Ravens Cry Theatre

PEACE OUT Mar 28 (Wed) 7:30 pm

Raven's Cry Theatre — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:15:16 +0000

Presented by the Sunshine Coast Conservation Association

trailer: http://www.imdb.com/rg/s/4/title/tt2016259/#lb-vi3641351193

Peace Out asks and answers the question: are we ripping up our back yard for energy – or not? The film seeks to engage those of us who do not connect our daily decisions with global land use issues. It focuses on the North Western Canadian wilderness, however the issues are universal. The film pits energy executives, Tar Sands reps, nuclear spokesmen against academics and activists in an intelligent debate that leaves the viewer to decide what to believe. The film presents a beautiful, thought provoking look at a rapidly transforming landscape.

Ticket info TBA

MISS REPRESENTATION Mar 27 (Tues) 7:30 pm

Raven's Cry Theatre — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:02:57 +0000

Runtime: 90 min
Rating: Sexual imagery in advertising clips - not recommended for under 14 yrs
DISCUSSION PERIOD TO FOLLOW FILM

Synopsis: Like drawing back a curtain to let bright light stream in, Miss Representation uncovers a glaring reality we live with every day but fail to see. Written and directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the film exposes how mainstream media contribute to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America. The film challenges the media’s limited and often disparaging portrayals of women and girls, which make it difficult for women to achieve leadership positions and for the average woman to feel powerful herself.

In a society where media is the most persuasive force shaping cultural norms, the collective message that our young women and men overwhelmingly receive is that a woman’s value and power lie in her youth, beauty, and sexuality, and not in her capacity as a leader. While women have made great strides in leadership over the past few decades, the United States is still 90th in the world for women in national legislatures, women hold only 3% of clout positions in mainstream media, and 65% of women and girls have disordered eating behaviors.

Stories from teenage girls and provocative interviews with politicians, journalists, entertainers, activists and academics, like Condoleezza Rice, Nancy Pelosi, Katie Couric, Rachel Maddow, Margaret Cho, Rosario Dawson and Gloria Steinem build momentum as Miss Representation accumulates startling facts and statistics that will leave the audience shaken and armed with a new perspective

Net proceeds will go to the Yew Transition House.

All tickets are $10, including HST. Ticket outlets to be announced soon.

THE ARTIST to Wed (Feb 29) 7pm plus Thurs/Tues (Feb 23/28) 1pm

Raven's Cry Theatre — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:52:09 +0000

Genre: Drama
Running Time: 100 min
Web Site: theartistmovie.net

Rated:G with violence.

Cast: Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo, John Goodman, Malcolm McDowell, Missi Pyle

Director: Michel Hazanavicius

Synopsis: Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.

GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Fri/Sat (Feb 24/25) 9:15 pm

Raven's Cry Theatre — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:25:13 +0000

Genre: Thriller
Running Time: 158 min
Web Site: dragontattoo.com
Rated: 18A for sexual violence

Cast: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgård, Steven Berkoff, Robin Wright, Yorick Van Wageningen, Joely Richardson
Director: David Fincher Screenplay: Steven Zaillian

Synopsis: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is the first film in Columbia Pictures’ three-picture adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s literary blockbuster The Millennium Trilogy. Directed by David Fincher and starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara, the film is based on the first novel in the trilogy, which altogether have sold 50 million copies in 46 countries and become a worldwide phenomenon.

THE VOW

Raven's Cry Theatre — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:23:01 +0000

Genre: Drama
Running Time: 103 min
Web Site: www.thevow-movie.com
Rated: PG with coarse language and nudity

Cast: Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Sam Neill, Scott Speedman, Wendy Crewson and Jessica Lange
Director: Michael Sucsy Screenplay: Abby Kohn & Marc Silverstein and Jason Katims

Synopsis: A newlywed couple recovers from a car accident that puts the wife in a coma. Waking up with severe memory loss, her husband endeavors to win her heart again.

THE GREY

Raven's Cry Theatre — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:15:34 +0000

Genre: Action Drama
Running Time: 117 min
Web Site: www.thegreymovie.com
Rated: 14A with frequent coarse language and violence

Cast: Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo
Director: Joe Carnahan
Screenplay: Joe Carnahan, Ian Mackenzie Jeffers

Synopsis: In The Grey, Liam Neeson leads an unruly group of oil-rig roughnecks when their plane crashes into the remote Alaskan wilderness. Battling mortal injuries and merciless weather, the survivors have only a few days to escape the icy elements and a vicious pack of rogue wolves on the hunt before their time runs out.

EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE

Raven's Cry Theatre — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:34:15 +0000

Genre: Drama
Running Time: 130 min
Web Site: www.extremelyloudmovie.com
Rated: G with coarse language

Cast: Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Thomas Horn, James Gandolfini, Zoe Caldwell, Viola Davis, Jeffrey Wright, Max von Sydow
Director: Stephen Daldry Screenplay: Eric Roth

Synopsis: Oskar is convinced that his father (Hanks), who died in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, has left a final message for him hidden somewhere in the city. Feeling disconnected from his grieving mother (Bullock) and driven by a relentlessly active mind that refuses to believe in things that can’t be observed, Oskar begins searching New York City for the lock that fits a mysterious key he found in his father’s closet. His journey through the five boroughs takes him beyond his own loss to a greater understanding of the observable world around him.

A SEPARATION

Raven's Cry Theatre — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:21:55 +0000

Genre: Drama
Running Time: 123
Web Site: www.sonyclassics.com/aseparation
Rated: G with violence and coarse language

Golden Globe Best Foreign Film winner

Cast: Leila Hatami, Peyman Moadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat, Sa rina Farhadi, Babak Karimi
Director: Asghar Farhadi Screenplay: Asghar Farhadi

Synopsis: Set in contemporary Iran, A Separation is a compelling drama about the dissolution of a marriage. Simin wants to leave Iran with her husband Nader and daughter Termeh. Simin sues for divorce when Nader refuses to leave behind his Alzheimer-suffering father. Her request having failed, Simin goes back to her parents’, but Termeh decides to stay with Nader…

WE BOUGHT A ZOO

Raven's Cry Theatre — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:28:15 +0000

Genre: Comedy/Drama
Running Time: 124 min
Web Site: www.weboughtazoo.com
Rated: PG for coarse language.

Cast: Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Elle Fanning, Carla Gallo, Stephanie Szostak, Thomas Haden Church
Director: Cameron Crowe

Synopsis: Acclaimed filmmaker Cameron Crowe (Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous) directs an amazing and true story about a single dad who decides his family needs a fresh start, so he and his two children move to the most unlikely of places: a zoo. With the help of an eclectic staff, and with many misadventures along the way, the family works to return the dilapidated zoo to its former wonder and glory.

BIG MIRACLE

Raven's Cry Theatre — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:30:57 +0000

Genre: Rescue Adventure
Running Time: 107 min
Web Site: www.everybodyloveswhales.com
Rated: G with no advisory

Cast: Drew Barrymore, John Krasinski, Kristen Bell, Dermot Mulroney, Tim Blake Nelson and Ted Danson
Director: Ken Kwapis Screenplay: Jack Amiel & Michael Begler

Synopsis: Based on the inspiring true story that captured the hearts of people across the world, the rescue adventure Everybody Loves Whales tells the amazing tale of a small town news reporter (John Krasinski) and a Greenpeace volunteer (Drew Barrymore) who are joined by rival world superpowers to save a family of majestic gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle. Local newsman Adam Carlson (Krasinski) can’t wait to escape the northern tip of Alaska for a bigger market. But just when the story of his career breaks, the world comes chasing it, too. With an oil tycoon, heads of state and hungry journalists descending upon the frigid outpost, the one who worries Adam the most is Rachel Kramer (Barrymore). Not only is she an outspoken environmentalist, she’s also his ex-girlfriend. With time running out, Rachel and Adam must rally an unlikely coalition of Inuit natives, oil companies and Russian and American military to set aside their differences and free the whales. As the world’s attention turns to the top of the globe, saving these endangered animals becomes a shared cause for nations entrenched against one another and leads to a momentary thaw in the Cold War.