Dec 13 - 19: Two Popes, You'll Shoot Your Eye Out & Yippee Ki-Yay, Die Hard at the Playhouse!

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Opening this Friday is the Golden Globe nominated film, The Two Popes! Blessed with nominations for Best Drama, Best Actor (Jonathan Pryce) and Best Supporting Actor (Anthony Hopkins). Sure to garner Oscar attention, catch one of the finest films of the year on the big screen at the Playhouse. Hamilton exclusive!

Two of the most-talked about indie films of the year open this weekend at the Playhouse: Harriet & The Lighthouse. Harriet is a dramatic & action-packed look into the life of 'real-life superhero' Harriet Tubman, while The Lighthouse is a buddy-film, of the likes you've never seen before, shot in Nova Scotia and featuring knock-out performances from Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattison. Grab advance tickets below!

Bruce Springsteen's new live-concert / documentary film, Western Stars opens this week for a limited run. Peter Howell of the Toronto Star says, "Western Stars, Bruce Springsteen's best album in years, makes for an enchanting movie that looks bravely ahead at the open road while casting a longing glance in the rear-view mirror."

Tis' the season to get in the spirit of the holidays! Let us help you feel those Christmas vibes with Die Hard (yes, it totally is a holiday film) and A Christmas Story (please, do not shoot your eye out) screening this week! Scroll down to get advance tickets to these two holiday classics!

ADDED SHOW! It's A Wonderful Life FREE SCREENING ON SUNDAY. Thanks to you, we "sold out" our free Saturday Dec 21 benefit screening of the Christmas classic, so we added another FREE screening with a donation towards Hamilton Food Share on Sunday Dec 22 at 1:55pm! R eserve your seat today, before space is gone!

Love comic books? Don't miss out Thursday's 7pm screening of the documentary, Comic Book Confidential with Epic Books! Special Guests in attendance! Intro and Q&A with director Ron Mann and award-winning cartoonist, Joe Ollmann! Co-presented by The AGH! Hit the image below to get tickets!

UPCOMING EVENTS

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December 15th & 18th - A Very Die Hard Christmas (2 Die Hard Screenings)

December 16th & 17th - A Christmas Story (2 Screenings, Only)

December 19th - Comic Book Confidential with Live Q&A!

As always, get your movie tickets in advance below! See you at the cinema!

The Two Popes

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"What makes "The Two Popes" so delightful, other than the very funny script, is watching two seasoned actors play off each other. Both Hopkins and Pryce illustrate what the craft of acting is really about." - TheWrap

Nominated for 4 Golden Globe Awards (Best Picture, Actor, Supporting Actor, Screenplay). "Anchored by two outstanding performances from Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce, the film is a triumph of writing as well as unostentatious filmmaking.

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The Lighthouse

Robert Eggers’ latest film is a swirling descent into madness that takes the breath away.

"You can almost taste the salt on your lips in the new psychological horror from Robert Eggers (‘The Witch’) that will leave even the sturdiest of sea legs shaking.

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Parasite

14A

"Imagine a high-wire act where the acrobat suddenly leaps to a higher wire, then to another that's higher still. It's the best way I can think of to describe the giddy thrill of watching Parasite, a masterpiece of serial surprises." - Wall Street Journal

Winner of 4 Oscars (Best Picture, Best Director, Best International Feature, Best Original Screenplay). "An exhilarating and furious indictment of class struggle, Parasite might be the masterpiece South Korea's Bong Joon-ho has been working toward his entire career.

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Harriet

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"Harriet is an impassioned, edifying portrait of a remarkable life, and a fitting showcase for the considerable talents of its star, Tony-winning British actress Cynthia Erivo." - Entertainment Weekly

"Harriet Tubman, superhero? In the hands of director Lemmons and Tony-winning actor Cynthia Erivo, the famed Underground Railroad conductor is given a swashbuckling, compelling cinematic treatment that feels like the origin story for one.

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Western Stars

“Bruce Springsteen steps into the spotlight with Western Stars, a hybrid of concert movie and short film anthology backdropped by John Ford landscapes. Even non-Bruce fans won’t feel Boss-tracised by this intimate showcase of the man and his music.

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Die Hard

18A

Yippee-ki-yay, it's Christmas!

New York City policeman John McClane (Bruce Willis) is visiting his estranged wife (Bonnie Bedelia) and two daughters on Christmas Eve. He joins her at a holiday party in the headquarters of the Japanese-owned business she works for. But the festivities are interrupted by a group of terrorists who take over the exclusive high-rise, and everyone in it.

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A Christmas Story

“A Christmas Story is a heart-warming pastiche of snowflakes, Christmas lights and one little boy's quest for the present of his dreams, a Genuine Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle with a Shock-Proof High-Adventure Combination Trail Compass and Sundial Set Right in the Stock.

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Comic Book Confidential

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Special Guests in attendance! Intro and Q&A with director Ron Mann and award-winning cartoonist, Joe Ollmann! Co-presented by AGH

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Honey Boy

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"In a dazzling high-wire act as actor and screenwriter, LaBeouf lets loose on his own life as a child star and his relationship with his loose-cannon dad, a role he plays himself in a live-wire performance that jumps off the screen." - Rolling Stone

Must end January 3. Based on a screenplay written by Shia LaBeouf while in a rehabilitation program, Honey Boy is a fictionalized drama based on LaBeouf’s life growing up in the spotlight.

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Jojo Rabbit

"Taika Waititi knocks it out of der park with the meaningful lunacy of his anti-hate satire, which is equal parts Mel Brooks, Wes Anderson and Waititi’s own whimsical brilliance." - Toronto Star." -

Winner of TIFF 2019 Audience Award. Oscar Winner: Taika Waititi for Best Adapted Screenplay "Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit (★★★★★) defies description. It is the story of a young wannabe Nazi named Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis) who dreams of serving the Führer and daydreams that Adolf Hitler (Waititi) is his best friend.

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Kiki's Delivery Service (Subtitled)

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The Winter's Tale

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“The Olivier Award winning production of The Winter's Tale starring Kenneth Branagh and Judi Dench returns to cinemas. The critically acclaimed production was the first in the hugely successful Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company Live season, which was broadcast to cinemas from London's Garrick Theatre over the course of a year in 2015.

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The Good Liar

14A

“Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren are out to seduce you — and to have great fun pretending to be seduced by each other in Bill Condon’s wonderfully weird thriller. Initially, the mood is all flirtation and classy high jinks.

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Judy

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"Renée Zellweger is over the rainbow and out of this world as Judy Garland in "Judy," a sweet, full-hearted tribute to the beloved screen legend's final days." - Detroit News

Nominated! Golden Globe (Best Actress) “Judy isn’t a biopic; it takes place over only a few months, in the final year of Judy Garland’s life. Broke, divorced and deeply in debt in 1968, Garland reluctantly agreed to leave her children and travel to London to perform a series of concerts at a swanky nightclub.

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Dec 13 - 19: Two Popes, You'll Shoot Your Eye Out & Yippee Ki-Yay, Die Hard at the Playhouse!