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“The Sorcerer Supreme joins forces with the Scarlet Witch in Marvel’s latest magical superhero adventure, Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Magic! Sam Raimi of Spider-Man and Evil Dead directs this madcap film, featuring the talents of Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen and Rachel McAdams. See it on-screen this week at your local independent cinema!”
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Enter a multiverse of madness with your favourite snarky surgeon-turned-superhero, Dr. Strange! The Sorcerer Supreme teams up with old friends and new allies to save the multiverse this week at the Civic!
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Dip your toe in the multi-verse with this week’s indie darling, ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’, before cannonballing in with ‘Dr. Strange’ up next. And on the split, lose yourself in ‘The Lost City’, before you lose your mind in ‘The Multi-Verse of Madness’ starting next week. And while we are still in this week and in this universe, also check-out the latest from the Malayalam franchise with ‘CBI 5: The Brain’, on Monday.
And finally, The year is 2025 and Eastern Ukraine exists in the postwar aftermath of a full-scale border war against Russia. This is the setting of the remarkably prescient 2019 film, Atlantis, by Ukraine director, Valentyn Vasyanovych. Proceeds from this screening will be donated to the Canadian Red Cross Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis Appeal. – Wed. May 4th.
“See Nick Cage as… Nick Cage, starring alongside Pedro Pascal in the action comedy The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, playing this week at the Civic! It’s Nicholas Cage as you’ve never seen him before… or maybe you have!”
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Another fantastic week at The Civic Theatre, and that’s aside from getting to see the next installment of ‘The Fantastic Beasts’ series.
Reel Canada’s National Canadian Film Day turns 9 this year, and on Weds, April, 20th, communities across the country will celebrate our Canadian film heritage with free screenings of current and classic Canadian titles. The Civic Theatre has taken part in National Canadian Film Day ever since its second outing back when we were but a babe in 2014, with a free screening of the iconic Canadian film, ‘C.R.A.Z.Y’, from director Jean-Marc Vallée, who we sadly lost this past year and whom Reel Canada has prepared a tribute to for this year’s celebration. Even throughout the Pandemic closures, The Civic managed to still take part with a free virtual online offering in 2020 and a drive-in screening of Atom Egoyan’s, ‘The Sweet Hereafter’ in 2021. And now, back in person in 2022, NCFD highlights the explosion of remarkable cinema by Indiginous filmmakers working in Canada. “Celebrating Indigenous Voices’ will be presented in association with imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival. For The Civic’s selection, we have settled upon a free/by donation 5pm screening of ‘Wildhood’ preceding Fantastic Beasts on April 20th
One of TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten films of 2021, ‘Wildhood’ tells the story of two-spirit Mi’kmaw teenager Link (Phillip Lewitski) who is just discovering — and asserting — his sexuality when his already volatile home life goes off the rails. His abusive father explodes after the cops bust Link and his half-brother Travis (Avery Winters-Anthony) for stealing scrap metal. When he finds out that his supposedly dead mother may be alive, Link flees with Travis in tow. Sparks fly in a chance encounter with teen drifter Pasmay (Joshua Odjick), who shares Link’s Indigenous roots and offers to help find his mother — but will Link’s (well-founded) mistrust of people ruin his potential new relationship and the group’s mission?
For the rest of the week, Apr. 15 – Apr. 21st, ‘The Secrets of Dumbledore’ get spilled across The Civic’s screen. Professor Albus Dumbledore knows the powerful, dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable to stop him alone, he entrusts magizoologist Newt Scamander to lead an intrepid team of wizards and witches. They soon encounter an array of old and new beasts as they clash with Grindelwald’s growing legion of followers. Mads Mikklesen takes on the Gellert Grindelwald mantle, which should be exciting. I love Mads.
Happy National Canadian Film Day!
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| Sonic the Hedgehog 2 races onto the big screen this week at the Civic! Don’t miss an opportunity to see Sonic aka Blue Justice, trademark pending, in action against the hilariously nefarious Dr. Robotnik (played to perfection by Jim Carrey). But Dr. Robotnik has a secret weapon; Knuckles, a red ball of fury with the strength to take the sapphire speedster down! Exciting action, true friendship and fun for the whole family abound this week at your local independent cinema! “ |