[Reel Pizza] update Feb 19 - 25

hi everyone

Below is the next week's schedule at Reel Pizza (from Feb 19 - 25).

The Senior matinee on Thursday 2/18 at 1:30 will be NINE.

Hope everyone is enjoying winter vacation, doing your best imitations of Olympic skaters (since the weather isn't cooperating yet for any local downhill sledding events!)

See you soon
-Lisa

Fri 2/19 - Thurs 2/25  THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS  (PG-13)   5:30 and 8:00
Fri 2/19 - Mon 2/22    PRECIOUS  (R)  6:00 and 8:30
Tues 2/23 - Thurs 2/25   BROKEN EMBRACES  (R)  6:00 and 8:30


Fri Feb 19 - Thurs Feb 25
THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSUS   (PG-13)  122min  5:30 and 8:00
Monty Python animator Terry Gilliam (Brazil, Time Bandits) has taken his surreal imagination to another level with his latest whimsical fantasy.  In this world, elderly Dr. Parnassus (Christopher Plummer) lords over his extraordinary magical traveling show, where he guides his customers to enter the world of their imagination, hoping to find a soul or five to trade to the devil, Mr. Nick (Tom Waits) so he can back out of a promise made an eternity ago.  Heath Ledger, in his final role, is a key member of the theatre troupe who takes the unsuspecting into the hall of mirrors (where he is portrayed by Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, and Jude Law).  *TWO OSCAR NOMS:  Best Art Direction,  Best Costume Design.

Fri Feb 19 - Mon Feb 22
PRECIOUS : Based on the novel PUSH by Sapphire  (R)  109min  6:00 and 8:30
Remarkable, searingly honest performances from an eclectic ensemble cast elevate this powerful social drama directed by Lee Daniels, told through a gripping, personal story.  New actress Gabourey Sidebe inhabits the character of Precious, an obese, abused, illiterate teen with one child sired by her father, and another on the way.  She lives with and suffers her lazy, hateful mother (comic Mo'Nique), and retreats into a vibrant fantasy world to cope.  Given an opportunity to go to an alternative school she takes the chance, even as she doesn't understand the possibilities.  A sympathetic teacher (Paula Patton), a welfare case worker (Mariah Carey) and an understanding hospital nurse (Lenny Kravitz) all help Precious transform her life from a shattered childhood into a self-determined future.  *SIX OSCAR NOMS: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Lead Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Film Editing, Best Adapted Screenplay.
 
Tues Feb 23 - Thurs Feb 25
BROKEN EMBRACES  (R)  127min   [in Spanish with subtitles]    6:00 and 8:30
Pedro Almodóvar (Talk to Me, Volver) brings his signature visual brilliance to his latest film, the fourth with muse Penélope Cruz.  Harry Caine (Lluis Homar) is a screenwriter blinded in a car accident years earlier.  He is cared for by an old friend Judit and her son Diego.  One day Diego asks about his life before the accident, and hears the story of Mateo Blanco, Harry's original self.  He was a visionary director whose last film starred his beloved, beautiful actress Lena (Ms. Cruz) who was also the paid mistress of his film's producer.  With suspense, romance and melodrama, Almodóvar pays homage to the classic films of the past.