Better late than perfect

The moviequips.ca updates are up. There are more pages than premieres, though. Here's the extra candy, just in time for Hallowe'en weekend:

http://www.moviequips.ca/feature_2FoisUneFemme.html

http://www.moviequips.ca/feature_10EtDemi.html

http://www.moviequips.ca/feature_Curling.html

http://www.moviequips.ca/feature_Monsters.html

Elsewhere, check out how the Bytowne Cinema is celebrating CKCU radio's 35th anniversary - With film. Gratis screenings. A gratis gracias, I guess.

 http://www.bytowne.ca/movie/ckcu-35th-anniversary-short-film-show-and-auction


Out there, you probably saw it already. The Charlie Chaplin Time Traveller video on Youtube. Apparently there's a scene in The Circus (1928) where Charlie time travels, bumping into himself (see below), all caught on film... no, not really. That's an actual scene from Chaplin's The Circus. Here's the link to the Youtube channel for the production company that posted the "Time Traveller" video that's gone viral this week:

http://www.youtube.com/user/yellowfeverbelfast

I just think it's great Charlie Chaplin is in the news again. Here's the link to his site, where you can find the box set of DVDs that includes the premiere reel for The Circus cited above:

http://www.charliechaplin.com


Thanks for checking in. Happy Hallowe'en, hopefully it won't snow.

Waiting, waiting... waiting

Just tightening the bolts on the site's October 29 - November 5 premieres updates, likely to be up before the weekend - if a couple of films can be verified by then. I could just go ahead and post the site with those pages, but it's happened enough times that this or that theatre's online listing was initially wrong. I'd rather give it a day or two.

By the way, where's AMC Kanata in Google's Ottawa-Gatineau movie theatre map? ah well.

© Google

A couple of upcoming shows that look promising if premiering in town this end-of-week are Aftershock (AMC Kanata), China's Oscar entry about a survivor of the Tangshan earthquake, and Conviction (SilverCity Gloucester, AMC Kanata), starring Hilary Swank and based on the true story about a woman who battles to free her wrongly convicted brother. Here are the links for these two flicks:

Aftershock website screen shot.
http://aftershock.hbpictures.com/en/

Conviction website screen shot.
http://foxsearchlight.com/conviction/

And speaking of film premieres, the National Arts Centre is hosting such a thing on Tuesday for the new cinematic adaptation of Mordecai Richler's novel Barney's Version. It's invite only, but here's the NAC site info about it anyhow:

NAC's film premiere webpage screen shot.
http://nac-cna.ca/en/whatson/event.cfm?ID=6498

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Lips, loose and flaming

Kinda lame, probably seen it before... Separated at Birth: (left) Patricia Quinn's huge lip syncing mouth in the opening sequence for The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) and (right) the Dairy Queen TV ads' animated mouth...

© 20th Century Fox | © Dairy Queen

Elsewhere, lips clips-wise, this possible winter screening here looks interesting:

Flaming Lips flick info at http://cinemapurgatorio.com

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I Screen, You Screen, We All Screen...

In the spirit of hunting down Hallowe'en treats in a few days, here are some potentially tasty local screen scenes that veer slightly off the beaten path:

Cinema Dante - danteottawa.ca
Annually organized by the Ottawa Chapter of The Dante Alighieri Society (Società Dante Alighieri, Comitato di Ottawa), this Italian film festival's biweekly 2010 schedule continues 'til mid-December at the Glebe Community Centre, 175 Third Ave. http://www.danteottawa.ca/

Seventeen Voyces - seventeenvoyces.ca
If you regret missing the live, instrumentally accompanied screening of Buster Keaton's The General (1927) featured as part of the Mayfair Theatre's Silents is Golden program earlier this month, local choral music auteurs Seventeen Voyces lends its own stylish musical tone to it Oct. 29 and 30 at St. Matthew's Anglican Church, 130 Glebe St. http://www.seventeenvoyces.ca/

Ottawa Film Society - filmfilmfilm.ca
Another festival continuing 'til December is being hosted by the Ottawa Film Society with monthly, double bill screenings for its members at the Mayfair Theatre, 1074 Bank St. In Transition: New Polish Cinema of Social Concern premieres seven Polish films in its eight-title schedule. http://www.filmfilmfilm.ca/mini_10.html

Canadian Film Institute - cfi-icf.ca
The unstompable champ of internationally flavoured feature fests, CFI's featly dance card finishes off this month with Festival Japan 2010 before launching its 25th Annual European Union Film Festival starting mid-November. The schedule should be up soon. http://www.cfi-icf.ca/

Saw Gallery - galeriesawgallery.com
Last but not least, Saw Gallery queues up its often refreshing take on moving pictures with its upcoming videographic exhibition The Art Star 4 Video Biennial, Oct. 29 'til Nov. 6 at 67 Nicholas Street. http://www.galeriesawgallery.com

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An Apps Aside (aka Apt Apps?)

In checking out the upcoming Ottawa International Animation Festival's 2010 site (http://animationfestival.ca/index.php), their new app link led me to the very cool AppShopper site (http://appshopper.com). AppShopper is basically an iTunes app store portal that's better organized than the iTunes app store, from what I've experienced in using both. The former also has an app, and AppShopper will send you wish list updates if you sign up (free). Looking through the AppShopper catalogue is also free. An iTunes account is required if you want any of their/iTunes' apps, 'though.

A screen shot of the AppShopper site - appshopper.com

Ottawa International Animation Festival
This is the official iPhone app for the Ottawa International Animation Festival - one of the largest animation festivals in the world - that takes place this year from October 20-24, 2010.

AppShopper link: http://appshopper.com/entertainment/ottawa-international-animation-festival

iTunes link: http://itunes.apple.com/app/ottawa-international-animation/id396624647?mt=8

The free OIAF'10 app page at the iTunes store - GoSee

Here are a couple more fun and "free", timely apps that caught my eye:

NFB Films
With the NFB FILMS iPhone app you can watch over 1000 movies – documentaries, animations and trailers – FREE on your iPhone or iPod touch. This app is compatible with the iPad, but we will be releasing a custom iPad app shortly.
AppShopper link: http://appshopper.com/entertainment/nfb-films

iTunes link: http://itunes.apple.com/app/nfb-films/id329353638?mt=8 

Horror Movie Sounds
A collection of short clips horror movie sounds. Sounds from the most popular scenes and themes.
AppShopper link: http://appshopper.com/utilities/horror-movie-sounds

iTunes link: http://itunes.apple.com/app/horror-movie-sounds/id348715679?mt=8

 

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The Poster Child of Cool

Screenshot of Empire Magazine's latest poster fun.

http://www.empireonline.com/features/guess-the-movie-from-the-polish-poster/

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My Website of a Lesser God, I guess

Screenshot: w3c markup validation service testing moviequips.ca

http://validator.w3.org/

Only 123 errors, 57 warnings? Moving along... Thanks for checking in.

Pulling it Together

hey. Hopefully you had a great Thanksgiving long weekend. Screening-wise, we opted to check out Iron Man 2 on vod. Pretty much the same as Robin Hood, unfortunately. Phenomenal cast, boring movie.

It's mid-week already, and I'm in the process of collecting and verifying info for the site's October 15-21 updates. The Bytowne is geared up for the CFI's Animation Festival starting mid-week next week, and the Mayfair's got the Writer's Festival slated to start next Thursday. Some of the Ottawa and Gatineau theatre sites look like they're in the midst of pulling it together. In the meantime, here's what the list of upcoming local premieres looks like so far (although, I'm unsure about Conviction, and Fados looks like a pre-15th one-night deal at Cinéma 9 after-all):

It's Kind of a Funny Story
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Jackass 3D
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Conviction (2010)
USA, Rated 14A (Ontario)

http://www.foxsearchlight.com/conviction/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT66RluWhzw
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1244754/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conviction_(film)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Conviction/128428627190707
http://www.innocenceproject.org/Content/Conviction_The_Incredible_True_Story_of_Betty_Anne_Waters.php?gclid=COuHl-2JzqQCFQ_W5wodm0hjEw

CONVICTION is the inspirational true story of a sister's unwavering devotion to her brother. When Betty Anne Waters' (two-time Academy Award® winner Hilary Swank) older brother Kenny (Sam Rockwell) is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, Betty Anne, a Massachusetts wife and mother of two, dedicates her life to overturning the murder conviction.

- http://www.foxsearchlight.com/conviction/

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Fados (2007)
Portugal/Spain, 90 minutes

http://www.zeitgeistfilms.com/film.php?directoryname=fados
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdOE5ERp-s4
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1056422/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fados

Fados completes the musical trilogy of award-winning Carlos Saura (Flamenco, 1995; Tango, 1998). Using Lisbon as a backdrop, he explores Portugal’s most emblematic musical genre (fado) and its haunting spirit of saudade (melancholy). Tracing its African and Brazilian origins up to the new wave of modern faudistas, he ingeniously deploys mirrors, back projections, lighting effects, and lush colors to frame each song, ranging from a campfire ringed by sinuous dancers to a balletic catfight between two jealous women to a thrilling desgarrada (musical duel) in a fado café. The result is a ravishing fusion of cinema, song, dance and instrumental numbers.

- http://www.zeitgeistfilms.com/film.php?directoryname=fados

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Giallo (2009)
USA/Italy, 92 minutes

http://giallothemovie.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK5Fn4L4QhE
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1107816/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giallo_(film)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Giallo/114915538566707?ref=ts

LINDA (Emmanuelle Seinger) is a smart, attractive flight attendant, in Torino to spend time with Celine, her sister. When Celine doesn't arrive for their planned meeting, she takes her concern to the local police. But when they don't want to be bothered with her, sending her instead to the basement to deal with INSPECTOR ENZO AVOLFI (Adrien Brody) an eccentric detective who doesn't fit in with the department. The details of the case remind him of a strange killer he's been hunting, Yellow.

- http://hannibalpictures.com/feature.php?movie=2023

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Red
USA, 111 minutes, Rated PG-13

http://www.red-themovie.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_ZjBJv-rA0
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1245526/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_(2010_film)
http://www.facebook.com/RED

Frank (Bruce Willis), Joe (Morgan Freeman), Marvin (John Malkovich) and Victoria (Helen Mirren) used to be the CIA's top agents - but the secrets they know just made them the Agency's top targets. Now framed for assassination, they must use all of their collective cunning, experience and teamwork to stay one step ahead of their deadly pursuers and stay alive.

- http://www.red-themovie.com/

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Soul Kitchen (2009)
Germany, 99 minutes

http://www.soul-kitchen-film.com/?l=en
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc93A0qxdY4
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1244668/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_Kitchen_(film)
http://www.facebook.com/SoulKitchenFilm

SOUL KITCHEN centers on a likable but hopelessly disorganized restauranteur, Zinos (co-screenwriter Adam Bousdoukos), whose cafe is second home to a motley crew of lovable eccentrics. When his girlfriend Nadine up and moves to Shanghai, a love-sick Zinos decides to fly after her, leaving his restaurant in the hands of his unreliable ex-con brother Illias. Both decisions turn out disastrous: Illias gambles away the restaurant to a shady real estate agent, and Zinos finds Nadine with a new lover.

- http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/soul-kitchen


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Still A Thanksgiving Classic

From 'Trains, Planes and Automobiles' (1987), truly a Thanksgiving Classic.



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Klaatu Barada, like, Nikto

I suppose waking this blog on the date 10.10.10 would have been cool. uh, no thanks.

Currently updating http://www.moviequips.ca with the next seven days' worth of local premieres, trying to get it done before the weekend but we'll see how long it takes.

Once it's updated, the site will finally have Cinéma 9 Gatineau added to the Capital Screens links list, in the Cinéphemera section.

I also missed a couple of premieres last time around. So, 'Fubar II' and 'Route 132' will be in the Previous Premieres area, in the Marquee section.

More later. Thanks for checking in.