Interstellar Opens Thursday, January 15 at the Great Lakes Science Center in OMNIMAX for limited engagement

[Press release from the Great Lakes Science Center.]

The crtically acclaimed feature-length film, Interstellar, is coming to our OMNIMAX Theater. Don't miss your chance to see this space adventure on our giant screen!

With our time on earth coming to an end, a team of explorers makes use of a newly discovered wormhole and undertakes the most important mission in human history; traveling beyond this galaxy to discover whether mankind has a future among the stars. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Bill Irwin, Ellen Burstyn, John Lithgow and Michael Caine. Rated PG-13. Watch the trailer.

Repost: Slingshot (October 10th at 7:00 pm at the Chagrin Documentary Film Festival)

[SLINGSHOT Screens Friday October 10th at 7:00 pm at the Chagrin Documentary Film Festival.]

Review by Bob Ignizio

At one point in Paul Lazarus' documentary SLINGSHOT, inventor Dean Kamen bemoans the fact that America makes heroes out of athletes, musicians, and movie stars, while the inventors and scientists who genuinely make life better for all of us labor in relative obscurity. One need look no further than Kamen himself for support of this thesis. He's responsible for such medical devices as the home dialysis machine, an insulin pump, and an all-terrain wheel chair, all very successful. And yet what is he best known for, if anything? The Segway, a two-wheeled electric people mover that even Kamen views as somewhat of a failure.

Slingshot (March 27th and 28th at the Cleveland International Film Festival)

[SLINGSHOT Screens Thursday March 27th at 8:45 pm and Friday March 28th at 2:40 pm at the Cleveland International Film Festival.]

Review by Bob Ignizio

At one point in Paul Lazarus' documentary SLINGSHOT, inventor Dean Kamen bemoans the fact that America makes heroes out of athletes, musicians, and movie stars, while the inventors and scientists who genuinely make life better for all of us labor in relative obscurity. One need look no further than Kamen himself for support of this thesis. He's responsible for such medical devices as the home dialysis machine, an insulin pump, and an all-terrain wheel chair, all very successful. And yet what is he best known for, if anything? The Segway, a two-wheeled electric people mover that even Kamen views as somewhat of a failure.

The End of Time (February 13th and 16th at the Cleveland Cinematheque)

[THE END OF TIME screens Thursday February 13th and 16th at 8:35 pm at the Cleveland Cinematheque.]

Review by Charles Cassady, Jr.

The Cleveland Movie Blog observes with respect the passing of the legendary Shirley Temple Black, the former child actress who was once the biggest star in Hollywood - arguably the whole world.

Shirley Temple was lucky to have had her illustrious heyday during the Great Depression. Because, if all our other child superstars are anything to go by, could you imagine how badly Shirley Temple might have turned out...had she worked in the movie industry of today? Especially for Disney? Ugh.

She'd be all grown up and "twerking," in the world's first secret internet sex tape shot especially in Real3D v.2.0 (a new process illegally developed by James Cameron's delinquent kids). She'd be listed in chemistry textbooks for being found addicted to substances new to the Periodic Table of the Elements. She'd be facing deportation to the International Space Station after breaking disturbing-the-peace laws in every sovereign nation. She'd be having petitions signed against her by Justin Bieber, Amanda Bynes, Lindsay Lohan and (via Ouija board) Emperor Caligula of Imperial Rome. All agreeing that adult Shirley's antics are way outta line.

The City Dark (June 8th at the Cleveland Museum of Art)

[THE CITY DARK screens Friday June 8th at 7pm at the Cleveland Museum of Art.]

Review by Charles Cassady, Jr.

THE CITY DARK is a science-minded documentary especially for you Clevelanders who earlier this week planned to watch the Transit of Venus. No, that isn't the name of a louche burlesque-revival troupe at the Beachland - or a new porn title just out; it was an astronomy viewing-party deal at Edgewater Park. And it had the virtue of happening in daylight. As this documentary shows, the alternative is getting somewhat problematical.

Visually arresting and even hypnotic, the film hails from director Ian Cheney, who is a New York-based photographer and amateur stargazer. In fact, one of his passions is astronomical images of incredible starfields and distant celestial vistas. He grew up under the amazing night skies in Maine, but now due to the tremendous amount of artificial light ever-beaming upwards out of Manhattan - or any urban metropolis, for that matter - Cheney can rarely see stars after sunset, let alone take their pictures.