[Reel Pizza] update Feb 12-18

Bonjour Mes Amis!

Our family is just back from a totally fun weekend at Carnaval d'Hiver in Quebec City, and I haven't fully returned to English yet!  The Canadians have perfected so many ways to have a blast sliding and playing in the snow, and we did them all!  It is a highly recommended event for anyone who loves winter.

Also Happy Valentine's Day to all of you, our beloved customers and friends.  Hugs and Kisses all around!

Senior Matinee on Thursday 2/11 is UP IN THE AIR at 1:30.

We are finally able to screen multi-Oscar nominee AVATAR (the non-headache-inducing, 2-D version),  starting Friday.   **Note early start time due to length.

See you soon,
-Lisa


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Here is the next week's schedule:

Fri - Thurs   2/12 - 2/18  AVATAR  (PG-13)  163min     5:00 and 8:15
Fri - Mon   2/12 - 2/15    ME AND ORSON WELLES (PG-13) 114min    5:30 and 8:00
Tues - Thurs  2/16 - 2/18   NINE  (PG-13)  119min   5:30 and 8:00

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Fri 2/12 - Thurs 2/18
AVATAR  (PG-13)  163min     5:00 and 8:15
James Cameron (Terminator, Titanic) returns with his long-awaited next feature, an ecological, science-fiction adventure set in 2154, with special effects from Weta (Lord of the Rings).  Sam Worthington plays a paraplegic ex-Marine who is sent to infiltrate a native population of giant, blue-skinned, forest-dwelling Na'vi on a distant planet by undergoing a mind-meld with a human-Na'vi clone, which returns to him the freedom of movement.  The Na'vi homeland is preventing the humans from mining a much-needed energy mineral so they need to be convinced to move.  It's an imaginative, gorgeous and entertaining spectacle that will transport you to another world.   *NINE OSCAR NOMS: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Art Direction,  Best Costume Design, Best Music-Original Score, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Visual Effects

Fri Feb 12 - Mon Feb 15
ME AND ORSON WELLES (PG-13) 114min    5:30 and 8:00
Exhilarating, enchanting and fully entertaining, indie director Richard Linklater's (School of Rock, Before Sunset) latest is an appealing coming-of-age comedy set 1937 NYC during the week before the premiere of  the newly founded Mercury Theatre Company's production of Julius Caesar.  British actor Christian McKay completely embodies the role of the young, already imperious director Orson Welles.  Filled with loving period details, the story, based on a real photograph taken of the genius actor director and a young man with a ukulele, follows a teen-aged actor (Zac Efron) who lands a job at the new company and becomes involved with an older theatre assistant (Claire Danes).  Romantic rivalries and backstage crises arise as opening night approaches. 
 
Tues Feb 16 - Thurs Feb 18
NINE  (PG-13)  119min   5:30 and 8:00
The Tony award-winning Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Maury Yetson, and inspired by the Fellini film 8 ½, has been adapted back into an energetic and entertaining carnival of a movie musical by director Rob Marshall (Chicago).  World famous film director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) has reached a creative and personal crisis of epic proportions.  He cannot figure out his next film project, all the while balancing the numerous women in his life, including his wife (Marion Cotillard), his mistress (Penélope Cruz), his star and muse (Nicole Kidman), his costume designer and confident (Judi Dench), an American fashion journalist (Kate Hudson), a prostitute (Stacey Ferguson), and his mother's ghost (Sophia Loren).  *FOUR OSCAR NOMS: Best Supporting Actress, Best Art Direction,  Best Costume Design, Best Music-Original Song.

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