[Reel Pizza] update Feb 27 - Mar 5

hi everyone

...nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile!  Come see Chris Rock's funny new movie this weekend if you are tired of digging and sliding and shoveling. 

It looked like Oscah'Night was a great fun (although I was out of town and missed the festivities for the first time; my fabulous "new" Goodwill dress will have to wait till next year!), and word on the street is that Jen Shepard and Amy Roeder rocked the house.  Tina Fey and Amy Poehler had better watch out for some stiff competition!    Thanks to everyone, especially the library ladies, who made this year's gala event to benefit the Jesup Memorial Library a success!  The Islander listed the winners of the contests and posted some photos here.

This coming Saturday afternoon we have special programming.  Maine Farmland Trust and COA join us in co-sponsoring a free film GROWING LOCAL followed by discussion about the local food movement.  Film starts at 2:30, so doors will open at 2:00, discussion after the film.  Please join us!

I just realized that there was no trailer link for Clint Eastwood's AMERICAN SNIPER on the "schedule" email from last week, but it is included here, as it is our weeklong movie as well as next week's Senior Matinee.  See you soon!

-Lisa

Fri - Thurs    AMERICAN SNIPER (R) 134min   5:30 and 8:15
Fri - Mon    TOP FIVE  (R)  101min  6:00 and 8:30
Tues - Thurs    TRACKS  (PG-13)  110min  6:00 and 8:30


Fri 2/27 - Thurs 3/5
AMERICAN SNIPER (R) 134min   5:30 and 8:15
Director Clint Eastwood returns to the theater of war with his latest film, the story of a soldier who served in Iraq over 1000 days during four tours of duty.  Based on his memoir, Navy Seal Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook) holds the distinction of being the deadliest operative in US history.  More a western style film than a war movie, this apolitical film shows the physical and emotional price paid by those who fight to protect American lives.  Kyle, a true believer in his mission, finds his intensity follows him home to affect this relationship with his wife; he would feel more content in Fallujah, Ramada or Sadr City safekeeping his fellow soldiers, even as a price is put on his head by the enemy.  This film earned six Oscar nominations, for Best Picture, Actor and Adapted Screenplay, plus three for craft.  trailer

Fri 2/27 - Mon 3/2
TOP FIVE  (R)  101min  6:00 and 8:30
Funny man Chris Rock has made a very fun Woody Allen-esque romantic comedy.  Balancing love, comedy and introspection, this innovative day-in-the-life story has laughs which come from sharp observation.  He plays a NYC comedian who doesn't want to be known for funny anymore and, on this day, is opening a serious film, preparing for a reality show wedding, and is being shadowed by a reporter for the NYTimes (Rosario Dawson) which forces him to confront the past he's left behind.  trailer

Tues 3/3 - Thurs 3/5
TRACKS  (PG-13)  110min  6:00 and 8:30
The remarkable true story of an Australian woman, who in 1978 trekked solo across the outback, has been made into a poignant, riveting adventure starring Mia Wasikowska (Jane Eyre, Alice in Wonderland).  Robyn Davidson, accompanied by only her dog and four unpredictable pack camels, sets off from Alice Springs to the Indian Ocean on a life-changing journey, the solitude only broken by few encounters with locals and several intermittent, and annoying, visits by a National Geographic photographer (Adam Driver), the price she has to pay for the organization's financial support.  It's a beautiful, exhilarating and elegant film.  trailer

Sat 2/28  GROWING LOCAL (NR) 2:30pm  FREE Co-sponsored with COA and Maine Farmland Trust we present a new film collaboration between MFT and Seedlight Pictures. The film points to the vibrancy and the growing pains of the local food movement in Maine, and the uncertain fate of the farmers and farmland that keep it alive. The film contains three short vignettes, each focuses on a different challenge hindering the growth of the local food movement, and points toward possible solutions.  The film will be followed by a community discussion. FMI: mainefarmlandtrust.org/films or 338-6575.  trailer

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