[Reel Pizza] update now thru May 2

hi everyone

sorry I missed last week's update...new schedule coming shortly.

Now playing thru Thursday: 
In honor of Earth Day (which was Monday) A FIERCE GREEN FIRE (NR) at 5:30 and 8:00.  Chris said it is a great film on the history of the environmental movement, including fabulous pictures of what Glen Canyon looked like before it was dammed. 
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THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (PG-13) at 6:00 and 8:15, a clever comedy starring Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi and Jim Carrey set in the world of Las Vegas illusionists.

And starting on Friday, and both running thru Monday:
THE CROODS (PG) new animated comedy about a stone-age family on a road trip at 5:30 and 7:45
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NO (R) [in Spanish with subtitles] at 6:00 and 8:30 Chile's Oscar-nominated film about the plebiscite on the rule of Pinochet in 1988, starring Gael Garcia Bernal, with a similar spirit to ARGO (true story, well told with comic elements).

We will be CLOSED Tuesday thru Thursday April 30 - May 2, so that we can install new seating.  Reopening Friday May 3 when we will be back to regular programming. 

April showers bring May flowers.....as long as it gets a little warmer!  We are still heating!  See you soon.

-L

Tues Apr 23 - Thurs Apr 25
A FIERCE GREEN FIRE  (NR)  101 min   5:30 and 8:00
In honor of Earth Day.  This passionate, provocative new film chronicles the history of the environmental movement over the past 50 years, starting at the moment when resource management became preservation, through the emergence of environmental justice, and touching on international efforts as the cause segues into the 21 st century.  Focusing on activism, this powerful film, narrated by Ashley Judd, Meryl Streep, Isabel Allende, Van Jones and Robert Redford, concentrates mainly on four successful, and one current, movements: The Sierra Club’s fight against damming in the Grand Canyon; the struggle by the residents of Love Canal to clean up the toxic waste dump; Greenpeace’s efforts to save the whales and seals; the work of Chico Mendes to save the Amazon Rainforest; finally the current struggle to combat the dangers of climate change.  Based on Philip Shabecoff’s novel, Mark Kitchell directs.
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THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE  (PG-13)   100min   6:00 and 8:15
Edgy and clever, this refreshingly funny comedy pits rival superstar magicians against each other as they wage a turf war on the Las Vegas Strip.  Steve Carell is Burt, who has been raking in millions with his longtime partner Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi).  His growing ego threatens their friendship, while cutthroat competition from a newcomer, guerilla illusionist Steve Gray (Jim Carrey), has outrageous stunts that make their act look stale.  In supporting roles Alan Arkin plays a retired veteran magician and James Gandolfini is a casino owner.  Don Scardino (30 Rock) directs from an original script by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley (Horrible Bosses).

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Fri Apr 26 - Mon Apr 29
NO  (R)  118min  [in Spanish with subtitles]   6:00 and 8:30
In 1988, bowing to international pressure, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet agrees to a national referendum on his rule; simply, a yes vote keeps him in power for another eight years, and as he controlled the media he is unconcerned of the outcome.  He gives the “no” vote side 15minutes a day at midnight to make their case.  Gael Garcia Bernal stars as a young ad executive who convinces his client to audaciously make their case positive.  Based on true events and similar in spirit to Argo, this uplifting and funny Oscar nominated film from Chilean director Pablo Larrain uses archival footage including the original commercials and recorded endorsements by American celebrities including Jane Fonda and Christopher Reeve.

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THE CROODS  (PG)  98min   5:30 and 7:45
This ingenious, creative and visually fantastic new animated film follows a stone-aged family on a road trip.  From a story developed by Python John Cleese and directed by Chris Sanders (How to Train Your Dragon) with Kirk De Micco, this comedy-adventure about the meeting of a Neanderthal and an early Homo Sapien is heavily influenced by early Chuck Jones cartoons out of Warner Brothers.  Set in a transitional time in the history of the Earth, at a time when human society evolved significantly, a close-knit family led by its patriarch (Nicholas Cage) is trying to survive when change happens suddenly.  The daughter (Emma Stone) has defied protocol and met a nomad (Ryan Reynolds) who leads them to safety

Tues Apr 30 - Thurs May 2
CLOSED FOR RENOVATION.....reopening May 3


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