Movies
Ultraman Double Feature
The spandex-clad Japanese superhero Ultraman recently celebrated its 50th anniversary with the release of two brand new films: ULTRAMAN X: THE MOVIE (featuring a battle in which Ultramen try to stop monsters from destroying a city) and ULTRAMAN GINGA S THE MOVIE: SHOWDOWN! (which also… includes a
There Will Be Blood
“There’s a whole ocean of oil under our feet… No one can get at it, except for me!” Loosely based on Upton Sinclair‘s novel Oil! is writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson’s utterly magnificent epic THERE WILL BE BLOOD, starring Daniel Day-Lewis (in an Oscar-winning performance) as a ruthless oil prospector,
Westworld
Welcome to Westworld, where nothing can go wrong…go wrong…go wrong…. In the wake of the enormous success of the TV series ‘Westworld,’ we have been absolutely inundated with requests to screen the original sci-fi classic upon which it is based – and we’re doing just that on Wednesday, January 4!
Arrival
Canadian director Denis Villeneuve (INCENDIES, SICARIO, the upcoming BLADE RUNNER 2049) delivers yet another hit with sci-fi fantasy thriller ARRIVAL, one of 2016’s most lauded titles – and a possible career high for Amy Adams, who has been nominated for both Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe awards for her
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
Russ Meyer‘s “turbo-charged” exploitative skin-flick and “ode to the violence in women” FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL! is one of the all-time classic late night movie titles – a deliciously subversive mix of sex, action, and cheese – which makes it purrrrfect for a Friday Late Night Movie viewing at the
The Gentlemen Hecklers Present Birdemic: Shock and Terror
BIRDEMIC. “Birdemic” is a portemanteau, combining the words “bird” and “epidemic.” This, in a nutshell, is all you need to know about the 2010 “horror” film BIRDEMIC: SHOCK AND TERROR. Anything else you need to know about (other than writer-director-producer James Nguyen‘s ornithological nightmare, widely regarded as one of the
Freddy vs. Jason
Winner Kills All What better way to spend your Friday, January 13th than at the Rio Theatre with a Friday Late Night Movie that features not one, but two of cinema’s biggest slasher icons battling it out for total nightmare domination? Released in 2003, FREDDY vs.
Metric: Dreams So Real
Western Canadian Premiere! Shot with 24 x 4K cameras at Thunderbird Arena in Vancouver, concert film METRIC: DREAMS SO REAL captures the last show of a sold out tour that saw the band play to over 100,000 people. The lights and sound of the tour was remarkable – big enough
The Apartment
“Shut up and deal.” In 1960, iconic filmmaker Billy Wilder (DOUBLE INDEMNITY, SUNSET BOULEVARD, SOME LIKE IT HOT, SABRINA, THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH) became the first person to win Academy Awards as producer, director and screenwriter for the same movie. That movie was THE APARTMENT, starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and
Dead Snow
Don’t steal gold. It always ends… Badly. After making a (bloody) splash following its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2009, Norwegian writer-director Tommy Wirkola‘s Scandinavian CABIN FEVER-esque take on the zombie trope landed itself a cult following (and 2014 sequel) thanks to its fresh take on a well-worn