Fabrice Luchini and Karin Viard in My Father's Guests.
New in theatres – The Muppets, A Dangerous Method and Hugo
- by Shawn Conner
What a week! All four of this week’s big releases have been getting good reviews. We’d expect this of Hugo (Martin Scorsese), The Muppets (who doesn’t love the Muppets?) and A Dangerous Method (Cronenberg), but Arthur Christmas? Just the title makes our collective stomach churn. [Read Regan Payne's take on Hugo.]
So, since there’s nothing to be made fun of (except for Jack and Jill, which still sits at a whopping four per cent approval rating at Rotten Tomatoes), we’re going to forgo the usual capsule comments, trailers and aggregate scores for the big new flicks. We’ll be back next week with hopefully a more comprehensive rundown of Hollywood’s latest attempts to separate you from your money, but in the meantime here’s what’s happening in other Vancouver theatres this week.
The Rio Theatre:
Vanimation, Nov 25 – A celebration of contemporary Vancouver animators, Vanimation starts at 8 p.m. tonight (Friday Nov 25) and includes “Ode to a Post-It Note” (2010) by Jeff Chiba Stearns; Winner of Best Music Video at 2010 Leo Awards: “Road Regrets” (2009) by Jon Busby; Best Animated Film Award Winner in Utah and Spain: “Bye Bye!” (2007; 1:38) – Mario Pochat; The National Film Board’s: “I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors” (2010) by Ann Marie Flemming, and more. After the screening there will be a q-and-a with the filmmakers.
Megasteakman’s Live Nerd Meat, Nov 26 – Hosts Stephen W. B. Blakely Mason, Tyler James Nicol and JJ Webb present nerd-lesque from the lovely gals of Geeks After Dark, as well as highlight reels of sketch, comedy nerd ranting and live onstage readings of original nerdy short scenes.
Trixie Hobbitses of Geeks After Dark.
Vancity Theatre:
My Father’s Guests (Nov 25 – Dec 1) – French farce directed by actress Anne Le Ny.
Trailer – My Father’s Guests:
40 Days at Base Camp (Nov 25 – Dec 1) – Vancouver-based Canadian photographer Dianne Whelan documents 40 days at the base camp at Mount Everest.
Trailer – 40 Days at Base Camp:
40 Days at Base Camp.
