Monday, September 29, 2008

[Reel Pizza] update

hi everyone

Here is the coming schedule of films with times for Friday Oct (!) 3rd through Thursday Oct 9th at Reel Pizza. 
See you soon
-Lisa and Chris

Friday Oct 3 - Thursday Oct 9
GHOST TOWN (PG-13) 103min    6:00 and 8:15
Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais), a fussy, curmudgeonly dentist, has a near death experience during a routine hospital visit.  After he is miraculously revived, he discovers, with much annoyance, that he can see ghosts, especially since these pesky spirits all want something from him.  Recently deceased Frank (Greg Kinnear) promises that he can get all the other ghosts off his back, if he will only just break up the impending marriage of his widow (Téa Leoni).  This endearing, quirky new movie from screenwriter (of Jurassic Park and Indiana Jones 4) and director (of Secret Window) David Koepp is charming, smart and winning.

Friday Oct 3 - Monday Oct 6
TRAITOR (PG-13) 114min  5:30 and 8:00
This intelligent and effective thriller stars Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda, Crash) who gives a remarkable performance as an ambiguous character.  He is Samir, Sudanese-born to an American mother, who devoutedly embraced his Muslim roots while serving as a US Army advisor in Afghanistan and now sells plastic explosives to terrorists free-lance.  He is also linked to terrorist attacks in Yemen, Nice and London, and is being pursued by the FBI, led by a quiet southerner (Guy Pierce) and his hot-headed partner (Neal Mc Donough).  Saïd Taghmaoui (The Kite Runner) is also excellent as a Swiss-educated cell leader who recruits Samir to his deadly group.  In his directing debut, screenwriter Jeffrey Nachmanoff (Day After Tomorrow), with co-writer Steve Martin, has made a gripping and thoughtful film.

Tuesday Oct 7 - Thurs Oct 9
TUYA'S MARRIAGE (NR) 96min [in Mandarin with subtitles]  5:30 and 7:45
Winner of the 2007 Berlin Film Festival, this comic and heartbreaking film from young Chinese director Quanon Wang recalls the early movies of Zhang Yimou (The Story of Qui Ju, Red Sorghum).  Set in the picturesque but harsh steppes of Inner Mongolia, the story, co-written by the director and Lu Wei (Farewell My Concubine) captures a disappearing traditional way of life in a caring community threatened by government pressure.  Beautiful, charismatic actress Yu Nan (Speed Racer) stars as a hardworking woman who has supported her family for several years since her husband became disabled.  When she gets hurt, they must divorce so she can marry someone to take care of the children, but she demands that her new husband will have to take in her beloved ex also.

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