[Reel Pizza] update Sept 20 - 26

hi

here is the schedule for the next week at Reel Pizza.  Don't forget the last-of-the-season free SIERRA CLUB SUMMER SUNDAY MATINEE program this weekend; the movie showing, CHASING ICE, was very popular when we first showed it earlier this year... and deservedly so!  Hope to see you soon.

-L

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SPECIAL PROGRAMMING
SIERRA CLUB SUMMER SUNDAY MATINEE SERIES
Sunday Sept 22
CHASING ICE  (PG-13)  74min  2:00pm
This 2012 documentary film is about photographer James Balog’s efforts to publicize the effects of climate change. Chasing Ice is the story of one man’s mission to change the tide of history by gathering undeniable evidence of our changing planet. Within months of that first trip to Iceland, the photographer conceived the boldest expedition of his life: The Extreme Ice Survey. With a band of young adventurers in tow, Balog began deploying revolutionary time-lapse cameras across the Arctic to capture a multi-year record of the world’s changing glaciers. His videos compress years into seconds and capture ancient mountains of ice in motion as they disappear at a breathtaking rate. The film will be introduced by Bridget Beesaw, renowned environmental photographer and friend of the filmmaker.  The Maine Chapter of the Sierra Club sponsors these films and presents them for free to get people thinking about environmental issues. 

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Fri Sept 20 - Thurs Sept 26
ELYSIUM  (R)  109min   5:30 & 8:00
Set in post-apocalyptic 2154, the ‘haves’ live in elite, perfectly manicured comfort aboard a sleek and luxurious space station orbiting the planet called Elysium, and the ‘have-nots’ scrape out a minimal existence in an overpopulated and ravaged Earth.  Jody Foster plays the ruthless Defense Secretary determined, with the help of her equally sadistic mercenary (Sharlto Copley), to keep all emigrants off Elysium.   Matt Damon stars as Max, an ex-con factory worker who has been injured and must get onto Elysium for its miraculous healthcare.  His passage with his best friend (Diego Luna) is provided by an underground rebel group in exchange for acquiring crucial information.  Max’s personal quest becomes one for all humanity if he succeeds.  Director Neill Blomkamp follows up his Oscar-nominated debut, District 9, with this stylish, absorbing and thrilling sci-fi action picture.   trailer

Fri Sept 20 - Mon Sept 23
FRUITVALE STATION  (R)  84min  6:00 & 8:15
Winner of the top two prizes, from both critics and audience, at Sundance, this drama follows the last day in the life of twenty-two year-old Oakland CA resident Oscar Grant (Michael B. Jordan, Red Tails).  It is New Year’s Eve 2008, his mama’s birthday, and he is determined to improve his life and relations with his family, starting today; this includes his mother (Octavia Spencer, The Help), young daughter (Ariana Neal) and girlfriend (Melonie Diaz, )  Tragically, Oscar’s day ends by being shot in the back while handcuffed, the result of an altercation on the subway while returning home from New Year’s festivities.  His shooting, another senseless killing of an unarmed black man, sparked protests across the Bay Area and shook the nation to its core.  This multi-faceted portrait of a complex individual lost to senseless tragedy is the distinctive debut feature of director Ryan Coogler.  trailer

Tues Sept 24 - Thurs Sept 26
A HIJACKING  (R)  99min  [partly in Danish & Somali with subtitles]   6:00 & 8:15
A Danish cargo ship with a seven man crew headed for Mumbai is hijacked by Somali pirates.  The CEO of the ship’s company in Copenhagen (Søren Malling) believes himself to be a skilled negotiator, and with the help of a professional hostage negotiator, is the pointman with the Somalis who demand a king’s ransom for the return of ship and crew.  Meanwhile on the ship, the men are becoming frayed psychologically, especially the likable cook Mikkel (Pilou Asbæk) and the engineer, who are toys to their captors and just want to go home.  As the months pass, the increasingly gripping negotiations start to wear everyone down.  This is an assured masterpiece of realism, only the second feature from Danish director Tobias Lindholm.  trailer

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