Just in time for the upcoming Oscars, shocking I know, several theatres here in the Twin Cities have decided to host some movie marathons of films nominated for this year’s Oscars, from Live Action and Animated short films, to Documentary to every Best Picture nominee, you can find them somewhere in the Cities this weekend and next.
Live Action and Animated Short Films The Lagoon Cinema
Animated – 2:50 & 7:15 (Daily)
Live Action – 5:10 & 9:30 (Daily)
Matinee $7 | General $9
Twin Cities Gold Film Festival Woodbury 10 Theatre
The Most Dangerous Man in America – Sat @ 7:00 (Twin Cities Premiere)
Food Inc – Fri @ 1:00 | Sat @ 5:00 | Sun @ 3:00
Burma VJ – Fri @ 3:00 & 9:00 | Sat @ 3:00 | Sun @ 1:00
Which Way Home – Fri @ 7:00 | Sat @ 9:00 | Sun @ 5:00 (Twin Cities Premiere)
The Cove – Fri @ 5:00 | Sat @ 1:00 | Sun @ 7:00
Tickets $6 | Festival Pass $25
Best Picture Marathon Day 1 (Feb 27th)
AMC Eden Prairie 18
10:30 – Avatar
1:45 – Up
3:45 – A Serious Man
6:30 – Precious
8:45 – District 9
AMC Arbor Lakes 16 & AMC Rosedale 14
10:30 – Avatar
1:45 – Up in the Air
4:00 – Precious
6:45 – The Blind Side
9:15 – Inglourious Basterds
Day 2 (March 6)
AMC Eden Prairie 18
10:30 – An Education
12:45 – The Hurt Locker
3:25 – Up in the Air
6:00 – The Blind Side
8:30 – Inglourious Basterds
AMC Arbor Lakes 16 & AMC Rosedale 14
10:30 – Up
12:45 – A Serious Man
2:45 – The Hurt Locker
6:00 – An Education
8:00 – District 9
If you happen to be wandering the streets of Uptown tomorrow night and happen to see a large individual who bears more then a passing resemblance to Michael Moore, surprise, it is Michael Moore. The charismatic filmmaker will be in town to support his latest film Capitalism: A Love Story. But that film isn’t supposed to open in the Twin Cities for another couple of weeks? True, but The Lagoon Cinema will be hosting a semi-secret screening tomorrow at 7:00 pm of the film, and Moore will have a Q&A afterwards.
Great, so how can you get tickets? You can’t. This is a word of mouth screening so you have to be invited. In case that doesn’t register that means that you shouldn’t call The Lagoon to ask for tickets because they can’t give you any. You also shouldn’t show up at The Lagoon to ask for tickets because they can’t give you any. And it also means do not email me because I can’t get you in either. And if that isn’t enough reasons, please remember to not talk about Fight Club either. Because it has nothing to do with Moore’s film.
But, if you want to show up to stand outside and people watch and snap a few photos of the jolly director and then feel like sending them my way I’ll be more then happy to post them.
And, if anyone who actually has been invited to this screening could give me any details on what is discussed in the Q&A that would be awesome, because I’m stuck working tomorrow night and won’t be able to attend. So I’m just as screwed as the rest of you.
Capitalism: A Love Story opens at The Lagoon Cinema on October 2nd.
I’ve been looking forward to Shane Acker’s9 for well over a year now, and going into this year it was easily in the top handful of films that I was most anticipating. I probably set my expectations far too high, especially for a first time feature film director who was seemingly working in the delicate realm of children’s horror films. And while 9 didn’t meet my expectations, oh man did it come freaking close.
One thing I was not expecting is that 9 is a very simple, straight forward narrative. Not much in the way of deep themes and moral lessons for the kiddies. Oh sure, they are present and there even is a nice montage that explains how much greedy humans are at fault for the destruction of the world but that is hardly the focus of the film. This is a very simply plotted action film that most assuredly will scare the pants off your kids if you bring them to it. And they aren’t the only ones, as I’m quite sure the crazy cobra spider-thing with the disturbing baby doll head (The Seamstress) will haunt my dreams well into the next decade.
Which reminds me, the character design in the film is freaking amazing. Our protagonists are both strangely adorable and tenderly kick-ass at the same time, making it easy to see why Acker has been so quick to latch on to the term stitchpunk for the film. But that is just the beginning, the villains from The Cat Beast to the weird bat-bird (The Winged Beast) to said dream haunter to the Fabricator are all nightmarishly awesome. Whomever ends up making action figures for this film totally has my money, because I want to own every single character from this film.
Oh yes, for those of you insane enough to bring your kids to this film I give you a word of warning. 9 makes Bambi look like Swedish massage. You’ve got biological warfare, AT-AT’s blowing people to pieces, suicide and you even have something that RIPS YOUR SOUL OUT OF YOUR BODY!!! There is a reason this film is PG-13, because it will scare the shit out of you. Yes you, the adult. So don’t drag your 6 year old to this.
9 opens at the Lagoon Cinema on Wednesday September 9th.
Unlike seemingly everyone else I know, I actually like mumblecore movies. I can’t really explain why, but for whatever reason I like the strip down back-to-basics style they are reaching for. And Humpday, the latest mumblecore offering from Lynn Shelton certainly has caught my eye. Oh sure it is sort of an advertisement for Dan Savage’sHUMP! film festival, but I can think of worse things to advertise for, and most of those are on network television. But you have to admit, the idea of two heterosexual men making a porn film with each other in the hopes of going “beyond gay” is so ridiculous that it might actually work. If they, you know, work.
Interest level: Viagara induced
Humpday will open at the Lagoon Cinema on July 31st.
An absolute ton of new additions this week, including Humpday, Spread, The Damned United, New York I Love You, Coco Before Chanel and An Education. But the one I am most excited about, and never thought possible is the inclusion of the animated film 9. I’m incredibly excited to see it, as it is probably my most anticipated film of the year, and it certainly fits my idea of the type of mainstream films I’m more then happy for the Lagoon to show.
*** – Denotes recommended viewing
All dates subject to change
07/15 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Lagoon
07/17 Treeless Mountain Lagoon
07/17 Tetro Edina (tentative)***
07/24 500 Days of Summer Uptown
07/24 Betty Blue: The Director’s Cut Lagoon***
07/24 Seraphine Edina (tentative)
07/31 In the Loop Uptown
07/31 $9.99 Lagoon ***
07/31 Soul Power Lagoon (tentative)
07/31 Shrink Lagoon/Edina
07/31 The Merry Gentlemen Edina
07/31 Humpday Lagoon (NEW)
08/07 The Cove Uptown***
08/07 The End of the Line Lagoon
08/07 The Answer Man Edina
08/14 Not Quite Hollywood Lagoon***
08/14 Adam Edina
08/14 Ponyo Edina ***
08/14 Spread Lagoon (NEW)
08/21 Inglorious Bastards Lagoon***
08/21 Lorna’s Silence Edina
08/28 Cold Souls Uptown ***
08/28 The World’s Greatest Dad Lagoon ***
08/28 Taking Woodstock Lagoon***
08/28 Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg Edina
08/29 The Adventures of Robin Hood Edina (One Night Only) ***
08/30 The Bride of Frankenstein Edina (One Night Only) ***
08/30 It Happened One Night Edina (One Night Only) ***
09/04 Thirst Lagoon ***
09/04 Afghan Star Lagoon
09/04 My One and Only Edina
09/09 9 Lagoon (NEW) ***
09/11 The Baader Meinhof Complex Uptown
09/11 Captain Abu Raed Lagoon
09/18 The Beaches of Agnes Edina
09/18 Burning Plain Edina /Lagoon
09/25 Somers Town Lagoon***
09/25 Paris Edina
10/02 Amreeka Edina
10/09 Earth Days Lagoon
10/09 The Damned United Lagoon (NEW)
10/16 Still Walking Lagoon
10/16 New York, I Love You Lagoon (NEW)
10/16 Coco Before Chanel Edina (NEW)
10/23 The Horse Boy Lagoon
10/23 An Education Uptown (NEW)
Just in time for the upcoming Oscars, shocking I know, several theatres here in the Twin Cities have decided to host some movie marathons of films nominated for this year’s Oscars, from Live Action and Animated short films, to Documentary to every Best Picture nominee, you can find them somewhere in the Cities this weekend and next.
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