwarming film about the unexpected success of an immigrant community's high school sports team rises well above expectation with straightforward direction by Niki Caro (Whale Rider); this film isn't sappy or filled with cliché and earns its payoff.Kevin Costner is great as a disgraced coach who finds himself moving his family to California's central valley, to a poor town of Mexican immigrants where kids work the fields both before and after school.Based on a true story, he tries to convince them to run cross country instead of failing at football, while the locals wonder about their new, non-Latino neighbors.trailer
Tues Apr 7 - Thurs Apr 9
RED ARMY(PG)85min
This fascinating documentary, both humorous and enlightening, explores the geopolitical consequences of cold war politics and national pride on the Russian ice hockey dynasty.Fully entertaining for both fans and non-fans of sports, filmmaker Gabe Polsky explores the history of this incredibly talented and successful team and its members, especially team captain Slava Fetisov, as these athletes' lives cross some of the most earth-shattering political events of the past century and they are transformed from national heroes to political enemies.trailer
Coming on our Second Screen?
SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL(PG)122min
In the sequel to the popular 2011 comedy, co-managers Muriel Donnelly (Maggie Smith) and Sonny Kapoor (Dev Patel) dream of expansion while Sonny also plans for his wedding.As the big day nears, family and guests alike find themselves swept up in the irresistible intoxication of an Indian wedding. In this spirited film with endearing characters again directed by John Madden, co-stars Judy Dench, Bill Nighy, Ronald Pickup and Celia Imrie return, joining new cast members Richard Gere and David Straitharn. trailer
CINDERELLA(PG)113min
Director Kenneth Branagh and screenwriter Chris Weitz bring this charming and lovely live action version of the revered fairy tale to the screen.The fortunes of young Ella (Lily James) deteriorate when her father unexpectedly passes away and she finds herself at the mercy of a jealous and cruel new step-mother (Cate Blanchette) and sisters. Relegated to nothing more than a servant girl covered in ashes, she is determined to honor her mother's dying words to "have courage and be kind."And then there is the dashing stranger she meets in the woods. As in all good fairy tales, a kindly beggar woman (Helena Bonham-Carter) steps forward to help and – armed with a pumpkin and a few mice – changes Cinderella's life forever. trailer
FOCUS(R)105min
Will Smith stars as Nicky, a seasoned con artist who becomes romantically involved with beautiful novice Jess (Margot Robbie, Wolf of Wall Street). As he's teaching her the tricks of the trade, she becomes an unwanted distraction and gets too close for comfort and he abruptly breaks it off. Three years later, the former flame--now an accomplished femme fatale--shows up in Buenos Aires in the middle of the high stakes racecar circuit. In the midst of Nicky's latest, very dangerous scheme, she throws his plans for a loop...and the consummate con man off his game.Directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (Crazy, Stupid, Love) have made an enjoyable, breezy escapist fun rom-com-con between two people who can never trust each other. trailer
CHAPPIE(R)120min
In the near future, crime is patrolled by an oppressive mechanized police force. When programmer Deon (Dev Patel) steals a broken police robot and gives it new programming, Chappie (Sharlto Copley) becomes the first robot with the ability to think and feel for himself, but he is stolen by criminals and taught to be a gangster.Deon's rival (Hugh Jackman) has also programmed a robot but has made it all brawn and no brain, who becomes Chappie's rival.This action-packed, thoughtful and fun science-fiction film is the latest from South African director Neill Blomkamp (Elysium, District 9). trailer
Coming Next Schedule? INSURGENT QUEEN AND COUNTRY TIMBUKTU WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS MERCHANTS OF DOUBT '71 AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON
Hi Drip, drip, drip... a sound so lovely to my ears! Time to tap, if you can get to your trees!
Two reminders for the remainder of this week. 1.) Tonight Wednesday, there is NO early show of KINGSMAN due to the special Pecha Kucha event at 5:30. There will be a later show of KINGSMAN at 8:30. 2.) Tomorrow Thursday, despite whatever else you may have seen, read or heard, the Senior Matinee is ANTARCTICA: A Year on Ice at 1pm.
No special events here at Reel Pizza this weekend for the first time in a long while; Good luck to our HS Jazz bands going to play at the State Competition in South Portland this weekend!
See you soon. -L
Here is the upcoming week's schedule: 3/13 - 3/19 BLACK SEA(R)115min6:00 and 8:30 3/13 - 3/16 BIG EYES(PG-13)106min5:30 and 8:00 3/17 - 3/19 BLACK OR WHITE(PG-13)121min 5:30 and 8:00
Fri 3/13 - Thurs 3/19 BLACK SEA(R)115min 6:00 and 8:30 This suspenseful action thriller, well-directed by Kevin MacDonald (The Last King of Scotland) centers on a laid-off Scottish salvage submarine captain (Jude Law) who pulls together a misfit crew of half Brits, including an excellent Ben Mendelsohn (Animal Kingdom) as the master diver, and half Russians to go after a sunken Nazi treasure reputed to be lost in the depths of the Black Sea off Crimea.As greed and desperation take control on their claustrophobic and perhaps unseaworthy vessel, these men turn on each other to fight for their own survival.trailer
Fri 3/13 - Mon 3/16 BIG EYES(PG-13)106min 5:30 and 8:00 Director Tim Burton (Ed Wood) explores another kitschy artist with his entertaining, fascinating and funny film of this stranger than fiction true story.The popular but also wildly reviled art style of waif-like children with extra-large eyes from the 1950s and 1960s made charming artist Walter Keane (Christoph Waltz) one of that eras most successful painters, until it eventually came out that in fact the works had all been made by his lonely, cloistered wife Margaret (Amy Adams) and Walter was in fact just a con artist who took credit and gained international fame with his wife's work.trailer
Tues 3/17 - Thurs 3/19 BLACK OR WHITE(PG-13)121min 5:30 and 8:00 Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer give excellent performances in this story of a custody battle for an interracial child.The maternal grandfather, a well-to-do retiree, has been raising this beloved little girl with his wife after the death during childbirth of his daughter.When his wife suddenly dies and he is left to care for her alone, the girl's paternal grandmother, a successful realtor in an impoverished area, seeks custody to raise her with her father's people, although he has never had a relationship with her.This provocative, relevant and thoughtful film shows both the frustration and insight into the racial conundrum.trailer
BUSY week here at Reel Pizza. On Sunday we welcome the Conners-Emerson Eighth Graders who are holding a PG movie/raffle/silent auction afternoon to raise funds for their graduation activities this spring. There are always lots of great donations to the silent auction, please stop in.
And we are trying something new. On Wed eve 3/11, (in lieu of the weeklong film's early screening) we welcome Pecha Kucha MDI. This local storytelling event will begin at 5:30. There will be a later screening of KINGSMAN on Wed at 8:30 after the PKMDI event.
The Senior Matinee next week on Thursday 3/12 will be KINGSMAN at 1pm.
Stay warm, go skiing (it's rarely better than it is right now) and come see a show.
-Lisa
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Fri 3/6 - Thurs 3/12 KINGSMAN: The Secret Service(R)100min 6:00*(not Wed) and 8:30 Fri 3/6 - Mon 3/9 MR. TURNER(R)149min 5:15 and 8:15 Tues 3/10 - Thurs 3/12 ANTARCTICA: A Year on the Ice(PG)92min 5:30 and 7:45
Sun 3/8 Conner's-Emerson Eighth Grade Benefit 1pm to 4pm Wed 3/11PKMDI(NR)5:30pmWill preempt the week-long film's early show on Wed eve.
Sun 3/8 Conner's-Emerson Eighth Grade Benefit 1pm to 4pm An event to raise money for the Emerson 8th grade white water rafting trip and other end of year activities.Silent Auction items include restaurant gift certificates, one night's lodging at the Saltair Inn, and 20 lbs. of lobsters. Also selling raffle tickets at the door for an iPad 2 Air 64 GB Wi-Fi and Cellular. Raffle 1:00-3:30; PG Movie (about a boyscout, an old man, a dog and a lot of balloons) plays @2pm$4.
Wed 3/11 PKMDI(NR)5:30pmWill preempt the week-long film's early show on Wed eve. PECHA KUCHA is a fast-paced, friendly social event where people of all ages meet, show their work, and share their stories.Spring may be in the air, or it may still be snowing. Regardless of the weather, it will be warm and cozy in Reel Pizza as we celebrate our small community with a diverse and inspiring line-up of speakers and presentations. Join us to hear interesting stories from people doing new and exciting things on MDI and beyond. Presenters include Jay Friedlander, Jena Young, and more!fmi:pkmdi.com
Fri 3/6 - Thurs 3/12 KINGSMAN: The Secret Service(R)100min 6:00* (not Wed) and 8:30 Colin Firth is quite dapper as a veteran spy in a super-secret organization charged with grooming a replacement for a fallen agent, an unrefined street kid (Taron Egerton).His job becomes increasingly complicated by a villainous plot threatening the globe by an internet entrepreneur (Samuel L. Jackson).Based on a graphic novel, this absurd but witty and thrillingly fun action comedy from director Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass) both spoofs and celebrates the James Bond franchise (also Jason Bourne).trailer
Fri 3/6 - Mon 3/9 MR. TURNER(R)149min 5:15 and 8:15 The English romantic artist whose work anticipated the Impressionists, JMW Turner (Timothy Spall, winner of Cannes Best Actor prize) was an eccentric but in some ways an ordinary man, who was a master of light.This fascinating portrait of this tireless artist at the pinnacle of his career is by master filmmaker Mike Leigh (Secrets and Lies, Topsy Turvy) making a rare historical drama.From his life with his beloved father and the housekeeper who loves him, to the seaside landlady with whom he resides at the end of his life, he is both celebrated and loathed by the public and aristocracy.This superior historical recreation is an involving and rewarding film. trailer
Tues 3/10 - Thurs 3/12 ANTARCTICA: A Year on the Ice(PG)92min 5:30 and 7:45 Stunningly beautiful, this entertaining documentary about the rare folks who overwinter in one of the harshest environments on Earth is from communications engineer turned filmmaker Anthony Powell.He shot the footage over his ten winters in Antarctica, mostly at McMurdo station but also at others, and has a special affinity for spectacular time-lapse photography which evokes a sense of place.Isolated from the rest of the world, the close-knit community of scientists, technicians and craftsmen endure both the beauty and brutality of a pristine wilderness most humans will never experience.trailer
