After learning that a worsening illness will soon make it impossible to continue with the only career he has ever known, aging hardcore porn legend Colton “The Cannon” Clemens becomes set on creating a legacy his adolescent daughter can be proud of before she discovers what he really does for a living. However, while attempting … Read more
In iconic Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg’s dramatic thriller A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, Viggo Mortensen stars as a mild-mannered man who unwittingly becomes a local hero through an act of violence framed by self-defense, which in turn sets off repercussions that will shake his family to its very core. The film raises compelling and thoughtful questions about … Read more
Anime Expo Cinema Nights Presents a special 40th Anniversary screening of the cult-classic VAMPIRE HUNTER D. In the year 12,090 AD, technology and the supernatural have overtaken the world, leaving the land desolate and despotic. The remnants of humanity are scattered into small communities and live in fear of vampires who compose the ruling Nobility. … Read more
Join us on Saturday, May 11 – Mother’s Day Weekend! – and get ready to dance, jive, and have the time of your life with a very special Terminal City Roller Derby fundraiser screening of singalong favourite, MAMMA MIA! Terminal City Roller Derby was established in 2006, and was Vancouver’s first flat track roller derby … Read more
Writer/director John Waters offers an outrageous satire of suburban life–and the American fame industry for merchandizing mass murderers–with this hilarious black comedy about a Baltimore woman who’s the ideal wife and mother… Except for her habit of killing people who annoy her. It’s SERIAL MOM… On Mother’s Day! Happy housewife Beverly Sutphin (Kathleen Turner) has … Read more
Unlike most anime films, writer-director Yoshiaki Kawajiri’s classic 1993 epic NINJA SCROLL eschews notions of a cyberpunk future, and is instead set in more of a “sword-and-sorcery” environment located in a mythical, feudal Japan. Jubei, a highly skilled ninja, is coerced into slaying his own clan of warriors. After begrudgingly killing his fellow swordsmen, he … Read more
Based on the seminal horror novel by Stephen King, PET SEMATARY follows Dr. Louis Creed (Jason Clarke), who, after relocating with his wife Rachel (Amy Seimetz) and their two young children from Boston to rural Maine, discovers a mysterious burial ground hidden deep in the woods near the family’s new home. When tragedy strikes, Louis … Read more
In this visceral thriller from director Uwe Boll (HEART OF AMERICA, POSTAL), Brendan Fletcher stars as misanthrope Bill Williamson, a man whose boredom with “small town life” is eating him alive. Feeling constrained and claustrophobic in the meaningless drudgery of the everyday and helpless against overwhelming global dissolution, Bill begins a descent into madness. Fueled … Read more
BLUE NOTE RECORDS: BEYOND THE NOTES explores the unique vision behind the iconic jazz record label. Through rare archival footage, current recording sessions and conversations with Blue Note artists, the film reveals a powerful mission and illuminates the vital connections between jazz and hip hop. Director Sophie huber’s film is a revelatory, thrilling and emotional … Read more
Early 18th century. England is at war with the French. Nevertheless, duck racing and pineapple eating are thriving. A frail Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) occupies the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah Churchill (Rachel Weisz) governs the country in her stead while tending to Anne’s ill health and mercurial temper. When a new servant … Read more
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