[Reel Pizza] update

hi everyone

Here is this week's update, and shortly (as long as it takes me to type it in) the next schedule will arrive.

This Thursday's senior matinee will be VALKYRIE, at 1:30.  Chris will be here to show the film to anyone who dares to venture out into the forecasted weather.  Maybe by the afternoon it will be all rain!  Next week (2/26) the Thursday matinee will be GRAN TORINO, and the following week (3/5) THE READER.

Also, this Sunday night is OSCAR NIGHT hosted by Hugh Jackman and we will be hosting our annual ACADEMY NIGHT GALA, this year to benefit both the BETH C. WRIGHT CANCER CENTER and the MAINE SEA COAST MISSION co-sponsored by Poor Boy�s Gourmet, The First, Coastline Homes & Holiday Inn.  As in past years, there will be door prizes, and prizes for best costumes in a variety of categories, and a grand prize for choosing the most correct winners.  And of course there will be delicious pread of hors d'ouevres from our local chefs and complimentary champagne and sparkling cider.  The proceedings will begin at 6:30 and the inestimable LENNY DEMURO will again be the master of ceremonies.  Tickets are available at our box office as well as at the door the night of the show.  Hope to see you here...it is always a fun night!

Because of the Oscar broadcast, we will not be showing any evening films on Sunday.  However, we will instead have 2pm matinee of both shows (RACHEL GETTING MARRIED and GRAN TORINO). 

And here is the schedule for this coming week.  Stay healthy!  See you soon!
-LIsa

Fri 2/20 - Thurs 2/26
GRAN TORINO  (R)  117min     6:00 and 8:30
Grizzled, retired, and newly widowed autoworker Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) thinks his children and grandchildren are greedy and self-absorbed, and he only has vicious racial slurs to direct at the Hmong newcomers to his lower-middleclass neighborhood in Detroit, as they remind him of Koreans he fought in the war.  When his teenaged next-door neighbor tries to steal his beloved car as part of a gang initiation, he is forced to deal with them, and eventually becomes a reluctant father figure and friend to the boy and his older sister.  Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River, Changeling) in his second directing effort this year, considers the limits of violence, racial acceptance, and the power of compassion.
 
Fri Feb 20 - Mon Feb 23   
RACHEL GETTING MARRIED  (R)  116min     5:30 and 8:00
It is Kym (Oscar-nominated Anne Hathaway, The Devil Wears Prada), the sister of the bride Rachel (Rosemary Dewitt) who is the focus of this film.  On a weekend furlough from rehab where she has been clean for many months, but a junkie for many years, she also wants to be the center of attention at this family gathering.  But longtime issues have made her overly emotional, self-absorbed, and resentful, and her inappropriate behavior embarrasses and infuriates her entire family.  But as her dad and new brother-in-law are both in the music industry, the party is a multi-cultural riot of eclectic styles, including musicians Robyn Hitchcock, and Sister Carol.  Veteran indie director Jonathan Demme (Philadelphia, Heart of Gold) has balanced, with heart and hilarity, an intense, authentic family dynamic with a lively celebration.
 
Tues Feb 24 - Thurs Feb 26      5:30 and 7:45
THE GROCER�S SON  (NR)  96min  [in French with subtitles]
This picturesque and rewarding journey of self-discovery follows the trials of Antoine, a surly 30 year old man who thought he had forever left his family home in Provence a decade ago.  But when his father has a heart attack, he reluctantly returns to drive the family�s travelling grocery van to the remote villages in the countryside to serve the elderly customers who continued to rely on this service.  His apartment neighbor Claire, an optimistic free-spirit, joins him and provides a counterpoint to the confrontational Antoine.  With a wealth of details, this enchanting, quirky gem from director Eric Guirado is sure to enchant.