Other October Movies

Hey moviegoers!

I'm working on the next Out @ the Movies outing right now but in the meantime, it seems like there are tons of choices of movies for the next few weeks. So check these out!

Japanese Film Festival
Cost: Free! (but first-come, first-served)
Date/Time: Thursday, October 22nd @ 3 and 6 p.m.
Location: Park Lane
Behind the Scenes: Each fall the Consulate General of Japan and the Japan Foundation are pleased to offer free screenings of Japanese films in local communities. These films are in Japanese with English subtitles. Please note that limited seating is available on a first come first served basis.
The Movies:

• 3:00 pm - "The Milkwoman", Directed by Ogata Akira - From IDMB: "This is a story of a long and awkward love. The daily life of a woman of 50 years old and some people around her is depicted. Her daily life is so ordinary and routine that I doubted who was the real lead character in the beginning. Then the audiences know that the woman and a man who was her high-school class mate had very tiny connection. The woman has been doing the same job - a milk-woman and a supermarket casher - so long. There are so many slopes that delivering milk bottles is a very hard job. The man had married another woman, who is now dying of cancer. He works at the City Hall and devotedly cares her at home. They never look straight nor talk each other, but they never forget each other. "
• 6:00 pm - "Dog in a Side Car", Directed by Negishi Kichitaro - From IMDB: "The dysfunctional family drama is such an easily forgettable sub-genre that it is certainly a joy when a film like DOG IN A SIDECAR comes along, proving that you can make a thoughtful, entertaining film without insulting the audience's intelligence. Providing a strong foundation of strong acting, skilled direction and intelligent writing, this admittedly small but very rewarding film is excellent viewing, showing the ups and downs of a family in a way that never seems forced or contrived. Hana Matsumoto is extraordinary as 10 year old Kaoru, who suddenly has to get used to a new way of life when her mother walks out on her family. Things seem to get stranger when Yoko (Yuko Takeuchi, who is excellent)turns up on her doorstep, who has become her father's new lover. What could have been a typical family comedy/drama turns into something quite different, as director Kichitaro Negishi concentrates on the small details of Kaoru's new situation, making for a fresh, involving film. As we see Yoko and Kaoru's father's relationship develop, we can also see why Kaoru's mother left in the first place. DOG IN A SIDECAR is a subtle, natural film, and a complete charmer, showing you don't have to use hysterics and melodrama to convincingly portray a family who don't exactly fit the norm."

Link: http://www.montreal.ca.emb-japan.go.jp/en/Culture/events.htm

The Age of Stupid
Cost: Free! (but limited seating)
Date/Time: Thursday, October 22nd @ 6 p.m.
Location: SMU - Burke Building Theatre A (923 Robie)
Behind the Scenes: Join us following the film for a public discussion forum with Dr. Cathy Conrad, Director of the Community Based Environmental Monitoring Network (CBEMN) and Associate Professor of Geography at Saint Mary's University. Event hosted by the Citizen Science project through the financial support of CIDA in partnership with Saint Mary’s University’s Department of Geography.
The Movie: This film stars Oscar nominated Pete Postlethwaite as an old man living in the devastated world of 2055, watching ‘archive' footage from 2008 and asking: why didn't we stop climate change while we had the chance?
Link: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=176072576456 or http://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/Event?oid=1344106

Radiant City
Cost: Free! (but limited seating)
Date/Time: Thursday, October 22nd @ 7 p.m.
Location: Kenneth C Rowe Management Building (6100 University)
Behind the Scenes: The Environment, Sustainability and Society Thursday Evening Lecture Series continues with this narrative about suburban sprawl, directed by Gary Burns and Jim Browns and produced by the National Film Board of Canada.
The Movie: Since the end of World War II, one of kind of urban residential development has dominate how cities in North America have grown, the suburbs. In these artificial neighborhoods, there is a sense of careless sprawl in an car dominated culture that ineffectually tries to create the more organically grown older communities. Interspersed with the comments of various experts about the nature of suburbia, we follow the lives of various inhabitants of this pervasive urban sprawl and hear their thoughts. However at the end, there is a twist that plays on the falseness of the world in they live.
Link: http://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/Event?oid=1320129

Halifax Film Explosion
Cost: $8
Date/Time: Starts Friday, October 23rd at 6 p.m. and continues until Saturday, October 24th at 10 p.m.
Location: Park Lane
Behind the Scenes: Presented by The Halifax Pop Explosion.
The Movies:

• Director Penelope Spheeris’ (The Decline of Western Civilization, Wayne’s World) influential Suburbia (Friday, 6:30pm), a tale of counter culture and rebellion set in the 80’s LA Punk scene.
• Jay Buim’s directorial debut, Todd P Goes To Austin (Friday, 8:30pm). The film shows legendary DIY promoter Todd Patrick as he ventures to South By Southwest and exposes what life is like for musicians living and touring at the indie level.
• Double bill of We’re All Dying to Live and RIP: A Remix Manifesto (Saturday, 6:30pm). We’re All Dying to Live is a composite of segments from over 50 public domain films edited into narrative form by RIch Aucoin and synchronized to his highly anticipated album, Public Publication. Directed by Brett Gaylor, RIP: A Remix Manifesto explores on the issues around music piracy by focusing its sites on controversial mash-up artist, Girl Talk.
• Bob Byington’s Harmony and Me (Saturday, 8:30pm). Starring Justin Rice of indie rock act Bishop Allen, the film is the tale of Harmony, a young Austin based lyricist that is unable to recover from a crushing break-up.

Link: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=141000310977

An American Werewolf in London
Cost: $6.99 (or.$9.99 which includes a Reg. Popcorn & Reg. Drink!)
Date/Time: Friday, October 23 @ 11:30 p.m.
Location: Park Lane
Behind the Scenes: This 1981 classic is presented by Empire Fan Favourites' Thriller month.
The Movie: Two American students are on a walking tour of England and are attacked by a Werewolf. One is killed, the other is mauled. The Werewolf is killed, but reverts to it's human form, and the townspeople are able to deny it's existence. The surviving student begins to have nightmares of hunting on 4 feet at first, but then finds that his friend and other recent victims appear to him, demanding that he find a way to die to release them from their curse, being trapped between worlds because of their unnatural death.
Link: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=30134442529 or http://www.empiretheatres.com/movie/american-werewolf-london

Astro Boy
Cost: $8.99/adult, $6.99/child/senior
Date/Time: Sunday, October 25th @ 1:30 p.m.
Location: Empire 18 Bayers Lake Industrial Park
Behind the Scenes: On Sunday October 25th, Empire Theatres and E1 Entertainment will be donating the proceeds from the 1:30 PM screening of Astro Boy to Kids Help Phone.
The Movie: Set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist named Dr. Tenma. Powered by positive "blue" energy, Astro Boy is endowed with super strength, x-ray vision, unbelievable speed and the ability to fly. Embarking on a journey in search of acceptance, Astro Boy encounters many other colorful characters along the way. Through his adventures, he learns the joys and emotions of being human, and gains the strength to embrace his destiny. Ultimately learning his friends and family are in danger, Astro Boy marshals his awesome super powers and returns to Metro City in a valiant effort to save everything he cares about and to understand what it means to be a hero.
Link: http://www.empiretheatres.com/movie/astro-boy-kids-help-phone

Ghostbusters
Cost: $6.99 (or.$9.99 which includes a Reg. Popcorn & Reg. Drink!)
Date/Time: Friday, October 30 11:30 p.m.
Location: Park Lane
Behind the Scenes: Presented by Empire Theatres Fan Favourites' Thriller month.
The Movie: After being kicked out of their university, parapsychology professors Spengler, Stantz and Venkman decide to go into business for themselves by trapping and removing ghosts from haunted houses. After some initial skepticism, business is soon booming as The Ghost Busters rid New York of its undead. When a downtown skyscraper becomes the focal point of spirit activity linked to the ancient god Gozer, however, the problem may be more than the team can handle.
Link: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=30134442529 or http://www.empiretheatres.com/movie/ghostbusters

The Exorcist
Cost: $10
Date/Time: October 31st at 11:59 p.m.
Location: Oxford Theatre (6408 Quinpool )
Behind the Scenes: Finish your Halloween off right with head-spinning, vomit-spewing, devil-girl terror. A fundraiser for LunaSea Theatre Company.
The Movie: A visiting actress in Washington, D.C., notices dramatic and dangerous changes in the behavior and physical make-up of her 12-year-old daughter. Meanwhile, a young priest at nearby Georgetown University begins to doubt his faith while dealing with his mother's terminal sickness. And, book-ending the story, a frail, elderly priest recognizes the necessity for a show-down with an old demonic enemy.
Link: http://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/Event?oid=1343292