hey everyone
August is on its way! Never fear, you can keep cool and avoid the August Uglies with us.
Don't forget our Friday late night programming. This week it is IMPROVISION on Friday 8/1 at 11pm. when the ImprovAcadia crew makes merry with the camp classic THE THING WITH TWO HEADS, starring Rosie Grier.
Please notice that BOTH our films this coming week run for seven days, Friday through Thursday.
-Lisa
Friday August 1 - Thursday August 7
JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (PG) 89min 5:30 and 7:45
Directed by Academy Award-winning visual effects veteran Eric Brevig, this exciting and funny family adventure takes the classic 1864 Jules Verne novel as fact and spins a wild ride. Brendan Fraser (Crash, The Mummy) stars as a science professor whose untraditional hypotheses have made him the laughing stock of the academic community. But while looking for clues of his late brother's work and into his death during an expedition in remote Iceland, he, his cynical nephew and a beautiful guide stumble upon a major discovery that launches them on a thrilling journey deep beneath the Earth's surface, where they travel through never-before-seen worlds and encounter a variety of unusual creatures.
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Friday August 1 - Thursday August 7
MAMMA MIA! (PG-13) 104min 6:00 and 8:15
Meryl Streep stars as Donna who has spent the past 20 years running a picturesquely decaying hotel. Now she's preparing for the marriage of her daughter, Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) to her fiancé, Sky (Dominic Cooper, The History Boys). But there is something Donna hasn't been told. Sophie has invited three of her mother's ex-boyfriends (Stellan Skarsgard, Pierce Brosnan, and Colin Firth) to the wedding in the hope that one of them will turn out to be the father she's never known. The same team behind the hit stage show, including director Phyllida Lloyd, writer Catherine Johnson and producer Judy Cramer, has brought this infectiously sunny musical, featuring ABBA tunes, to the big screen.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Monday, July 21, 2008
[Reel Pizza] Update
Good morning again everyone,
here are the absolutely correct times for this coming weeks films. (I PROMISE!)
Last Friday's Late Night ROCK & REEL program was terrific, the Shakes were totally up to the challenge of creating a silent film score, the film was something you wouldn't see ANYWHERE else, and everyone had a grand time. We will be screening more classic silent films scored by local bands coming in August. This Friday 7/25 at 11pm we will present PROGRAM-O-RAMA, compiling your digital submissions. Submit your own short film, or something you've seen on-line that you must share with the world (no copyrighted material unless it is yours) in digital format and we will show them all on our big screen. Zany, bizarre, thought-provoking...any style or topic is welcome. Contact Chris or Colin at 288-3828 or evenings at the theatre. this is bound to be different and fun!
Have a great week
-Lisa
Fri July 25 - Thurs July 31
X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE (PG-13) 104min 6:00 and 8:30
Fri July 25 - Mon July 28
KIT KITTREDGE: AN AMERICAN GIRL (G) 104min 5:30 and 7:45
Tues July 29 - Thurs July 31
FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON (NR) 113min [in French with subtitles] 5:30 and 8:00
here are the absolutely correct times for this coming weeks films. (I PROMISE!)
Last Friday's Late Night ROCK & REEL program was terrific, the Shakes were totally up to the challenge of creating a silent film score, the film was something you wouldn't see ANYWHERE else, and everyone had a grand time. We will be screening more classic silent films scored by local bands coming in August. This Friday 7/25 at 11pm we will present PROGRAM-O-RAMA, compiling your digital submissions. Submit your own short film, or something you've seen on-line that you must share with the world (no copyrighted material unless it is yours) in digital format and we will show them all on our big screen. Zany, bizarre, thought-provoking...any style or topic is welcome. Contact Chris or Colin at 288-3828 or evenings at the theatre. this is bound to be different and fun!
Have a great week
-Lisa
Fri July 25 - Thurs July 31
X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE (PG-13) 104min 6:00 and 8:30
Fri July 25 - Mon July 28
KIT KITTREDGE: AN AMERICAN GIRL (G) 104min 5:30 and 7:45
Tues July 29 - Thurs July 31
FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON (NR) 113min [in French with subtitles] 5:30 and 8:00
Thursday, July 17, 2008
[Reel Pizza] schedule
As promised, the Reel Pizza Schedule for July 25 through August 14th.
But first, please read about some alternative programming that we will be presenting in the next few weeks.
See you soon, Lisa and Chris.
SPECIAL AFTERNOON PROGRAM of film and discussion presented in association with St Saviour's Episcopal Church.
Sunday August 10th
TRACES OF THE TRADE (NR) 2:00 pm
Released in 2008 on the occasion of the Bicentennial of the U.S. Abolition of the Slave Trade (January 1, 1808), this documentary film examines one of the most shameful legacies of America's past. Director Katrina Browne and nine relatives trace their roots as the largest slave trading family in American history, offering powerful new perspectives on the black/white divide. Following the screening, a member of this family, Dain Perry, who participated in the film, and his wife Constance Perry, will share the difficult and creative effort that produced this film, consider its impact on their lives and invite all to reflect on our own experience. www.tracesofthetrade.org
Don't forget FRIDAY LATE NIGHTS! (I did, in the last email update...). Every week on Friday at 11pm we will present some movie expanding experience to distract and entertain you.
This Friday 7/18 (tomorrow), we have ROCK & REEL, in which local bands provide contemporary accompaniment to classic, unique silent films. This week's pairing features The Shakes – Caleb Davis, Carl Davis, James Pike and special guest David Palazola – performing with the 1929 Russian feature Man with a Movie Camera. This fast-paced, kaleidoscopic film is an attempt to capture the full beauty and chaos of life, and uses a stunning variety of trick photography to position its heroic cameraman in every possible place necessary to achieve this (including inside a glass of beer!).
Next Friday 7/25, it will be PROGRAM-O-RAMA, where you get to help choose the films. Submit your own short film, or something you've seen on-line that you must share with the world (no copyrighted material unless it is yours) in digital format and we will show them all on our big screen. Zany, bizarre, thought-provoking...any style or topic is welcome.
Last week's IMPROVISION collaboration with the ImprovAcadia crew was great fun. We welcome them back on Aug 1st as they provide dialogue, music and sound effects to THE MAN WITH TWO HEADS, featuring Rosie Greer, and again on Aug 8th, for ROBOT MONSTER (Chris's description here) the cheesiest monster movie ever made (and he has seen them all!). Again, they have not seen the movie, or know what it is about; who knows what turns the plot will make?
And now back to "regular" films...
Fri July 25 - Thurs July31
X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE (PG-13) 104min 6:00 and 8:30
In grand "X-Files" manner, the storyline of this BRAND NEW film, based on the popular TV series, is being kept under wraps. This much can be revealed: it is a stand-alone story (as in you don't need to be a die-hard fan to keep up) in the tradition of some of the show's most acclaimed and beloved episodes, and takes the complicated relationship between Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) in unexpected directions. Mulder continues his unshakable quest for the truth, and Scully, the passionate, ferociously intelligent physician, remains inextricably tied to Mulder's pursuits.
Fri July 25 - Mon July 28
KIT KITTREDGE: AN AMERICAN GIRL (G) 104min 5:30 and 7:45
Oscar-nominated Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine, Nim's Island) stars in this delightful, family-friendly film based on the historically accurate American Girl Doll series. Kit, the girl of 1934, is a budding young reporter in Depression-era Cincinnati. When Dad loses his job and must leave home to find work, Mom (Julie Ormand) takes in boarders to make ends meet, including Joan Cusack's wacky librarian, Jane Krakowski's beautiful nurse, and Stanley Tucci's travelling magician. When a young hobo Kit meets is unfairly blamed for a local crime wave, she and her friends become sleuths to clear the boy's name and solve the mystery; they are surprised when their trail of clues lead to her own house. Mixing comedy, tragedy and suspense, director Patricia Rozema (Mansfield Park) has made a wonderful, engaging film, full of period details, which resonates with the similar challenges of today's economic climate.
Tues July 29 - Thurs July 31
FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON (NR) 113min [in French with subtitles] 5:30 and 8:00
This charming, unconventional slice-of-life story celebrating and inspired by Albert Lamourisse's 1956 classic short, The Red Balloon, is the first western film from acclaimed naturalistic Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien (The Puppetmaster, Flowers of Shanghai). Juliette Binoche is a frazzled single mom struggling to get through her daily life while she operates a puppet theater. Her school-aged son Simon is just meeting a new nanny, Song a Chinese film student studying in Paris who herself is working on her own homage to the Lamourisse film. An elusive red balloon hovering over all, and the city of Paris are captivating, supporting characters. The improvisational storyline gives the film authenticity; the reflective visual impressionism is hypnotic. Taken together, this film is touching, beautiful and a wonderful cinematic experience.
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Friday Aug 1 - Thurs Aug 7
JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (PG) 89min
Directed by Academy Award-winning visual effects veteran Eric Brevig, this exciting and funny family adventure takes the classic 1864 Jules Verne novel as fact and spins a wild ride. Brendan Fraser (Crash, The Mummy) stars as a science professor whose untraditional hypotheses have made him the laughing stock of the academic community. But while looking for clues of his late brother's work and into his death during an expedition in remote Iceland, he, his cynical nephew and a beautiful guide stumble upon a major discovery that launches them on a thrilling journey deep beneath the Earth's surface, where they travel through never-before-seen worlds and encounter a variety of unusual creatures.
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Fri Aug 8 - Mon Aug 11
back by popular demand!
WALL-E (G) 97 min
In this wonderful new Pixar film, director Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo) moves into space: the final frontier. On an Earth abandoned by humans centuries ago, where trash has taken over, Wall-E is a lonely robot who spends his days collecting trinkets and compacting the garbage, one cube at a time. Eve is a sleek robot probe on a mission who realizes Wall-E has inadvertently discovered something important about the planet's future and takes off into space to return to her base and report her discovery. Wall-E, smitten with his new friend, follows her across the universe, and his fantastic journey is an exciting, hilariously comic adventure.
Tues Aug 12 - Thurs Aug 14
CHILDREN OF HUANG SHI (R)* 125min
Based on true events and real people, this gripping, engaging and beautiful melodrama centers on a young English journalist (Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Match Point), a straight-forward American nurse (Radha Mitchell, Melinda and Melinda) and a Chinese communist guerilla (Chow Yun Fat) who meet in desperate and unexpected circumstances during the Japanese invasion of China in 1938. Together they rescue sixty orphaned children, leading them on an extraordinary journey through snow-covered mountains and unforgiving desert to refuge far from the soldier's brutality; along the way they discover the true meaning of love, responsibility and courage.
"The R rating is earned by some very mild, non-explicit lovemaking, some violence and some drug content...Nothing so strong it would bother a teenager." –Roger Ebert
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COMING ON OUR SECOND SCREEN?
SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELLING PANTS 2 (PG-13) 110min
Based on Ann Brashares' best-selling series of novels, this sequel to the popular film catches up with four lifelong friends who share a bond through a special pair of jeans. Now in college and embarking on separate paths for the first time, these young women (Amber Tamblyn, America Ferrera, Blake Lively and Alexis Bledel all reprise their original roles) will feel the freedom, separation, love, and challenging life lessons that mark their individual journeys toward adulthood. Though miles and worlds apart, they strive to stay in touch and share their new experiences and triumphs with heart and humor and, now more than ever, come to value the immeasurable power of their friendship.
MAMMA MIA! (PG-13) 103min
Meryl Streep stars as Donna who has spent the past 20 years running a picturesquely decaying hotel. Now she's preparing for the marriage of her daughter, Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) to her fiancé, Sky (Dominic Cooper, The History Boys). But there is something Donna hasn't been told. Sophie has invited three of her mother's ex-boyfriends (Stellan Skarsgard, Pierce Brosnan, and Colin Firth) to the wedding in the hope that one of them will turn out to be the father she's never known. The same team behind the hit stage show, including director Phyllida Lloyd, writer Catherine Johnson and producer Judy Cramer, has brought this infectiously sunny musical, featuring ABBA tunes, to the big screen.
HANCOCK (PG-13) 93min
In this new action comedy, Will Smith stars as a well-intentioned superhero who saves countless lives, but feels misunderstood. He is definitely becoming increasingly underappreciated by the public as he leaves a phenomenal trail of damage and destruction in his wake. But, this sarcastic, bitter superhero doesn't really care about what the citizens of his city think about him, until he saves a Public Relations executive (Jason Bateman), who thinks he can improve the guy's image, …and maybe Hancock does have a vulnerable side after all. But the PR exec's wife (Charlize Theron) insists he is a lost cause.
COMING NEXT SCHEDULE?
Star Wars: Clone Wars
Tropic Thunder
Hellboy 2
Jellyfish
Reprise
Alexandra
Encounters at the End of the World
When Did You Last See Your Father?
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But first, please read about some alternative programming that we will be presenting in the next few weeks.
See you soon, Lisa and Chris.
SPECIAL AFTERNOON PROGRAM of film and discussion presented in association with St Saviour's Episcopal Church.
Sunday August 10th
TRACES OF THE TRADE (NR) 2:00 pm
Released in 2008 on the occasion of the Bicentennial of the U.S. Abolition of the Slave Trade (January 1, 1808), this documentary film examines one of the most shameful legacies of America's past. Director Katrina Browne and nine relatives trace their roots as the largest slave trading family in American history, offering powerful new perspectives on the black/white divide. Following the screening, a member of this family, Dain Perry, who participated in the film, and his wife Constance Perry, will share the difficult and creative effort that produced this film, consider its impact on their lives and invite all to reflect on our own experience. www.tracesofthetrade.org
Don't forget FRIDAY LATE NIGHTS! (I did, in the last email update...). Every week on Friday at 11pm we will present some movie expanding experience to distract and entertain you.
This Friday 7/18 (tomorrow), we have ROCK & REEL, in which local bands provide contemporary accompaniment to classic, unique silent films. This week's pairing features The Shakes – Caleb Davis, Carl Davis, James Pike and special guest David Palazola – performing with the 1929 Russian feature Man with a Movie Camera. This fast-paced, kaleidoscopic film is an attempt to capture the full beauty and chaos of life, and uses a stunning variety of trick photography to position its heroic cameraman in every possible place necessary to achieve this (including inside a glass of beer!).
Next Friday 7/25, it will be PROGRAM-O-RAMA, where you get to help choose the films. Submit your own short film, or something you've seen on-line that you must share with the world (no copyrighted material unless it is yours) in digital format and we will show them all on our big screen. Zany, bizarre, thought-provoking...any style or topic is welcome.
Last week's IMPROVISION collaboration with the ImprovAcadia crew was great fun. We welcome them back on Aug 1st as they provide dialogue, music and sound effects to THE MAN WITH TWO HEADS, featuring Rosie Greer, and again on Aug 8th, for ROBOT MONSTER (Chris's description here) the cheesiest monster movie ever made (and he has seen them all!). Again, they have not seen the movie, or know what it is about; who knows what turns the plot will make?
And now back to "regular" films...
Fri July 25 - Thurs July31
X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE (PG-13) 104min 6:00 and 8:30
In grand "X-Files" manner, the storyline of this BRAND NEW film, based on the popular TV series, is being kept under wraps. This much can be revealed: it is a stand-alone story (as in you don't need to be a die-hard fan to keep up) in the tradition of some of the show's most acclaimed and beloved episodes, and takes the complicated relationship between Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) in unexpected directions. Mulder continues his unshakable quest for the truth, and Scully, the passionate, ferociously intelligent physician, remains inextricably tied to Mulder's pursuits.
Fri July 25 - Mon July 28
KIT KITTREDGE: AN AMERICAN GIRL (G) 104min 5:30 and 7:45
Oscar-nominated Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine, Nim's Island) stars in this delightful, family-friendly film based on the historically accurate American Girl Doll series. Kit, the girl of 1934, is a budding young reporter in Depression-era Cincinnati. When Dad loses his job and must leave home to find work, Mom (Julie Ormand) takes in boarders to make ends meet, including Joan Cusack's wacky librarian, Jane Krakowski's beautiful nurse, and Stanley Tucci's travelling magician. When a young hobo Kit meets is unfairly blamed for a local crime wave, she and her friends become sleuths to clear the boy's name and solve the mystery; they are surprised when their trail of clues lead to her own house. Mixing comedy, tragedy and suspense, director Patricia Rozema (Mansfield Park) has made a wonderful, engaging film, full of period details, which resonates with the similar challenges of today's economic climate.
Tues July 29 - Thurs July 31
FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON (NR) 113min [in French with subtitles] 5:30 and 8:00
This charming, unconventional slice-of-life story celebrating and inspired by Albert Lamourisse's 1956 classic short, The Red Balloon, is the first western film from acclaimed naturalistic Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien (The Puppetmaster, Flowers of Shanghai). Juliette Binoche is a frazzled single mom struggling to get through her daily life while she operates a puppet theater. Her school-aged son Simon is just meeting a new nanny, Song a Chinese film student studying in Paris who herself is working on her own homage to the Lamourisse film. An elusive red balloon hovering over all, and the city of Paris are captivating, supporting characters. The improvisational storyline gives the film authenticity; the reflective visual impressionism is hypnotic. Taken together, this film is touching, beautiful and a wonderful cinematic experience.
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Friday Aug 1 - Thurs Aug 7
JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (PG) 89min
Directed by Academy Award-winning visual effects veteran Eric Brevig, this exciting and funny family adventure takes the classic 1864 Jules Verne novel as fact and spins a wild ride. Brendan Fraser (Crash, The Mummy) stars as a science professor whose untraditional hypotheses have made him the laughing stock of the academic community. But while looking for clues of his late brother's work and into his death during an expedition in remote Iceland, he, his cynical nephew and a beautiful guide stumble upon a major discovery that launches them on a thrilling journey deep beneath the Earth's surface, where they travel through never-before-seen worlds and encounter a variety of unusual creatures.
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Fri Aug 8 - Mon Aug 11
back by popular demand!
WALL-E (G) 97 min
In this wonderful new Pixar film, director Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo) moves into space: the final frontier. On an Earth abandoned by humans centuries ago, where trash has taken over, Wall-E is a lonely robot who spends his days collecting trinkets and compacting the garbage, one cube at a time. Eve is a sleek robot probe on a mission who realizes Wall-E has inadvertently discovered something important about the planet's future and takes off into space to return to her base and report her discovery. Wall-E, smitten with his new friend, follows her across the universe, and his fantastic journey is an exciting, hilariously comic adventure.
Tues Aug 12 - Thurs Aug 14
CHILDREN OF HUANG SHI (R)* 125min
Based on true events and real people, this gripping, engaging and beautiful melodrama centers on a young English journalist (Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Match Point), a straight-forward American nurse (Radha Mitchell, Melinda and Melinda) and a Chinese communist guerilla (Chow Yun Fat) who meet in desperate and unexpected circumstances during the Japanese invasion of China in 1938. Together they rescue sixty orphaned children, leading them on an extraordinary journey through snow-covered mountains and unforgiving desert to refuge far from the soldier's brutality; along the way they discover the true meaning of love, responsibility and courage.
"The R rating is earned by some very mild, non-explicit lovemaking, some violence and some drug content...Nothing so strong it would bother a teenager." –Roger Ebert
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COMING ON OUR SECOND SCREEN?
SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELLING PANTS 2 (PG-13) 110min
Based on Ann Brashares' best-selling series of novels, this sequel to the popular film catches up with four lifelong friends who share a bond through a special pair of jeans. Now in college and embarking on separate paths for the first time, these young women (Amber Tamblyn, America Ferrera, Blake Lively and Alexis Bledel all reprise their original roles) will feel the freedom, separation, love, and challenging life lessons that mark their individual journeys toward adulthood. Though miles and worlds apart, they strive to stay in touch and share their new experiences and triumphs with heart and humor and, now more than ever, come to value the immeasurable power of their friendship.
MAMMA MIA! (PG-13) 103min
Meryl Streep stars as Donna who has spent the past 20 years running a picturesquely decaying hotel. Now she's preparing for the marriage of her daughter, Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) to her fiancé, Sky (Dominic Cooper, The History Boys). But there is something Donna hasn't been told. Sophie has invited three of her mother's ex-boyfriends (Stellan Skarsgard, Pierce Brosnan, and Colin Firth) to the wedding in the hope that one of them will turn out to be the father she's never known. The same team behind the hit stage show, including director Phyllida Lloyd, writer Catherine Johnson and producer Judy Cramer, has brought this infectiously sunny musical, featuring ABBA tunes, to the big screen.
HANCOCK (PG-13) 93min
In this new action comedy, Will Smith stars as a well-intentioned superhero who saves countless lives, but feels misunderstood. He is definitely becoming increasingly underappreciated by the public as he leaves a phenomenal trail of damage and destruction in his wake. But, this sarcastic, bitter superhero doesn't really care about what the citizens of his city think about him, until he saves a Public Relations executive (Jason Bateman), who thinks he can improve the guy's image, …and maybe Hancock does have a vulnerable side after all. But the PR exec's wife (Charlize Theron) insists he is a lost cause.
COMING NEXT SCHEDULE?
Star Wars: Clone Wars
Tropic Thunder
Hellboy 2
Jellyfish
Reprise
Alexandra
Encounters at the End of the World
When Did You Last See Your Father?
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[Reel Pizza] Update
hey all
Here are the times for films at Reel Pizza for the next week Friday July 17 - Thursday July 24.
The next schedule will be in your mailboxes later today or early tomorrow.
Friday July 17 - Thursday July 24
THE DARK KNIGHT (PG-13) 152min 5:30 and 8:30
SPECIAL MIDNIGHT SHOW 12:01am Friday morning; tickets go on sale Thurs 7/17 at 9pm
In this highly anticipated summer sequel, Batman Begins director Christopher Nolan (Memento) reunites with star Christian Bale (I�m Not There, 3:10 to Yuma), returning to continue Batman's war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Batman sets out to destroy organized crime in Gotham for good. The triumvirate proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a rising criminal mastermind known as the Joker (the late Heath Ledger), who thrusts Gotham into anarchy and forces our Dark Knight ever closer to crossing the fine line between hero and vigilante.
back by popular demand!
Friday July 18 - Monday July 21
THE VISITOR (PG-13) 103min 5:45 and 8:00
Writer-director Tom McCarthy (2003�s wonderful THE STATION AGENT) has no sophomore slump with his second film. An offbeat and humanistic fable set in post-9/11 Manhattan, it stars character actor Richard Jenkins (Six Feet Under) as a grumpy, widowed economics professor at a CT college who goes to NYC to present a paper. When he arrives at his rarely used condo, he finds it occupied, sublet in a realestate scam to two illegal immigrants, a Syrian drummer and his Senegalese girlfriend. He turns them out, only to invite them back in when he realizes they have nowhere else to go. This act begins a friendship that will change them all.
Tuesday July 22 - Thurs July 24
MY BROTHER IS AN ONLY CHILD (R) 108min 5:45 and 8:00
Set in a small Italian town, this breezily cinematic and memorable family drama tells the story of two brothers who want to change the world, but in completely different ways. The elder, Manrico, is a handsome, charismatic firebrand who becomes a prime mover in the local Communist party. Accio, the younger and more rebellious, finds his own contrarian voice by joining the reactionary Fascists. What starts as a typical tale of sibling rivalry becomes the story of the polarizing and paralyzing politics of turbulent times. The rift between the brothers is further intensified when Accio realizes that he loves his brother�s girlfriend, Francesca. Bearing a striking resemblance to Best of Youth (same screenwriters) with involving, vividly drawn characters, director Daniel Luchetti has made a sharply humorous film about the dreams and disillusionments of the 60�s and 70�s.
Here are the times for films at Reel Pizza for the next week Friday July 17 - Thursday July 24.
The next schedule will be in your mailboxes later today or early tomorrow.
Friday July 17 - Thursday July 24
THE DARK KNIGHT (PG-13) 152min 5:30 and 8:30
SPECIAL MIDNIGHT SHOW 12:01am Friday morning; tickets go on sale Thurs 7/17 at 9pm
In this highly anticipated summer sequel, Batman Begins director Christopher Nolan (Memento) reunites with star Christian Bale (I�m Not There, 3:10 to Yuma), returning to continue Batman's war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Batman sets out to destroy organized crime in Gotham for good. The triumvirate proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a rising criminal mastermind known as the Joker (the late Heath Ledger), who thrusts Gotham into anarchy and forces our Dark Knight ever closer to crossing the fine line between hero and vigilante.
back by popular demand!
Friday July 18 - Monday July 21
THE VISITOR (PG-13) 103min 5:45 and 8:00
Writer-director Tom McCarthy (2003�s wonderful THE STATION AGENT) has no sophomore slump with his second film. An offbeat and humanistic fable set in post-9/11 Manhattan, it stars character actor Richard Jenkins (Six Feet Under) as a grumpy, widowed economics professor at a CT college who goes to NYC to present a paper. When he arrives at his rarely used condo, he finds it occupied, sublet in a realestate scam to two illegal immigrants, a Syrian drummer and his Senegalese girlfriend. He turns them out, only to invite them back in when he realizes they have nowhere else to go. This act begins a friendship that will change them all.
Tuesday July 22 - Thurs July 24
MY BROTHER IS AN ONLY CHILD (R) 108min 5:45 and 8:00
Set in a small Italian town, this breezily cinematic and memorable family drama tells the story of two brothers who want to change the world, but in completely different ways. The elder, Manrico, is a handsome, charismatic firebrand who becomes a prime mover in the local Communist party. Accio, the younger and more rebellious, finds his own contrarian voice by joining the reactionary Fascists. What starts as a typical tale of sibling rivalry becomes the story of the polarizing and paralyzing politics of turbulent times. The rift between the brothers is further intensified when Accio realizes that he loves his brother�s girlfriend, Francesca. Bearing a striking resemblance to Best of Youth (same screenwriters) with involving, vividly drawn characters, director Daniel Luchetti has made a sharply humorous film about the dreams and disillusionments of the 60�s and 70�s.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
[Reel Pizza] UpDate
Hot enough for ya? Here are some cool films to help beat the heat this summer.
Remember our special Friday late night programming begins this Friday July 11 at 11pm. This week it is IMPROVISION, featuring the comic talents of the ImprovAcadia crew who create on-the-spot dialogue, music and sound effects to the camp classic The Queen of Outer Space featuring Zsa Zsa Gabor, a film they've NEVER SEEN! It should be great fun, if you can stay up that late. (we might take naps on Friday afternoon...)
And for planning purposes, I want you all to know that Chris Nolan's highly anticipated DARK KNIGHT begins at Reel Pizza on the film's opening night July 18th (that is next Friday). We anticipate having a special late evening Thursday show on 7/17, but the times are not confirmed yet. Stay tuned for more details -- I will let you know when we've got it together!
See you soon
-Lisa and Chris
Friday July 11 - Thurs July 17
GET SMART (PG-13) 110 min 6:00 and 8:30
Based on Mel Brooks� and Buck Henry�s 1960�s cult TV series, this new hilarious spy-spoof comedy stars Steve Carrell (40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN) as eager analyst Maxwell Smart. He is promoted to agent after a security breach in the US Spy Agency CONTROL compromises the other agent�s identities. Although this inexperienced yet enthusiastic new spy dreams of working with star Agent 3 (Dwayne Johnson), the Chief (Alan Arkin, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE) instead partners him with lovely, lethal Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA). Together, with a few gadgets, they must foil the doomsday plans of the evil crime syndicate KAOS, headed by Siegfried (Terence Stamp).
Friday July 11 - Monday July 14
BEFORE THE RAINS (PG-13) 98min [partly in Malayalam with subtitles] 5:30 and 8:00
Set in 1930s southern India against the backdrop of the growing nationalist movement, this lavish period melodrama from Merchant-Ivory Productions, is the English language debut of acclaimed Indian director and cinematographer Santosh Sivan (Asoka). An idealistic young man (Rahul Bose) finds himself torn between his ambitions for the future and his loyalty to the past, when people in his village learn of an affair between his British boss (Linus Roache) a wealthy man who dreams of a spice empire, and a village woman (Nandita Das) his boss�s lovely married housekeeper.
Tues July 15 - Thurs July 17
SON OF RAMBOW (PG-13) 96min 5:30 and 8:00
Disregard the bad title. This charming and sweet British comedy from director Garth Jennings (Hitchhiker�s Guide to the Galaxy) is a feel-good coming-of-age story about two boys from difficult families. Set in the 1980�s, Will is a withdrawn, lonely child who has grown up in a media-rejecting, strictly religious home; Lee is a latchkey delinquent being raised by his bullying older brother. When these two misfits meet while sharing detention, they bond. Lee introduces Will to movies with the first Rambo film, FIRST BLOOD, and they decide to enter a filmmaking competition with their own sequel. This eccentric and funny film inventively mixes farce and fantasy into a picture of innocence and creativity.
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Remember our special Friday late night programming begins this Friday July 11 at 11pm. This week it is IMPROVISION, featuring the comic talents of the ImprovAcadia crew who create on-the-spot dialogue, music and sound effects to the camp classic The Queen of Outer Space featuring Zsa Zsa Gabor, a film they've NEVER SEEN! It should be great fun, if you can stay up that late. (we might take naps on Friday afternoon...)
And for planning purposes, I want you all to know that Chris Nolan's highly anticipated DARK KNIGHT begins at Reel Pizza on the film's opening night July 18th (that is next Friday). We anticipate having a special late evening Thursday show on 7/17, but the times are not confirmed yet. Stay tuned for more details -- I will let you know when we've got it together!
See you soon
-Lisa and Chris
Friday July 11 - Thurs July 17
GET SMART (PG-13) 110 min 6:00 and 8:30
Based on Mel Brooks� and Buck Henry�s 1960�s cult TV series, this new hilarious spy-spoof comedy stars Steve Carrell (40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN) as eager analyst Maxwell Smart. He is promoted to agent after a security breach in the US Spy Agency CONTROL compromises the other agent�s identities. Although this inexperienced yet enthusiastic new spy dreams of working with star Agent 3 (Dwayne Johnson), the Chief (Alan Arkin, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE) instead partners him with lovely, lethal Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA). Together, with a few gadgets, they must foil the doomsday plans of the evil crime syndicate KAOS, headed by Siegfried (Terence Stamp).
Friday July 11 - Monday July 14
BEFORE THE RAINS (PG-13) 98min [partly in Malayalam with subtitles] 5:30 and 8:00
Set in 1930s southern India against the backdrop of the growing nationalist movement, this lavish period melodrama from Merchant-Ivory Productions, is the English language debut of acclaimed Indian director and cinematographer Santosh Sivan (Asoka). An idealistic young man (Rahul Bose) finds himself torn between his ambitions for the future and his loyalty to the past, when people in his village learn of an affair between his British boss (Linus Roache) a wealthy man who dreams of a spice empire, and a village woman (Nandita Das) his boss�s lovely married housekeeper.
Tues July 15 - Thurs July 17
SON OF RAMBOW (PG-13) 96min 5:30 and 8:00
Disregard the bad title. This charming and sweet British comedy from director Garth Jennings (Hitchhiker�s Guide to the Galaxy) is a feel-good coming-of-age story about two boys from difficult families. Set in the 1980�s, Will is a withdrawn, lonely child who has grown up in a media-rejecting, strictly religious home; Lee is a latchkey delinquent being raised by his bullying older brother. When these two misfits meet while sharing detention, they bond. Lee introduces Will to movies with the first Rambo film, FIRST BLOOD, and they decide to enter a filmmaking competition with their own sequel. This eccentric and funny film inventively mixes farce and fantasy into a picture of innocence and creativity.
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