Cineplex Events’ Flashback Film Series is bringing fan favourites like The Matrix and Being John Malkovich back to the big screen for their 20th anniversaries.
For the past 9 years Cineplex has hosted an annual week-long festival of sci-fi, comedy and action cult classic films. This year, because of the festival’s mounting success, they’ve turned it into a year-round series screening in 22 theatres across Canada (including Toronto & Montreal) called Flashback Film Series. The first ever series line-up, which was announced on January 17, includes Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Being John Malkovich *20th anniversary, Thelma & Louise, Spaceballs and The Matrix *20th anniversary!
Participating theatres include:
Cinema Cineplex Odeon Quartier Latin (MTL)
Cineplex Cinemas Yonge-Dundas and VIP (TO)
Cineplex Odeon Eglinton Town Centre Cinemas (TO)
About Flashback Film Series
Tickets are only $6.99. Get your tickets now!
Experience more Flashback Films every month! Don’t miss two great movies every month at select Cineplex cinemas. Everything from action, science fiction and comedies are coming back to the big screen.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
DIRECTOR Michel Gondry
CAST – Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson
SYNOPSIS – When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories.
DATES February 1-14, 2019
Being John Malkovich
DIRECTOR – Spike Jonze
CAST – John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener
SYNOPSIS – A puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of movie star John Malkovich.
Thelma & Louise
DIRECTOR – Ridley Scott
CAST – Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis
SYNOPSIS – Two best friends set out on an adventure, but it soon turns around to a terrifying escape from being hunted by the police, as these two women escape for the crimes they committed.
March 1-14, 2019
Spaceballs
DIRECTOR – Mel Brooks
CAST – Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis
SYNOPSIS – A rogue star pilot and his trusty sidekick must come to the rescue of a Princess and save the galaxy from a ruthless race of beings known as Spaceballs.
March 15-28, 2019
The Matrix
DIRECTOR – Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski (as The Wachowski Brothers)
CAST – Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss
SYNOPSIS – A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers.
