[Reel Pizza] update

Greetings to all

Here is what is happening in the Reel Pizza world for this coming week.  

The Senior Matinee on Thursday 3/12 will be LAST CHANCE HARVEY at 1:30pm. 

On this Sunday afternoon, March 15th, we will be hosting a fundraiser for the Emerson School 8th Grade Graduation.  They will be screening Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, the one with Gene Wilder, in the left auditorium, and playing bingo and having a silent auction with lots of great donations in the right side.  The festivities begin at 12:30, with the film starting at 1pm. 

and FINALLY we have the big Oscar Winner, starting Friday!

Hope to see you all sometime soon.
-Lisa

Friday 3/13 through Thursday 3/19
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (R)  121min   6:00 and 8:30
Nominated for ten Academy Awards, including best picture and director, this colorful, Dickensian, and Bollywood inspired film is from stylish British director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Millions, 28 Days Later).  The story, based on the novel �Q&A� by Vikas Swarup adapted by Simon Beaufoy (The Full Monty) follows Jamal (Dev Patel) a street-smart Mumbai slum orphan turned call center tea server who has become a contestant on a popular TV game show, and is on the verge of winning the big prize.  Suspected of cheating, he is forced to justify to a police interrogator (Irfan Khan, A Mighty Heart) how he knew all the answers to the questions.  His responses follow in flashback the highs and lows of his life as he has survived terrible poverty and unforgettable brutality with his older brother Salim and his soulmate Latika.  In all it is a passionate, joyous and winning film.

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Friday Mar 13 - Monday Mar 16
DEFIANCE (R)  137min  5:30 and 8:15
Based on a true story, director Edward Zwick (Glory, Blood Diamond) tells the stirring and remarkable story of Jewish resistors who formed secret encampments in the woods of Belarus during WW2, rescuing and protecting more than 1200 Jews who might otherwise have perished.  Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, and Jamie Bell are the Bielski brothers, who retreated into the neighboring forest and formed an underground community, complete with hospital and synagogue, where these farmers and peasants fought against the Nazis even as the brother leaders argued over strategy, survival or revenge.  Full of breathtaking suspense, this powerful thriller is both an incredible historical drama and an absorbing family saga.
 
Tuesday Mar 17 - Thursday Mar 19
MOSCOW, BELGIUM (NR)  106min   [in Flemish with subtitles]   5:30 and 8:00
A relationship between an older woman and a younger man begins when they have a fender-bender in the supermarket parking lot which devolves into a yelling match in this delightful and authentic romantic comedy.  Matty (Barbara Sarafian) is a harried single mom of three teenagers whose husband (Johan Heldenbergh) left her months ago for one of his much younger students, but hasn�t quite gotten around to filing for divorce yet.  Johnny (Jurgen Delnaet) is single trucker whose route takes him often to Italy whose heart was broken by his last girlfriend.  He tries to make amends for their argument by coming to Matty�s and fixing her broken trunk, and also asks her out.  But the last thing she needs in her life is a relationship, especially with such a younger man; nevertheless she goes out with him.  This feature film debut from Belgian director Christophe Van Rompaey is a smart, entertaining and wryly funny film.