[Reel Pizza] update June 12 - June 18

Ooh yeah, gotta love this summertime weather!  Tonight we start the 8th season of IMPROVISION, our occasional series combining Chris's B movie collection, and the talented comedians of ImprovAcadia.  It's a new show every time, and always lots of late night fun.  Will you get to spin the genre wheel?  You won't if you aren't here at 11pm, tonight.  See you then!

And a reminder about our films for this week, if you missed MAD MAX FURY ROAD when we played it last month or can't wait to see it again, you have another chance this weekend.  It is way more fun that you'd ever expect in a movie, and Charlize Theron rocks it!  Or perhaps if a romance is more up your alley, we have a beautiful new adaptation of Thomas Hardy's FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD starring Carey Mulligan, Michael Sheen, and Matthias Schoenaert directed by Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg.  And coming for the midweek, a fascinating recreation of a bizarre true story of two liars and the search for the truth in TRUE STORY starring James Franco and Jonah Hill. 

Fri June 12  IMPROVISION (NR)  11pm
Fri June 12 - Thurs June 18    FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD  (PG-13)  119min  5:30 & 8:00
Fri June 12 - Mon June 15    MAD MAX: Fury Road  (R)  120min   6:00 & 8:30
Tues June 16 - Thurs June 18    TRUE STORY  (R)  100min  6:00 & 8:15


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Fri June 12 - Thurs June 18
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD  (PG-13)  119min  5:30 & 8:00
This timeless Thomas Hardy story is adapted excellently by Danish filmmaker and Dogme style co-founder Thomas Vinterberg (The Celebration, The Hunt).  The outstanding cast includes Carey Mulligan (An Education) as the intelligent, beautiful and headstrong young woman Bathsheba Everdene who attracts three very different suitors, including a gentle sheep farmer (Matthias Schoenaerts, Rust and Bone), a reckless Sergeant (Tom Sturridge, Pirate Radio) and her older and prosperous but awkward bachelor neighbor (Michael Sheen, Frost/Nixon).  As her fortunes change, so do her choices in love, which has repercussions far more than she anticipated.  This is a beautiful and crowd-pleasing film.  trailer

Fri June 12 - Mon June 15
MAD MAX: Fury Road  (R)  120min   6:00 & 8:30
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!  Director George Miller, the originator of the post-apocalyptic genre and mastermind behind the legendary Mad Max franchise, returns to the world of the Road Warrior, Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy, Dark Knight Rises).  Haunted by his turbulent past he believes the best way to survive is to wander alone.  Nevertheless he becomes swept up with a rebel group fleeing across the Wasteland in a War Rig driven by a mysterious woman, Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron).  They are escaping from a Warlord from whom something irreplaceable has been taken; he has mobilized all his gangs to pursue the rebels ruthlessly while she is trying to cross the desert to return to her childhood home.    trailer
 
Tues June 16 - Thurs June 18
TRUE STORY  (R)  100min  6:00 & 8:15
Based on real events as told in the memoir of disgraced former NYTimes columnist Michael Finkel (Jonah Hill), True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa, this film tells a bizarre story that starts with his being fired for fabricating an article.  He is unable to find further employment and his life is a mess, which only gets weirder when he receives a phone call asking for his opinion, as a man (James Franco) just arrested in Mexico, who allegedly murdered his wife and two children, had been using the name and identity of Michael Finkel.  This riveting, unsettling character-driven drama is about two liars, and Finkel's relentless pursuit of the true story.  trailer
 
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