ON THE BIG SCREEN
NEW RELEASES Beauty and the Beast: An adaptation of the Disney fairy tale about a monstrous-looking prince and a young woman who fall in love.
Goon: Last of the Enforcers: A hockey player plagued by injuries is confronted with the possibility of retirement when a tough new player challenges his status as the league’s top enforcer.
Bitter Harvest: Set in 1930s Ukraine, as Stalin advances the ambitions of communists in the Kremlin, young artist Yuri battles to save his lover Natalka from the Holodomor, the death-by-starvation program that ultimately killed millions of Ukrainians. I Am Not Your Negro: Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel, “Remember This House.”
A United Kingdom: Prince Seretse Khama of Botswana causes an international stir when he marries a white woman from London in the late 1940s. Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom: A documentary featuring scientist and acclaimed author Diana Beresford-Kroeger. The film follows Beresford-Kroeger as she investigates our profound biological and spiritual connection to forests. ONGOING:
Kong: Skull Island: A team of explorers and soldiers travel to an uncharted island in the Pacific, unaware that they are crossing into the domain of monsters, including the mythic Kong.
Paterson: A quiet observation of the triumphs and defeats of daily life, along with the poetry evident in its smallest details.
Before I Fall: February 12 is just another day in Sam’s charmed life until it turns out to be her last. Stuck reliving her last day over one inexplicable week, Sam untangles the mystery around her death and discovers everything she’s in danger of losing. Logan: In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hide out on the Mexican border. But Logan’s attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are up-ended when a young mutant arrives, being pursued by dark forces.
Ballerina: Felicie has one dream, to become a ballerina at the world’s best ballet school. She also has one big problem; she’s stuck in an orphanage. Driven by her passion for dancing, Felicie goes to extraordinary lengths in order to audition for the role of a lifetime. Will she master the grace, skill and discipline it takes to become a professional dancer?
The Shack: A grieving man receives a mysterious, personal invitation to meet with God at a place called ‘The Shack.’
Get Out: A young African-American man visits his Caucasian girlfriend’s mysterious family estate.
The Salesman: The story of a couple whose relationship begins to turn sour during their performance of Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman.” The Lego Batman Movie: Bruce Wayne must not only deal with the criminals of Gotham City, but also the responsibility of raising a boy
he adopted.
John Wick: Chapter 2: After returning to the criminal underworld to repay a debt, John Wick discovers that a large bounty has been put on his life.
Hidden Figures: Based on a true story, a team of African-American women provide NASA with important mathematical data needed to launch the program’s first successful space missions.
Lion: A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
La La Land: A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles.
Rogue One: The Rebel Alliance makes a risky move to steal the plans for the Death Star, setting up the epic saga to follow. Moonlight: A timeless story of human connection and self-discovery, Moonlight chronicles the life of a young black man from childhood to adulthood as he struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighbourhood of Miami.