HAMILTON SPECTATOR MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2020 LIFE AT THE MOVIES showtimes at local cinemas Cineplex Cinemas, Ancaster 771 Golf Links Ancaster 905-304-5888 www.cineplex.com Tenet (IMAX) (PG) 3:35, 6:45 Tenet (D-BOX) (PG) 4:30 Tenet (PG) 4:30 Black Panther (PG) 3:30, 6:40 The Spongebob Movie: Sponge On The Run (G) 4:10, 7:10 After We Collided (CC) (14A) 3:40, 6:40 Hocus Pocus (PG) 4:10, 6:35 Mean Girls (PG) 4:15, 7:05 On The Rocks (PG) 4:20, 7:10 Star Wars: Episode The Empire Strikes Back (PG) 3:55, 6:50 The Broken Hearts Gallery (PG) 3:50, 7:00 The New Mutants (CC) (14A) 3:30, 6:30 Cineplex Cinemas Hamilton Mountain 795 Paramount Stoney Creek 905-560-0239 www.cineplex.com Tenet (IMAX) (PG) 6:40, 9:50 Tenet (D-BOX) (PG) 6:40, 9:50 Tenet (4DX) (PG) 7:45 Tenet (PG) 8:15 The Spongebob Movie: Sponge On The Run (G) 6:30, 8:45 After We Collided (CC) (14A) 7:10, 9:35 BREAK THE SILENCE: THE MOVIE (G) 7:00, 9:15 Hocus Pocus (PG) 7:20, 9:45 LEAP (Mandarin English s.t.) (G) 6:50, 9:50 Possessor Uncut (18A) 7:30, 10:00 Save Yourselves! (STC) 7:25, 9:40 Westdale Theatre Hamilton 1041 King Street West 905.577.0074 ww.thewestdale.ca Online event Hamilton Originals: Live from The Westdale with Karen Thornton 8:00 PM Cine Starz Upper Canada Place 460 Brant Burlington 905-632-1919 www.cinestarz.ca Bill Ted Face The Music (PG) 5:00, 7:00 Emma (PG) 3:00, 5:00 Empire Strikes Back (PG) 1:00, 7:00 Hocus Pocus (PG) 1:20, 3:15, 5:20 Made In Italy (PG) 3:20, 7:30 Meeting The Beatles India (PG) 1:20, 3:10, 5:15, 7:15 My Spy (PG) 5:15, 7:10 Nest (14A) 1:00, 3:10, 5:15, 7:30 Secret Life Of Pets (G) 1:10, 3:00 Trolls World Tour (G) 1:10 Landmark Cinemas Jackson Square, 2 King St. Hamilton 905-526-8132 www.landmarkcinemas.com After We Collided (14A) 9:00 The Broken Hearts Gallery (PG) 9:15 Harry Potter Prisoner of Azkaban (PG) 6:00 Hocus Pocus (1993) (PG) 6:45, 9:30 The New Mutants (14A) 7:15, 9:45 Spongebob Movie: Sponge on the Run (G) 6:30 Tenet (G) 7:00, 8:00 Playhouse Cinema Showtimes 177 Sherman Ave. Hamilton 905-545-8888 www.playhousecinema.ca The Trial of the Chicago 7 4:25 The Trial of the Chicago 7 7:30 Cineplex Cinemas, Oakville 3531 Wyecroft Oakville 905-827-7173 www.cineplex.com Please go to http://www.cineplex.com/ for updated listings SilverCity Cinemas, Burlington 1250 Brant Burlington 905-319-8677 www.cineplex.com Please go to http://www.cineplex.com/ for updated listings Film.Ca Cinema, Oakville 171 Speers Road, Oakville 905-338-MEWS Kajillionaire (PG) Reserved Seating 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:00 Star Wars: Episode The Empire Strikes Back 40th Anniversary (PG) Reserved Seating 12:30, 9:15 Tenet (PG) Digital; Reserved Seating 12:45, 4:00, 6:00, 9:00 The Personal History of David Copperfield (PG) Reserved Seating 1:00, 3:10, 6:20, 9:50 On The Basis Of Sex (PG) Reserved Seating 1:15, 7:10 Target Number One (14A) 4:15, 6:45, 9:40 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On The Run (G) Reserved Seating 3:45 PM 5 Drive-In Theatre 2332 Ninth Line, Oakville 905-257-8272 www.premiertheatres.ca/5drivein DRIVE-IN NOW OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK SCREEN 1 Tenet (PG) 7:30 PM Unhinged (14A) 10:15 PM SCREEN 2 Clueless (1995) (PG) 7:40 PM Ghost (1990) (PG) 9:30 PM SCREEN 3 Possessor (Uncut) (18A) 7:50 PM Dead Zone (1983) (18A) 9:45 PM Starlite Drive-In 59 Green Mountain Rd. Stoney Creek 905-662-4800 www.premiertheatres.ca/starlite DRIVE-IN NOW OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK SCREEN 1 Possessor (Uncut) (18A) 7:30 PM Dead Zone (1983) (18A) 9:25 PM SCREEN 2 Tenet (PG) 7:40 PM Unhinged (14A) 10:25 PM SCREEN 3 Clueless (1995) (PG) 7:50 PM Ghost (1990) (PG) 9:35 PM Information provided by the theatre chains is subject to change without notice. See thespec.com under On Lockdown Day 197: Watching so many nature shows that I now narrate my own day-to- day activities in David Attenbo- voice.
do wish you lot would replace the toilet I say. I am ignored, even as David Attenborough. Lockdown Day 198: Had the big Maple tree out front pruned. The tree guy said the tree was stressed. to my life, Maple I thought.
Lockdown Day 199: At the long term care home where girlfriend, Sarah, works, there are two other Sarahs. On their work chat, her supervisor, Heather, calls her Sarah Bangs. Bangs for short. She has really distinctive bangs, so it fits, but this nickname makes me giggle every time I hear it. Bangs.
If ever wondering how those on the front lines are managing to keep spirits up, things like this. Lockdown Day 200: I knew back in March that we would get to this count. I knew it would be for the rest of the year. What I know is that our provincial government would be so inept as to let us get here in such bad shape. That is the end of my political ranting, as most of you have noted avoided for six months now.
Buckle up. Lockdown Day 201: de- cided we need a Lockdown Matchmaker. With so many people alone, I want them to connect so everybody can have a phone call every day. If complete strangers, all their stories will be fresh. Somebody should make this happen.
1987 Reach Out and Touch Someone campaign has renewed meaning. Lockdown Day 202: Talked to my sisters about Thanksgiv- ing, which is now off as a family event. We pledged to join up the households by Zoom. They know it, but I have secret- ly pledged to have my first drunk Zoom meeting. Lockdown Day 203: Some- one wondered how my screen door could possibly have pull marks right near the top.
I told them Sweet Pea is climbing the walls. Literally. her new trick. I fix more screens than a computer repair shop. Lockdown Day 204: Shocked to realize I been to the gym in nearly a year.
Surgery before and during lock- down pushed it off the table. How did I realize this? By get- ting a charley horse. While weeding. Lockdown Day 205: Things that would dance on my last nerve before the lockdown: chronic leaf blowing, discover- ing a load of wash in the dryer I forgot to turn on two days earli- er, devastating poli- cies, the internet being down for a day. Things that get on my nerves now: one egg left in the carton, someone pronouncing Worces- tershire wrong, the opening credits on shows bingeing, two mustards being open at the same time, that weird swirl in hair, the internet being down for a minute and a half.
Lockdown Day 206: Am contemplating buying four sticks, each two metres long and making a big circle around myself. Too many people judge distance the way I measure wine. Which is not at all. Those nerves I mentioned? not saying punch someone. But I think about it.
Lockdown Day 207: Was digging through files of old pho- tos, and remembering my other work life. Last year seems like forever ago. Of course, travel has been cancelled, but a good reminder to embrace what I have instead of what I miss. all capable of adapt- ing. Evolution has proven that.
Necessity is the mother of rein- vention, or something like that. Lockdown Day 208: Saw three little kids wearing their masks, not complaining at all. I wanted to hug them, but I I wanted to smile at them, and I tried. Please tell your kids they are superheroes. Onward, my warriors.
MOTHERLODE The Lockdown Diaries: When Sweet Pea starts climbing the walls Like just about every one else you know, COVID has Sweet Pea has climbing the wall, or the screen door in this case. LORRAINE SOMMERFELD PHOTO Planning on a special kind of Zoom Thanksgiving get-together Lorraine Sommerfeld OPINION The Forest Film Festival in London, Ontario, is one of only a few that are going ahead in these troubled times, and this year, as a virtual event, it is fea- turing Perfect a dia- mond heist thriller filmed in Hamilton about a team of jewel thieves who are abducted and forced to plan the perfect crime, and but one of four movies at the festival with a strong Ham- ilton connection. The Short film deals with the challenges of a young couple trying to balance career and parenthood in the face a ticking biological clock, and its co-director and coproducer Co- nor Casey is a McMaster gradu- ate. The feature-length documen- tary Gender Lady: The Fabulous Dr. May which we have written about in The Hamilton Spectator, lov- ingly details the life of Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Dr.
May Cohen who contributed greatly to the McMaster University Department of Family Medi- cine, starting in 1977 as a teach- er and culminating in her ten- ure as Associate Dean of Health Services from 1991 to 1996. The film is co-directed and co- produced by Dr. Cheryl Levitt, a professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University who has served as chair of the department. The short documentary Donna and Penis Paint- examines issues of cen- sorship and the male form while documenting the work of artist Donna Ibing. Director Christopher McLeod is also based in Hamilton and the film was supported through the Hamilton Arts Council and the Trillium Foundation as part of the Building Cultural Legacies.
The Forest City Film Festival takes place from Oct. 17 to 25. Individual tickets and discount passes are now on sale at fcff.ca Jeff Mahoney is a Hamilton-based reporter and columnist covering culture and lifestyle stories, com- mentary and humour for The Specta- tor. Reach him via email: jmaho- Hamilton-related films showing at London fest The documentary movie Gender Lady: The Fabulous May about the esteemed McMaster University Department of Family Medicine doctor, starting in 1977 as a teacher and culminating in her tenure as Associate Dean of Health Services from 1991 to 1996 will be featured at The Forest Film Festival in London, Ontario. Four movies in Forest Film Festival 2020, a virtual event, have a connection to this city JEFF MAHONEY THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR.
