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English Movies at La Maison du Cinéma
The Pandemic Escape Hatch You’ve Been Looking For
Four new movies are playing in English this week at La Maison du Cinéma in Sherbrooke.
Fall is here; the days are shorter, the leaves are crunching underfoot, and it’s finally sweater weather again! But it seems 2020 decided that we needed a second wave of COVID to spice up our midterms this year. If you’re anything like me, you’ve been searching for something new to take your mind off of everything going on, so in between rewatching Friends and Grey’s Anatomy, maybe try picking up one of these great reads.
Bridget Boucher Arts & Culture Editor
AFTER WE COLLIDED Directed by Roger Kumble and starring Josephine Langford, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, and Louise Lombard. In this story based on Anna Todd’s 2014 fanfiction-turned-novels that became a viral sensation, careful viewers may notice love interest Hardin Scott’s uncanny resemblance to a certain Harry Styles of One Direction fame. In this sequel, the main character Tessa finds herself struggling with her complicated relationship with Hardin; she faces a dilemma that could change their lives forever. Playing Friday through Tuesday and Thursday at 12:30, 3:35, and 7:00, Wednesday at 12:30 and 3:35, and Sunday at 12:30 and 7:00. Rated 13+. DAVE NOT COMING BACK Directed by Jonah Malak, this is the original English version with French subtitles. In October 2004, two cave divers and long-time friends Don and Dave dive in Boesmansgat, a mythical cave in South Africa. Dave is breaking a world record for depth. It will take them fifteen minutes to reach the bottom, but twelve hours to surface. Once he touches the bottom, against all odds, Dave finds a body, and the two friends decide to come back and retrieve it. Little do they know that Dave would not be coming back. Dave Not Coming Back is a story of loss and mourning where ego, altruism, hubris, self-control, risk taking, and spirituality all go hand in hand. Playing every day at 4:00 and 8:00. Rated G. WOMAN Directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand and Anastasia Mikova, this is the original English version with French subtitles. Woman is a worldwide project giving voice to two thousand women in fifty different countries. Playing every day at 1:00 and 6:45. Rated G. TENET Directed by Christopher Nolan and starring John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, and Elizabeth Debicki. Armed with only one word, tenet, and fighting for the survival of the entire world, a protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold into something beyond the reality of time. Playing every day at 12:40, 4:00, and 7:35. Rated 13+.
“Escape to the cinema” Photo Courtesy of La Maison du Cinéma
Emily Whalley Contributor
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han My Rating: 5 Stars I’m sure you’ve all seen or at least heard about this story thanks to everyone’s (and mine) favourite Netflix teen romcom. If you even remotely enjoyed the movie you will absolutely LOVE this book. This contemporary young adult romance novel is all of the adorable escapism you’re looking for and even more. Our leading lady, the romance novel lover Lara Jean (LJ) Covey, is a junior in high school who’s never had a boyfriend before. When five secret (and very private) love letters she once wrote mysteriously get sent out to their intended recipients, Lara Jean has a big problem, because the most recent letter was to her sister’s ex-boyfriend (and I don’t need to tell you that writing a love letter to your sister’s boyfriend is a big no-no). Into this madness walks captain of the lacrosse team Peter Kavinsky (one of the other letter recipients) who has recently been broken up with and is trying to find a way to make his ex jealous. The two make a pact to pretend to date to keep Lara Jean’s sister from finding out about everything, and we all know (and love) how fake dating scenarios end. My favourite part of this book has to be how much we get to see Lara Jean and her family. LJ’s older sister and favourite person Margo just left to attend university in Scotland, leaving a hole in the family that Lara Jean is doing her very best to fill. Little sister Kitty is the sassy mirror that Lara Jean can’t avoid, and her dad, Dr. Covey, is just doing his best to juggle being a widower and a single dad to 3 very opinionated teenage daughters. If COVID’s got you far away from your family this Thanksgiving, this book will give you all of the cute family content you’ve been looking for. Pumpkin Heads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks My Rating: 4 Stars Sad you’re going to miss out on the pumpkin patch this year? Have no fear because this cozy, autumnal young adult graphic novel is here. Every fall, Josiah (Josie) and Deja work together at “The World’s Best Pumpkin Patch,” but they’re high school seniors now, and with college coming up this is their last year at the best job in the world. They decide to turn their last ever shift together into a great adventure as they embark on two very important quests: to find Josie’s crush (one of their other co-workers) so he can ask her out, and to taste every snack the Autumn Jamboree has to offer. This Scooby-Doo-esque expedition takes them on a grand tour of all of the best parts of fall: corn mazes, s’mores, hayrides, kettle corn, pumpkin picking, caramel apples, bonfires, pumpkin pie, scarecrows, apple pie… I think you get the picture. It’s got friendship, a hint of The inside of Pumpkin Heads by Rainbow Rowell romance, and the fall aesthetic you’re and Faith Erin Hicks craving thanks to the enchanting Photo Courtesy of Emily Whalley illustrations. So light your fall scented candles, put on a flannel, grab your pumpkin-spice-flavoured everything, and curl up with this quick read while
